Month of November Remembering and Honoring Our Beloved Dead.

Immaculate Conception Church, Madison

Fr. Donnelly invites you to join us at ICC for a Special Remembrance Mass on

Tuesday, November 4th at 7:00 PM, celebrated in the church.

The entire month of November holds a special place in the heart of our Catholic faith. It is a sacred time dedicated to remembering and praying for our beloved dead, the faithful departed who have gone before us, marked with the sign of faith. The Church invites us, with compassion and hope, to turn our hearts toward those who now rest in God’s loving embrace, and to pray especially for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, that they may be welcomed into the fullness of eternal life.

Our remembrance finds particular expression on All Souls’ Day (Sunday, November 2 and during the Saturday Vigil Mass on November 1), when the Church throughout the world offers special prayers and Masses for the dead. Yet this prayerful remembrance extends throughout the entire month of November, when we are encouraged to lift up the souls of our loved ones in daily prayer and at every celebration of the Eucharist.

As part of this tradition, a Book of the Dead will be placed by the altar at Immaculate Conception Church during the month of November.

Parishioners are warmly invited to write in the names of deceased family members, friends, and loved ones. By writing their names in this book, we make a visible and loving act of faith proclaiming our belief in the communion of saints, which unites us with those who have gone before us in Christ.

The names inscribed will be remembered and prayed for at Mass throughout the month, as our parish community joins together in solidarity with those who have entered eternal rest.

Let us gather as one family of faith to give thanks for the gift of those who have touched our lives and to commend their souls to the mercy of God. In prayer, we find comfort, hope, and the promise that death does not have the final word for in Christ, life is changed, not ended.

“The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them.” -Wisdom 3:1

“Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.”