Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

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1 CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 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. September 1 and 2, nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Church of the Immaculate Conception 1180 State Highway 206, Greene, New York Rev. Msgr. John P. Putano, Administrator Rev. Paul Machira, Parish Priest Website: iccgreene.wordpress.com immcongreene@syrdio.org Facebook: Church of the Immaculate Conception Parish Office: Tue. thru Thurs. 10:30 am to 4:30 pm Mary Wentlent, Parish Manager Audrée Beach, Admin. Asst Fax Baptism & RCIA ICC Parish Office ICC Parish Council: Don Brown, Lorraine Detweiler, Bev Doughty, Margaret Hanrahan, Joe Henninge-President, Joanne Moxley, Annie Simpson, Gloria Straniero ICC Trustees: Jackie Henninge ; jackiehenninge@frontier.com Donna Heisler ; donnamheisler@gmail.com, Feel free to contact the Trustees or Council Members with any concerns you have about our parish. Knights of Columbus Council Grand Knight Charles Browning Meetings the 1st Thursday of each month. Gluten free hosts are available. Notify the Sacristy before Mass if you need one. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. The Amazing Parish Heavenly Father, You have gathered us together as a parish to be Your visible life in our world. Here we unite in worship, proclaim Your word, celebrate the Eucharist, and are sent forth to share Your love and make disciples. Lord, we take your Great Commission seriously and long for our parish to be so on-fire that we draw people to You. Help us in that endeavor, as we strive to work together-ordained, religious and laity. Please make our parish amazing, through Your power and Your grace. Amen.

2 Mass Schedule SATURDAY 9/1/18 4:00 pm Jane Kinneary, Anniversary, by Parish Family Todd Bower by Michael & Audrée Beach SUNDAY 9/2/18 10:15 am For Parishioners TUESDAY 9/4/18 8:30 am Communion Service WEDNESDAY 9/5/18 12:15 pm Special Intention by Parish Family THURSDAY 9/6/18 8:30 am Communion Service SATURDAY 9/8/18 4:00 pm Blanche Greene, Anniversary, by family Joyce Powers by Doughty Family SUNDAY 9/9/18 10:15 am For Parishioners LAY PERSONS SCHEDULE This Week Next Week September September 8, 2018 E. M. s: L. Detweiler H. Connelly J. Trepa S. Northrup Lector: M. Delaney J. Trepa Servers: Adult Volunteers Adult Volunteers Sunday 10:15 am Sunday 10:15 am September September 9, 2018 E. M. s: C. Gibbons B. Norton Z. Urda E. Browning P. Husband B. Doughty Lector: B. Norton H. Barker Servers: A. Romano C. Grant T. Morrison Z. Straniero Counters: E. Browning D. Brown B. Norton J. Norton Sacrificial Giving and Expenses for the month of July 2018 Total Income: $ 9, Total Expense: $ 10, Second Collection: 9/1 & 2 Mission Co-op Appeal Income includes: collections Expenses includes: utilities, funeral expenses, Diocesan billings, community donations, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Greene, New York Page 2 ICC WEEK AT A GLANCE SUNDAY 9/2 Mission Co-op Appeal Weekend MONDAY 9/3 Labor Day Office Closed 10:30-1 pm Chicken Tent Volunteers 11:30-2:30 Hot Dog Stand Volunteers TUESDAY 9/4 8 am Rosary WEDNESDAY 9/5 12:15 pm Mass THURSDAY 9/6 8 am Rosary FRIDAY 9/7 SATURDAY 9/8 3:30 pm Confession SUNDAY 9/9 Annual Mission Appeal This weekend Peter Daino, from the Syracuse Diocese, will be our Mission Co-op speaker for Peter, who has been working in the African country of Malawi, will be speaking with us about his program to help older orphans attend high school. The aim is that these young people who graduate from high school will be able to get jobs and use their wages to feed, clothe and educate their younger siblings in their parentless families. In 2016 the U.N. rated Malawi to be the poorest country in the world a sobering assessment. Built on a largely agrarian economy, most people in Malawi eke out an existence as subsistence farmers earning less than a dollar a day. The AIDS crisis, which began in the 1980s, has compounded Malawi s economic distress. Today, in a country of 17 million, there are more than 1.2 million AIDS orphans one in every three children. In Malawi one must pay to attend high school. On average a student must pay $30 per term, or $90 for the full year. These brave students will have a new responsibility as the breadwinners in orphan headed households. Thank You for whatever you can do to assist them. We extend our sympathy to......sutton family on the loss of their loved one Adrian Sutton, We pray for the happy repose of her soul. May she find a new life with God in heaven.

