Many parishioners attended the Immaculate Conception Mission Hall groundbreaking ceremony in Concepción on March 22.

Father John Ouellette, hardhat on and gold plated shovel in hand, gave a blessing and dug a piece of ground where the new mission hall will be built.

The first phase of the building should be completed this year.

There will be a Third Annual Spring Fiesta on May 2 from 4 p.m.-12 a.m. to raise funds for the second and third phase of the mission hall.

The Catholic mission continues to be an anchor for the faithful of Concepcion.