Immaculate Conception Church

Pastor: Fr. Brendan Hughes, CMRI

General location: central Minnesota
Address: Immaculate Conception Church
              313 28th Ave. N.
              St. Cloud, Minnesota 56303-3747
Phone: (320) 251-3461
Fax: (320) 251-6014

Sunday Mass: 7:30 and 9:45 a.m.

Weekday Masses:
     Monday - Thursday, Saturday: 8:00 a.m.
     Friday: 6:00 p.m.

Confessions:
     Sunday: 30 minutes before Mass
     First Friday: 30 minutes before Mass
     Saturday: 30 minutes before Mass

Sick Calls: weekly

Other Sacraments:
     Baptism: by arrangement
     Matrimony: for members of the parish
     First Communion: annually
     Confirmation: annually
     Extreme Unction: as needed

Regularly-scheduled devotions:
     Rosary: 15 minutes before all Masses
     Benediction: after First Friday Mass, one Sunday a month
     First Friday and First Saturday devotions
     St. Joseph Statue — home devotion
     Pilgrim Virgin Statue — home devotion
     Chair of Unity Octave
     Lenten devotions: Stations of the Cross on Fridays
     Total Consecration to Our Lady renewal on the feast
        of the Annunciation and St. Louis de Montfort
     Pentecost Novena
     Corpus Christi
     Forty Hours Eucharistic Adoration
     October Living Rosary Sunday — children
     All Souls’ Day: Toties Quoties indulgences
     November: Daily Thoughts and Prayers for the Faithful Departed
     Advent Devotions
     Our Lady of Guadalupe
     Total Consecration to Our Lady renewal on the feast
        of the Immaculate Conception
     Christ the King Sunday
     Christmas Novena Prayers and Octave Prayers

Regularly-scheduled blessings, etc.:
     Blessing of Sacramentals: monthly
     Blessing of Expectant Mothers: quarterly
     Blessing of Mothers after Childbirth
     Blessing of Vehicles: annually
     Purification Blessing of Candles and Procession
     Blessing of Fields: annually
     Rogation Litany of Saints
     Enthronement of Home to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
     Enrollment in Brown Scapular: annually
     October Angel Sunday blessing of children annually
     Enrollment in Miraculous Medal: annually

Catechism classes for children:
     Annual First Communion instructions
     Annual Confirmation instructions
     Sunday Catechism K-12 through the school year
     Summer Catechism K-12 and adults: 2 weeks

Parish School: kindergarten - high school
     Immaculate Conception Academy: Sr. Maria Philomena, CMD, Principal
     Phone: (320) 251-3461

School Events:
     Class outing/recreational days: quarterly
     Christmas and Graduation Chorale Programs
     Daily Mass
     Friday Confessions
     Sermon: weekly
     Students Choir: weekly
     High Mass: monthly
     Spring picnic
     Semi-annual outing / recreation with Mater Dei Academy — Omaha, NE
     All Saints’ Day Costume Party
     Our Lady of Guadalupe: pinatas, taco lunch

Parish Choir:
     Yes; meets for practice twice monthly after 7:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday
     High Mass one Sunday a month
     Hymns and Benediction one Sunday a month

Parish Library: yes — open two Sundays a month

Activities for children:
     Altar Boy Camp
     St. Nicholas’ Day: visit of St. Nicholas

Parish Organizations:
     Confraternity of Mary Immaculate Queen: meets on First Saturdays
     Altar and Rosary Society: quarterly meeting
     Altar Servers Society
     Rosary and Scapular making/sewing: monthly

Parish Social Activities:
     Annual Parish Picnic and Activities Day
     Altar and Rosary Society activities
     All Saints’ Day children’s costume party, treats and games
     Boujafest: annual

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