CHRIST REIGNS!!!
We extend our prayers to the parishioners of:
+ST. JOSEPH CHURCH in SIOUX CITY during this time of loss of their worship space. May God continue to bless your community and your faith. May God's peace be with you.
+ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH in QUIMBY who closed their parish July 11. We open our hearts and arms in support and welcome!
+ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCH in MAPLE RIVER who closed their parish October 4.
+ST. JOSEPH CHURCH in SIOUX CITY during this time of loss of their worship space. May God continue to bless your community and your faith. May God's peace be with you.
+ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH in QUIMBY who closed their parish July 11. We open our hearts and arms in support and welcome!
+ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCH in MAPLE RIVER who closed their parish October 4.
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at 419 Jones Street, Moville, IA 51039-0802 US - Yesterday's News
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: WEST FORK CATHOLIC COMMUNITY NEWS
CLUSTER NEWS CLUSTER MISSION STATEMENT: WE, the members of Immaculate Conception Parish of Moville and St. Michael Parish of Kingsley, being clustered in the Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, ARE a Catholic Christian people, living the Paschal Mystery, united in creed, worship, and love for each ...
MOVILLE-KINGSLEY CLUSTER
WE, the members of Immaculate Conception Parish of Moville and St. Michael Parish of Kingsley, being clustered in the Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, ARE a Catholic Christian people, living the Paschal Mystery, united in creed, worship, and love for each other. Our Mission is: ...to worship ...
ACTIVITIES CALENDAR
Activities this week...
DIOCESE OF SIOUX CITY PASTORAL PLANNING
As the number of priests who serve in active ministry in the Diocese of Sioux City declines, a long-range planning process is underway ...
ELECTED OFFICIALS CONTACT INFORMATION:
SENATOR CHARLES GRASSLEY 135 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510-1501 202-224-3744 [phone] 202-224-6020 [fax] e-mail: use “contact us form” on website website: http://grassley.senate.gov SENATOR TOM HARKIN 731 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC ...
FAITH FORMATION NEWS
Learn more about our Faith Formation programs from womb to tomb!
HISTORY OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH-MOVILLE
In December of 1888, Father Michael Tierney of St. Michael Parish in Kingsley, began to offer Masses in Moville. The Masses were usually held in Catholic homes or the public school house until the first Catholic Church was built in 1892. Prior to that time, there are records that Father Gilchrist of ...
HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL PARISH-KINGSLEY
Catholics of the thriving town of Kingsley and the vicinity were first served back in 1884 by Father Gilchrist, who was a pastor at Marcus. In 1885, Father W. J. Halpin of Early drove to Kingsley in horse and buggy and celebrated Mass in the skating rink once a month. Finally in 1888, the parish ...
LITURGICAL NOTES
Read and learn more about our Liturgical celebrations...
MISSION STATEMENTS
WE, the members of Immaculate Conception Parish of Moville and St. Michael Parish of Kingsley, being clustered in the Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, ARE a Catholic Christian people, living the Paschal Mystery, united in creed, worship, and love for each other. Our Mission is: ...to worship and ...
MOVIE RATINGS--USCCB
Check out the latest movie ratings from the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops.
NEW MEMBERS WELCOME!
NEW PARISHIONERS should contact the pastor to register in the parish. We are happy to have you as a member of the parish!
ALL PARISHIONERS are asked to contact the pastor if you have a change in address, school, parish, etc. Thank you!
PARISH MEMBERSHIP is defined as the following. All who ...
PARISH POLICY
1. POLICY ON USE OF CHURCH FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT a. Parish functions [i.e. parish dinners, Religious Education, funerals, etc.] always takes precedence over any other use even if the day has been previously rented by a individual parishioner, parish organization, or outside ...
ROOF WORK: Immaculate Conception Church
Review our 2007 roof project here! Visit our Links page for a link to Lastime Roofing who installed the stone coated metal shingles!
Stewardship
Thoughts on stewardship...
THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
SOME PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED before their First Communion and others afterwards because in the early centuries of the Church, people were fully initiated all at one time by being baptized, then confirmed, then given Holy Communion. Those three sacraments of initiation were always celebrated together ...
THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
Marriage Preparation in the Roman Catholic Church.
1. All Catholics are required to have their wedding vows take place in the presence of one of the persons’ bishop or one of the persons’ pastor or deacon, and in the presence of two witnesses. For a wedding to take place in the ...
THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
God loves us completely and unconditionally and from this abundance flows the forgiveness of sins. In Jesus Christ this divine love is fully manifested. The life, ministry, suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus, as a whole, unlocks for us the font of new, risen, healed life as we are ...
THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST
THE EUCHARIST LITURGICAL COLORS Liturgies celebrated during the different seasons of the liturgical year have distinctive music and specific readings, prayers, and rituals. All of these work together to reflect the spirit of the particular season. The colors of the vestments that the priest ...
Vocation view
A thought on vocations...
PARISH COUNCIL ST. MICHAEL CHURCH KINGSLEY
PARISH COUNCIL REPORT: The Parish Council met Tuesday June 16, 7:00 p.m. in the parish house. Reports from the Chicken Dinner committee, Liturgy Committee, Faith Formation, Buildings/Grounds, Cemetery, Finance Council, the Guild, and the Knights of Columbus were shared and discussed. A motion was ...
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH MOVILLE
Next meeting is July 21.
ORDINARY TIME
ORDINARY TIME lacks the seasonal focus that other periods (Lent, Easter, Advent, and Christmas) of the Church year have and gains its name from keeping of the Sundays/weeks via ordinal numerals. Each year there are two periods of unequal length based entirely on the seasonal cycles of Christmas and ...
DIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL 2009
Follow the progress...
YOUTH MINISTRY
GOALS OF YOUTH MINISTRY GOAL 1: Youth Ministry ... it’s about discipleship The first goal of youth ministry is “to empower young people to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in our world today.” (RTV 9). Young people are “searching for a noble adventure”, a ...
UPCOMING EVENTS
COMING SOON TO THE PARISH...
ADVENT
THE SEASON OF ADVENT is the Season for preparation for the second coming of Christ and for Christmas. The custom of the Advent Wreath originated among Lutherans in Germany in the 16th century represents our wait for the coming of Christ and our ongoing journey to the day Christ comes again. The four ...
CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS 2008 CHRISTMAS EVE [December 24] 4:00 p.m. Eucharist - Kingsley 6:00 p.m. Eucharist - Moville CHRISTMAS DAY [December 25] 8:00 a.m. Eucharist - Moville 10:00 a.m. Eucharist - Kingsley -- CHRISTMAS ends on January 11, the Baptism of the Lord. We celebrate four feasts ...
WEATHER RELATED ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wednesday Faith Formation Classes will be cancelled due to weather IF AND WHEN Woodbury Central and/or Lawton-Bronson and/or Kingsley-Pierson cancel classes or have an early dismissal on a Wednesday. Cancellation of classes will be put on the parish answering machine [873-3644] and HERE on the ...
CAMPAIGN FOR JESUS
With the political parties filling our TVs with their advertisements we invite you to consider a true leader. Jesus has over 2000 years of experience. Jesus has a miraculous health care plan. Jesus’ presidential cabinet is heavenly. Jesus is very ...
LENT, TRIDUUM, EASTER
LENT is said to be 40 days in length but is actually 44 days long. The “40 Days of Lent” is symbolic of the tradition that the Israelites spent 40 years in the desert after being freed from slavery in Egypt and the 40 days Jesus spend in the desert praying, fasting, and being tempted by ...
YEAR OF ST PAUL 28 JUNE 2008-29 JUNE 2009
Bishop Nickless’s daily prayer for the Pauline Year: "Holy God, most Blessed Trinity, I love you and I praise your Name. I thank you for all the gifts you give me so freely. Teach me your ways, so that I may follow you more closely. Help me to see clearly and to love ...
40 DAYS FOR LIFE
is a focused pro-life effort that consists of: 40 days of prayer and fasting; 40 days of peaceful vigil; and 40 days of community outreach. Last fall, from September 24 - November 2, the Sioux City area was one of more than 170 cities in 45 states joining together ...