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ICC Parish Staff:
Rev. Fr. Tom Kuffel (Pastor) [email protected] 907-434-6117 Rev. Fr. Bala (Parochial Vicar) [email protected] 907-452-3533 Rev. Mr. Sean Stack, Deacon Rev. Mr. Bob Barnard, Deacon Rev. Mr. Bob Mantei, Deacon (Ret.)
Dcn. Chuck Bowman, [email protected] Kathy McDougall, Admin Assistant [email protected] Grayce Barnard, Rel. Ed. Facilitator [email protected] Terri Atkins, Bookkeeper [email protected] Sem. Piotr (Peter) Oprych [email protected]
2 Doyon Place
Fairbanks, AK 99701
(907) 452-3533 Fax (907) 456-3336
http://iccfairbanks.org
Parish Office Hours Tues.-Fri. 9:00AM - 4:00PM
4.7.2019
Parish Information Mass Times: Daily: 12:10PM & 5:30PM Wed: 5:30PM Mass with Adoration & Confession Sunday: Sat 5:30PM, Sun 7:30AM & 10:00AM
Confessions: Daily 11:45AM - 12:00PM, Wed 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Sat 4:00PM - 5:00PM Baptism: Call Fr. Bala 907-452-3533 Marriage: Call six months prior to wedding date.
If somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Status of Operating Fund - (July 1, 2018 - March 30, 2019) Includes CC Donations received
http://giving.parishsoft.com/iccfairbanks
Depending on faith to know him and the power of his resurrection
and the sharing of his sufferings by being conformed to his death,
Weekly Budgeted Actual Collection
$7,822.63 $4,100.03
Over/Under Weekly Budget (-$3,722.60)
Year-to-Date Budgeted Year-to-Date Actual
$328,550.29 $258,412.61
Over/Under Yearly Budget (-$70,137.68)
Bringing all souls to Jesus through Mary, the Immaculate Conception.
Apr 9 7:00 PM Chrism Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral. The sacred oils used in our Mysteries (Sacraments) are blessed, and priests and religious renew their vows. The importance of this Mass cannot be diminished as it is the heart and soul of our faith: the institution of the Eucharist!
Mothers' Day Flower Sale: Sign ups will be going on the weekends of April 6-7, 13-14, 20-21 and 27-28.
Stations of the Cross will follow the 5:30 PM Mass April 12. April 19 they will be at 3:00 PM with the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
CD of the Week: Truth to Inspire Series for Kids: Our Lady of Fatima: The Truth to Inspire Series offers dramatizations of the lives of saints and well-known Marian apparitions. In this presentation hear how the three shepherd children, Lucia, Jacinta, and Fancisco, were graced with visits from Our Lady of Fatima.
Ladies Tea: May 5 4:00 PM. Planning meeting Apr 9th, 4:00 - 5:00 PM in Murphy Hall. Your help is appreciated to make this year's Tea extra Special! 452-3701
Tour the Catholic Schools of Fairbanks to find out if the schools are right for your family. ICS Grade School: Tuesdays, 9:00 AM; Monroe Junior/Senior High School: Thursdays 12:00 PM. Sign up online (catholic-schools.org/tour) or just drop by at the above times!
Save the Date: June 10 - 14 The Regional Council will sponsor a VBS at St. Nicholas. FOCUS, a College Missionary Group, will be coming up to assist. More details to come. If you’d like your children to experience a dynamic week of FAITH, FUN, and FRIENDSHIP with Jesus please, plan to come.
Job Position: ICC is looking for a Religious Education Coordinator for 2019-2020. If you are interested in the job please send your resume to [email protected] before April 7.
Please Remember in Your Prayers
Christopher Landry; Dorothy, Damien and Mary; Roy Wilbur; Allison Wood; Tom Muyleart; Pam & Bob Balster and Family; Frank Buckmeier;
Bernadette McGovern; Joel Rivera; Mary Ellen Koeller; Jim Cross; Stack-Addis-Butler Family; Bill Sager; Joseph Williams, Jr.; Olive Staley; Laurel Ruth; Lou Williams; Cindy Fields;
Kay McLevey; Roy Porter; Mrs. Joe Richardson; Linda Ault; Robin Eagan; Dave, Heidi and Family; Doreen Reed; David Savage; Helga Savage; Mason Edwards; Ralph Payner; Rocco Vicari; Jim & Sandy Harity;
Tim Lelito; Fr. Fred Bayler, Fr. Gerry Ornowski, Cathie Dolan; Bob Barnard; Rebecca Weatherford and family; Edie Del Cecato; all elected officials; Kevin & Jackie and Grandson Jadin; Fred; Drew, and all names and intentions in our Book of Intentions.
