Our Parish is committed to providing a safe place for all the faithful. Therefore, we follow a strict policy of The Essential Three for all who minister, work or volunteer in our parish. We ask for your cooperation and support. The safety of our community depends on all of us doing our part. Please click on the image to visit the Diocesan Safe Environment page for more information

Please join us for Eucharistic Adoration

Fridays
8:30am until Noon

You are welcome to sign up for an hour, half hour or just drop in.

Catholic Mission Trip - Summer July 22-30, 2023
The ASP provides one of the most rewarding structured service opportunities in the nation - bringing thousands of volunteers from around the country to Central Appalachia to repair and replace homes for low-income families.

Since 1969, we've made homes warmer, safer and drier for families and provided transformational service experiences for volunteers.

For more information and to registered, please click the ASP image.

Classes are underway.

Please click the image to the left to bring you to our Children's Faith Formation page for descriptions of classes, payment link and the registration form.

“Journeying Together in Faith and Love”

The 81st Annual Catholic Appeal begins May 1. Since 1942, the Appeal has helped people in all phases of life – from children, to youth, to parents, to the elderly. Your support sustains the numerous agencies, programs, and ministries providing food and shelter, educating children and adults, and meeting the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of thousands. We encourage you to support the Appeal as generously as you can. You can make a one-time gift or a pledge with convenient payments throughout the year. You can give by mail, use a contribution card located in church, or make your gift or pledge online at: www.GiveFRDiocese.org.

For more information, please click the image for the Catholic Foundation website.

The 2022 30-Week Club is now closed. Thank you for all who attended the year-end reception and to those who made it happen. What a wonderful evening!

← PLEASE CLICK THE IMAGE TO FOR THE GRAND ANNUAL APPEAL. It is with reverence for our past and enthusiasm for our future that we ask that you please consider supporting our Grand Annual Appeal for Immaculate Conception Parish. Funds raised through this important collection will help as we recover from the significant financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our parish. Now it is time to come together to help stabilize us financially while ensuring that we keep as our priority our mission to make God known, loved, and served.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People calls on all Dioceses to provide safe environment education for children and youth. The Fall River Diocese has been providing this training through several resources. Last year the Diocese began implementing a new curriculum with our Faith Formation programs called Circle of Grace. This curriculum is meant to supplement and be integrated into our primary faith formation program.

Immaculate Conception Faith Formation is working with Holy Cross Faith Formation on this curriculum.

PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE to be redirected to Holy Cross Faith Formation website to access the Circle of Grace curriculum.

HOMESCHOOL - Please click on the image to be directed to the Holy Cross website for eBook and syllabus information.

Please click the Religious Education tab for more information about classes, calendar and information. Thank you.

We are formally merging our Religious Education program with Holy Cross Church under the direction of Margaret Dwyer-Hogan. Below please find the 2021-2022 Religious Education schedule. If you have any questions, please contact the Parish office at 508-238-3232 or [email protected]


PAYMENT: Through the On-Line Registration Form, you will be directed to the ICC website / WeShare page for credit card payments. If paying by check, please make checks payable to Immaculate Conception Church and send to the Parish office.

START DATE Sunday, September 26

SCHEDULE

Grades 1-6 (every other week) in-person classes - choose a day at either ICC or Holy Cross. Once you register for a particular day, you will keep that day throughout the school year:

Sunday 9AM to 10AM at ICC
Sunday 9:30AM to 10:30AM at Holy Cross
Monday 4:30PM to 5:30PM at ICC
Tuesday 4:30PM to 5:30PM at Holy Cross


Grades 4-6 (every other week) at-home option with e-Assessment:

Books will be provided and distributed with the same syllabus as in-person classes.


Grades 7 & 8 (every other week):

Monday 6:30PM to 7:30PM at ICC
Tuesday 6:30PM to 7:30PM at Holy Cross


Grades 7 & 8 (every other week) at-home option with e-Assessment:

Books will be provided and distributed with the same syllabus as in-person classes.


Grades 6, 7, 8 - YDisciple Option
Students will stay in these small groups through Confirmation I. Students work with YDisciple Leaders creating their own calendar with a mix of service, learning, sharing and praying as a small community. Space is very limited. To learn more about YDisciple visit https://ydisciple.com or reach out to Margaret Dwyer-Hogan, Director of Religious Education at Holy Cross at 508-238-2235.


Confirmation I & II Kick Off Mass:

Sunday, September 26 at 5:30PM at Holy Cross
Followed by reception for parents and teens


Confirmation I (4 consecutive weeks alternating with Confirmation II):

Sunday 5:30 Mass, followed by class, pick up at 7:30PM at Holy Cross.

Classes:
October 31 (fun night); November 7, 14, 21
January 9, 16, 23, 30
March Retreat - TBD


Confirmation II (4 consecutive weeks alternating with Confirmation I):

Sunday 5:30 Mass, followed by class, pick up at 7:30PM at Holy Cross.

Classes:
September 26, October 3, 10, 17
December 5, 12, 19, January 2
February 6, 13, 27, March 6
April Retreat – TBD
Confirmation – determined by Bishop da Cunha


AT-HOME OPTION WITH e-ASSESSMENT FOR GRADES 4-8

Students who choose to learn at home will be required to do an e-Assessment at the end of each chapter. Unlike last year, this is not optional. There will be two, six-chapter books used this year. The e-Assessment links will be posted on the website each week. We have a dedicated person who will be tracking this work. Work must be completed to move onto next year.


FEE

$100 for 1 child
$200 for 2 children
$250 for 3 or more children
First Communion Fee: $50
Confirmation II Fee: $50


NEW THIS YEAR – Families and Faith

If you have multiple children with loads of scheduling conflicts, please consider our new Families and Faith program, held at Holy Cross. This program is based on families attending the 10AM Mass, then proceeding to the parish hall for a one hour community-based faith formation session under the direction of lead families. Fees remain the same - $100 for one child, $200 for two children, $250 for three or more. If you have a child in a sacrament year (grade 2 or 10), you may still participate; however, the sacrament fee of $50 will be required in addition to the program fees. To learn more about this program, please contact Lindsay Franzoni at [email protected]

Blessings to our Parish young adults who recently celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation. May they continue to grow in the grace of God. Please click the link to watch the celebration.

Please click on the image to view and participate in this weekend's Mass celebrated at Immaculate Conception Church.

Blessings to our Parish young adults who recently celebrated the Sacrament Confirmation. May they continue to grow in the grace of God. Please click the link to watch the celebration.

The U.S. bishops urge our participation each Friday in a nationwide Novena for the Legal Protection of Human Life. The Novena began on August 3rd and will continue until September 28th. Participants will receive a weekly email or text reminders to pray and fast, along with little-known facts about Roe v. Wade to share with others. See the links to the right.

Cemetery maintenance is periodically done in accordance the Rules and Regulations of Immaculate Conception Cemetery. All of us want our cemetery to reflect in a beautiful way the memory of our loved ones. Policies are in place to help families and our cemetery staff work together to create a dignified setting for all. Please respect the rules so that all may enjoy a peaceful moment with our loved ones. If you would like to obtain a copy of the Rules and Regulations please click on the cemetery tab above. Thank you for your cooperation.