If you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting (or would like to learn), join us! KnitWits is a group of knitters and crocheters who meet monthly to create baby blankets, hats and other items for Children’s Place, a service that helps newborns whose parent(s) cannot care for them. Our next meetup is Monday, April 15th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the St. Joseph Parish Center. For more information, contact Kathy at kmust1@yahoo.com.

Celebrate the Easter season with Fr. McBrady and Elly Rodriguez's Morning of Reflection on Saturday, April 13th from 8:30-11 at IC Church! We will be reflect on how the Easter story comes alive today. Breakfast and coffee starting at 8:30AM and reflection from 9-11AM.

Both adults and children are welcome! The kids choir will sing the 9:30 a.m. Easter Sunday Mass at IC Church. Adults will sing with our adult choir at the Easter Sunday 11 a.m. Mass at St. Joseph Church. There will only be two rehearsals, Palm Sunday at 10 a.m. and Monday night, March 25. Please join us! Email Director of Music Kate Ryan at kryan@icsjparish.org for more details and to register.

Our complete Mass schedule for Holy Week can be found by clicking here. Hopefully you will be in town to join us for these sacred liturgies that are filled with beautiful music, worship, and prayer. Consider inviting someone to join you at church this Holy Week. One of the true hallmarks of our parish is our spirit of welcome and hospitality. We work hard at making sure that those who are new to our parish, and those who are just visiting us on the weekend, always feel that they belong to our family of faith.

Please keep the Kinsella Family in your prayers. Jenny Kinsella, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 19th. Jenny was the beloved wife of the late John J. Kinsella for 58 years and the devoted mother to her children. Jenny's funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday, April 5th at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s church. A visitation will be held in church beforehand, starting at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to The Women’s Board of Rush University Medical Center by clicking here.

ICSJ Parish and School, along with the Knights of Columbus, will be hosting a Lenten Drive-Thru Food Drive on Saturday, March 23rd supporting Blessed Maria Gabriella Church, Union Baptist Missionary Church, and the food pantries & programs of our LPOT Parish Grouping. For school families, food donation drop-offs will take place on March 21st and 22nd during morning drop-off. Click here to see the items we will be collecting. Thank you for your generosity!

Children 4 years old to 3rd grade are invited to join Children's Liturgy of the Word at our Sunday 9:30 Mass at IC Church throughout the season of Lent! During the beginning of Mass, children will hear the Word of God, pray with friends, and do a small craft related to the Gospel. Children return to their parents' pews after the Prayers of the Faithful. 

Looking to deepen your Sunday Mass experience? Interested in becoming a lector, eucharistic minister or usher? Join the Liturgical Ministry team! Our next training will be Saturday, March 16th from 9–11:00 a.m. in St. Joseph Church. We'd love to support your call to serve! Email Elly at erodriguez@icsjparish.org to register.

Our Parish Lenten Confessions will be held on Saturday, March 16th at each of our churches. Our neighboring Catholic parishes also offer Lenten Reconciliation Click here to view the complete schedule.

Join the Wisdom, Women & Wine Book Club on Friday, March 15th at 3:30pm where we will be discussing The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. Our March club meeting falls on St Patty’s Weekend which we will celebrate since everyone is Irish on this day! ☘️  Be sure to wear something green. As always, beverages will be provided so bring a snack to share. To RSVP or for any questions, please email Colleen at cm.424.svdp@gmail.com or Martha at Martha_60603@yahoo.com.

Come as you are and join us in praying the Holy Rosary on Zoom every Monday through Friday at 12:30 p.m, and on Saturdays and Sundays at 7:30 a.m. No experience is needed, we will guide you! Pick up a purple card with a purple rosary printed on it in the back of our churches for the Zoom meeting ID and password, or contact Angela at agore@icsjparish.org or 312-787-7174.

A special “Family Mass” will be celebrated on Sunday, February 11th, at the 9:30 a.m. Mass at Immaculate Conception Church. The children who are enrolled in our early childhood grades, Pre-K 3-year old’s, to Kindergarten, along with their parents will be directly helping with the liturgy. ALL ARE WELCOME! After Mass, everyone is invited for coffee and donuts in the Parish Hall. 

Volunteers are needed to deliver homemade meals for migrant families on Wednesday afternoons between 2 and 4pm. Meal pickup will be at St. Joseph Parish Center with delivery to the Madonna House; see the Special Opportunity section here for more information about this effort. If you’re interested in becoming a driving volunteer, please contact Allie at aklazura@icsjparish.org. Interested in making meals? Click here to sign up.

Please join the ICSJ Music Ministry on Saturday, February 10th for our annual Love Songs Cabaret! Listen to love songs and enjoy great food, drink, and fellowship. That’s Saturday, February 10th at 6pm, following the 5pm Mass, in the Immaculate Conception Parish Hall. See you there!