Prayer Intentions are being refreshed every 2 months. Please call the office to add and/or remove a loved one to the prayer box.
Sat. Apr 6
7:00 AM
3:30 PM
5:30 PM
Evelyn Popeck
Bertha M. Langlotz (repose)
Rose Courtney (repose)
Jon Mavencamp/Rosemary Wentink &
Peter Oprych
Lenten Weekday First Saturday;
Men’s Group 7:00 AM
Sun. Apr 7 7:30 AM
10:00 AM
ICC
Celia McGovern (repose)
Bea Garcia/ Patrick Hammers &
Peter Oprych
Jodi Stack/Debbie Meade & Peter Oprych
5th Sunday of Lent
Mon. Apr 8 12:10 PM
5:30 PM
Roland Barnard (repose)
Michael Dinh Lenten Weekday Legion of Mary
Tues. Apr 9 12:10 PM
5:30 PM
John & Pat Adams
NO MASS @ ICC Lenten Weekday
Chrism Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral
Wed. Apr 10 12:10 PM
5:30 PM
Peter McGovern (repose)
Ken & Stacey O’Toole Lenten Weekday Bible Study
Thur. Apr 11 12:10 PM
5:30 PM
Grayce Winberg (repose)
Anton & Ann Piatz Lenten Weekday RCIA
Fri. Apr 12 12:10 PM
5:30 PM
Phyllis Hanggi (repose)
Katie Adams Lenten Weekday
First Friday; Voice in the Wilderness
Sat. Apr 13 5:30 PM Thomas Clarke (repose) Peter Oprych/Shannon
Christensen & Peter Oprych
Lenten Weekday First Saturday;
Men’s Group 7:00 AM
Sun. Apr 14 7:30 AM
10:00 AM
Souls in Purgatory
ICC
Susan Jones/ Paulette Russell & Peter
Oprych
Jodi Stack/Darlene Cipra & Peter Oprych
Palm Sunday
Date Mass Intention Lector/Minister Feast Day Activity Time
Alaska Catholic Youth Conference 2019 (ACYC)
Teen Registration before May 1: $165.00; after May 1: $200.00 Adult Registration: $82.50 NOTE THAT REGISTRATION BEFORE MAY 1st is eligible for an early bird discount!
Registration for teens and adults can be done here: https://www.archdioceseofanchorage.org/other-catholic-resources/alaska-catholic-youth-conference-acyc/
“Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Publicizing the sins of another, especially those sins that are private, is “News” today. It was News in the time of Jesus, too. A favorite sin for so many is to publicize and promote the private lives of people. It is the sin of gossip. We accuse, allege, and accurse others for their private and public faults and failures, even virtues. But the Catechism teaches:
“Every word or attitude is forbidden which by flattery, adulation, or complaisance encourages and confirms another in malicious acts and
perverse conduct.” (CCC #2480)
We are not to encourage malicious speech by listening to it or repeating it. We are not to detract, calumniate, insult, or commit perjury against another, either. Yet, it is the foundation of most of our news, magazines, and talk shows. We are to seek the truth and heal those who fail — not condemn them. The adulterous woman committed a wrong act, but instead of condemning her, the Pharisees should have tried to heal her as did Jesus. When we see the faults of failures of others, when we encounter people who are struggling and suffering from their addictions and sins, it is not our place to condemn them. (They suffer enough from their own self-condemnation.) Our role is to reach down and touch, heal, strengthen, and suffer with them as did Jesus!
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned.
Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”
Grayce Barnard Religious Education & Youth News - 452-3533 - [email protected]
7 THINGS OUR TEENS NEED TO KNOW
1 – You do not have to be in a romantic relationship to enjoy your high school years. Read Romans 8:28 2 – You are beautiful in a unique way, even if no one has ever told you that. Read Psalm 139:14 3 – While your education is important, you are not defined by your GPA, the classes you take, where you’re going to college, or what you do after high school. Read Matthew 6:34 4 – It’s okay if you don’t fit in. It’s okay if you’re not like other teens. No matter how much pressure you feel to fit in with a certain group or be included with certain people, standing out is not always easy, but it’s a good thing and it will make you stronger and braver than you’ve ever been. Read Romans 12:21 5 – Don’t beat yourself up over the past. In Jesus, there is forgiveness for all sins no matter what has happened. Read Galatians 5:1 6 – Surround yourself with wise people that are older than you and believe what you believe. Don’t ever feel like you’re in this alone, especially if you’re dealing with abuse or self-harm. God has place people in your life to help. Read Proverbs 19:20 7 – Never feel like you have to dress a certain way or act a certain way just to win the approval of someone else or a certain clique at school, or even your youth group. As a follower of Christ, you’re not after people approval. You’re after God’s approval! Read Galatians 1:10
FAITH is about TRUSTING GOD even when you don’t UNDERSTAND HIS plan.
The First Communion and Confirmation classes are in the final stages of preparation for the receptions of their sacraments.
Please pray for these children: First Communion (April 28) – Otto, David, Evangeline, Shafinah, Roman Confirmation (April 29) – Ana Karin, Bryan, Daniel, Joseph, Julia, Oscar
The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) for this month will meet: April 7, April 14, April 28 and May 5. There will be no class on Easter Sunday, April 21.
The Preparation of Gifts The offertory begins the Second Part of the Liturgy. The First Part of the Liturgy is the Word. In the Liturgy of the Word, we glorify God listening to his Word and profess our faith in the Word made flesh by renewing our baptismal promises: The Creed. The Second Part of the Liturgy enacts the covenant that we have with God. It is the New Passover, completed. In the Old Testament, God made five covenants with his people. The first with Adam and Eve promising a Son from the seed of the woman to crush the skull of the dragon. Next, God made a covenant with Noah and promised never to flood the earth again due to man’s sin and gave a rainbow as the sign. Abraham, the third covenant, became our father in faith for he believed in God, even though God tested him, asking to sacrifice his FIRST, ONLY SON. Next comes the covenant with Moses in which the Passover is instituted. This is the foundation for our Mass. We merely call it Mass, as that is what the last words were saying: we are sent. Sent to do what? We are to proclaim the New Passover. Jesus freed us from our slavery to sin just as Moses freed the people from their slavery in Egypt. Finally, God made a covenant with David and promised a King to rule all the nations from his seed. Obviously all these lead us to Jesus and the New Passover.
Stewardship: Condemnation The self-righteous condemn themselves. He who justifies the wicked and
he who condemns the righteous, Both of them alike
are an abomination to the LORD.” (Prov 17:15)
Stewardship is more than giving a token to the collection. It roots out self-righteousness and creates a generous, self-less mentality. Our world has become self-righteous and we easily justify wicked acts as human rights and we condemn righteous acts as evil. This is the irony of authority. Either we submit and humble ourselves to God’s authority or we submit to a human authority. God’s authority demands that we value others, even if they are sinful. Human authority enjoys condemning others when they are sinful. The choice is obvious. Either we revel in the gossip of condemning others or we rejoice when a sinner repents. Christian Stewardship teaches us to condemn gossip and instruct the sinner. We too have to enter into the fray of messy lives and try to help, heal, and then harmonize a person with Jesus. This begins first with ourselves, for Jesus does not come to condemn but to save!
Learning to Condemn It is of our nature to condemn and accuse. We revel in the attacks against another person and enjoy exposing their faults, failures, and fears. Why is it that we love to condemn? Feeling empowered by our attacks, we are
emboldened thinking that by debasing another makes us appear better.
That is Sick! This is the paradox of condemnation. We somehow believe that condemning another makes us better, but in reality it makes us worse. The Pharisees self-righteously brought Jesus a woman caught in the very act of adultery, hoping not only to condemn the woman and enjoy a stoning, but more self-righteously, condemn Jesus for his mercy. The Pharisees believed Jesus to be Beelzebub the prince of demons (Mt 12:22) and wanted to kill Him for his ability to forgive sinners, using the woman as bait. Sinners were to be condemned at all costs and any person who sinned was excluded and exiled; but worse than being a sinner was one who showed mercy to a sinner. This was absolute blasphemy. No one but God can forgive sin and God would never forgive such a horrible sin as adultery. An adulterer deserved death — not mercy. (Ex 20:12) Jesus forgives the adulterous woman as He teaches the Pharisees that all those who rejoice in condemnation of a sinner are not only a sinner — but are worse than the sinner they condemn. Our society needs mercy more than ever. Instead of examining and exposing the faults of others, Jesus askes us to forgive those who sin as we have been forgiven first. Yet, more than just forgive the faults of another, we are to do good to them —
No Matter What!
