and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him. Church of the Immaculate Conception

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1 Church of the Immaculate Conception May 16 & 17, 2015 Church of the Immaculate Conception 1180 State Highway 206, Greene, New York Website: iccgreene.wordpress.com Facebook: Church of the Immaculate Conception And ICC Youth Group Parish Office: Mon thru Thurs. 10:30 am to 4:30 pm Mary Wentlent, Parish Manager Audrée Beach, Admin. Asst Fax Baptism & RCIA ICC Parish Office Religious Education: Kathy Nichols Youth Ministry: Jessica Trepa Young Adult Ministry: Anne Glasgow Marriage: At least six months preparation suggested. Pre-Marriage (Pre-Cana) sessions are required. ICC Facilities Scheduling: Any persons, groups, committees wanting to use any parish facility must contact the Parish Office to reserve the date & place. ICC Parish Council: Nancy Amell, Francis Feldpausch, Donna Heisler, Bob LaRocque - President, Joanne Moxley, Chris Paske, Zach Urda. ICC Trustees: Jackie Henninge ; jackiehenninge@frontier.com Robert Larkin ; robertmlarkin@gmail.com Feel free to contact the Trustees or Council Members with any concerns you have about our parish. Knights of Columbus: Council #11094 Grand Knight Anthony Browning Meets the first Thursday of every month, 7:00 pm in the Parish Hall. Prayer Chain: Contact Angie Babcock Bulletin: Information due by Tuesday 12 Noon. Sick & Shut-ins: Please notify the Parish Office when illness occurs or when the sick and aged are confined to a nursing home or hospital. New Parishioners: Welcome to our parish family. We invite you to become an active participant of our parish community. Please be sure to register by calling the parish office. Seventh Sunday of Easter and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.

2 Mass Schedule SATURDAY 5/16/15 4:00 pm Angelo Lawrence by Rita Kroon Elaine Esposito by Nancy & Kurt Clinton SUNDAY 5/17/15 10:15 am For Parishioners THURSDAY 5/21/15 8:30 am Communion Service SATURDAY 5/23/15 4:00 pm Catherine Kroon by Rita Kroon For Our Veterans SUNDAY 5/24/15 Pentecost Sunday 10:15 am Joseph Kinneary by Parish Family LAY PERSONS SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEKEND OF May 24, :00 pm Saturday: E. M. s: J. Trepa ~ S. Carlin Lector: R. Kroon Altar Servers: N. Gabriel 10:15 am Sunday: E. M. s: C. Gibbons M. Kim ~ E. Browning Lector: B. Larkin Altar Servers: M. Paske ~ J. Browning ~ N. Erickson Children s Liturgy: B. Doughty ~ K. Carey Counters: A. Browning ~ E. Hadlick Parish Office will be closed Monday, May 26 for the Memorial Day Holiday. Sacrificial Giving and Expenses for the month of April 2014: Total Income: $ 11, Total Expense: $ 14, The Total Expenses include salaries, utilities, accountant fees, Holy Family School, CCD expenses, insurance, and the new lawn mower - with funds raised in the previous months Remember St. Paul s advice: God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Cor.9:7) Church of the Immaculate Conception, Greene, New York Page 2 ICC WEEK AT A GLANCE SUNDAY 5/17 HOPE Appeal Sunday 8:45 a Rel. Ed. Class - last class 9 a Bible Study - H 11:30 Confession MONDAY 5/ Scrap Drive Begins - OF 6-7 p Cub Scouts - last den meeting TUESDAY 5/19 6:30 p Pastoral Council Meeting - H WEDNESDAY 5/20 12:30-5:30 Red Cross Blood Drive - H, K THURSDAY 5/21 8 a Rosary 7 p Theology on Tap - Dillinger s, Bing FRIDAY 5/22 5:30 p PCA Spaghetti Supper - H, K SATURDAY 5/23 3:15 p Confession SUNDAY 5/24 Pentecost Sunday 11:30 Confession College Age Youth to B-Mets Game 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. What is Pentecost? Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Blessed Mother and Apostles, fifty days after the Resurrection of Christ. Pentecost was a turning point for the early Church and it marked the beginning of the first evangelization. Where the Apostles had been timid and unsuccessful doing the Lord s work, the Holy Spirit empowered them with many gifts and they began to proclaim the Good News starting with their fellow Jews and then turning their evangelization efforts to the gentile nations throughout the Roman Empire. The Holy Spirit continues to move the Church to action today, inviting us to share the love and salvation of Jesus Christ with others. We are updating the prayer chain list run by Angie Babcock. If you would like to be a part of this ministry call Pat by May 23.

