ARCHIVE August, 2011
Hello everyone! Well my summer has officially ended and I am back at school. To be completely honest I am thrilled to be back. Summer work is one of those things that helps some of us seminarians come to a deeper appreciation for our call to the priesthood. This semester has me taking 6 classes Read more
August 30, 2011 in Bobby's Blog by Bobby
The Teen Moms area of First Glance flooded a few weeks ago. We have learned that they need to do a fairly extensive cleaning process to Every sngle item in their basement. This is an amazingly large job and therefore they need all the help they can get. First Glance needs people to: – Carry Read more
August 25, 2011 in General Info by Thomas
Email! 86% of our parishioners polled are online and the largest percent (74%) use email. Our technology team is looking into available options for sending out a parish Email Newsletter. If you’re interested in being part of IC’s move into the 21st century, please contact the rectory or attend the next Tech Team meeting. For more detailed results Read more
August 18, 2011 in Technology by Grace
This coming Monday we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. And although it is not a holy day of obligation in the U.S. this Marian feast day gives us all time to reflect on the one most intimately connected to our Savior, Jesus Christ. I’m sure there are many great theological Read more
August 14, 2011 in Bobby's Blog by Bobby
During our last meeting (Thursday August 11), the Technology Team looked at the analytics report for the new parish website. We were excited to see measurable improvements in our targeted areas: number of unique visitors, time spent on site, number of pages viewed, and bounce rate. After discussing results from last month’s parish technology survey, Read more
August 13, 2011 in Technology by Thomas
Members of our church attended the FEST this past weekend. This video is a collection of clips from this amazing event. Will you be attending next year?
August 10, 2011 in Day to Day by Thomas
Like I was saying Christmas in Rome is nothing like the States. In this first pic you can see my mother and I at the Vatican Gardens outside of the Vatican Museums. The sky is grey. Almost every day in December the sky was grey. I’ve got to give my mom props. She walked up Read more
August 10, 2011 in Bobby's Blog by Bobby
As you all know this blog was started to keep in touch with all of you while I was studying abroad in Rome. This past Spring I was asked to submit the blog to Dr. Paul Murphy, the chair of the Catholic Studies Dept. for a possible scholarship. At first I decided not to do Read more
August 8, 2011 in Bobby's Blog by Bobby
Ever wonder what happens at Immaculate Conception between Sundays? Our latest video highlights just a few of the many activities from last week. In this episode we see repairs to the air conditioning at Waldeisen Hall, continued restoration work in the church, a Generations of Faith team meeting and preparations for last week’s Spark|Faith movie Read more
August 5, 2011 in Day to Day by Thomas
Now that we are officially past the 7th month after Christmas “10″ and less than 5 months away from Christmas “11″ I thought it was time to post something about spending Christmas in Rome with my mother. I have quite a few pics to share so I will split this into two separate posts. Hope Read more
August 3, 2011 in Bobby's Blog by Bobby