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Welcome to
Immaculate Conception Parish!
110 S. School Street
Braidwood, IL 60408
Phone: (815) 458-2125
Fax: (815) 458-2836
E-mail: icparishbraidwood@gmail.com
WELCOME HOME!!!!
Announcements:
***This Sunday's 9:30 AM Mass will be held at Assumption Catholic Church.***
***Reservations are no longer required for daily Thursday Mass or for our Adoration/Prayer hours.***
We are pleased to announce that the Diocese of Joliet has granted us permission to open our church for Adoration/Prayer and Daily Mass. We are also approved for outdoor Masses. Please understand that we must follow the following guidelines set forth by the Diocese in order to be compliant with our re-opening:
RESERVATIONS
A reservation must be made for our Sunday, 9:30 AM Mass by midnight the night before in order to assure a spot at Mass. Each member of a household attending needs to be accounted for in the reservation number. Reservations will also be taken by phone (call Sara at (815) 341-5946) for those that do not have the means to do so by computer. However, if you have the ability to sign up online, we please ask that you do so. If you do not make a reservation but decide to attend Mass, please know you may be placed on stand-by.
Each Thursday Mass will be limited to 20 people.
Each Adoration hour will be limited to 10 people in Church at a time (up to 20 people total).
Each Sunday Outdoor Mass will be limited to 98 people.CHECK-IN BEFORE MASS
Please plan on arriving a minimum of 15 minutes before your Mass time.
Entry into the Church is via the main doors.
You will be welcomed by a volunteer who will:
- Make sure you are wearing a mask.
- Provide hand sanitizer for you to use.
- Check-in you/your party.
- Direct you to an usher who will assist in seating you.
The church seating has been adjusted for social distancing and please note you must be patient and understand that you will not be able to sit where you usually did in the past.
PROCEDURES DURING MASS
- According to the directives given by the Diocese of Joliet, Masses will be simplified.
- Donations/Offerings can be dropped into the basket on your way into the Church.
- Communion will be distributed only under the form of the consecrated Host and only in the hand.
- When receiving Communion, your mask should be lowered but replaced immediately after reception of the Sacred Host, per IDPH and CDC guidelines.
- Ushers will dismiss one pew at a time for Communion.
- Please remain seated after Mass. Our Ushers will dismiss by pews.
- No hymnals or Sunday bulletins will be available.
- Holy Water fonts will remain empty.
PROCEDURES DURING OUTDOOR MASS- We ask everyone to bring their own chairs/blankets to use during Mass. NO CHAIRS WILL BE SET UP.
- Please enter on the sidewalk from the parking lot in-between the Church and Rectory.
- Donations/Offerings can be dropped in the box on your way to the lawn.
- After being checked-in, a greeter will show you to an area for you to sit.
- All procedures listed above apply regarding Communion.
- After Mass, once you are dismissed by an usher, please exit the area to the parking lot via the lawn south of the Rectory.
***Please - if you have a fever, flu-like symptoms, or are just not feeling well, please stay home and get well.
MASS SCHEDULE
Sunday: If no rain: 9:30 am (outdoor Mass at Immaculate Conception)
If raining: 9:30 am (at Assumption Church, Coal City)
Thursday: 8:30 AMSACRAMENT OF PENANCE/CONFESSION SCHEDULESunday: Following 9:30 am Mass -
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Mass Livestream
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Diocese of Joliet Mass with Bishop Pates - 8:00 AM
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Visit the Diocese of Joliet website.
Click to visit the website of Assumption Parish, Coal City.
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Diocese Annual Appeal
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Whether it's a one-time gift or setting up a recurring schedule, if you need assistance with online giving, please contact our office at:
icparishbraidwood@gmail.com or (815) 458-2125.
Click below for a message from Fr. Noesen regarding giving opportunities during this time:Giving Opportunities
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St. Vincent's Table
Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with hosting St. Vincent’s Meals at Immaculate Conception throughout May and June!
St. Vincent's Meals are being served every Monday night in July and August from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Ignite Christian Church, 1180 W. First Street, Braidwood. If you would like to donate to help this ministry, please click the "Donate Now" button or send a check for St. Vincent Meals to the church office. Funds will be spent on food for the meals and the containers we put them in. Thank you for your prayerful consideration.
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IC Parish News
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A retreat day of spiritual care for widows and widowers reflecting on the joys, sorrows, glorious, and luminous mysteries experienced in this garden of life. Several models to promote self-care, healing, creativity, spiritual well-being and holistic health will be discussed. The day of “flowering” will include the creation of a spiritual bouquet of spiritual practices to promote an abundant, blooming life.Read More
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By tradition, the Catholic Church dedicates each month of the year to certain devotions. July is devoted to the Precious Blood of Jesus. In the past, the feast of the Most Precious Blood of Christ was celebrated on the first Sunday of July as confirmed by past Popes and recalled recently by Pope Benedict XVI in His speech after praying the Angelus on July 5, 2009Read More -
Upon the notification that Bishop Conlon would take a medical leave, Bishop Richard E. Pates was appointed Apostolic Administrator for the Diocese of Joliet on December 27, 2019 by Pope Francis. When the Holy Father accepted Bishop Conlon's resignation on May 4, 2020, he again appointed Bishop Pates as Apostolic Administrator until the appointment of a new bishop for the diocese.Read More -
As May was the month of Mary, our Blessed Mother, and June is the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, does it not follow that as May leads into June, Mary leads us to her the love of her Son, symbolized by His Heart?Read More -
If you are looking to enter into the mystery of Jesus’ ascension more deeply, one way is to take apart the episode into smaller segments, reflecting on every action that occurs. This can be done quite effectively during the Rosary as you meditate on the Glorious Mysteries. (Click for full article.)Read More -
As aid agencies struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic in parts of the developing world, Catholic Relief Services said it is relying on past experience in handling mass outbreaks of disease as it manages its own response to COVID-19.Read More
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The coronavirus has prompted almost two-thirds of American believers of all faiths to feel that God is telling humanity to change how it lives, a new poll finds.Read More
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Father Raed Badar named new pastor at Immaculate Conception and Assumption parishes effective July 1, 2020.Read More
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Zec 9:9-10Responsorial Psalm Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14Reading 2 ROM 8:9, 11-13Gospel Mt 11:25-30
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