Mar
19
Tue
Lenten Penance Service @ Immaculate Conception Church
Mar 19 @ 6:30 pm

REGIONAL LENTEN PENANCE SCHEDULE 2024

  • Tuesday, March 19: Immaculate Conception Church
  • Wednesday, March 20: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church
  • Thursday, March 21: St. Agnes Church

All penance services begin at 6:30 p.m.

PREPARING FOR THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

A penance service calls the parish family together as sinners. We recognize that we have sinned against one another and God. We reflect together on the Scriptures and our need of reconciliation. We pray an act of sorrow before individually approaching the priest for the sacrament. Preparing ahead of time helps us to be ready to confess our sins. Please find this Examination of Conscience as a guide to be used prior to going to confession at one of the local penance services.

EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE

A helpful pattern of conscience is to review the Commandments of God and the Precepts of the Church:

  1. Has God and the pursuit of sanctity in Christ been the goal of my life?
  2. Have I avoided the profane use of God’s name in my speech?
  3. Have I honored every Sunday by avoiding unnecessary work and by celebrating Mass?
  4. Have I shown Christlike respect to parents, spouse, children and others?
  5. Have I cared for bodily health and safety of myself and all others?
  6. Have I been chaste in thought and word? Have I used sex only within marriage while remaining open to new life?
  7. Have I stolen anything from another, from my employer, from the government? If so, am I ready to repay it?
  8. Have I spoken ill of any other person? Have I always told the truth?
  9. Have I permitted sexual thoughts about someone to whom I am not married?
  10. Have I desired what belongs to other people?
  11. Have I been faithful to sacramental living? (Communion and Reconciliation)
  12. Have I helped make my parish community stronger and holier?
  13. Have I done penance by abstaining and fasting on obligatory days?
  14. Have I been mindful of the poor?
  15. Have I been responsible in being an example of faith through my words and actions?

ACT OF CONTRITION

O my God, I am heartfully sorry for having offended thee,
and I detest all my sins because of Thy just punishment,
but most of all because I have offended Thee my God,
who is all good and deserving of all my love.

I firmly resolve,
with the help of Thy grace,
to sin no more,
and to avoid the near occasion of sin.

Amen.

Mar
22
Fri
Stations of the Cross @ Immaculate Conception Church
Mar 22 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Stations of the Cross

During the season of Lent, join us every Friday at noon and 6:30 p.m. for Stations of the Cross as we recall and reflect on the passion and death of our Lord.

Stations of the Cross @ Immaculate Conception Church
Mar 22 @ 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Stations of the Cross

During the season of Lent, join us every Friday at noon and 6:30 p.m. for Stations of the Cross as we recall and reflect on the passion and death of our Lord.

Mar
23
Sat
IMG/IWG: Untold Blessing
Mar 23 @ 6:30 am – 7:45 am

Immaculata Men’s and Women’s Group

The men’s group will meet on Saturday mornings at 6:30 a.m. and the women’s group will meet on Sunday mornings at 6:30 a.m. Please come join us and bring a friend.

Our ultimate goal is to be a saint. It is our greatest calling and what is desired for us by our Creator. Holiness is not just for the ordained or a select few. Jesus Christ issues a “universal call to holiness” based on his teaching in the Gospel of Matthew to “be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

Bishop Robert Barron paints a beautiful and mysterious image of what it takes to be a follower of Jesus Christ. He lays out three intriguing paths to holiness:

1. Finding the Center
2. Knowing You’re A Sinner
3. Realizing Your Life is Not About You

Untold Blessing: Three Paths to Holiness
Mar
24
Sun
IMG/IWG: Untold Blessing
Mar 24 @ 6:30 am – 7:45 am

Immaculata Men’s and Women’s Group

The men’s group will meet on Saturday mornings at 6:30 a.m. and the women’s group will meet on Sunday mornings at 6:30 a.m. Please come join us and bring a friend.

Our ultimate goal is to be a saint. It is our greatest calling and what is desired for us by our Creator. Holiness is not just for the ordained or a select few. Jesus Christ issues a “universal call to holiness” based on his teaching in the Gospel of Matthew to “be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

Bishop Robert Barron paints a beautiful and mysterious image of what it takes to be a follower of Jesus Christ. He lays out three intriguing paths to holiness:

1. Finding the Center
2. Knowing You’re A Sinner
3. Realizing Your Life is Not About You

Untold Blessing: Three Paths to Holiness
Apr
7
Sun
Well Read Mom Book Club @ Parish Admin Building
Apr 7 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Well Read Mom Book Club @ Parish Admin Building

All women are invited to join our Well-Read Mom small group. We’ll read great books and spiritual classics to explore the human condition and reorient ourselves to what is good, beautiful, and true.

Our group will read and meet to discuss one book per month. We will meet at 8:30 p.m. in the parish admin building (Caravaggio Room). Bring a friend!

  • September 24, 2023 – Selection from Confessions by Saint Augustine
  • October 8, 2023 – Charis in the World of Wonders by Marly Youmans
  • November 5, 2023 
  • December 3, 2023
  • January 7, 2024
  •  February 4, 2024
  •  March 3, 2024
  •  April 7, 2024
  •  May 5, 2024
  •  June 2, 2024

For more info, contact Natalie DiVietri at 703-479-6125 or natalie.divietri@gmail.com

Apr
25
Thu
Christian Mothers Card Party @ Our Lady's Plaza
Apr 25 @ 6:00 pm

Enjoy playing cards or bring your favorite board game!

Food, Fun, Raffles, Door Prizes, Basket Auction & Share the Wealth

Doors open 6:00 P.M.

Light Dinner 7:00 P.M.

Admission$15.00 (Recommend Tables of Four)

Tickets can be purchased at the Parish Office (724-863-9550)

Christian Mothers Card Party
May
5
Sun
Well Read Mom Book Club @ Parish Admin Building
May 5 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Well Read Mom Book Club @ Parish Admin Building

All women are invited to join our Well-Read Mom small group. We’ll read great books and spiritual classics to explore the human condition and reorient ourselves to what is good, beautiful, and true.

Our group will read and meet to discuss one book per month. We will meet at 8:30 p.m. in the parish admin building (Caravaggio Room). Bring a friend!

  • September 24, 2023 – Selection from Confessions by Saint Augustine
  • October 8, 2023 – Charis in the World of Wonders by Marly Youmans
  • November 5, 2023 
  • December 3, 2023
  • January 7, 2024
  •  February 4, 2024
  •  March 3, 2024
  •  April 7, 2024
  •  May 5, 2024
  •  June 2, 2024

For more info, contact Natalie DiVietri at 703-479-6125 or natalie.divietri@gmail.com

Jun
2
Sun
Well Read Mom Book Club @ Parish Admin Building
Jun 2 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Well Read Mom Book Club @ Parish Admin Building

All women are invited to join our Well-Read Mom small group. We’ll read great books and spiritual classics to explore the human condition and reorient ourselves to what is good, beautiful, and true.

Our group will read and meet to discuss one book per month. We will meet at 8:30 p.m. in the parish admin building (Caravaggio Room). Bring a friend!

  • September 24, 2023 – Selection from Confessions by Saint Augustine
  • October 8, 2023 – Charis in the World of Wonders by Marly Youmans
  • November 5, 2023 
  • December 3, 2023
  • January 7, 2024
  •  February 4, 2024
  •  March 3, 2024
  •  April 7, 2024
  •  May 5, 2024
  •  June 2, 2024

For more info, contact Natalie DiVietri at 703-479-6125 or natalie.divietri@gmail.com