Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church

Last week we conducted an in-pew survey! Thanks for your patience, time, and input! We printed out more that 3500 surveys, and it seems there were not many left over! Yowza!!

We have a dozen volunteers and staff inputting your responses into Survey Monkey which will be used by an expert statistician and data analyst to collect
and sort the information! Yes, the expert is my father, who has a masters degree in statistics and a PhD from Michigan in Zoology plus many years teaching statistics and helping researchers to write surveys. And best of all, his consultation fee is just the Hail Marys we can spare! Please pray one or two for him. Thank you!

If you missed the survey, I was seeking your perspective on: questions about adding another Spanish Mass, economic impact of the parish on the City of Fredericksburg , and a few other things pertaining to our Capital Campaign. If you missed the survey, here is the link for you to be able to fill it out. The link will close on Thursday April 6th at 9am. This way all data will be in before the three most sacred days of the year, and we can can all focus on what is most important!

To access the survey on a computer:

surveymonkey.com/r/MNK5NY7

A Blessed Palm Sunday to all, may this week be an enriching journey along the sorrowful way of the cross and resurrection of Our Lord.

Pax,

Father John Mosimann

1. Saturday is the Feast of the Annunciation! One of two solemnities that are so big that the church breaks its fast and penitential season to celebrate this major feast. (The other is St. Joseph’s Feast Day which was last Monday).

When I meditate on the Annunciation, I contemplate the disposition of the Blessed Virgin to do whatever the Lord asked of her. I consider her radical availability, “be it done unto me according to your will.” That generosity of availability for the Lord is one that we can cultivate and pray for.

We can cultivate it by doing the difficult things that would otherwise cause us to recoil. We can pray for added strength when we see that we said ’no’ where our conscience was urging us to say ‘yes.’ Recently, I had a conversation with someone who is looking to apply for a job that they expect will be a stretch but also difficult to even be hired! The conversation led me to believe that his nerves and anxiety were really the Lord stirring his soul for the next way he wants him to grow. Enjoy the Feast of the Annunciation! Your ‘yes’ in the hands of God can work miracles.

2. The Wizard of Oz at HCA!! By the time you reads this, there will be, at most, one more production of our school play, The Wizard of Oz. There are rumors of a pastor having a small but wonderful role! Stay tuned for a picture, in case it happens!

3. Parish Survey. There are a couple of things I’d like some parish data on, especially a possible new Spanish Mass, and economic impact of the parish. I am asking folks to fill it out at Mass, but if you miss it, there will be other opportunities as well.

4. (yes, I know I said three). Extra confessions before Holy Week. Schedule on page 4.

pax,

Father John Mosimann