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Church of the Immaculate Conception
Church of the Immaculate Conception 1180 State Highway 206, Greene, New York 13778 Rev. Msgr. John P. Putano, Administrator Website: iccgreene.wordpress.com Email: [email protected] Facebook: Church of the Immaculate Conception And ICC Youth Group Parish Office: Tue. thru Thurs. 10:30 am to 4:30 pm Mary Wentlent, Parish Manager 656-9546 Audrée Beach, Admin. Asst. 656-9546 Fax 656-7667 Baptism & RCIA ICC Parish Office 656-9546 Religious Education: Kathy Nichols [email protected] 692-4702 Youth Ministry: ICC Parish Council: Nancy Amell, Francis Feldpausch - President, Donna Heisler, Joanne Moxley, Penny Sweet, Zach Urda. ICC Trustees: Jackie Henninge - 656-9501; [email protected] Robert Larkin - 279-3900; [email protected] Feel free to contact the Trustees or Council Members with any concerns you have about our parish.
Weekend Mass Schedule Pastoral Care Area South: Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 pm Immaculate Conception, Greene 5:45 pm St. Joseph, Oxford Sunday: 8:45 am St. Joseph, Oxford 10:15 am Immaculate Conception, Greene 4:00 pm St. Paul, Norwich
We at Immaculate Conception are a group of people bound together by our belief in Jesus Christ as our Savior. When we
were baptized, we were called to share in His work. Therefore we pledge ourselves to build a community where all are
welcomed, loved, needed and appreciated. Armed with the faith in the Immaculate Conception of Mary, we will celebrate
the gift of life together in word and sacrament.
December 12 and 13, 2015 Third Sunday of Advent
"The Light is on for You" A special Diocesan wide
Penance Service, Monday, December 14th.
Fr. Lupa will hear confession at: ICC from 4:00-5:30 pm St. Joseph from 6:00-7:30 pm. Examination of Conscience litera-ture is available in the vestibule.
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Mass Schedule SATURDAY 12/12/15
4:00 pm † Caroline Pearson, Anniversary, by Marge Bobier † Edna Balletto by Janet & Bill Taylor
SUNDAY 12/13/15 Third Sunday of Advent
10:15 am For Parishioners THURSDAY 12/17/15
8:30 am Communion Service
SATURDAY 12/19/15 4:00 pm Fr. Dellos, Birthday Intention, by Parish Family
SUNDAY 12/20/15 Fourth Sunday of Advent
10:15 am Mulvey & Lusuriello Family by Tom & Janice Mulvey
ICC WEEK AT A GLANCE SUNDAY 12/13 Third Sunday of Advent 8:45 a Rel. Ed. Class - AC 9:00 a Bible Study 11:15 Sacrament of First Penance 11:30 a Confession 11:30 a Chime Practice 11:30 Blessing of the Bambinelli MONDAY 12/14 4-5:30 p “The Light is on For You” - Penance Service
6 p Cub Scouts TUESDAY 12/15 WEDNESDAY 12/16 THURSDAY 12/17 Parish Office Closed 8 a Rosary 9:30 a Bible Study FRIDAY 12/18 SATURDAY 12/19 3:15 p Confession SUNDAY 12/20 Fourth Sunday of Advent 9-10 a Christmas Pageant Rehearsal 11:30 a Confession 11:30 a Chime Practice Finish Decorating the Church Location Codes: S—Sanctuary; H—Parish Hall; K—Kitchen;
CR—Cry Room; L—Library; P—Pavilion; AC—All Church;
OF-Out Front; OB-Out Back; SJ—St. Joseph’s, DT—Downtown.
New schedule due out the end of the month. Any changes to your availability please contact Audrée ASAP.
Sacrificial Giving and Expenses for the month of November 2015:November 2015:November 2015:November 2015: Total Income: $ 13,275.13 Total Expense: $ 7,341.90 2nd Collection, 12/13 - Cathedraticum
2016 Boxed Offering Envelopes will be avail-able about the middle of December.
The Parish Office will be closed Thursday, Dec. 17 and Christmas Eve, Dec 24 thru January 4 for vacation.
Christmas Flower envelopes are avail-able in the pews. Fill out the “in mem-ory of”, enclose your donation and put the envelope in the collection basket
Our Children's Christmas Pageant will be presented at the conclusion of the 4 pm Christmas Eve Children’s Mass. All children up to 5th grade are invited to be the Holy Family, angels, shepherds and wise men. Please sign-up in the vestibule. Family and friends are welcome to participate. The rehearsal will be on Sunday morning 9-10 am Dec. 20.
We will also finish decorating the church that morning after Mass. Everyone is welcome to join us!
