Lent Fish Fry: Dine in or Drive Thru. Menus available by clicking on the Fish Fry! link above.

Join us at the ShamROCK Shuffle on March 14 at the Garden of Park Hills.

Parishioners Eric Ritchie and Rob Erb were installed as Instituted Lectors by Bishop Foys on Feb 9. This is a step toward ordination as they continue their studies and formation for the Permanent Diaconate at the Athenaeum of Cincinnati.

Deacon Greg Kandra (Brooklyn, former CBS news writer) discusses today's news, answering the question "what's a Catholic to do?". Impeachment, drone strikes, primaries, polls, scandals.....how do we stay above the fray and keep our sanity? Click on the link above to read Deacon's article from the Feb 2nd issue of Our Sunday Visitor.

Julie Greene recently spoke at our Women's Prayer Breakfast about the early history of IHM Parish.

There is yet another email scam making the IHM rounds that at first glance appears to be from a staff member. It is not. The email asks for your "Immediately Response" or to help by sending him iTunes gift cards to help a hospital patient. Please just delete this email; do not click on any of the links or reply to the email. Do not become a victim! Call the office if you have any concerns.

Sad to say that yet another email scam using Fr. Nick's info is making its rounds. In this one it includes in the body of the message Fr. Nick's real email and phone number. The subject has been ASAP. Please do not fall for these scams! If Father Nick needs you "asap", he will call.

Keeping students safer on their school-provided devices is of paramount importance to IHM School. We would like to make you aware of a recent step our team has taken to monitor school-issued accounts. Bark for Schools is a powerful new monitoring service we are utilizing to help us better protect students both at school and at home.

Visit our Advent page for ways to make this Advent truly remarkable!

Annual Required Formation/Update for Lectors; March 24 OR March 25; for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion March 31 OR April 1.

There's no one who can teach us to prepare for Christ's coming better than Mary, whose faithful anticipation of Christ's birth is the perfect model for how we should anticipate Christmas. That's why streaming The Bible and the Virgin Mary has become a St. Paul Center tradition—there's simply no better way to get to the Christ child than through His mother. Join us as we again stream for free The Bible and the Virgin Mary. And this year, be one of the first to see a new edition featuring Bible passages read by Scott Hahn. Click on the Link in the Title Above to sign up to make the most of Advent. Free streaming begins December 3.

Help us celebrate our recognition as a 2018 Blue Ribbon of Excellence School on Saturday, November 17. We will assemble in the gym at 1 PM to recognize our wonderful teachers and staff. Class groups will have a group photo in front of our new Blue Ribbon Banner. We are planning various activity stations throughout the gym, and new. prospective families will be given a tour of the school by our student ambassadors.

Tasters Flight 5876--Fly the Friendly IHM skies! This annual, fun event will be on Thursday, November 15 @ IHM. Tickets are on sale now. Download the ticket order form and return to the school today--this event will sell out quickly!

We are conducting a survey of all parishioners on a possible change in Sunday Mass times. Please voice your opining at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IHMMASSTIMES This survey will be open through September 2nd.

The Diocese will host training for new Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and Lectors on September 24 at 7 PM at St. Mary's Parish, Alexandria. Anyone who discerns a calling to this Ministry must contact Fr. Rottman by September 1.

Catholic Inquiry sessions program meets on Thursday Evenings, 7 PM - 9 PM. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is the way people are initiated into the Christian way of life, specifically in the Roman Catholic tradition. It is a journey of discovery, where participants come to know Jesus Christ. It is a process of awakening to what it means to be a Catholic Christian. It is an opportunity to explore the Catholic faith. It is a period of discernment to help each individual freely decide if the Catholic Church can be the place to call home. The RCIA is a focused experience of the ever-deepening journey into the life of faith, which is the task of a lifetime.

All members of our parish are invited to our Annual Parish Picnic: Sunday, August 12 beginning at 3 PM. Food, drinks and games! Meat and drinks provided by the parish. Attendees are asked to provide a covered dish or desert to share. RSVP using the form on the Community Page (click on Parish Picnic title above).

Note the following Mass schedule changes: July 22: No 6 PM Mass and No Holy Hour at 4 PM (Floor work) Saturday, July 28: No 5 PM Mass (Floor work)

Vacation Bible School for Pre-school (Age 4) through Grade 3 will be June 18-22, 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Registration forms can be found in our Gathering Space. Lively worship, bible stories, games, videos, songs, loads of laughs and lots of friends. No charge.

Heavenly God, Your Son, Jesus, established your Church as a welcoming and loving home for all who seek You. Here in the northern Boone County area, you inspired our forbearers to build Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish to be that place of prayer and community for all your children. Help us to maintain that legacy through strengthening our communion and continuing to grow in faith, hope and love as we repair our church, address our ministerial needs and address the concerns of our school. We offer prayers of gratitude for the sacrifices and the hard work of previous generations of parishioners who have helped make our parish what it is today. May we be as generous as we look to our future. Bless our capital campaign with a deepening devotion to prayer, a growing commitment for service, and increasing levels of generosity as we work to advance the life and ministry of our parish. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen