Immaculate Conception Parish in North Easton, MA, is currently looking for a Director of
Music. Immaculate Conception is a faith-filled Catholic community, with approximately 900
families. This is a part-time position. The Director is part of our Pastoral Team and is responsible
for planning and executing weekend Masses, funerals, weddings, and other liturgies.
The ideal candidate will be a skilled organist with experience planning liturgies and leading
choirs. The successful applicant will also be a professional, organized team player who is
familiar with the liturgy of the Catholic Church.
If you have interest in becoming an integral part of our Pastoral Team and mission, please send
your cover letter and resume to our parish administrator, Fr. Neil Wack, CSC, at
[email protected]
For a complete job description, please click on this link:
www.icceaston.org/music-ministry
Join the Club! The 30-Week Club is a fundraiser to help support our parish. Anyone can join! The entry fee is $90 and drawings are held the last Thursday of every month when 4 or 5 weekly winners are drawn. There is no limit to the amount of times you can win!
The Club takes place between April 1 and October 24.
Members who pay the entry fee of $90 before June 1 are eligible for 2 special $200 drawings in July.
Click the image to register for the Club. Members are assigned a captain who will be responsible for collecting the entry fee. For your convenience, the fee may also be made online through WeShare.
Immaculate Conception Church invites you to participate in a parish program on "The Jewish Roots of Holy Week. Holy Week is the holiest week of the year. But why do we call the entire week "holy"? Follow Scripture scholar and professor Dr. Brant Pitre as he walks through each of the seven days of Holy Week and explains how the worlds and actions of Jesus on the last seven days of His life are deeply significant, relevant and rooted in the Old Testament.
Sessions take place weekly, beginning March 14 at 9am and March 19 at 7pm:
Each session will last about 1 hour. Please call the Parish Office at 508-238-3232 to register.
Five men of Holy Cross will profess perpetual vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, including Aaron Morris, C.S.C. These men have discerned God's call during their years in formation and are now prepared to devote their lives to God as finally-professed members of the Congregation of Holy Cross. You are invited to participate in the Final Vows liturgy by joining via livestream by clicking on the blue title above. (The link will be updated to show Final Vows just before the Mass begins.)
Immaculate Conception Church is hosting a school supply drive for My Brother's Keeper (whose mission is to "To bring the Love and Hope of Jesus Christ to those in need."). This wonderful organization will distribute backpacks full of school supplies when they deliver furniture and groceries to families in need throughout the year. Supplies are being collected now through September 9 and can be dropped off inside the church (before or after Masses) or anytime on the porch of the rectory.
For a list of needed supplies, please click the school bus image.
Let us gather and shine Christ's light into the world! Join us for Mass and a blessing for volunteers, catechists and students as they begin a new year in faith formation.
Following Mass, pancakes, baked goods and fruit kabobs will be served in the gym. Along with music, games and Wally the Green Monster!
Registration for the 2024-2025 school year is open! Classes begin September 29. Please click the image to visit the Faith Formation page. If you have any questions, please contact Lynne Stewart, Faith Formation Coordinator at [email protected].
“Renew the Face of the Earth” - The 83rd 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.
For over thirty years, the St. Vincent de Paul Society has sponsored the Caring Tree. This year, the Caring Tree will be decorated with envelopes and displayed at the back of the Church from November 25 through December 23.
For your convenience, the envelopes will be stamped and addressed to: St. Vincent de Paul Society, c/o Immaculate Conception Church. We ask that you please make checks payable to St. Vincent de Paul Society. Your generous support will allow us to provide financial assistance for food, fuel, prescriptions, emergency shelter, etc.
If you are unable to attend ICC over this holiday season and wish to make a donation, we ask that you send your donation payable to St. Vincent de Paul Society and mail it to St. Vincent de Paul Society, c/o Immaculate Conception Church, 193 Main Street, North Easton, MA 02356.
If you find yourself needing assistance from St. Vincent de Paul now or at anytime during the year, lease contact the parish secretary at the rectory at 508-238-3232. Please feel confident that we will uphold the strictest confidentiality with your requests.
Thank you very much and may God bless you and keep you in his care.
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
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.
Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Cross Church formally merged their Religious Education programs in August, 2021. We are thrilled to offer in-person classes, as well as some at-home options. Parishioners may enroll their child in a class at either parish.
Classes at Immaculate Conception Church are held about every other week. For Grades 1-6, there are classes on Sundays (9-10 am) or Monday (4:30-5:30 pm). The classes for Grade 7 & 8 are every other Monday (6:30-7:30 pm). For more options including YDisciples and Confirmation I and II, please visit the Holy Cross website.
Religious education classes began meeting in September. Should you wish to register your child mid-year, please email or call your home parish and we will assist you.
Lynne Stewart
Administrative Assistant for Religious Education
Immaculate Conception Church
[email protected]
Margaret Dwyer-Hogan
Director of Religious Education
Holy Cross Church
[email protected]
← 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.