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. George Green Parish Center 113 North Geneva Street Ithaca, NY 14850 Hours: Mon. Fri. 8:00AM 4:00PM Closed for Lunch 12-1 pm JANUARY 20, 2019 2ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME PARISH STAFF Fr. Augustine Chumo Pastor Fr.Augustine.Chumo@dor.org x110 Erika Linsdell Parish Admin. Assistant Erika.Linsdell@dor.org x101 Gary Vrabel Music Ministry Gary.Vrabel@dor.org ext. 102 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 Our Vision: To be a community of God s Love and Service A. Emmanuel Berrido Music emmanuelberrido@gmail.com 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. CONTACT INFORMATION Main Office 607/273-6121 Fax: 607/273-0185 www.immconch.org IImmacul@dor.org www.facebook.com/immconch BULLETIN REQUESTS: E-mail: iimmacul@dor.org no later than Mondays @ 4PM
Next Sunday - January 27, 2019 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Intentions Sunday, January 20 8:30AM For Parishioners 10:30AM Al Motz from his sister, Marge Monday, January 21 (Office Closed) 9:00AM Carmen Jacks from the Ober Family Tuesday, January 22 7:00AM Terry Welch & DM of the Gallagher Family from the Welch Family Wednesday, January 23 7:00AM Shirley Engman (L) for Healing from Shirley Engman Thursday, January 24 12:10PM Ted Marchell from the Marchell family Friday, January 25 7:00AM Katie Klein from the Lauer Family Saturday, January 26 8:30AM Antoinette Nutty Breen from Michael Breen 4:30PM Kathy Patte Malison from Patricia & Dan Benedict Sunday, January 27 8:30AM John Bentkowski (93rd Ann.) from his son, John 10:30AM For Parishioners NEED TO KNOW Through a joint program with a solar farm, parishioners are able to save on their electricity costs, and support cleaner alternative energy. See insert for information. The Sanctuary Lamp still has dates available in January and February. If you cannot get a Mass for your loved one, consider offering the Sanctuary Lamp which runs from Sunday Saturday. Requested donation: $20. Call the office for dates. You can start looking for the new Parish Directory in the next 2 weeks-finally! THIS WEEK MONDAY, JANUARY 21 MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY OFFICE CLOSED MASS @ 9:00AM TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 1:00P FOOD PANTRY 5:30P ADULT CHOIR-CH WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 3:00P PIETRA FITNESS 5:30P CONTEMP GRP-CH 7:00P K OF C 4TH DEGREE-PH THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 1:00P SCC-PH SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 1:30P SHARING CHRIST-PH SUNDAY, JANUARY 27 COFFEE HOUR 11:45A HS YTH GRP-YR 2:30P MS YTH GRP-YR MONDAY, JANUARY 28 10:30A CAYUGA RIDGE MASS OFFERTORY AND FINANCE January 13, 2019 Plate Collection $5,822 THE ORDINARY TIME The villagers of a small Galilean town are celebrating a wedding and wine runs out. There isn't even water in the jars. You can imagine a celebration where everything runs out; no joy no cheer, only drawn faces of disappointed people. Israel had been promised that God would prepare for them a feast of rich food and choice wines, but Jesus finds a sad people as if they were in a wedding that had no wine. This has to change. Sadness must give way to joy when Christ is welcome, the situation changes. Jesus works His first miracle in the context of a marriage feast, a sign of the new covenant that he has come to celebrate. By giving the wine that cheers the human heart, Jesus signified a new dawn for humanity. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Bible and faith sharing sessions will resume in February. In the meantime, small Christian gathering will meet on Thursday after 1.00 PM at the parish hall. Joe Spencer has moved to Ohio to be with family while undergoing treatment. If anyone wishes to contact him, or send cards, his new address is: 5175 Wollaston Ct., Columbus, OH 43228-5732. Let s continue to pray for his speedy recovery. SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR: Shirley Engman, for safe healing from surgery. Joe Spencer, healing and peace. Cancer patients battling cancer. Families and workers who are going through difficulties as a result of government shutdown. Homeless persons during this winter season. Best Wishes to Gertrude Vrabel, on her 93rd birthday, and to Mia Rasmussen on her 13rh! Attendance 488 CMA 2018/19 Campaign: As of this date, we are at $36,354 of our $57,151 goal with 167 families having contributed to the Catholic Ministries Appeal. We are now at 63.6%! We thank those who have given generously and ask all who have not yet given to prayerfully consider doing so. The Appeal helps our Church and our parish in so many ways. Kindly consider supporting this appeal. We are ahead of where we were at this time last year. Help us reach our goal. Thank you! Inclement Weather-Our policy states if the Ithaca City Schools close due to weather, the office will be closed, and there will be NO 7:00am Daily Mass. School delayed start does not affect our Mass schedule.