Why do we Sin?
As St. Paul tells us (Rom 7:14) We know the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold into slavery to sin. What I do, I do not understand. For I do not do what I want, but I do what I hate. Why do we do the very things we hate? The answer is simple:
We have lost our divine dignity. Original Sin corrupts our understanding of who we are and Who made us. Original Sin distorts our thinking and not only perverted it, but in reality inverted it:
We think we are god! Being a god unto ourselves, we lose our self-esteem. We are no longer grounded in the creative narrative that man and woman, all of humanity , are in the image and likeness of God. Without this divine identification of ourselves, we try to create, generate, and design a dignity that upholds a deep-seated desire to restore that dignity. Deep within our soul, we recall that esteem which grounded our dignity in God, but now lost, we choose to do things that seemingly restore our original nature. Yet, our choices are inverted, and we do things that merely strengthen our roots in what Hans Urs van Balthazar called the ego-drama. Original Sin is nothing other than an ego-drama
in which we try to prove our self-worth.
This is the dichotomy: We cannot prove our self-worth, self-esteem, because it is innate. Our very nature is divine. Yet, we incessantly seek to prove our self-worth with the very acts that demean and debase our dignity. Any sin we commit is rooted in this ego-drama to restore our divine dignity. Our selfish passions are the very cause of our sinfulness, for they are unruly, willful, and wayward. The Adulterous Woman reveals this ego-drama battle. We all want communion with God. Communion is an intimate, playful, companionship that secures, supports, and satisfies our deepest desires. Read Genesis before the Fall.
Adam and Eve would walk with God in the cool of the evening in a paradise.
It is affectionate, attractive, and creates mutual admiration and appreciation. Yet, after the Fall, Adam and Eve realize they can use one another. Because of their fall, all of us struggle with using another. We have affairs, we abuse, become angry, and addicted which all cause us shame. We realize how easily we use another person for our own personal gratification. These acts destroy any and all relationship and creates mistrust, caution, and disbelief — not communion Yet, why would this adulterous woman, or any person, choose such a destructive act?
As St. Paul told us, we do not do the things we want but we do the very things we do not want to do: the very acts that create self-hate. The ego-drama lusts for self-esteem and chooses destructive acts that cannot and will never satisfy our longing for communion. That is why the story of the Adulterous Woman reveals the Theo-Drama. God the Father sends his Son in history to restore our divine dignity. Pure goodness, Jesus revealing his divine dignity forgiving the woman’s sin, battles with “pure evil” symbolized by the woman’s adultery which is really the sin of idolatry or self-worship. Jesus the Son of Man, that is the promised Messiah (Dan 7:13), destroys the evil beast: the ego: I am a god unto myself. This of course is the root of the New Evangelization: “Man cannot live without love, communion, or he no longer understands himself, his life lacks meaning. For this reason, "Christ the Redeemer 'fully reveals man to himself'." The Church knows that "the Redemption ... has definitively restored his dignity to man and given back meaning to his life in the world." Her fundamental task, especially in our times, is "revealing Christ to the world, helping each person to find himself in Christ." This apostolic mission seems to encounter more opposition in our time than in the past; nonetheless, it is more necessary than ever (http://www.catholic-pages.com/documents/redemptor_hominis-summary.asp). Why do we sin? We sin because we want to restore our dignity, but we want to do this by ourselves. We act like gods unto ourselves thinking we can save ourselves from doing the very things we hate to do. Our lives become a self-prophecy: we destroy ourselves trying to end the sin within. Yet, God, Our Father, in his merciful love, breaks into our ego-drama with his Son and the Theo-Drama begins. Our Father battles for our hearts by allowing us to sin, and when our sin becomes ripe and mature, we hate it. Once we experience this hatred for our sin, we realize we cannot defeat our sin by ourselves nor restore our divine dignity. In our self-hate created by our sins, God sends Jesus to reveal our self-esteem already within us. Jesus comes not merely to pay the price of sin, but to destroy the very root of our sin: the ego-drama which we call human pride.
