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November 18, 2020 Dear Pastors, Principals and Parish Athletic Directors: After much discussion and consultation with Pastors, elementary school principals, coaches, parents and the DRA Board, the decision has been made to postpone the start of the DRA basketball season until January. With the recent developments and the precautions that are being taken by the […]

Fr. Matt’s Letter to the Parish Brothers and sisters: As I write this letter to you, I am reminded of these words on Christian discipleship from Saint Charles Borromeo who the church celebrates today; “The principal thing we must acquire and have is the grace of God, without which one cannot live in a Christian

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I believe all of us are called by Christ to a life of service. The key to understanding that call is through prayer and discernment. My vocation to the diaconate came about after responding yes to other forms of ministry, teaching, extraordinary minister, lector, etc. My deeper involvement in the Church led me to a

IC Fall Family Clean-up Day On Saturday, Nov. 14, Immaculate Conception invites parishioners of all ages to make IC beautiful. From 10 a.m.-noon, this great family event will give us the opportunity to work outside while socially distancing. Masks will be required (and helpful with the colder weather). Activities will include leaf and trash pick-up,

I owe it to my mother’s conversion. She was raised as a southern Baptist, but later in life she became Catholic. She loved the peace of the Church and was always drawn to that. Her religious fervor is what inspired me. She prayed the rosary and made sure I made it to Church. At a

For me, I heard the persistent call from God over several years. And it all started in 3rd grade. I had first thought about the priesthood in 3rd grade during a PSR class. Our teacher asked us to draw a picture of who we wanted to be, and I drew a picture of a priest.

I guess you could say that my vocation was inspired and sustained by encounters with the Body of Christ. The Church is the Mystical Body of Christ, and it has been through encounters with Catholics truly living their faith, especially priests and seminarians giving witness to their faith, that first planted the seed of my

I have been called by God, not due to any obvious merit of my own, to serve His People as one of their priests. I am 48 years into that task and am still working on trying to get it right. I am truly thankful to Fr. Hoover for inviting me to serve here at