Next Sunday January 20, 2019 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Learn Swahili with Fr. Chumo Watu wa Mungu = God s people Miujiza = Miralcle Maji = water Divai = Wine New Parish App: Great tool for outreach/communication New Parish App Coming Soon! On the weekend of February 2nd & 3rd Immaculate Conception Church will launch our own app for iphone and Android smart phones. This will allow us to better communicate with you throughout the week and bring you relevant parish news and updates The app is very well designed and very intuitive. It will be a great resource for parishioners by providing daily Mass readings, Catholic news and prayers, convenient prayer and Confession reminders, our bulletins and more. At masses that weekend, parishioners will be available to provide instructions on how download the app and navigate all that it has to offer. We hope our new app will be a useful tool for fostering stronger parish life at Immaculate Conception Church and better engaging the New Evangelization. Volunteers needed for Catholic Charities: Catholic Charities free clothing closet is seeking volunteers to signup for weekly shifts, any day Tuesday-Friday from 1-3:30pm. Volunteers sort and stock donated items, and serve as clerks, although there is no charge for the items. This is an opportunity to show care and friendliness to people who struggle with poverty & loneliness, who need clothes for job interviews, school, or just to keep warm. Contact Michaela at 272-5062 ext. 17. A Notice from Catholic Charities Equal Rights for Farmworkers: Protecting workplace dignity is essential to protecting human dignity in general. We believe that workers have fundamental rights, including the right to organize themselves to petition for improved working conditions. In New York State, farmworkers are excluded from this and other basic rights granted to other workers. They can be fired if they collectively bring a grievance to their supervisor. During our upcoming Public Policy Weekend, please plan to sign the Diocese-wide petition to our state elected officials, urging them to support equal labor rights for farmworkers. YOUTH CORNER Join us for our annual Parish Lenten Retreat weekend March 22-24 2019. at Casowasco Camp and Retreat Center in Moravia, NY. The weekend provides two retreat options: one for entire families of all ages and stages and a separate one for high school teens (both retreats meet the retreat requirement for teens preparing to receive the sacrament of Confirmation). Our facilitator for the family retreat will be Rich Rasmussen and our teen retreat will be facilitated by Ryan Barba, Former parishioner, youth ministry volunteer and teen favorite. The theme for our weekend will be Cultivate. Cost: A 25$ deposit per person is required. A suggested fee schedule with cost is provided the weekend of the retreat and families are asked to give what they can. Cost includes lodging and meals all day Saturday and breakfast and lunch on Sunday. Make this retreat weekend an opportunity for a fruitful Lent. Come for PRAYER, LEARNING,WORSHIP, REST, COMMUNITY, FAITH-SHARING and FUN. Registration forms can be found at our parish website Please return your registration forms to Rich at the parish office. You can also contact him for more information by phone: 607-273-6121 or at rich.rasmussen@dor.org. AROUND THE AREA/DIOCESE The Diocesan Women's Conference is on March 9. The Rochester Catholic Women's Conference will be held at the Aquinas Institute in Rochester on March 9, 2019. This year's theme, "Full of Grace," invites us to reflect on Mary's role in the Church, in history and in our personal lives. Our speakers are Karlo Broussard and Sr. Anne Catherine Burleigh, OP. Mail-in registration is $50, and must be postmarked by February 22. Online registration is $53 and closes March 1. Please visit the website at Rochestercwc.org/ for details or contact Liz Burns at ecab929@gmail.com for more information. Appreciation Many thanks to the Mercy Associates and hospitality team for hosting the first coffee hour in 2019. This team hosts many coffee hours and other related hospitality gatherings in our parish. Their devotion to this ministry has contributed immensely in strengthening the bonds of our parish family and is greatly appreciated. Asante, sana, sana! Liturgy and environment: We thank this team for all they did before and after Christmas season to make our church beautiful and the hard work of cleaning out after Christmas.. Asante sana, sana!