Area Mass Times Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sat. 4:30 PM Sun. 8:00 AM; 11: 00 AM; 1:00 PM Spanish
M-F. 7:30 AM Immaculate Conception
Sat. 5:30 PM; Sun. 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM M-F. 12:10 PM & 5:30 PM
St. Raphael Sat. 6:00 PM; Sun. 9:30 AM T, Th. 9:30 AM; W. 5:30 PM
Saint Nicholas, North Pole
Sat. 5:00 PM; Sun. 9:00 AM & 12:00 PM M, T, Th, F. 9:00 AM; W 7:00 PM
St. Mark University Parish
Sun. 5:30 PM Murie Auditorium T. 5:30 PM St. Mark’s Chapel
Good Shepherd, Ft. Wainwright Sun. 9:00 AM (S. Lights Chapel)
T, W. 6:00 PM (SLC) W, Th, F. 11:00 AM (BA Hospital)
Our Lady of Snows, Eielson AFB
Sun. 10:30 AM T-F. 11:30 AM
If the rectory was sold both the proceeds from the sale and the savings would be put into our savings account for future improvements to the Church. We the Stewardship Council aspire to be good and faithful stewards of the time, talent, and treasure entrusted to us on behalf of our parishioners. We want to be financially responsible to you and to our commitment to be good stewards. We also want to ensure that our pastor and any assistant priest have comfortable accommodations for his own health of body, mind, and soul. With this in mind, we endorse the sale of the rectory as it is the best use of our stewardship. We endorse that the pastor live at the Ignatius Center spending $12,000 per year helping the diocese maintain their buildings.
Categories for the 2019 Budget. Ordinary Income $471,080.00 Expenses: Priest Coverage -$4800.00 Total Wages -$180,040.00 Contract Labor -14,250.00 Rectory -$39,200.00 Rectory Remodel -$10,000.00 Education -$9,750.00 Special Activities -$1,500.00 Travel -$6,770.00 Insurance -$10,600.00 Utilities -$ 33,930.00 Religious -$5,170.00 Office Expenses -$12,260.00 Fundraising -$1,610.00 Gas/Oil -$1,800.00 Maintenance -$8,250.00 ConnectNow Fees -$3,600.00 Depreciation -$12,420.00 Assessments -$72,780.00 Contribution Dues -$1000.00 Soup Kitchen -$41,350.00 Total Expense -$471,080.00 Net Ordinary Income $0.00 Net Income $0.00
Wil Courtney Debbie Meade Virgil Gillespie
Stewardship Council The stewardship council is looking at the proposed budget for 2019 - 2020. We broke down the major expenses into the following Categories which follow our accounting categories.
Salaries Once again our major expense is salaries. We want to be fair to our employees and pay them a just wage, but we have to consider our income and what the parish can actually afford.
Soup Kitchen The soup kitchen is another major expense. We want to create a separate set of accounting books to better track the activity and also it is easier to write grants. We are grateful for the many volunteers who make it possible for us to have a soup kitchen, but we still have expenses: salaries, food, cleaning and maintenance of the kitchen, supplies, and incidentals. We thank Terri and Grayce who make possible the structure of the soup kitchen and pursue grants to provide for our outreach and also fundraise for our ministry. They are working on raising the income to offset the expenses so that down the road, we completely fund the total cost of our ministry. Please remember our golf tournament
is June 19 and ask for your support Assessments
We have other major expense categories as listed below. The diocese charges us for a diocesan assessment and also a school assessment. Another fix assessment is the insurance cost which has been stable for the last two years (Thank God). All of these are non-negotiable.
Church Building and Restoration With a lovely, historical Church also comes the cost of maintenance and improvements. We thank Chuck, Mary, Peter, volunteers, and all the many contractors who assist us to keep up our building and grounds.
Utilities We have utilities. Most of these are fixed and we do not expect any major increases. We have looked at the various phone and internet providers and believe we are getting the best possible prices for our needs.
Rectory As noted in last weeks bulletin, we are looking at the 4 options for the rectory. The stewardship council strongly supports the sale of the rectory as it reduces our actual cost by some $30,000.00, removes the capital expenditures to update the house, and removes the debt owed on the rectory ($140,000.00). Another essential factor that was considered in this decision to sell was the fixed cost of the Ignatius Center priest housing at $12,000. This is very attractive and is a known fixed expense. Also the Ignatius is looking at ways to improve the center updating the rooms and making more recreational space. This will attract pastors and visiting priests to stay at the center and be comfortable. It also helps the diocese and reduces their cost to maintain the center. If we kept the rectory we would have capital expenditures that are estimated to be $50,000 which we would split over the next 5 years. ($10,000 a year). This money would update and improve the efficiency of the rectory: kitchen, windows, roof, fence, and stoop and sidewalk. If it is rented, the council commented that we still have the maintenance costs, also improvement costs to the house to make it rentable, the capital expenditures, and also taxes will have to be paid. We would also need to hire a building manager at 10% of the rent to take care of all the renters’ issues as we do not want to get into the rental business. Also, having reliable tenants is important. The housing market was another discussion point. It is trending slightly upwards right now and may improve in the future. Yet, with the interest on the mortgage ($9,000 yearly though we are paying $250.00 a month more on the principle) and the cost of maintenance along with capital expenditure updates to both make it rentable and do the necessary improvements, plus the insurance on the house and other hidden costs of keeping the rectory, the council still strongly supports selling of the rectory as it would not really create income until the mortgage is paid off.
April 9 Chrism Mass 7:00 PM at Sacred Heart Cathedral
April 13 Confirmation Retreat Healy 7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
April 18 Holy Thursday 7:00 PM (Adoration till 10:00 PM)
April 19 Good Friday 3:00 PM Stations followed by Divine Mercy
April 19 Good Friday 7:00 PM Passion of the Lord
April 20 Easter Vigil 8:00 PM at ICC
April 21 Sunrise Service on the Bridge
April 21 Easter Sunday Masses 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM at ICC
April 25 - 28 Fr. K in Anchorage for Knights State Meeting
April 28 First Communion 7:30 AM ICC
April 29 Confirmation 7:00 PM w/ Bishop Chad
May 5 4:00 PM Ladies Tea
May 5 3:00 PM Knights 4th Degree
May 10 5:00 PM Monroe Baccalaureate Mass
June 3 - 7 ACYC
June 10 - 14 Vacation Bible School at North Pole with Focus Missionaries who are coming up for 10 days.
UP COMING EVENTS Voice in the Wilderness
Charismatic Prayer Group Do you need prayer or healing? Come
Friday Night 6:30 PM at ICC’s K of C Room. Prayer ministry is powerful for it helps heal those
who experience isolation and desolation. Learning to pray through music and meditation
brings healing and comfort. If you need prayer: COME!
Meetings 5:30 PM Mondays
From Mary, we learn to surrender to God’s will in all things.
From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone.
From Mary, we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God
Being Legion of Mary inspires us to fill our souls with Holy Spirit as did Mary at the Incarnation
This year we are reading True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort
Legion of Mary
Knights of Columbus: Charity, Unity, Fraternity in service of our Lord These are some of the highlights the KC’s do for our parish and Church!
Best Practices for Pastoral Leadership 1. Healthy Servant Leadership 5. Transparency with Resources 2. Strong Christ-like relationships 6. Common Vision 3. Shared Core Catholic Values 7. Data Driven Mission 4. Responsibility and Accountability to All
Any organization that fails, will fail because of secrets. Secrecy and deception is the death of any organization, especially when it comes to reporting its finances, resources, and mission; and it hurts when clarity exposes any hidden deceptions. The greatest resource we have are our people who make up the organization. Along with the people who make up the organization is the mission that the organization has. This is our greatest resource as a church and also our greatest responsibility.
True Leadership must be for the benefit of the followers—not the leader! Our Mission at Immaculate Conception Church is to bring souls to Jesus through Mary. We train our staff to live by this mission. We preach, teach, and promote this message to the visitors, students, and parishioners. We combine our resources to enhance, enrich, and extend this mission of saving souls. There is no other reason for the Catholic Church to exist or for our parish to exist other than bringing souls to Christ, through Mary. Bishop Chad clearly teaches that we are to encounter Christ, be transformed by this encounter, and then become a missionary disciple proclaiming that this Christ, risen from the dead, will free you from the cause of your death, sin; and raise you up also. To be transparent however, people and parishioners have to be open to receive this message. Transparency is a two way street.
• Send a Wounded Warrior to Lourdes • Ultra Sound Initiative (provides ultrasound
equipment to prolife pregnancy centers) Coats for Kids (KC’s provide winter coats for kids)
• Pro-Life Walk in Washington DC • Seminarian Match Fund for Vocations
• Promotes Save Environment Training • Insurance Benefits from annuities, life insurance,
accidental death benefits and more • Fr. McGivney’s Guild to help promote sanctity • Brotherhood of Accountability
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