Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God

HAPPY NEW YEAR

​Please pray 

• In thanksgiving for blessings received in 2022
• In thanksgiving for the life and ministry of Pope Benedict XVI
• For those who enter this new year with fear and anxiety
• For those listed in the bulletin, who asked for our prayers
• For benefactors who are ‘Friends of the Basilica’

 
Do you need the parish community to pray for your intentions?  
                  Email office@icjax.org and let us know.

1. Readings for this weekend are here
2. Bulletin for this week is attached or viewable online here
3. Worship Aids / Homilies are posted online:

 
Renovation & Repair – Updates:

• Adoration Chapel – Work begins in January. (Please pray for the timely completion of our Stained Glass windows)
• Organ – Pipes have been removed to be cleaned and prepped offsite. Fundraising continues.
• Rectory / Office – Work completed. Fundraising continues.

 
Thank you to parishioners and ‘Friends of the Basilica’ for your continued material and prayerful support.  We benefit from the sacrifices, prayers, and material support of past generations.  Future generations of Catholics will benefit from yours!
 
Please remember, we still need parishioners & ‘Friends of the Basilica’ to give during the Sunday Collection in person or online. Special projects are important, but so are lights, AC, staff, etc. 

And in this corner...

A young boy celebrated his birthday on crutches, so he couldn’t carry the cupcakes into school without help. His older brother, Noah, was asked to help his brother carry them in. “I could,” he said, “but I’d prefer not to.” Spotting a teaching moment, we asked Noah, “What would Jesus do?” Noah answered, “Jesus would heal him so he could carry his own cupcakes.”