Holy Week & Easter

Parish Updates 

• Parish Office & School Closed April 7 & 10
  The parish office will also close at noon April 11-17.
  
  
• Thank You!
  IHM SVdP conference would like to thank our parishioners for their donations to the Easter basket project. The donations were very much appreciated! The St. Anne’s Society partnered with the IHM SVdP conference to make over 200 Easter baskets for families with children who use the SVdP food pantry. Thanks for your help in putting smiles on children’s faces this Easter.
   
  
• Monona Hills After Fire Fund
  Our neighbors need our help. On March 18, a fire consumed Monona Hills Apartments. The complex was for people who need subsidized housing due to age and disability. There are no more subsidized housing units that everyone can move into, nor do they have the means to just replace everything they had. At this time financial donations are best. Click here, choose the amount, then on the next page, there will be a choice for Monona Hills After Fire Fund.
   
• Low-Incense Option for the Triduum and Beyond
  Starting on Holy Thursday, our parish will have a low-incense chapel available for worshipers who are sensitive to incense. Temporarily sharing the Family Room for Mass on Holy Thursday, the low-incense chapel will transition to its more permanent location in the chapel off the south end of the narthex starting on Holy Saturday. The low-incense chapel contains an air purifier to decrease incense odors. Users are responsible for turning the air purifier on and off, and we ask that everyone keep the door to that room closed so that it remains as incense-free as possible. If the choir is rehearsing in the room, please wait until they are finished to enter. Contact Claire Clemens (claire.clemens@gmail.com) with questions or feedback.
   
• Luke House
  IHM will provide the evening meal for the Luke House Community Meal program this month on April 26. Please sign up here to help and donate food. Please contact Cathy at bernards@chorus.net or (608) 226-9932 with questions.
  
  
• God’s Housekeepers
  Deep cleaning—April 3rd. If you are available, please come anytime between 9-11am to help make the Church beautiful before Easter! Bring gloves, rags, mops, brushes, buckets, and step stools.
  
  
• IHM Summer School Programs
  Signups for our summer programs are now open! IHM has two summer programs:
  • *ECE Summer Program for students entering 3K, 4K, or Kindergarten
    • ECE Summer Program Sign-Up 
  • *IHM Summer Camp Program, for students entering grades 1-6
    • IHM Summer Camp Sign-Up 
      
      
• Helping Christians in the Holy Land
  It is critical that we continue to support the Christians who are living in the land of Jesus' birth, life, crucifixion and resurrection. These faithful Christians are surrounded by a majority Jewish and Islamic population. With your support, we can help to ensure that Christians living in the Holy Land now, and that future generations of Christians will have a place to live and thrive. Please help the Christians in the Holy Land with your contribution to the Pontifical Good Friday Collection.
  
  
• Resurrection Cemetery
  Resurrection Cemetery at 2705 Regent Street, Madison offers graves, niches, vaults, monuments, Trappist caskets, and vases. Office hours are Monday thru Friday, 8am to 4pm. It is best to call (608) 238-5561 for an appointment. You can also browse available property at www.madisondiocese.org/cemeteries.
  
  
• Usher Signup
  Please sign up here.

Upcoming Events

• Wednesday Formation Night
  April 5 - Potluck Dinner in Marian Hall at 6pm. We will provide pasta with marinara sauce & meatballs. We are in need of garlic bread, sides, salads and desserts! Please sign up here to bring an item to share. Dinner will be served by volunteers from our Knights of Columbus.
  
  
• Confirmation
  We are looking forward to Confirmation with Bishop Hying here at IHM on Wed, April 12 at 7pm! All are invited to attend and/or pray for those receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation.
  
  
• Polish Spring Festival
  April 2, 10am– 3pm at IHM. More info here.
  
  
• Love Begins Here
  Please register for Love Begins Here (LBH) today! It is open to current 6th - 12th graders. The deadline is fast approaching - 4/14! IHM will be going on the following dates:
  > Middle School: 6/12-15 @ St. Joseph, Dodgeville (full; waitlist available)
  > High School: 6/18-23 @ St. Henry, Watertown
  If you are 18 years or older and are a practicing Catholic, please consider serving as an adult "Lead Missionary" for the week, please contact Rebekah at rscaperlanda@ihmparish.org! If you would like to apply for a scholarship, email Rebekah before registration, as you will need the promo code at check out.
  
  
• Signup for VBS 2023
  IHM is hosting Vacation Bible School (VBS) this summer from 7/17-7/21 from 9am-noon for children going into grades 4K-6th grade!! The theme this year will be "Cathletics: Training to be Champions for Christ". Last year, it was very popular with 70 children attending. Please consider volunteering! Contact Marnie with questions at mharrington@ihmparish.org. Click here for more info and to sign up.