LAY PERSONS SCHEDULE Weekend of: Weekend of: December 13, 2015 December 20, 2015
4:00 pm Saturday 4:00 pm Saturday E. M.’s: J. Trepa J. Moxley S. Carlin S. Northrup
Lector: M. O’Keefe J. Trepa Servers: Adult Volunteer Adult Volunteer
10:15 am Sunday: 10:15 am Sunday: E. M.’s: Z. Urda M. Kim B. Norton E. Browning C. Gibbons B. Doughty Lector: Youth H. Barker Servers: J. Eroshevich C. Grant J. Browning C. Leonard N. Erickson L. Flanagan Counters: D. Brown A. Browning J. Norton E. Hadlick CLOW: M. & M. H. & M. Rice Feldpausch
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Chime Practice for the inter-generational Chime Choir performance at the Christmas Eve Mass will be held after the 10:15 am Mass in the nave.
Check in the vestibule for sign-up sheets to partici-pate in any of our Advent celebrations & events. Cookies for the Christmas Eve Reception; serving on the Altar for the 4 pm, Christmas Eve; 10:30 am, Christmas Day or 10:30 am 1/1 Mary, Mother of God, Holy Day Mass.
Our parish youth will be join in to deliver Rotary Christmas Baskets Saturday, Dec. 19, 8:00 am
Bring your baby Jesus from your home Manger scene on the weekend of Dec. 12 and 13 for a special blessing by Father Lupa. Pope Francis has designated the third Sunday of Advent (Latare Sunday) as a time when parishes across the world can join together for a Blessing of the Bambinelli. We will have some small figurines of baby Jesus in the Manger for those who do not bring one but still want to participate in this special blessing.
Christmas Cookie Platters for sale by the parish youth as a fundraiser for their June re-treat. $5.00 per small platter; avail-able after Mass on Dec. 19/20
The Knights of Columbus Holy Trinity Council 11094 is overwhelmed by the outpouring of sup-port and generosity of both St. Joseph’s and Im-maculate Conception parishes. We were going to support one seminarian, but with your support and generosity we are now able to support four seminarians and/or postulants. We received a total of $1,427.00 On behalf of the Council I would like to thank all of you who so graciously helped to ensure that we continue to assist the new generation of priests and nuns in our Diocese. Grand Knight, Anthony Browning
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Greene, NY
Volunteer Opportunities Greene Food Pantry The first weekend of each month we take up a collection of non-perishable foods for our local food pantry. May & November we cover the hours at the Pantry. Meals On Wheels Our volunteers make the deliveries for August & February: Mon, Wed, Fri, 11:15am. Our Brother’s Keeper—We take donations of CLEAN blankets, quilts, sheets, towels, batting & fiber fill. & yarn. Please bag the items. Bottle & Can Drive - drop off your refundable items n the bin next to the Rectory garage. St. Pauly Textile collection shed in our parking lot. Donate your unwanted clothes & fabric items & ICC receives 5 cents per pound collected.
Community Interest
Bi-Lingual Mass for the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Sat. 12/12 at 5 pm, St. James, JC.
Embracing Hope-An Advent Reflection - Parish Mission - St. James, JC, featuring Dan Schutte- December 14-16, 7pm
Church of St. Bartholomew Love at Work 2015 Capital Campaign $100 Raffle Ticket Fund Drive: 1st PRIZE-$2,500; 2nd -1,250; 3rd -$750; 4th -$500. Drawing after the 4pm Vigil Mass 12/19. Only 10 of the 100 Tickets remain to be sold; need not be present to win. Call Monahans @ 334-7693.
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December 13, 2015
Wednesday, 12/24 Christmas Eve 3:15 Choir Christmas Music 4:00 pm Children's Mass, Christmas Pageant, Annual Christmas Reception
Friday, 12/25 Nativity of The Lord 10:30 am Christmas Mass
Friday, 1/1/15 Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God 10:30 am Holy Day Mass
Christmas & New Year’s Schedule
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YOU ARE SAYING “THANK YOU”
FOR HELPING TO PUBLISH OUR BULLETIN.
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Mail to: Immaculate Conception Church, 1180 State Hwy. 206, Greene, NY 13778 or place in collection basket
December 13, 2015
Praise God foe Second Chances “He said to him in reply, “Sir, leave it for this year
also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and
fertilize it; it may bear fruit in the future. If not you
can cut it down.” Luke 13:8-9
This conversation between the landowner and the gardener makes me want to weep. I could have been that tree, chopped down without hesitation. God could have let me be defined by my times of departure or periods of lukewarm faith. After all, I wasn’t doing much for his field other than taking up sun, water and space, and bearing no fruit. But in his kindness he granted me the respite of time, the merciful gift of a second chance. He was the pa-tient gardener who tended to my roots and pruned my branches and waited for me. In the fertile ground of humility, I took nourishment and my clipped branches began to blossom. Now I am a tree that bears fruit. Let’s praise God for second chances. Let’s be slow to judge the value or condition of other trees. Kristin Arm-
strong
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Father’s NotesFather’s NotesFather’s NotesFather’s Notes Sunday Mass still obligatory? I’ve heard in recent years that one need not go to
Mass on Sunday unless it is “meaningful.” Attending
Mass is only a matter of “substantive” obedience, it
is said. If you’re not getting out of it what you think
you should, don’t go, and don’t worry about it.