3 September 2, 2018 Church of the Immaculate Conception, Greene, NY Page 5 Thank you to all those who participated in our Immigration Awareness Project at ICC this month. The following is a list of countries that our parishioner's ancestors immigrated from. Flags representing these countries are in the church sanctuary. Austria Canada China England France Germany Iberia (Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, etc.) Ireland Italy Jamaica Lithuania Morocco Native American Dutch/Netherlands Poland Scandinavia Scotland Switzerland Slovakia Wales Kenya- our priest Father Paul Machira Malawi Peter Daino, our guest missionary Sept. 1/2 Labor Day is right around the corner. We still need volunteers to help at the Greene Area Churches Chicken BBQ Tent. This year we have the 10:30 am-1:00 pm shift. Signup in the vestibule. The Confirmation students will be helping at the Hot Dog Stand from 11:30-2:30. "Tea For Two, Me & You" The 5th Annual Fall Ladies Luncheon and Fashion Show, Sunday September 16, 11:30-1:15 pm Please sign up in the vestibule if you will be attending. Table leaders may pick up their ticket envelopes in the vestibule. The Fashion Show will feature some of our youth as they bring famous couples from history to ICC. Rita Kroon s New Address Mrs. Rita Kroon c/o Anthony Kroon Windsdowne Lane Cypress, TX Please include your telephone number so that Rita can call you. Volunteer Opportunities Greene Food Pantry - We collect 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. Call the Parish Office to join our team! Bottle & Can Drive - drop off your refundable items in the bin next to the Rectory garage. St. Pauly Textile collection shed in our parking lot. Donate your unwanted clothes & fabric items & ICC receives 4 cents per pound collected. VIRTUS Training, Protecting God's Children, will be offered on September 7, for initial certification from 6-8:30 pm,, and on September 14, for recertification. from 6-7:30 pm. Training will take place at St. Joseph's Parish Hall, Oxford. This program is mandated by the Syracuse Diocese for all staff, including religious education teachers, and all who do or could be directly involved with children under 18 in our parishes. The training is open to anyone who is interested in learning new ways to help keep the children in our lives, our most precious gifts, safe from harm. Sign up with Elizabeth Fahey, , or Kathleen M. Anderson, Virtus Facilitator, Of Local Interest Trivia Knight: Friday September 14th, 2018 from 7 PM until 10 PM with the Knights of Columbus at 136 Park Avenue Binghamton (phone ). All are welcome. Make teams of 1 to 8 persons and have a blast. Cash prizes will be awarded. Admission is only $10 per person. The cocktail lounge will be open. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About an Annulment: An Annulment Information night, Monday, September 17, 7 p.m., at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Vestal, Room 11. Fr. Donovan will answer your questions. Everyone is welcome. Benefit Concert for Sr. O Mahony s Haiti Mission featuring the St. James Folk Group directed by Pat Foley and Jan DeAngelo, will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, 7:30 pm at St. James, JC. A free will donation will be collected at the door, or donations may be sent to Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus, Inc., Providence House, 396 Conklin Ave., Binghamton, NY 13901, or donations may be made online atfindingthetreasure.org. For more information, call

4 Blood Drive at Immaculate Conception 2018 Schedule: 5/16, 7/25, 9/19, 11/21 12:30-5:30 pm Continuing Our Tradition of Service Since 1914 NEVILLE LAW OFFICE Chris P. Neville, Esq. Robert M. Larkin, Of Counsel P. O. Box 570 * 36 Genesee St. Greene, New York Molly S. Nolan Licensed R.E. Salesperson Cell KENNEDY FUNERAL HOME, INC. 21 North Chenango St., Greene, NY kennedyfuneral@frontiernet.net kennedyfuneralhome.net Your Ad Here! $ small; $ medium; $ large; for one year. The ad is shared with St. Joseph s bulletin. Call 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 Bartles Pharmacy 10 Lafayette Park. Oxford, NY After hours - Brian Bartle Construction Home Improvement Name: Address: Lawn Mowing/Brush Hogging Excavating Gerry Reiss Mike Reiss Oxford, New York St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery Oxford, New York A beautiful, peaceful resting place Plot $700 1 casket & 1 urn or 2 urns Parish Registration Form City: State: Zip Code: Phone: I am new to the parish and wish to register. I am previously registered. I want offering envelopes. I am interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith. How did hear about our parish? Mail to: Immaculate Conception Church, 1180 State Hwy. 206, Greene, NY or place in collection basket

