A Few Words About Our Vision

From our worship to our world in the spirit of St. Francis, Immaculate Conception will be a grateful and giving parish making a difference in the lives of others.

Our parish Mission Statement tells who we are. Our Vision Statement tells what we aspire to.

As a parish we are who we are (Roman Catholic community in downtown Durham) and we do what we do (proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ) hoping to make a difference in the lives of others.

We aspire to be a parish that draws its energy from our worship, especially the Sunday Eucharist. In celebrating our Communion with one another and with God, we grow in gratitude for the serving life and saving death of Jesus, and we seek to show our thankfulness in our generosity.

At the conclusion of each Sunday Mass, we are sent (“Go in peace to … “) to our world – the world of family, school, city, work. We’re a parish that understands that what we do is mean to form us as relatives and friends, citizens and workers.

We look to take up this mission in the spirit of St. Francis, a man who found in the Incarnation (the Word made flesh, Jesus) and the Passion, God’s love for us. As Francis advised the friars, we proclaim the gospel first and foremost by personal example, and only after, by preaching.