The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is Thursday, December 8, a Holy Day of Obligation.

Mass will be celebrated at 9:00 AM and 7:30 PM
(Rosary at 8:30 AM led by the Knights of Columbus)

We honor Mary because God favored her with a special grace (at the moment of her conception), and her decision to cooperate with it has blessed humankind.

Prayer on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

Father,
The image of the Virgin is found in your Church.
Mary had a faith that your Spirit prepared and a love that never knew sin,
for you kept her sinless from the first moment of her conception.
Trace in our actions the lines of her love, in our hearts her readiness of faith.
Prepare once again a world for your Son who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
Amen