CONTACT INFORMATION

Main Office 607/273-6121 Fax: 607/273-0185

www.immconch.org iimmacul@dor.org

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BULLETIN REQUESTS:

E-mail: iimmacul@dor.org no later than Mondays @ 4PM

Immaculate Conception Church Parish Mission Statement

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church celebrates the Eucharist and proclaims the gospel—in worship, through our love of God and for each other, and with our ministry to the marginalized. We journey together in our faith, united by our trust in Christ’s love and mercy and the powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

PARISH STAFF

Fr. Augustine Chumo Pastor Fr.Augustine.Chumo@dor.org x109

Erika Linsdell Parish Admin. Assistant Erika.Linsdell@dor.org x101

Gary Vrabel Music Ministry Gary.Vrabel@dor.org ext. 102 Emmanuel Berrido Music Emmanuel.Berrido@dor.org 786-312-9708

David Zellinger Finance Director David.Zellinger@dor.org

Kathleen Adessa Bookkeeping Kathleen.Adessa@dor.org

Rich Rasmussen Pastoral & Catechetical leader Rich.Rasmussen@dor.org ext. 105

Patrick Paolangeli Maintenance ppaolangeli@dor.org 273-6121 Dan Hurley Deacon Dan.Hurley@dor.org 585-319-8205

Calvary Cemetery 272-5780 638 Five Mile Drive, Ithaca Mike Moravec, Cemetery Manager

SACRAMENTS BAPTISM: A preparation session is required before the baptism of your child. Please call 273-6121 prior to your due date for an appointment.

RECONCILIATION: Saturday 2:30P—4PM

MARRIAGE: Please call 273-6121 at least 6 months in advance of your anticipated wedding date.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Call 273-6121 to request this

sacrament.

HOSPITALIZATIONS: Call 273-6121 if your loved one is in the hospital.

George Green Parish

Center 113 North Geneva Street

Ithaca, NY 14850 Hours: Mon.—Fri. 8:00AM—4:00PM Closed for Lunch

12 - 1 pm

JOIN US FOR OUR LITURGIES

MASS SCHEDULE Monday & Thursday

12:10PM

Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 7AM

Saturday 8:30AM

Vigil Mass Saturday 4:30PM

Sunday 8:30 & 10:30AM

MAY 26, 2019 6TH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Our Vision: To be a community of God’s Love and Service

Monday, May 27

Memorial Day—Office Closed

9:00a—Mass at Calvary Cemetery Tuesday, May 28

1:00p—Food Pantry

5:30p—Adult Choir-ch

Wednesday, May 29

3:00p—Pietra Fitness-ph

5:30p—Contemp. Grp-ch

7:00p—Service Team-ph

Thursday, May 30

Ascension Thursday

Masses @ 12:10 & 7:00pm

Saturday, June 1

3:00p—Holy Hour Adoration

PAROCHIAL SCHOOL ALUMNI MASS

Next Sunday—June 2, 2019 7th Sunday of Easter Second Collection—Building Maintenance

THIS WEEK

LOST ITEMS

We have a special Project planned for the school photographs. In preparation, we have noticed that a photograph from 1932 was removed from the frame. If any one has knowledge of its wherea-bouts, please contact the office. We are also looking for any school Class Photo’s from the 1960’s and be-yond. Please contact the office if you have one that we could copy. Thank You.

• All Committee Chair-persons are asked to plan your meeting schedule for 2020 and submit all dates to the Parish Office by Monday, June 3. This will assist in having our calen-dar for the year properly in place.

• The Most Reverend Salvatore Mata-no, Bishop of Rochester, cordially invites you to the Mass of Ordina-tion to the Sacred Order of Priest-hood for two men on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 10:00am at the Cathedral.

• Novena to the Holy Spirit begins on

Ascension Thursday; We shall be praying together the prayer to the Holy Spirit before the final blessings at the conclusion of daily Mass until Pentecost. We pray for renewed—reawakening of faith in the risen Lord. Come join us. Families are encouraged to do the Novena at home with members of their family.

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

We read in the Gospel the promise Jesus made to send us the Ho-ly Spirit, and entrusting Him with the task of leading us, of teach-ing and reminding us of all that He has said. How did the Holy Spirit intervene. The early Church was faced with the question of whether the tradition of Israel should be imposed upon pagans. The Apostles assembled and prayed and kept their ears and hearts open to the Holy Spirit who guided them. The results of listening to the Holy Spirit is more than rewarding. He will lead us to re-ject what is contrary to the central teaching of Jesus in the Gospel and will help enlighten all cultures. Every culture has something to enrich our faith in Christ. As the feast of Pentecost draws near, we pray that He may enlighten and lead us to fullness of Love.

VOLUNTEER MASS & RECEPTION

The Cemetery Committee has been working on the me-morial garden and columbarium project that was first introduced to our parish members in the April 26/27 church bulletin. To move this project forward, we re-quested help from the Landscape Architecture Depart-ment at Cornell to develop a site plan and concept draw-ing. While the memorial garden layout is not finalized yet, it is our objective to see how it fits in the space that we initially identified and to provide you with a general description of the project.

