I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me.

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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. April 21 and 22, th Sunday of Easter 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: Eileen Browning, Bev Doughty, Kelly Erickson, Francis Feldpausch - President, Robert Hanrahan, Joe Henninge, Joanne Moxley, 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. I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me. Receive weekly Year of the Family video messages from Bishop Cunningham right in your inbox. To sign up for free, visit syrdio.org and click the SIGN UP tab! You will receive a new message every Thursday evening. Bishop s messages are also available on youtube.com/syrdio, facebook.com/ dioceseofsyracuse.

2 Mass Schedule SATURDAY 4/21/18 4:00 pm Stacy Nichole Trepa by Trepa Family SUNDAY 4/22/18 10:15 am Peg Norton by Norton Family Bob Madden by family TUESDAY 4/24/18 8:30 am Communion Service WEDNESDAY 4/25/18 12:15 pm For Parishioners THURSDAY 4/26/18 8:30 am Communion Service SATURDAY 4/28/18 4:00 pm Jim Doughty by Audrey Egan SUNDAY 4/29/18 10:15 am For the Unborn by Knights of Columbus, Holy Trinity Council LAY PERSONS SCHEDULE This Week Next Week Saturday 4:00 pm Saturday 4:00 pm April 21, 2018 April 28, 2018 E. M. s: S. Northrup J. Moxley H. Connelly D. Barden Lector: J. Trepa M. Delaney Servers: Adult Volunteers Adult Volunteers Church of the Immaculate Conception, Greene, New York Page 2 ICC WEEK AT A GLANCE SUNDAY 4/22 9 am Rel. Ed. Classes 9 am Bible Study Fulfilled MONDAY 4/23 3:30 & 6pm Cub Scouts TUESDAY 4/24 8 am Rosary 10:30-12:30 Cards & Conversation followed by lunch WEDNESDAY 4/25 11 am Garden Planning Meeting 12:15 pm Mass THURSDAY 4/26 8 am Rosary FRIDAY 4/27 1st Communion Workshop SATURDAY 4/ pm Mom & Me Event 3:30 pm Confession HOPE Appeal Kick-off SUNDAY 4/29 Youth Mass 9 am Rel. Ed. Classes 9 am Bible Study Fulfilled HOPE Appeal Kick-off Coffee Hour New Altar schedule is due out the end of April. Please contact Audrée regarding any changes to your availability to serve. Sunday 10:15 am Sunday 10:15 am April 22, 2018 April 29, 2018 E. M. s: B. Doughty C. Gibbons B. Norton Z. Urda E. Browning L. Detweiler Lector: T. Nichols Youth Servers: A. King K. Browning C. Leonard J. Browning M. Browning Counters: D. Brown A. Browning J. Norton E. Hadlick Sacrificial Giving and Expenses for the month of March 2018 Total Income: $ 12, Total Expense: $ 8, Second Collection 4/29 Home Missions Income includes: rent, donations for the new chairs, Easter flowers. Expenses includes: snow plow service, utilities, supplies (office, kitchen, B & G.) Parish Council Elections will be held the weekends of April 21/22 & April 28/29. The ballots are available in the pews. Please fill one out & place it the collection basket. 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 13778

3 April 22, 2018 Church of the Immaculate Conception, Greene, NY Page 5 Circle of Friends April meeting, Tuesday, April 24 10:30-11:30 cards and conversation 11:30-12:30 lunch! Bring a dish to share! All are welcome. Bring a friend! Mom and Me at ICC Saturday, April 28, 12:00-2:00 The craft for this day is painting and crafting a wooden home decor piece that is shaped like a large charming dragonfly! All ages welcome! There is no charge for church members and their family. We anticipate one dragonfly per family group. The teacher will be from The Artists Palette in Norwich. They will bring a small dragonfly for any small children that come. There is a picture of the craft on the bulletin board in the vestibule. Sign up there or call the church office. Registration closes on Friday April 20 at noon. Non-church members are welcome, but we ask that they pay $40 per project. Coming in May! Dad and Me at ICC Save the Date! The yearly metal drive will be held the entire month of June at the ICC parking lot drop off bin. More information to come. Spring Flower Sale! We will once again have a Spring Flower Sale fundraiser at ICC. There are order sheets in the vestibule and in the social hall. Please take one home and let our fundraiser be part of your summer flower garden. Orders need to be in by May 1 and the flowers will be available for pick up on Mother s Day weekend, May 12/13. Why not get your mother a lovely hanging basket for Mother s Day? Payment is due when you pick up your flowers. If planning now while we have a layer of snow on the ground stresses you, feel free to wait and purchase your flowers from the abundant selection we will have that weekend as cash and carry. 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. Marian Garden spring planning Meeting Anyone interested in helping take care of the beautiful flowers in our Marian Garden are invited to attend a planning meeting on Wednesday, April 25 at 11 am. We will meet in the garden. Friends of the ICC Marian Garden If anyone would like to make a donation to the Marian Garden in memory of a loved one, please call the church office. We will be ordering new plaques soon for donations made over the winter. The spring bulbs are surfacing and we expect a brilliant show of spring color soon, to honor our Blessed Mother in loving memory of those we hold dear to our heart. Thank you to all who have supported this "Mary Garden"! Pulled Pork Dinner, Sat. April 28, 6:30-8 pm at St. Joseph, Oxford. Knights of Columbus, Holy Trinity Council will serve their delicious pulled pork as a dinner with potatoes, vege, cole slaw, roll, dessert & beverage. They will be hosting this dinner along with the St. Joseph Cemetery Board to benefit the Cemetery Improvement fund. Free will offering, eat in or take out. Greene Baptist Church will be having a community dinner on the 31st of May from 6-8 pm. Free will offering. Mother's Day Charity Breakfast. Partial proceeds donated to MOMS HOUSE. Sunday, May 13th, 8 am - Noon with the Knights of Columbus at 136 Park Avenue Bing Tickets are available at the door, adults $9 and children under 10 are $4. Breakfast includes old fashioned French toast, our world famous Belgian waffles, ham, sausage links, eggs, fruit cup, orange juice, coffee, tea and milk. Come join us for Breakfast!! Happy Mother's Day!!!

