About Us

The Immaculate Conception Parish of Nashua NH is a large, active, and welcoming Roman Catholic community in the Diocese of New Hampshire. We currently have approximately 1900 families registered as members of the parish. We are located at 216 East Dunstable Road in Nashua NH, very close to the border between New Hampshire and Massachusetts. We are gifted with a beautiful church capable of seating 1000 people. Our pastor is Reverend Ray Labrie.

The parish offers daily and weekend Mass as well as a rich variety of other worship opportunities. We sponsor a large variety of ministries supporting the areas of Worship, Education and Formation, Christian Service, and Stewardship. Our current mission statement states
 

We, the Roman Catholic community of the Immaculate Conception Parish,
strive to love and trust God completely and unconditionally.
We evangelize with compassion, continue the works of Jesus Christ,
and welcome all who seek Him.
 

 We welcome you to visit or to make our parish your spiritual home. If you have any questions, please contact us at 603-888-0321 or use the Contact form.

By Sandy Hogan

The first Immaculate Conception Church in Nashua was established by the Diocese of Maine / New Hampshire in the late 1850’s.  The church was built on Temple Street and dedicated in 1857. In 1909, a new larger church on Spring Street was dedicated as St. Patrick’s  and Immaculate Conception Church was transferred to the Nashua  Lithuanian community which renamed it St. Casimir. There was no longer an Immaculate Conception Parish in Nashua until 1968. In an interesting though bittersweet turn of events, St. Casimir Church merged with St. Patrick’s in 2002 when St. Casimir’s was decommissioned.  For the following years, the geographical area of our current parish was part of St. Patrick Parish.
 In 1966, construction of a “mission church” for St. Patrick’s was begun on our current site. On October 4, 1968, Bishop Ernest Primeau dedicated our parish under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception.  On October 13, 2001, ground was broken for our current church. Construction was completed in the fall of 2002. On October 19th, 2002, Bishop John McCormack dedicated the new church in which we worship today. In his letter celebrating the dedication, Bishop McCormack wrote “Though many will surely marvel at the beauty of your new church, it is simply the exterior manifestation of what is truly important – the living, faith-filled community that worships and serves together.”

Pastors over the Years

The following pastors have shepherded   Immaculate Conception since 1968:

Rev. William Kelley 1968-1976
Rev. Richard Thompson Administrator June-Sept 1976                                    
Rev. John Sullivan 1976-1984
Rev. Denis Horan 1984-1997                                     
Rev. Marc R Gagne 1997-2008                                                  
Rev. Robert C Guillemette 2008-2010
Rev. Eddy Bison Administrator 2010-2011                
Rev. Richard E St. Louis Jr. 2011-2014
Rev. Ray Labrie 2014-present

Video by Travis Catello, Parish Organist.

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