The charism of the Hospitality Committee is making the church a welcomnig and warm place for all who pass through its doors. Members host social events and provide refreshemnts for fuenrals, receptions, and various functions.
     As a vibrant fundraiser for the parish, the Hospitality Committee hosts fundraisers to improve and brighten the church. Mostly, we just have fun workng togethr and enjoying one another's company. Come join us.

Please contact our hospitality coodinators for more information or to get involved:

• Molly Murphy at mdmurphy@alaska.edu
• Katerina Dosch at k_plach@yahoo.com

Weekly Meetings each Tuesday at 7:00 PM

• Voices of Hope is a small faith group formed for prayer, scripture study, and faith sharing. The group reads adn reflects on the scripture readings for the upcoming Sunday. members discern together what the Wrd is saying to them in thier lives.
• Spiritual growth and answers to prayers are the fruits of the gatherings
• Group members are supportive of one another through life's joys and tribulations.
• For questions contact Ann Hagested at ahagestead@gmail.com

• With 1.9 million members  around the world, we have been investing our time, effort and resources into our values of charity, fraternity, and patriotism since 1882.
• We are Catholic men who lead, serve, protect, and defend. We share a desire to be better husbands, fathers, sons, neighbors and role models and to put chairty and community first.
• We are here to support our parish and pastor.   Learn More and Join

Council Meetings - 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm

• Rosary at 6:30 PM. Meeting starts at 7:00 PM
• Held in the Sacred Heart Social Hall

Council Officers

• Grand Knight - Larry Duffy / lkduffy@alaska.edu / (907) 978-9695
• Financial Secretary: Tim Doval / tdoval@gci.net / (907) 378-9709

• The Sacred Heart Book Club generally meets downstairs in the Community Room from Noon until 2:00 PM on the the 1st Tuesday of the month to discuss a series of fascinating and inspiring books. Due to COVID-19, the schedule may alter.
  • It's always a good time to read a few books and discuss them with friends. Please join us in reading one or all of the titles below and join our Book Club group discussions when we are able to meet.
  • We have a Christmas social in December and an end of the year lunch in June with no discussions. We take July and August off.
• We'll meet in the Social Hall, wear masks, and social distance. Jan Fortune will bring hand sanitizer and something to sanitize tables and chairs. We'll make it as safe as possible.
• Our new list of titles is:
• September:   The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas  c.1945
  October:        The Day Is Now Far Spent by Robert Cardinal Sarah.  c.2019
  November:     What Happens At Mass (Revised edition) by Jeremy Driscoll, OSB  c. 2005
  December:     Our Christmas social and potluck.
  January:         My Grandfather's Son by Clarence Thomas  c. 2007
  February:       The Four Last Things: A Catechetical Guide to Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell by
                        Wade Menezes CPM  c. 2017
  March:           Man's Search For Meaning by Victor E. Frankel   c. 1959
  April:             The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich
                       c.  1904
  May:             Divine Love Made Flesh: The Holy Eucharist As the Sacrament of Charity by Raymond 
                       Cardinal Burke   c. 2012
  June:            Our end of the year social and potluck.
  Summer:      The Spear by Louis de Wohl   c. 1955
• For more information contact Jan at 43janetf@gmail.com or call 474-0507
   

The Soup Kitchen MInistry provides volunteers to help prepare and serve nutritious meals to he homelss at Immaculate Conception Church. More so, we provide kindly interaction with our homelss neighbors to bring them a sense of caring and community.

• For more informationcontact the Soup Kitchen at iccsoupkitchen@cbna.org

FOOD BOX DISTRIBUTION VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We need volunteers to help distribute food boxes on Friday between 12:and 1 PM here at the church. Volunteers unload food boxes from the Food Bank truck when it arrives, then help load food boxes into the vehicles of families as they come to pick up their groceries. Volunteers may help one or more Fridays as they are able. For questions or to offer your help, call the parish office at 474-9032 and ask for Ann, or email ann@cbna.org

For information on how to become an Associate of the Sisters of St. Joseph (men or women), please contact Patty Walter at 374-9536 or pattywalter@hotmail.com. We generally meet once a month on the first Monday at Sacred Heart Cathedral. The Associates of St. Joseph make an annual commitment to lead lives that strive to work for justice, reach out to those in need, and to build relationships in the spirit of hospitality and simplicity. We have been an active group in Fairbanks since 1987.

• For questions or to offer your help, call the parish office at 474-9032 and ask for Ann, or email ann@cbna.org
• The  name  Stephen  comes  from  St. Stephen, who was the first layperson com-missioned  by  the  Apostles  to  provide  caring  ministry to those in need (Acts 6).
• Stephen Ministry is a complete system for training and organizing  laypeople  to  provide  one-to-one  Christian care to hurting people in and around the congregation.
• Stephen  Ministers  are  not  counselors.  They  are trained Christian caregivers. Their role is to listen and care—not counsel or advise.
• Stephen  Ministry  is  a  supervised  ministry to ensure that they are providing the best-quality Christian care.
• Stephen  Ministry  is  a  confidential  ministry.  What a care receiver tells a Stephen Minister remains confidential. Even in supervision, the names  of  care  receivers  and  specific  details  are never discussed.
• Stephen  Ministers  do  not  make  cold  calls.  They are assigned only to people who agree to receive the care of a Stephen Minister.

• Stephen Ministers recieve  50  hours  of  training  in  Christian  caregiving.  Topics  include  listening,  feelings, assertiveness, confidentiality, and ministering to people in specific situations such as divorce,  terminal  illness,  grief,  and  childbirth.  Stephen Ministers also are trained to recognize when a care receiver’s needs go beyond the care a Stephen Minister can provide and how to refer the care receiver for additional care.
• At  the  end  of  training,  Stephen  Ministers  are commissioned.  Stephen  Leaders then link each Stephen Minister with a care receiver—a person in need of one-to-one Christian  care.
• A  Stephen  Minister  normally  is assigned to only one care receiver at a time and meets with that person for about an hour each week. Stephen Ministers initially commit to two years of service, but  after  those  years  many  recommit  to  serve  additional years.
• The Stephen Ministry Logo:The  logo  Stephen  Ministry  congregations  use  consists  of a cross and circle, together with  a  broken  person  and  a  whole  person.  The  broken  person  stands  behind  the  cross,  symbolizing  the  bro-kenness  in  our  lives  as  a  result  of  our  sin.  The  whole person stands in front of the cross because it is through the cross of Jesus that we again are made  whole.  The  circle  symbolizes  both  the  wholeness we receive through Christ and God’s unending love for us.

Landings is a reconciliation ministry of the Paulist Fathers.  It's a program that
welcomes and invites Catholic parishes to reach out to Catholics who have been away
from the Church or who struggle in their relationship with God and the Church.

In a welcoming and non-judgmental way, a small group of active lay Catholics join
with returning or inactive Catholics to share their spiritual journeys and explore
their Catholic faith by opening their hearts to those who have been away.

Landings provides a safe harbor or a "landing" place for returning Catholics to
explore your faith and future with the church. If there is interest, we offer a Landings session during Advent and Lent, and meet on Saturday nights. We encourage our parish to reach out and extend an invitation to non-practicing Catholics in our families and communities.

For more information, please contact Ann Hagestead at 907-388-2501 or Jan Fortune at 907-474-0507.