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 John 10:11-18 Copyright Sermons4Kids, Inc. Visit the Busted Halo website at Twitter.com You can find the official Twitter page of His Holiness Pope Twitter.com/Pontifex God asks us little and gives us a lot. He asks us to open our hearts and to welcome Him and the most vulnerable of our brothers and sisters.

6 April 22, 2018 Church of the Immaculate Conception, Greene, New York Page 3 Religious Instruction Children/Youth grades K-8 Class, Sunday 9:00 am: April 29 1st Communion Workshop Friday, April 27. Check with Gloria for times. ICC First Communion will be Sunday May 6 during the 10:15 am Mass. The May Crowning will follow the Mass. Confirmation Class Sunday 4-5 pm: May ICC Sacrament of Confirmation will be Thursday May 17 at St. Paul s in Norwich Rehearsal for the Confirmation Mass will be Monday, May 14 in Norwich. Carpooling available. Sunday May 20- special Mass in Greene honoring our Confirmation Students. Adult Bible Study "Fulfilled" Come and find out how the Old Testament is "Fulfilled" in the New Testament. Gatherings are Sunday mornings from 9-10 am. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month Safe Environments for Our Children Audit Compliance The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) requires all dioceses in the United States to undergo yearly audits to verify their compliance with the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. Since 2003, the Diocese of Syracuse has been found compliant with all audited articles within the Charter. Passing the audit for the 15th year not only reflects the quality of the Safe Environment training programs offered, but more importantly, reflects the commitment and dedication of all clergy, religious, diocesan/parish employees, and volunteers who play a significant role in maintaining safe environments for all children and youth across the diocese (40,000 to date!) Dear friends, Most of you know the Catholic Church has a new landscape, as Msgr. Lang, Vicar of Parishes would say. We are in the midst of change, and are encouraged on the parish level to do three things: 1- Have the vision of a committed disciple (as we experienced last Sunday hearing and being part of Sister Brigid s work in Haiti!). 2- Support the vitality of the parish (as ICC shows with over 50 families volunteering in various ways!) 3- Have robust prudent stewardship (as we see in the weekly collections to help support the parish and its programs!) Leaders in our parish have been invited to attend a Diocesan presentation in a few weeks titled: Disciples in Mission, with ideas on parish and PCA planning. What does all that mean to the parish member? Basically that the future will see more lay people in leadership and pastoral roles. The Priest can no longer be expected to do everything himself, as most are covering two or even three churches. Those days are over and we need to embrace the new landscape and ask, What can I do to help? We need individuals to attend the excellent Formation for Ministry program, which begins a new class in September. This will help you answer the question of how can you be a disciple of Christ? What part of the parish life fits your skills and interest? Perhaps you prefer the flip side - support the parish by attending events, coffee hours, Masses, fundraisers and other parish functions. Are you unsure? Does the voice in the back of your head say, Hmmm I don t think so! Deacon Tim reminded us in his weekly study, that the devil is working overtime to persuade us to quit in despair. If you are unsure of your role as a disciple, Deacon Tim suggest you let the Bible inspire you. Find a quiet moment in your day, use a daily devotional or find the book of Psalms in the Bible and read for a bit! Deacon Tim shared in his final lesson that we need to find time to rest in the Lord. So open your Bible and let the Scriptures speak to you! Thank you for supporting ICC. Peace!~Mary Wentlent May Devotions at St. James Church, JC every Tuesday, 7 pm, during the month of May. Each Tuesday evening will answer the question, Why do Catholics have Marian devotions? as seen through the eyes of five different saints: St. Louis de Monforte, St. Maximillian Kolbe, St. John Paul II, St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and St. Padre Pio. Please join us and share in the devotions to our Mother, Mary. For more information, call Sight & Sound Theater invites you to experience the greatest rescue story of all time! JESUS is the action-packed musical stage adventure that takes you on a miraculous journey alongside the most famous person ever to walk the earth and the everyday people whose lives he changed forever. Please sign-up in the vestibule to join us July 17 for the bus trip to Lancaster, PA to see the show, followed by lunch at Hershey Farms. Tickets are $35 for adults and $25 for children. Seating is limited.