A reminder that tomorrow is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. On this feast we celebrate Mary’s conception in her mother’s womb without the stain of Original Sin. 

It is a holy day of obligation. Holy days are kept important in the Church so that, even with our busy and hectic lives, once in a while we are forced to slow down and think about our faith and what we believe, beyond just our normal Sunday Mass attendance. We celebrate the most important feasts of our liturgical year on these days. We call them obligations because the Precepts of the Catholic Church tell us that celebrating these feast days is a part of the minimum level of commitment to the Catholic faith. 

We will offer two Masses: 8:00 AM at St. Michael in Dane and 4:30 PM at St. Patrick in Lodi.