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      • Strategic Plan Update 2 - FF
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  • WORSHIP
    • Mass Times >
      • Video Archive >
        • Archive: Online Mass
        • Archive: Friar Prayers and Messages
        • Archive: Other Online Devotions
    • Liturgy
    • Readings / Daily Devotional
    • Sacraments & Funerals
    • Prayer Requests
  • FAITH FORMATION
    • CGS
    • CLOW
    • Youth Ministry
    • Young Adults
    • Adult Faith Formation >
      • Women's Retreat
  • SERVICE
    • Committees & Ministries >
      • Parish Council
    • Social Action >
      • Community Partners
      • Racial Justice
      • ACTION Alert
  • GIVING
    • Financial Update
    • Ways to Give >
      • Setting Up Online Giving
      • Setting Up Text To Give
    • Bishop's Annual Appeal
    • Contributions
    • Gifts in Honor or Memory
    • Love Fund
    • Matching Gifts
    • Planned Giving
    • Stewardship Renewal
  • RESOURCES
    • COVID-19 Parish Response >
      • Public Presence at Parish Guidlines
      • Resources during COVID-19 outbreak
      • Praying together from home
    • Safe Environment
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Prayer |   Justice towards God

Come and Be Fed
  • March 9th-11th - 6:30-8:30pm 
  • A 3-Night Parish Mission to renew us in our Lenten journey
  • Details Here. 

Commemoration of St. Oscar Romero 
  • March 21st @ 6:30pm - Food, Concert @ 7pm 
  • An ecumenical worship service and concert with Guillermo Cuellar, musician and composer
  • We will receive Relics of St. Romero from Salvador as part of this Commemoration that will then be permanently installed in our altar.  
  • PART OF A WEEK OF EVENTS TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ST OSCAR ROMERO. FULL SCHEDULE AVAILABLE HERE.

Walk the Labyrinth 
  • Come to the gathering space of the church for a time in quiet, meditative prayer. Journeying near to the center, further away, the Labyrinth is one way to pray from wherever you are in relation to Jesus in this season, and to invite the spirit to guide your steps ever closer to the love and friendship of God. 
  • Drop in hours: 
    • ​March 31st from 5-8pm 
    • April 1st from 9am - 6:30pm
    • April 2nd from 9am - 6:30pm ​

Sacrament of Reconciliation  
  • ​Fridays during Lent at 7pm, Saturdays at 9am
  • In the main Church, to the side next to the Eucharistic Chapel where the tabernacle is located, behind the altar. ​

Parish Penance Service - ​Monday, March 30th from 7-9pm
  • Full Deanery schedule here. 



Fasting | Justice towards self
  • US Catholic Conference of Bishops Guidance Here
  • Ecological fasting... Meatless Mondays // Avoiding single use plastics
    • Resources available at Catholic Climate Covenant 
    • From Restoring Creation, a Lutheran Ministry and Blog 
  • Resources on Fasting
    • Fr. James Martin, SJ  - On giving up Oregano for Lent
    • Giving up Diet Culture For Lent
  • This lent... Do nothing...A radical proposal from one Jesuit.
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​Alms-giving | Justice towards neighbors

Two Opportunities in the Parish

Homeshare Durham
Home sharing is a national, evidence-based model that has existed since the 1970s. Home sharing helps match people who are seeking housing with those who provide housing.
Home Share Durham is free! It costs nothing to home seekers or providers to participate. It's a way to help alleviate the needs of residents in Durham for affordable, safe housing - -and to extend hospitality and community for those who have the space to share. 
http://www.dcia.org/homesharedurham/



Hygiene Kits for Migrant Farm Workers. 
For over 15 years Immaculate Conception has supported farm worker outreach provided through the Prospect Hill Community Health Center. They seek to meet the needs of farm workers by addressing barriers to health care and connecting families with resources in the community. We invite you this Lent to collect items for the hygiene kits. As you assemble the items, consider how these simple products add up in cost. 


Full size items only, please (no small sample size):
  • Toothpaste
  • Toothbrush 
  • Sun Screen  
  • Deodorant
  • Shampoo
  • Shaving Cream       
  • Soap
  • Disposable Razors 
  • Comb and brush
  • Hand/Body Lotion

Learn more about Farm Workers and their work to fight for human dignity, economic justice, and a more just food system. ​
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Stations of the Cross - 
​Every Friday during Lent @ 7:00pm in the Sanctuary

The Way of the Cross
Presented by Immaculata Students
Tuesday, April 7th @ 7pm
Wednesday, April 8th @ 1:30pm

Living Stations of the Cross
Good Friday - 5:30pm



Parish Staff Picks! Some of our go-to Online Prayer & Devotional Resources
  • Ignatian Solidarity Network offers a Lent devotion with diverse, thoughtful contributors. The theme for 2020 is "Radical Hope" -  Inspired by Psalm 31:5 "Be strong and take heart, all who hope in the LORD."
  • Draw upon Franciscan Spirituality through the Franciscan Media website and its page dedicated to Lent. 
  • Sign up for the Diocese of Raleigh's Lent Reflections
  • Listen to Fr. Bill's short reflection on the Scripture of the day. 
  • Deacon Larry Recommends Sacred Spaces 

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St. John's Illuminated Bible, The Crucifixion

FELLOWSHIP

Friday Fish Fry Dinner
​Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus
4:30-7:00 on Fridays
$10 Eat in or Take Out
Accepting Visa & Mastercard

Immaculate Conception 3/13 & 4/03
Holy Infant - 2/28, 3/20, 3/27
Holy Cross - 3/06
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Young Adult Event.... Kindly RSVP to icyadurham@gmail.com
Latino Food Sale - 
Sunday March 15th after all masses!

Come out to break your fast, and feast with the parish community.  All funds go to support the Parish contributions to the Bishop Annual Appeal.
Now accepting all major credit cards.



​FULL WORSHIP SCHEDULE FOR LENT AND HOLY WEEK AVAILABLE HERE
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