Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church

Dear Folks,

What is on your mind?  The election for sure.  To which I give you this scriptural reminder:  “Put no trust in princes, in children of Adam powerless to save.”  Psalm 146:3  And you know what is directly before that sentence?  “I will praise the LORD all my life, sing praise to my God while I live.”

Want to fulfill your sacred duty and serve our country?  Come to adoration.  We are looking to open up the church from Monday mid-day all the way through the election to Wednesday morning so that you can pray for our country.  But to do so we need to be sure that someone will be at adoration at every hour.  Mon/Tue overnight is already covered!

However, if we aren’t able to cover the Tue/Wed overnight hours by 10pm Sunday, we will have to repose our Lord to the tabernacle and not have the overnight adoration.  Below is the link to sign-up.

Also, November brings altar server training.  All young men and women 4th grade and up are encouraged to sign up for training, please see the notice in today’s bulletin.

Finally, November also brings the great feasts of praying for our loved ones who have gone before us.  This coming Friday, November 8th we will have an All Souls Candlelight Memorial Mass.  This Mass, our All Souls Novena, and the banner in church with this year’s faithful departed are just three ways we try all month to keep our beloved friends and family in our prayers.

 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4CAAA72DA4FE3-52568608-special

pax et bonum,
Fr. Mosimann

Friday November 1 is the Feast of All Saints and a Holy Day of Obligation.  The Mass schedule is:

Thursday October 31

6pm

7:30pm

Friday November 1

6:30am

9am

12pm

4pm Latin Novus Ordo

6pm

7:30pm Bilingual

Come and spend some time before the Blessed Sacrament and pray for our country and the world. Adorers are needed Monday, November 4 after noon Mass through Election Day, Tuesday, November 5th. Sign up below:

 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4CAAA72DA4FE3-52568608-special

Dear Folks,

I shared this on Facebook , but since most parishioners are not on there, I will share it here too. I write this on the Feast Day of Saint John Paul 2. His Feast Day is celebrated October 22nd because that was the inauguration of his papacy, where he encouraged us, “Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ. ”

Yes, the picture below is me in 1998, giving a high five to Saint John Paul 2! My family went to Rome around my first anniversary of ordination. I knew to stand by the barrier fence, so that when the pope would pass I might see him close up. This required blocking out all the late arriving crowd with the skills I learned playing basketball. So when the pope drove by in the popemobile, we were right there.

He was gesticulating with his left hand that he wanted folks to reach out and touch him, and so I gave him a (very gentle) high five! And then, I was struck by how frail and weak he looked, so I did what any priest would do: I blessed him! I immediately felt a little foolish, because who am I to bless a pope? But I am sure, in his humility, he would have welcomed the blessing from the very young priest!

So yeah, I high-fived and blessed a saint! And too those on Facebook who commented that I “haven ’t changed a bit,” you can have a small penance for you kind ‘exaggeration!’

Also: NEW ALTAR SERVER TRAINING Dates given in November and December. Check the ad here in the bulletin, and sign up by email to the server address included.

pax,

Father John Mosimann