Time to celebrate LOVE! Please join us for a special blessing for married couples in our ICSJ community at the 5:00 p.m. Saturday Immaculate Conception Mass on February 10th. All are warmly encouraged to stay for Music Ministry's Valentine Sing-Along and reception in the Parish Hall afterward

All boys and girls ages 9 through 14 are invited to participate in the Knights of Columbus Free-Throw Competition on Sunday, February 4 at 12:00 p.m. at the ICSJ gym at 363 West Hill Street.  Trophies will be awarded in each age/gender category and winners will have a chance to compete in a District competition immediately following, and possibly State and National events.  Please arrive at the gym by 12:00 p.m. to participate. For questions contact Dan Stolze at danstolze@gmail.com or 312-622-2293.  It will be lots of fun - we hope to see you there!

The 2024 Annual Catholic Appeal, Together at the Table, launched the first weekend of February. This effort does so much to help ICSJ Parish, our community and the many ministries that are vital to the Archdiocese. Learn more by watching Cardinal Cupich's introduction to this year's appeal by clicking here. Please watch for more information in the coming weeks, and consider making a gift to support the Annual Catholic Appeal and join us in "Together at the Table".

All are invited to join in for a day of service at our sharing parish, Mother of the Americas. We will be helping perform a deep clean of their social center located at 2412 S. Albany on February 17th from 10:30am-12:30pm. This is a great service project for individuals, groups or families. Hope you can join us! RSVP today by contacting Allie at aklazura@icsjparish.org.

We enter the sacred season of Lent this Wednesday, February 14th. Ashes will be traced on our foreheads as a sign of our willingness to embrace the traditional disciplines of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Click here to view ICSJ Parish’s Ash Wednesday services.

Support the second collection this weekend for the Church in Latin America. See page 3 and 4 in this weeks online bulletin.

God calls us to be good and faithful stewards. Sharing our blessings helps us to build the Kingdom of God. Your generous gifts of time, talent and treasure help ICSJ Parish to continue the missions and ministry of Jesus. As we approach Christmas and the year end, please consider your many blessings and determine how you can best contribute. Visit our Year-End Giving Ideas page for some helpful ideas. Remember, many gifts made on or before December 31st may be tax deductible for this tax year.

Thank you to everyone who came together to “raise up our faith” at our annual parish fundraiser on November 16th! We are still working to reach our goal for beautifying the entryway of Immaculate Conception Church and there is still time to give! Click here to make a contribution to this great cause. We will keep you posted on our total amount raised in the upcoming weeks after the final numbers roll in!

Click here to view our 2023 Christmas Mass schedule. Remember, the holiday season doesn’t end on Christmas day, but continues through the Epiphany of Our Lord Masses on Sunday, January 7th. Join us throughout the season!

Please click here to read three important messages from Allie Klazura, ICSJ’s Outreach Ministry Coordinator. Thank you!

Join ICSJ’s Wisdom, Women & Wine group by donating Christmas gift bags items for residents at our neighbor MADO Healthcare (next door to St. Joseph Church). Suggested donations are travel-sized shampoo, body wash, deodorant, lotion, etc.; individually wrapped snacks or candy; men’s socks; women’s gloves; and dollar store treasures. Donated items can be dropped off at either of our churches in boxes marked “MADO” by Sunday, December 17th. The gift bags will be assembled on Sunday, December 17th from 1:30pm-3:30pm at St. Joseph Church. For more information, or to help assemble bags, please email Colleen at cm.424.svdp@gmail.com.

This Advent, consider taking advantage of the opportunity to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Fr. Larry and Fr. McBrady will be available to hear confessions on Saturday, December 9th at Immaculate Conception Church from 11:00a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Even if it is has been many years since your last confession, be not afraid, they will help and guide you through it! You can also schedule an Individual confessions can also be scheduled by contacting Fr. Larry at pastor@icsjparish.org or Fr. McBrady at lmcbrady@yahoo.com.

All are invited to join us this Saturday morning, December 9th for our Advent Morning of Reflection with Fr. McBrady and Elly Rodriguez. The morning will begin with light breakfast at 8:30 a.m. with programming to follow from 9-11 a.m on the theme, “How the Birth of Jesus Continues to Unfold Today.” This is a great way to pause and reflect on the meaning of the season!

Join with our sharing parish, Mother of the Americas, as they celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe over the next two weeks with multiple Masses, a performance by native dancers, and a concert! Please click here for more information and to view all the ways to join in the celebration.

Please join us for Mass & Reception for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception at 6:00 p.m., Friday, December 8th at Immaculate Conception Church. The Mass will be followed by refreshments and appetizers in the Joy Room.

ICSJ Music Ministry's Tunes on a Sunday Afternoon concert series continues this Sunday, December 10th with “Lessons & Carols for Christmas,” a sing-a-long with the Music Ministry Team of all your favorite holiday carols. The performance takes place at 2:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Church. Click here for more info!