Immaculate Conception Parish is creating a personalized cookbook that showcases the best recipes and we want your recipes to be included! Help us capture memories of our favorite family dishes so they can be passed on to future generations. We would appreciate three or four of your favorite recipes to be included in our upcoming cookbook. The more recipes we collect, the better our cookbook will turn out. Printed with your recipe will be your name and a note about the importance of the recipe, if you choose. You may also submit a photo of the dish or of the person whom you are honoring with the recipe.

The entrance procession is highly symbolic, reminding us that our life is a pilgrimage to the heights of Heaven.

This special Tree Blessing Ceremony remembers infants lost through miscarriage, stillbirth, other pregnancy losses, and infant or early childhood death.

Listen to Bishop Pates' message to parents about the reopening of Youth Formation Programs.

A Girl Scout is collecting items for Help for Hope at Assumption Church and Immaculate Conception parish. There will be a collection bin at Assumption Church by the northeast entrance of the church.

The Braidwood Knights of Columbus Council #1574 will be holding a drive-thru style Pulled Pork and Cole Slaw dinner on Saturday, July 25th from 4:00 - 7:00 PM at their KOC Hall at 195 S. Main Street, Braidwood.

Please be alert and keep your eyes on your email. We are working on the reopening plan for Family Faith Formation and Youth Ministry. We will also be sending out updates on First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Thank you for your faithfulness and patience during this time of separation. God bless you all! In Christ, Deacon Bill

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.

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, 2009

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.

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?

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.)

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.

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.

Father Raed Badar named new pastor at Immaculate Conception and Assumption parishes effective July 1, 2020.

 In his statement, regarding the Holy Father’s message, Archbishop José Gomez, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops notes...

Thanks to an anonymous donor, our parish has been given a year-long subscription to FORMED.org! This digital platform contains thousands of Catholic movies, presentations, learning videos, books and audio books!

The English translation of the Litany of Supplication used during the prayer service on Friday evening presided over by Pope Francis on the steps of St Peter’s Basilica.

Please join Pope Francis for a prayer service as He prays for an end to this pandemic, pleading the Lord for mercy, protection, and deliverance. He will also impart His special Apostolic Blessing upon the whole world.

"People who cannot get to confession because of the coronavirus lockdown or another serious reason can go to God directly, be specific about their sins, request pardon and experience God's loving forgiveness, Pope Francis said."