5 The Year of the Family, December 3, 2017 to November 25, 2018 Family Page Embrace your faith everyday. WORD SEARCH Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, Copyright Sermons4Kids, Inc. May be reproduced for Ministry Use Gen Z youth <> Gen X parents By Daniel P. Huerta...Our teens need to know that there is always hope and help. Here is 1 of 13 messages every young adult needs to hear: 1. You belong. Teens need to understand that they are a necessary part of their family and their community. They have parents and siblings who love them and want them in their lives. They also need to see themselves as important members of a church community, a small part of the big family of God. Twitter.com You can find the official Twitter page of His Holiness Pope Twitter.com/Pontifex May God s blessing come down upon all your families, so that they may be places of love and forgiveness.

6 September 2, 2018 Church of the Immaculate Conception, Greene, New York Page 3 Dear friends, During the month of August, 35 families participated in the Immigration Awareness Project. They dropped slips in the flag box with the names of the countries their families immigrated from. We did this to bring awareness to the fact that each of us has ancestors from other countries that immigrated to America. In a small way we pay homage to their struggles and accomplishments, that made us who we are today. I hope this encouraged some family stories shared with friends and the younger generation. I cherish the stories of my ancestors that came over from Ireland. One is a love story of James Joseph O Neil and Mollie Reid meeting on the boat. Historians tell of the deplorable conditions of those boat voyages, and I know it couldn t have been very romantic, but however it actually happened, I am thankful! Our parish ancestors came from 20 different countries, and a flag representing that country is on display in the church. Bishop Cunningham encourages us to welcome the stranger and reach out in Christian love to those who have had to leave their native land in order to enjoy safety and security. Maybe they escaped war and terrorism or extreme poverty. One thing is for sure, they came to have a better life for themselves and their family. This weekend we celebrate Labor Day which began in 1894 as a way to honor the American Worker. Being an immigrant in those days was hard, just as being an immigrant today. Take a moment to offer a prayer of thanks to a loving God that guided our ancestors on their journey. Thank you for worshipping at ICC today. Peace!~Mary Wentlent A Bequest in Your Will, no matter what the amount, can help the parish continue its mission of spreading the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Church He founded & serving God s people. Everyone should have a will no matter what your financial circumstances, to assure that your possessions will be distributed as you desire. When making your bequest, please use the full legal name and address: Church of the Immaculate Conception 1180 State Highway 206, Greene, NY Your Catholic Faith~ Know it, Live it, Share it! Religious Education for children and youth will begin on Sunday, September 23. Parents and Grandparents can register their child after the weekend Masses beginning September 1, in the social hall. The registration sheets will be available on our website. There will be a mandatory parent meeting on Sunday, September 16 from 9:45-10:00 in the church hall. Craft projects will be available for the Children, under the pavilion, beginning at 9:30 Confirmation Teacher, Chris Wentlent cwentlent@gmail.com. The first service project for our Confirmation students will be working the Hotdog tent at the Greene Labor Day Picnic. The shift is from 11:30-2:30. All youth and a parent are welcome to help. Please sign up in the vestibule or contact Mr. Wentlent. Our religious education program for children and youth will have a new component this year. Once a month, the class will focus on a service project. Depending on the age and ability of the children, these service projects will include: *letter writing to senior members of the church *offering to help a senior church member with leaf racking, toting items to the thrift store, or even putting up a small tree with decorations at Christmas time. *visiting the residents of the Veterans Home in Oxford. Maybe you know someone that would like to come in and visit a classroom and tell about an adventure in their life. We are looking for individuals who can help our young people learn to be a disciple of Jesus Christ while helping others. Please contact the church office. Mary Wentlent or Gloria Straniero will get back in touch with you. Thank you! Adult Faith Studies will begin Sunday, September 23 from 8:30-9:30. We will meet in the church in the choir area. (No singing required!) This 8-week study is on the life of Mary, Mother of God. There is no fee to participate in this study. Please sign up in the vestibule.