Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church

* It wouldn’t be Friday in Lent without Stations of the Cross following Soup Supper. Please help your family learn this beautiful and important tradition of our faith, preparing for Holy Week.

* The special collection this weekend is for the U.S. Black & Indian Missions. Your support provides the presence of missionaries in African American, Native American, and Alaska Native missions, schools, and religious education programs. For more information, visit www. blackandindianmission.org/nationalcollection. Thank you for your generosity.

* The second collection next weekend, March 1 and 2, is for the Parish Building Fund.

 * SCRIP is on sale this weekend in the Parish Life Center after most Masses. Please use SCRIP and help our school.

* Celebrate Lent with Friends and BETRANSFORMED. This six-week program begins TODAY. For more information and to sign up, visit www.lentenfriends.org.

* Ash Wednesday Mass schedule: 6:30am, 9am, 12 noon, 6:00pm, 7:30pm

* This Wednesday we will take up the Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. For many in the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as parts of Asia, the aftermath of 70 years of Soviet rule is still felt in the form of poverty, infrequent pastoral care, and lack of buildings in which the faithful can worship. Your gift will continue to restore the Church and build the future in Central and Eastern Europe. Please give generously to the Collection on Ash Wednesday. www.usccb.org/nationalcollections

* There will be a MANDATORY meeting for all current and perspective Altar Servers on Thursday, February 19 at 7pm in the church. The servers and a parent are required to attend.

* Learn more about our parish SHARE program and our Heatlh Ministry at the CCW’s Winter Workshop, February 21, 1pm, Parish Life Center.

* SCRIP is on sale this weekend in the Parish Life Center after most Masses. Please use SCRIP and help our school.

* This weekend every family in our parish will be asked to complete a Bishop’s Lenten Appeal (BLA) pledge form at Mass. If you have already donated through the mail or online (Thank You!) or are not able to participate, there will be places to note that on the form. Please prayerfully consider how you might support this year’s Bishop’s Lenten Appeal.

* Celebrate Lent with Friends and BETRANSFORMED. This six-week program begins February 15. For more information and to sign up, visit www.lentenfriends.org.

 * SCRIP is on sale this weekend in the Parish Life Center after most Masses. Please use SCRIP and help our school.

* Don’t miss our Open Houses today at our Saint Mary Preschool (9:30am to noon, Parish Life Center) and at Holy Cross Academy (1pm to 3pm, at 250 Stafford Lakes Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA 22406).

* Calling all hosts who would consider hosting a small group in our Lenten Bible study program BETRANSFORMED. Signups will be this again this weekend, individuals who would like to join an existing group can do so after February 4. Please check out www.lentenfriends. org for information or ask people standing outside after Masses this weekend.

* This weekend’s second collection is the Diocesan Newspaper collection. Contributions help offset Saint Mary’s assessment due to the Diocese. Thank you for your generosity

 * SCRIP is on sale this weekend in the Parish Life Center after most Masses. Please use SCRIP and help our school.