We are a Roman Catholic community and partnered parishes of the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese located in Summerhill, Pennsylvania.
We pray that this website will help deepen your love for Christ and His Holy Church. If you’re checking out our site for the first time, we pray that it will inspire you to learn more about what Catholics believe. For those who have strayed away, we pray that it will help you rediscover your Faith.
Lenten Fish Fry
Immaculate Conception will be hosting their annual Lenten Fish Fries again this year. The Fish Fries will be on the Fridays of Lent, March 7 through April 18. The hours of operation will be 4:00pm to 6:30pm. Both dine-in and drive-thru options will be available. Dine-in will be at New Germany Grove Hall (these customers should park in the main lot) and drive-thru customers should use the entrance behind the cemetery. Prices for dinners: adult – $15.00, child ages 6 thru 11 – $7.50, and children under 6 free.
Catechism Meditation
Why can’t priests get married?
All the ordained ministers of the Latin Church, with the exception of permanent deacons, are normally chosen from among men of faith who live a celibate life and who intend to remain celibate “for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.” Called to consecrate themselves with undivided heart to the Lord and to “the affairs of the Lord,” they give themselves entirely to God and to men. Celibacy is a sign of this new life to the service of which the Church’s minister is consecrated; accepted with a joyous heart celibacy radiantly proclaims the Reign of God. ―No. 1579
Saint of the Month
Saint Isidore of Seville (560–636)
Saint Isidore of Seville was a 6th-century scholar, theologian, and archbishop known for his work “Etymologiae,” which served as an early encyclopedia and preserved much ancient knowledge. He is recognized as the patron saint of the internet due to his efforts in gathering and sharing information during a time of widespread illiteracy and cultural decline.
