Masses for The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Masses are Thursday, December 8, at 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. There’s a popular misconception that we’re celebrating Jesus’ conception by the Virgin Mary, but we’re not.  Instead, we’re celebrating and commemorating the special and unique way in which the Virgin Mary herself was conceived.  To become the mother of Jesus, Mary was wholly borne by God’s grace and “was enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role,” per the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is a Holy Day of Obligation.