In honor of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, there will be a blessing of all pets in the Berst Hall parking lot in Coal City on Saturday, October 16 at 11:00 A.M. In addition to the usual pets, Fr. Josh is hoping to bless some pet snakes as well. Please plan to join us with your pets, including snakes, for this special pet blessing! We hope to see you there!

Beginning on Monday, October 11th, there will be a weekly 8 a.m. Rosary and 8:30 a.m. Communion Service at Immaculate Conception Church. Please join us!

Join us Sunday, October 3rd from 2:30 - 3:30 pm at the corner of Routes 53 and 113 to silently reflect and stand publicly to show support for life in all forms.

We invite all local first responders to join us at Mass on Sunday, September 26th as we show them our appreciation and pray over them. Refreshments will be served in Fr. White Hall after Mass.

Please join us Saturday, September 25 at 9:00 AM on the parish grounds to help make them look beautiful! If work goes past noon, lunch will be served.

Join us for another day of fun and fellowship as we help to make our church grounds beautiful! Saturday, July 31st at 9:00 AM. Please bring work gloves, gardening tools and paint scrapers.

Our parish community extends a very warm welcome to our new pastor, Reverend Joshua Miller. Welcome to Braidwood and Coal City!

We are happy to share the great news that starting on Sunday, June 13th we will be back celebrating Sunday Mass in our church home! Join us at 9:30 AM at IC in Braidwood to celebrate Mass.

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.