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Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish
8 Church Road, Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
Welcome to Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish. We are located in the beautiful town of Grand Falls-Windsor, NL. We are a large parish family welcoming all parishioners, visitors, children, elderly, new Canadians, and returning Catholics. Please join us as we journey together in prayer, loving God and our neighbour every day. May this site be an effective instrument to enhance our faith in God, and enrich our love of the Church.
Churches in the Diocese of Grand Falls CLOSED - December 29, 2021
Click on picture to see pdf of the Bishop's Memo - link opens in new window.
In accordance with the Bishop’s direction, both the Cathedral and St. Joseph’s Church are now closed. New Year’s Masses including those for the Feast of the Epiphany (Jan 2) are cancelled. Further information regarding live-streaming will be released when it become available.
PLEASE NOTE: There have been NO official NOTIFICATIONS from NL Public Health that either St. Joseph's Church or the Cathedral are exposure sites. There may be some confusion because St. Joseph's Parish Church in Gander has an exposure notification associated with it's Christmas Eve Mass. We have not received any calls from Public Health and therefore, as far as we know, all our Masses at the Cathedral and St. Joseph's are NOT ASSOCIATED with a public health exposure notification. If you are looking for accurate information regarding exposures, please use our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/immaculate.conception.cathedral.parish.church), this website, or the potential exposures page of the Provincial Government (https://www.gov.nl.ca/.../potential-covid-19-exposures/) as your only sources. (Updated: December 30, 2021 at 10:15am)
Parish Staff:
- Fr. Joseph Uy, Parish Priest
- Iris Walsh, Secretary/Housekeeper
- Max Rideout, Custodian
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INTERAC E-TRANSFER NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUR DONATIONS:
- To give using Interac e-Transfer please use this email address to send your donation to The Cathedral: iccp@bellaliant.com
- For the time being, you will need to use a question and answer for the secretary to accept your funds transfer. We suggest: “What was the occupation of St. Joseph?” The secretary knows the answer is carpenter.
- If you choose a different question, please email the parish secretary the answer to iccp@bellaliant.com. It would also be most helpful, for accounting purposes, if you indicated your envelope number in the comments section of the transfer or in the email indicating the answer to your question.
PLEASE NOTE:
Parish Office is currently CLOSED to the public.
We ask you to please call to office to determine if visiting is absolutely necessary. Parish staff will still be available to answer the phone during regular office hours. If you wish to drop off a donation envelope or other item, you can still call the office in advance and, when you arrive, place it in the basket on the door. If you need to pick something up, the same applies. Please call the parish office and your item will be placed in the basket at the time you indicate. Please do not leave items in the basket without first calling the office. Never leave anything in the basket outside of regular office hours - 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday.
Phone: 709-489-6587
Email: iccp@bellaliant.com
RETURN OF SATURDAY EVENING MASSES
As you know, Saturday evening Masses at both the Cathedral and St. Joseph’s Parishes were suspended when we closed our doors due to Covid-19 in March of 2020. With the change to rules surrounding occupancy at Churches and the return of parishioners to our buildings, we would very much like to reinstate this Mass in January 2022. This can only happen if we have volunteers for the various ministries. An extra Mass means we need more people to serve as ushers, musicians (cantors and accompanists), readers and sacristans. The number of people filling these roles has declined since the start of the pandemic and we need people like you to come forward to help. Those already serving in ministry cannot be asked to do even more. When the Saturday evening Mass resumes, we will be having one Mass for both parishes - for two weeks the Saturday Mass will be at St. Joseph’s and then for 2 weeks at the Cathedral, alternating back and forth. The Sunday Masses will remain unchanged. We recognize that time commitments are a concern for everyone and hope that by alternating, we can attract those of you who have a little time to give. If you have a little time to give to one of these rewarding ministries, please call your parish office.
COVID-19 UPDATES
Covid-19 Diocesan press releases can be found under the Covid-19 tab at the top of this page, or by clicking here.
CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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PARISH BULLETIN
- Parish Bulletin is in production once again. To find your copy please see EVENTS AND BULLETINS located under the PARISH LIFE tab at the top of this page. Alternately you can visit our Facebook page: Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish Facebook Page.
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CHILDREN'S LITURGY
- A weekly Children's Liturgy can be found under the Catechetics tab of this website, or by clicking here. It is produced by the Cathedral Catechism Program. You can find these and other resources for youth on their Facebook page as well
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INTERAC E-TRANSFER NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUR DONATIONS:
- Interac e-Transfer is a simple, convenient, and secure way to send and receive money directly from one bank account to another. All you need is access to online or mobile banking through a participating financial institution, and you can send money to Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish — without sharing any personal financial information. It's a great alternative to cheques and cash.
- To give using Interac e-Transfer please use this email address to send your donation to The Cathedral: iccp@bellaliant.com
- For the time being, you will need to use a question and answer for the secretary to accept your funds transfer. We suggest: “What was the occupation of St. Joseph?” The secretary knows the answer is carpenter.
- If you choose a different question, please email the parish secretary the answer to iccp@bellaliant.com. It would also be most helpful, for accounting purposes, if you indicated your envelope number in the comments section of the transfer or in the email indicating the answer to your question.
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NATIONAL REPORTING SYSTEM
In a letter to all priests and pastoral leaders of the Diocese of Grand Falls on May 6, 2021, Bishop Daniels announced that "Acting on the direction of the Holy See, the Catholic Bishops of Canada have launched a National Reporting System for people to report allegations of sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable persons committed by a Bishop or allegations that a Bishop attempted to cover up allegations of sexual abuse. It is important that this information be shared with the people of our Diocese." The information is below.
Clicking on photo will take you to the reporting system page. Link will open in a new window.
Mass Intentions
Mass Intentions can be found in our weekly bulletin. The bulletin is available on this website under the Parish Life - Events and Bulletins Tab or by clicking here
Live-Stream Schedule
In-person Masses are currently suspended.
Mass will be live-streamed according to the schedule below.
Mass
Tuesdays at 5:15 pm
Wednesdays to Fridays at 9:30 am
Sundays at 11:00pm
Holy Hour
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Adoration and Benediction
*new* Immediately following Wednesday Mass
Live Stream - Mass or Holy Hour
Masses and Holy Hour are live-streamed at the times noted above. Live video will appear in the space below.
If you would like to view a celebration of the past week please visit either our Facebook page or our YouTube Channel. Masses are stored on our YouTube Channel for approximately one year.
