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Although few in number, the mission outreach of the Carmelite Friars, Saint Elias Province, is quite extensive. For over sixty-five years, we have been providing manpower and financial assistance to Africa, specifically to Zimbabwe (formerly, Southern Rhodesia).  Within the past thirty five years, we have been helping the Carmelite Missions in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, […]

Our annual festival is the most significant fundraiser for Immaculate Conception each year. Due to its cancellation, IC will be hosting a virtual Kentucky Derby Viewing Party on Sept. 5, 2020. IC does the Derby will allow participants to bet on Kentucky Derby horses in real time. We anticipate that the party will raise funds

Calling All IC Parishioners!  Please join us for IC does the Derby VIRTUALLY! Due to the covid-19 pandemic, we were unable to have the IC Festival, our biggest fundraiser of the year.  The 146th Kentucky Derby was rescheduled to Sept. 5th for the same reason.  This gave us the perfect excuse to have some parish

Program Summary: This program is designed to provide emergency utility bill assistance for residents facing hardship due to COVID-19. The program is funded through the City of Columbus CARES dollars. This program is intended to serve the city of Columbus and Franklin county residents who meet the eligibility criteria below. Emergency assistance grants for utilities

From John Fields IC Habitat for Humanity Coordinator We will be helping build another new home this fall! The hole has been dug, and the house construction will be underway with volunteers in the next several weeks. Due to COVID-19, all volunteers must be signed up in advance through me.  I have a shared spreadsheet

Watch live-stream of the Daily Mass here https://www.iccols.org/wpstream/live-streaming-masses/ The change goes into effect July 29, 2020. As a result, Immaculate Conception will no longer be using Facebook to live-stream the Mass (nor using YouTube to hold the recorded versions).

For instructions on to use our new Text to Give software, please click on the following link: https://bit.ly/Text-to-Give

Dear Parishioner, As we all know, the “social distancing” practices and suspension of gathering for Mass have created unique challenges to the way we practice our faith. It is very important that all of us take the necessary steps to protect and ensure the health and well-being of our families, friends, neighbors, as well as

After a decade of service to Immaculate Conception Parish, Sr. Ruth Hamel, O.P., will retire from pastoral ministry. “I’ll miss sharing the faith with people. I’m grateful for all the conversations, their love, care and concern for sticking with me in ministry,” Sr. Ruth said. “I’ll continue to pray for them and keep them in