A short time ago, however, I read again that we may
miss Mass only for a serious reason. Has that teach-
ing changed? I’m a convert, so I don’t know a lot of
things.
Attendance at the Sunday Eucharist is a serious obli-gation for Catholics for reasons that far transcend the fact that it is a church law. This obligation binds us unless we are excused from it for a proportionately serious reason. What, precisely, such a reason would be must be de-termined ultimately by the individual himself in the light of his overall respect for & observance of this obligation. “Substantive” obedience to the Sunday Eucharist regulation simply means that when one is otherwise faithful to that responsibility, he need not worry or feel guilty when, on occasion, something - a vacation, unusually exhausting work, and so on - makes it exceptionally difficult or inconvenient to get to Mass. The question of attending Mass only when one “gets something out of it” is another matter. Contrary to what certain psychological experts seem to tell us, there is nothing wrong at some point in our lives in doing something because someone says we must. It is an essential part of our maturing process to act in cer-tain matters simply because someone important to us (parent, teacher, priest, church) says, “It’s good for you. Do it.” We all go through this. It’s one of the steps we take toward making values our own - or, if you wish, doing a thing because “I get something out of it.” Surely there’s something spiritually incomplete in a 30 or 50-year-old Catholic who hasn’t long ago passed the point where he goes to Mass only because the church says he must. His problem isn’t, however, that he once went for that reason. Every child or teen-ager has gone or will go to church for that reason somewhere along the line. The mature adult’s tragedy is that he was never helped to grow beyond it, a de-scription which sadly fits too many Catholics today. Catholic Q & A by Fr. John J. Dietzen
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Dear friends, Last Sunday was the Feast Day of St. Nicholas, as many of you know. But did you know that the chil-dren at religious instruction class were treated to a special presentation about this kind and giving Saint? Many of you may assume Derick Heisler is a quiet 9th grade altar server who sometimes lectors when needed at the monthly youth Mass. Well, last Sunday he presented the life of Saint Nicholas by dressing up in costume, wig, cape and staff! He told stories about the Saint’s life and even posed for a group picture before handing out special gin-gerbread cookies to the children. Many thanks to Derick for enriching our CCD class time! Our parish has evolved over the years into a thoughtful and considerate parish family. Every week I hear of church members reaching out to help others in so many ways. And just like the chil-dren learned last Sunday about St. Nicholas, you are giving indiscriminately. Thank you to those taking part in our Annual Giving Tree project. Please make sure all presents are returned by Dec. 20th. The monthly card party was extra special with the Christmas theme. Thank you to Claire Gibbons, for the Christmas Trivia Contest. I thought the most fun question was, “What does Alvin want for Christmas?” Do you know? The young family event last Sunday after Mass was attended by 7+ families and it was a fun time to chat, create a gingerbread house and listen to Christmas music. Thank you Kelly Browning for coordinating this event! Please call the church of-fice and update your correct email address if you are not receiving the weekly emails on young fam-ily fellowship events. Our Feast Day Mass was quite a spiritual and joy-ful celebration. Edilu and Walter Hunt did another great job coordinating the reception afterwards for over 50 people. Thank you to the many who volun-teered at Mass, baked the yummy treats, or donated a bottle of wine for the celebration. I especially liked everyone joining together for the parish toast to the Year of Mercy that began on Dec. 8. Have a stress free week as we count down the days until Christmas! Peace!~Mary Wentlent
Adult Bible Study: Sunday group will resume in January. Thursday 9:30-10:45 am in the Parish Hall; The Book of Acts. New people are always welcome!!
Opportunities for Confession in preparation for Christmas
The Light is On For You - on Monday, Decem-ber 14th all Catholic churches in the Diocese will be open for Confession. Fr. Lupa will be at ICC in Greene from 4-5:30 pm and at St. Joe’s in Oxford from 6-7:30 pm. The Rosary will be prayed at St. Joe’s from 4-6 pm for friend and family who have fallen away from the practice of the faith to return to the Church. Feel free to stop by anytime between 4 & 6 to join in praying the Rosary.. As always, Fr. Lupa will be available for Confession before the 4 pm Saturday Vigil Mass at ICC & after the 5:45 pm Vigil at St. Joe’s and as well as 11:30 am after the 10:15 am Sunday Mass at ICC. Penance Service - There will be a Pastoral Care Area wide Penance Service at St. Paul’s in Nor-wich with several priests available for individual Confessions on Friday, December 18 at 7 pm, Please avail yourselves of these opportunities to experience the peace and mercy of Jesus in this Year of Mercy. Traditional Act of Contrition O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended you and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell; but most of all because they offend you, my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace, to confess my sins, to do penance and to amend my life. Amen.
Religious Education Kathy Nichols, Coordinator - 656-9546 Sundays 8:45 - 10:00 am Class: December 13. No class December 20, 27 Sacrament of First Reconciliation, Sunday, December 13 Youth Mass, Sunday, December 13. Pageant Rehearsal, Sunday, Dec. 20 , 9-10 am
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iccgreene.wordpress.com - Don’t forget to check out our website to access the bulletin and the schedule of upcoming events