3 May 17, 2015 Scrap Metal Drive - Tuesday, May 19 through Sunday, May 31. All proceeds to support our Building & Grounds projects. Pastoral Council Meeting - Tuesday, May 19, 6:30 pm in the Parish Hall. Welcome new members & election of officers. Youth Groups: Middle School Youth Group Relay for Life event, held in Norwich on Saturday, July 18 th. Leaders Jess Trepa and Alison Norton have some fun ideas planned. Please mark your calendars for this summer event. Next planning session June 13, 5:30-8:30 in the Pavilion. Drop your refundable bottles & cans off at the bin over by the Rectory garage anytime. The proceeds go toward our youth events College Age Group Sunday, May 24 we re going to a B-Mets game. Young Adults! Join us for Theology on Tap, Thursday May 21, 7pm at Dillinger s in Binghamton. It s an event for Catholics in their 20s and 30s to enjoy free appetizers, fellowship and listen to an awesome guest speaker! This month Fr. Michael from Our Lady of Good Counsel will be talking about: Building a Moral Bucket List - We all might have a bucket list of things we want to do before we die, but what about the type of person we want to become? What should be on that bucket list and how do we achieve it? Sight & Sound Theatre s production of Joseph. Tuesday, July 14. Tickets are $10.00 per person, please send your payment to the Parish Office. The bus was full so we got a bigger bus! Once we fill all the seats we will have a waiting list in case someone cancels. Depart ICC 6:15 am, arrive in Lancaster for the 11 am show. Following the performance we will stop at the Bird-in-Hand restaurant for lunch and return to ICC about 7:30 pm.. Sponsored by the McDevitt grant. Church of the Immaculate Conception, Greene, NY Community Interest 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 ICC covers 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 for pick-up. Call Rita Twice per year we hold a sleeping bag assembly workshop. Everyone is welcome to participate! St. Pauly Textile collection shed in our parking lot. Donate your unwanted clothes & fabric items & ICC receives 5 cents per pound collected. Discovering Christ Looking for a practical way to bring the New Evangelization to your parish? Discovering Christ is an evangelization process that will transform your parish community. We will be hosting Discovering Christ Information Sessions for pastors, parish staff, and designated parish ministers. Thursday May 28, St. James Church, J. C. To sign up for an information session, contact GoodNews@SyrDio.org or Learn more about Discovering You will receive a letter this week from Bishop Cunningham asking for your support of the annual HOPE Appeal. Please be generous with your pledge. We ask that all pledge forms and gifts be returned next weekend to the parish. You can also make a secure online gift or pledge at Your support helps so many in our diocese. Our parish will have speakers at the remaining weekends in the month of May to let us know how the HOPE Appeal benefits their group. Anyone interested in becoming a Eucharistic Minister contact Pat Page 5

4 CHENANGO RIVER THEATRE Bill Lelbach Artistic & Managing Director PO Box 584, Greene, NY Office: Box Office: A professional, Non-Profit Theatre Company for the Southern Tier Continuing Our Tradition of Service Since 1914 Family Atmosphere Member NY s FDA KENNEDY FUNERAL HOME, INC * North Chenango St., Greene, NY Wide Range of Affordable Choices Giving Personal Attention to All Pre-Need Arrangements Home-like Setting Handicapped Accessible A Funeral Provider of Peace & Comfort in Time of Need Molly S. Nolan Licensed R.E. Salesperson Cell Bartles Pharmacy 10 Lafayette Park. Oxford, NY DITTO S Discount Copiers & Printers Sales & Award Winning Service Larry Lawrence, Owner Root Funeral Home Greene s Oldest Funeral Home Member New York State Funeral Director Assoc. Serving Greene, Oxford and the surrounding communities. Charles C. Dietrich North Chenango Street Greene, New York It is the right of every woman to give birth and the right of every child to be born. Birthright of Sidney, N Y Inc. 40 East Main Street (Box 204) Sidney, New York Pregnant..need help? We can Help you! Call Monday 1:00-4:00 Thursday, Friday, 10:00-1: Hotline A Professional Agency for Personal & Business Insurance Gray & Sons Agency, Inc. Kathy Pilkington Robert J. Greene Genesee Street, Greene, NY NEVILLE LAW OFFICE Chris P. Neville, Esq. Robert M. Larkin, Of Counsel P. O. Box 570 * 36 Genesee St. Greene, New York The Sherwood Hotel Restaurant & Bar Open for Lunch & Di nner Weddi ngs, Rehearsal Di nners, Showers (607) oodhotel.com Construction Home Improvement Lawn Mowing/Brush Hogging Excavating Gerry Reiss Mike Reiss Oxford, New York Blood Drive At ICC 2015 Schedule: 5/20, 7/22, 9/16, 11/ 25 St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery Oxford, New York A beautiful, peaceful resting place Double Plot $700 1 casket & 1 urn or 2 urns