Before this project can continue, it is necessary to determine parishion-er’s interest in above-ground burial of cremat-ed remains. This is pru-dent given the cost of the columbarium and construction of the memorial garden. In the month of June, the Cemetery Committee will pro-vide a short (card sized) survey to determine if parish-ioners would be willing to purchase a niche in the col-umbarium. Other churches in our area will also be in-cluded in the survey. We are still working on determining costs and an estimate will be provided at the time that the survey is distributed. It is hopeful that there would be enough interest in this project to move ahead.

CEMETERY NEWS

SAVE THE DATE: June 15, 2019 MASS 10:30 AM

Celebrating memories of 131 years of Immaculate Conception School History. Reaching out to alumni, Priests, Deacons, Sisters, teachers, for-mer employees and volunteers who have been a part of the history of Im-maculate Conception School.

NEED TO KNOW

We are a parish who cares about our church and our com-munity. We count on the many volunteers who help inside the church to decorate, clean, and serve at Mass. Beyond Mass, we count on the volunteers who work at our Food Pantry, help with our Christmas gift ministry, work on our parish committees and assist in various other ways to help our Parish

It is the time of year when we celebrate a special Mass fol-lowed by a reception to thank our volunteers who have served in any way in the last year. Join us for Mass on Monday, June 10 at 5:30 pm followed by a reception in the parish hall.

RSVP Deadline is Monday, June 3 (273-6121).

Be sure to stop by and visit the Immaculate Conception Booth at the Ithaca Festival May 31-June 2!

Sisi ni watu wa Mungu = We are God’s people

Kristu ametukomboa kwa damu yake = Christ has

saved us by his blood

Krustu ametuamuru tupendane = Christ has commanded us

to love one another

YOUTH AND FAMILY CORNER

On Thursday, May 16th, our parish hosted a Regional Confirmation Mass and celebration with Bishop Matano and 92 Confirmands from around our area. Along with Immaculate Conception, parishes taking part were St. Catherine of Siena (Ithaca), The Parish of Mary Mother of Mercy (Trumansburg, Interlaken and Ovid), N.E.T. Catholic (All Saints Lansing and Holy Cross, Dryden), Good Shepherd Catholic Community (Aurora), St. Mary of the Lake (Watkins Glen), Blessed Trinity/St. Patrick’s (Owego), and Parish of the Most Holy Name of Jesus (Elmira). If you have never seen our church filled to capacity with 800 people, it was quite the scene and wonderful to be part of. Confirmation is not, as Bishop Matano pointed out, a graduation. It is really a beginning. We are reminded that Confirmation is a continuation of our Baptismal call and promise. The sacrament equips us with the gifts of the Holy Spirit to take a more active role in fulfilling the Mission of Jesus Christ. We do that in a variety of ways; big and small and in the ordinary moments in our lives. Let us truly LIVE this sacrament joyfully proclaiming the Good News by our lives.

Mass Intentions

The due date for our CMA is May 31, 2019 just week away. Many thanks for your generous support to this ap-peal. As of this week we have raised $ 52,034. The bal-ance is $ 5,117 We have come a long way and many thanks to our generous donors. It is still possible to help us get to the finish line with the remaining days. Thank you again very much for your generosity. Mungu ni mwema!

PRAYER REQUESTS

For the success of our Outreach Ministries.

For all who are helping our parish to participate in the

upcoming Ithaca Festival

For all young people receiving their Sacraments of 1st Holy

Communion and Confirmation.

For young couples preparing for marriage.

IN APPRECIATION

• All our Volunteers, who assist our Parish in so many different ways.

• THANK YOU to everyone who helped make Confirmation such a special celebration for our young people. Especially the Hospitality Team for the great reception, greeters, those who helped with registration, altar servers, music ministers, cantors, and all who contributed funding and baked goods, and volunteers and Ministers who helped in so many ways. To ONE and ALL asante sana!

Sunday, May 26 8:30AM For Parishioners 10:30AM John Boronkay from the Boronkay Family Monday, May 27 Memorial Day-Office Closed 9:00AM Our deceased Military (@ Calvary Cemetery)

Tuesday, May 28 7:00AM Charles Johnson from Ted & Yvonne Capogrossi Wednesday, May 29 7:00AM Enio Navarro from John Navarro Thursday, May 30 (Ascension) 12:10PM Joan Gallagher Welch & DM of the family from the Welch Family 7:00PM Carolyn Romani from the Finance Council Friday, May 31 7:00AM Sandy Gilbert (L) for Healing from Maureen & Chuck Curtis Saturday, June 1 8:30AM Gary Jaynes & DM of the Family from Josephine Jaynes & Family 4:30PM Sharon, Albert & Linda Turco from Orlando Turco Sunday, June 2 8:30AM DM of Jack & Isabella Guido Family from Beatrice Ciaschi 10:30AM For Parishioners

OFFERTORY AND FINANCE

May 19, 2019

Plate Collection $5,953

Home Missions $1,204

Attendance 515

NOTEWORTHY NEWS

CELEBRATING MERCY Saturday, June 8, 1:00pm The Sisters of Mercy and Associates invite you to join them in welcoming Liz Burns and Christine Wells as they proclaim their permanent Convent as Mercy Asso-ciates. A Reception will be held in the Par-ish Hall.

Sincere apologies to Paul Alexander, who was not included in the list of those ap-pointed in 2017 to the Parish Property Task Force. His knowledge, time and insight were contributing factors to the success of the school transaction. Regrets, and may thanks to Paul.