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ANNOUNCEMENTS...
WELCOME!
If you are new to our community, we hope you have felt welcome.
If you are a visitor - we're glad you joined us! If you wish to
become a member of our parish family, simply fill out the blue
form available at the side entrances of the church and present
the form and introduce yourself to Fr. Ed. Additional
information will be provided at that time.
Immaculate Conception is now offering you the ability to use the
E-Giving system for electronic donations instead of
envelopes at Mass.
Click the above button to log in or sign up, today!
You can also reach the website by clicking
HERE.
The process is safe, secure, and easy! Feel free to review
the
FAQ fact sheet,
here.
THE PARTNERS
IN CHARITY APPEAL is now
in progress. Our parish goal this year is
$40,000.00. As of
Monday noon, our parishioners have donated
$39,351.00. Please
consider the pledge donation this year.
Donations can be made via the offertory collection, by mail, or
by visiting
www.Partners-Charity.net
where your gift will be credited to our parish
and where a special search tool for "Matching Gifts" has been
imbedded into the website. May our parish continue to support
the works of this worthy appeal.
FIRST GRADE
registration (green) forms are located in the church entrances.
Please fill out the necessary information and return via the
collection basket
ASAP. CCD materials for the number of
students must be ordered.
SECOND GRADE
students, who will prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation
and Holy Communion, and students entering the
Ninth Grade
Confirmation program, must submit a
long form copy of their
Baptism record at the
first
class session. A record can be obtained
by phoning churches to request that it be mailed to your home.
Those Baptized here at I.C. needn't furnish records.
FIRST GRADE
registration (green) forms are located in the church entrances.
Please fill out the necessary information and return via the
collection basket
ASAP. CCD materials for the number of students
must be ordered.
MANY OF THE EASTER FLOWER DONATIONS
in our sanctuary are given as memorial gifts. The names of the
donors and of those who are remembered are now posted on the
church bulletin boards. This Sun., May 20th,
at 8:00 AM, Mass will be offered for those remembered through
the Easter Flower Memorials. May the flowers express a prayerful
remembrance — of those not forgotten in death, by us who live in
hope of paradise in their company forever!
THANK YOU
to all the parishioners who participated in the Mother's Day
Rose Sale totaling $280.00.
PLEASE INFORM
the rectory office if you should move to a new location, change
your P.O. Box #, or if traveling for an extended period. This is
most helpful to the office and we in turn will inform the Lord,
wherever you are
F.Y.I.-
To arrange an announced Mass, please call Eileen at the rectory
office at (978) 365-6582, as the Mass calendar is on her desk.
ON MONDAYS
the Rosary is said at 5:00 PM; Marian Novena at 5:15 PM
 Did
you know our state has a Pro Life license plate?
Register for Your Choose Life License
Plate
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The Choose Life license plate has arrived at local RMV branches!
This plate benefits pregnancy crisis centers, adoption resource
facilities, and baby "safe havens." Won't you help? Register for
your own Choose Life License Plate and then tell your friends,
your relatives, your co-workers to do the same. This plate
has been on the road since July 2010.
When you register for the plate, you pay
$40 more than your regular registration fee. $12 goes to pay for
the plate and $28 goes to Choose Life, Inc. which will
distribute it to the centers. Visit website
www.MaChoose-Life.org
for more info.
Order online here:
http://www.mass.gov/rmv/express/plates.htm
We need your continued support -
please join!
If you have any questions, you can email
Merry@MaChoose-Life.org
or call (781) 224-0404. You can also
contact Bob or Irene Connor from our parish at (978) 840-1117 or
rsconnor@hotmail.com,
Choose Life, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization.
PRAYER GROUP MEETING
meets
every 3rd Thursday of the month. All are welcome.
HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
Do you have some time available each week that you could give in
a constructive, meaningful way? If so, than perhaps you would
make a good volunteer for Allegiance Hospice. Allegiance Hospice
is looking for volunteers to visit patients under hospice care
in nursing homes in Central Mass Area for a minimum of 1 hour a
week. Volunteers are formally trained and are a valued part of
the interdisciplinary team in serving patients at end of life.
If you are interested, please call
Lisa Trudell at
(877) 255-4623.
THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE
to artificial methods of birth control and IVF. Learn about
FertilityCare, the new reproductive science that is 99%
effective to avoid pregnancy, highly effective to achieve
pregnancy and offers couples who are experiencing infertility
hope to achieve their dream of pregnancy without artificial
reproductive technologies. This is accomplished while following
the teachings of the Church. To learn more about the program,
contact Barbara Meier, RN, FCPI at (609) 457-0108 or
fertilitycare@ymail.com
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
Discover what every couple needs to know,
and what every woman has a right to know. The Creighton Model
Fertility Care System helps married couples mutually value,
respect and understand their combined fertility by promoting
shared responsibility and marital bonding. This natural system
for planning and avoiding pregnancy, views children as gifts and
empowers women to manage PMS, Menopause, Infertility, and other
health problems. For more information or to sign up for a free
introductory session, phone
Barbara Meier, RN, FCPI at
the Fallon Clinic in Fitchburg at
(978) 343-2775 or (609) 457-0108. Please obtain more information
which is available at the church entrances.
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