5 May 17, 2015 Father s Notes A Liturgical Note - The Preparation of the Gifts. 49. At the beginning of the liturgy of the Eucharist the gifts, which will become Christ s body and blood, are brought to the altar. First the altar, the Lord s table, which is the center of the whole Eucharistic liturgy, is prepared: the corporal, purificator, missal, and chalice are placed on it (unless the chalice is prepared at a side table). The gifts are then brought forwar4d. It is desirable for the faithful to present the bread and wine, which are accepted by the priest or deacon at a convenient place. The gifts are placed on the altar to the accompaniment of the prescribed texts. Even though the faithful no longer, as in the past, bring the bread and wine for the liturgy from their homes, the rite of carrying up the gifts retains the same spiritual value and meaning. This is also the time to receive money or other gifts for the church or the poor brought by the faithful or collected at the Mass. These are to be put in a suitable place not on the altar. 50. The procession bringing the gifts is accompanied by the presentation song, which continues at least until the gifts have been placed on the altar. 51. The gifts on the altar and the altar itself may be incensed. This is a symbol of the Church s offering and prayer going up to God. Afterward the deacon or other minister may incense the priest and the people. 52. The priest then washes his hands as an expression of his desire to be cleansed within. 53. Once the gifts have been placed on the altar and the accompanying rites completed, the preparation of the gifts comes to an end through the invitation to pray with the priest and the prayer over the gifts, which are a preparation for the Eucharistic prayer. From the General Instruction on the Roman Missal It is a great honor to represent the worshipping community by being the Gift Bearers at Mass. All are invited and encouraged to participate in this way: families, widows/widowers, single & divorced persons. Please indicate your desire to serve in this way to an Usher/Greeter before Mass or respond positively if asked by one of them to be a Gift Bearer. Wisdom from our Catholic Tradition I feel in my soul an unfathomable abyss which only God can fill. I lose myself in God as a drop does in the ocean. Sr. Marie Faustina Kowalska Church of the Immaculate Conception, Greene, New York Page 3 What then Unites Us? Food For Thought Proverbs 29:18 says, Where there is no vision, the people perish. It is becoming increasingly difficult to discern what the vision for America is. Do we really know who we are and what we stand for? Are we willing to think for ourselves, or do we believe media pundits have all the answers?... As we enter the next election season, I hope we will each be willing to take a step back and ask the question, What is of crucial importance to me and to the future of our nation. Dr. Ben Carson, MD, world famous neurosurgeon. The World Meeting of Families, Philadelphia (Sept ), The Diocese is sending two bus trips to attend the Papal Mass on September 27! Space is extremely limited, and pilgrims should be prepared for a physically demanding trip. Youth Groups can register at syrpapalmassyouth. eventbrite.com; young adults & families register at: syrpapalmassadultfam.eventbrite.com Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime experience! World Meeting of Families 2015 Contest The theme of this year s meeting is Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive, and will emphasize the impact of love in our families on our society. Family scholarships are available, visit for details. Application deadline 5/31. The Good News Center of Utica is providing $500 grant to the winning family to defray expenses. A Healthy Body / Healthy Soul - Exercise: Improve Your Mood Need an emotional lift? Or need to blow off some steam after a stressful day? A workout at the gym or a brisk 30-minute walk can help. Physical activity stimulates various brain chemicals that may leave you feeling happier & more relaxed. You may also feel better about your appearance & yourself when you exercise regularly, which can boost your confidence & improve your self-esteem. Mayo Clinic, 11/13 Last week at the Circle of Friends meeting, Mary Lademan offered to send a little Sunshine to parishioners who are sick or just feeling under the weather. Let the Church Office or Mary know if you have a friend or loved one who could use a note of encouragement or small flower bouquet sent to their home.

