• Welcome Father Josh!
    Welcome Father Josh!
    Our parish community extends a very warm welcome to our new pastor, Reverend Joshua Miller. Welcome to Braidwood and Coal City!
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  • Welcome home!
    Welcome home!
    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.
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  • Why does Mass begin with a procession?
    Why does Mass begin with a procession?
    The entrance procession is highly symbolic, reminding us that our life is a pilgrimage to the heights of Heaven.
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  • 2020 Tree of Light Blessing
    2020 Tree of Light Blessing
    This special Tree Blessing Ceremony remembers infants lost through miscarriage, stillbirth, other pregnancy losses, and infant or early childhood death.
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  • A Message to Parents from Bishop Pates
    A Message to Parents from Bishop Pates
    Listen to Bishop Pates' message to parents about the reopening of Youth Formation Programs.
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  • Help for Hope Collection
    Help for Hope Collection
    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.
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  • Smoked Pulled Pork Drive-Thru
    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.
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  • Family Faith Formation/Youth Ministry Updates Coming Soon
    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
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  • A Day of Reflection for the Widowed
    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.
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  • The Precious Blood of Jesus
    The Precious Blood of Jesus
    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
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  • Most Reverend Richard E. Pates
    Most Reverend Richard E. Pates
    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.
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  • June is the Month of the Sacred Heart
    June is the Month of the Sacred Heart
    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?
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  • A Brief and Simple Way to Meditate on Jesus' Ascension
    A Brief and Simple Way to Meditate on Jesus' Ascension
    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.)
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  • Catholic Relief Services leans on experience to fight coronavirus
    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.
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  • Poll: US believers see message of change from God in virus
    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.
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  • New Pastor Announced
    Father Raed Badar named new pastor at Immaculate Conception and Assumption parishes effective July 1, 2020.
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  • Message to the Faithful from Pope Francis I in this time of Coronavirus
     In his statement, regarding the Holy Father’s message, Archbishop José Gomez, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops notes...
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  • Formed.org for FREE!
    Formed.org for FREE!
    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!
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  • Pope Francis' Litany of Supplication
    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.
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  • Join Pope Francis Today (3/27) at Noon
    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.
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