6 Celebrate the Month of May at ICC The month of May is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. During May we will have the " Pilgrim Virgin Statue" set up in our vestibule. There are free Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet CD's available & free rosaries for anyone to have. Please help yourself to both." All during May we will be accepting donations to benefit Chenango Co. Catholic Charities Safe Dwelling. A residence providing shelter & support for adults & children who are victims of domestic violence. Some of their needs: Pillows, white bath towels & wash cloth, toys for children, twin sheet sets, cloths hangers, non-perishable food items, personal hygiene products, DVD/VHS player, discs & tapes for family entertainment. Place your donations in (or around) the bassinet in the vestibule. May is our month to cover the Greene Area Churches Food Pantry. Let s have a good collection of non-perishable food stuffs to send over so our teams have a good selection to share. PCA Spaghetti Supper - Friday, May 22 in the Parish Hall. We invited the priests from our PCA to come on down, join us for supper, meet parishioners, receive the grand tour. If you would like to join us please sign-up in the vestibule. Everyone is welcome to attend! Now and at the Hour of Our Death Catholic Guidance foe End-of-Life Decision Making Do you have questions about medical and moral decisions that must be made as loved ones near the end of life? Our Church offers guidance. Visit go watch the video and read the NYS Bishop s document Now and at the Hour of Our Death. Church of the Immaculate Conception, Greene, New York PLEASE turn off your cell phone before entering the church to preserve the spirit of prayer & reverence. Page 4 Dear friends, I don t know about you, but I enjoyed the flower sale last weekend mainly because it was such a mood lifter to see the hall full of flowers after our cold winter! Thank you to all who purchased flowers and helped with the selling. We made $425 profit! Nice job!! Don t forget to look thru your shed for any unwanted scrap metal for the building and grounds fundraiser. The large bin will be delivered to our parking lot on Monday May 18 th and will remain for two weeks. Pass the word to your friends and neighbors. The new sacristy team has gotten off to a great start with parishioners taking care of the votive candles, the sacristy before and after Mass as well as the altar cloth care. Thank you to the 21 people who were willing to be on rotating teams. If you are a lector or Eucharistic minister, make sure you stop in the sacristy before Mass and let them know you are there, and introduce yourself if needed! It s that time of year again for the Celebration of Youth award. This was started by Msgr. Putano as a way to recognize and encourage our young people who volunteer for the parish. I like to give this award to our senior most high school students first, so this year Megan Brown and Maria Brown were nominated. Megan was an altar server when she was younger and currently cantors at the Saturday night Mass. Her Christian attitude of love to others and kindness is carried over in the activities she is involved in at school and in her community. Megan is the daughter of Don and Linda Brown and the granddaughter of Bev and Jim Doughty. Maria Brown has volunteered as a teaching assistant on Sunday mornings with religious education. She has a quiet, gentle nature, and as a result, the children in her classes feel welcome and loved. Maria has also volunteered with her mother and sisters for many parish and community events, where she reaches out to the elderly in a compassionate and thoughtful way. Maria is the daughter of Angela Fiato and sister to Sophia and Nadia! It is my pleasure to nominate these two young people! They are invited to a Mass and reception on May 31 at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Endicott. Congratulations Maria and Megan! Have a wonderful week! Peace! ~Mary Wentlent