Church of the Immaculate Conception

April 5-6, 2014 5th Sunday of Lent

Mass Schedule SATURDAY 4/5/14 4:00 pm For Parishioners

SUNDAY 4/6/14

10:15 am †Deceased of McMahon & Nichols Family by Tom & Kathy Nichols † Edith Lusuriello by Mulvey Family

WEDNESDAY 4/9/14

12:10 pm † Art Jones by Parish Family THURSDAY 4/10/14

8:30 am Communion Service

SATURDAY 4/12/14 4:00 pm † Blanche Greene by Jean Carlin & family † George Kirnie by the Trepa Family

SUNDAY 4/13/14 Palm Sunday

10:15 am For Parishioners

Church of the Immaculate Conception 1180 State Highway 206, Greene, New York 13778 Website: iccgreene.wordpress.com Email: immcongreene@syrdio.org Facebook: Church of the Immaculate Conception

And ICC Youth Group Parish Office: Mon thru Thurs. 10 am to 4 pm

Mary Wentlent, Parish Manager 656-9546 Audrée Beach, Admin. Asst. 656-9546 Fax 656-7667 Baptism & RCIA

ICC Parish Office 656-9546 Religious Education:

Kathy Nichols & Lorraine Detweiler 656-9546 Marriage: At least six months preparation suggested. Pre-Marriage (Pre-Cana) sessions are required. 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. 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: Dick Barden, Don Brown, Sue Carlin, Lorraine Detweiler, Joe Henninge, Tom Nich-ols, Bonnie Norton. ICC Trustees:

Jackie Henninge - 656-9501 or jackiehenninge@frontier.com Robert Larkin - 279-3900 or robertlarkin@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 Jim Norton - 656-7373, jnorton4@stny.rr.com. Meets the first Thursday of every month, 7:00 pm in the Parish Hall. Prayer Chain: Contact Angie Babcock - 656-7166 Bulletin: Information due by Tuesday 12 Noon. Monthly Event Calendar

Information due by the 22nd of each month.

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LAY PERSONS SCHEDULE FOR THE

WEEKEND OF April 13, 2014

4:00 pm Saturday: Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion: S. Northrup ~ J. Moxley Lector: L. Brown Altar Servers: J. Trepa

10:15 am Sunday: Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion: M. Browning L. Detweiler ~ C. Gibbons Lector: H. Barker Altar Servers: D. Heisler ~ M. Paske Counters: D. Maginsky ~ T. Mulvey New server schedules will be available the end of

April. If you have any changes to your availability

please contact Audrée ASAP.

Envelopes for Easter Flowers in memory of loved ones are available in the pews & in the vestibule. Funds collected will help defray the cost of the plants. Thank you for your continued generosity & adding to the joy on Easter.

Please remember in prayer our parish family

member who have died recently and his family.

Arthur “Art” Jones passed away Friday, March 21 and his funeral was here at ICC Thursday, March 27

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Sacrificial Giving and Expenses for the month of February 2014

Total Income: $9059.64 Total Expense: $8700.37

The Total Income includes collections, poor box, votive shrines, St. Pauly Textile, and rental income. The Total Expenses include salaries, utilities, snow-plow service, accountant fees, CCD expenses, insur-ance, and Diocesan fees.

Second Collection 3/30 - Catholic Relief Services

Thank you for your generosity in supporting your parish financially. Remember St. Paul’s advice: “God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Cor.9:7)

ICC Parish Council will be soliciting nomina-tions for new council members over the next 2 weekends. You will find nomination forms in your pew. Please fill one out and deposit it in the collection basket. There are openings for four new council members to replace outgoing council members Dick Barden, Lorraine Detweiler, Tom Nichols & Bonnie Nor-ton. Council members Don Brown, Sue Carlin, Joe Henninge each have another year in office. Elections will be held the first 2 weeks of May. Buildings & Grounds Committee Meeting - Saturday, April 12, 9 am in the Parish Hall.

Stations of the Cross & Weekday Lenten Mass

*Note change* Wednesday 4/9 at ICC - 12:10 pm Mass followed by Stations at 12:40 pm. (If you need a ride please call the Parish Office) Friday 4/11 at St. Joseph - 12:10 pm Mass followed by Stations at 12:40 pm.

Lenten Penance Service - 4/9, St. Bart’s, Norwich at 7:00 pm

Intergenerational Chime Choir for Easter Sun-day If you enjoy playing the hand chimes or would like to try, please join us on Saturday April 19 at 10 a.m. We will rehearse a chime song to be played the next day at the Easter Sunday Mass. The skill level of the song is appropriate for youth and adults. Smaller children may have some diffi-culty with this particular song. Please sign up in the vestibule or contact Mary Wentlent at the church office. Youth, College students, parents and grandparents are welcome, so please spread the word! Easter Decorating for our Parish

All are welcome to come and help decorate the church for Easter. We will gather in the church hall at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday April 19th for coffee and muffins and then work to get the flowers and wreaths ready for the Easter Vigil. Please sign up in the vestibule. .

ICC WEEK AT A GLANCE SUNDAY 4/6 Bread Sunday

9 a Choir Practice 9 a Rel Ed Classes 9 a Bible Study MONDAY 4/7

6-7 p Cub Scouts -AC

TUESDAY 4/8 WEDNESDAY 4/9

12:40 p Stations of the Cross THURSDAY 4/10

8:30 a Communion Service 12:05 p Lenten Service & Lunch - Assembly of God FRIDAY 4/11

SATURDAY 4/12

3:15-3:45 Confession SUNDAY 4/13 Palm Sunday

NO Rel Ed Classes NO Bible Study - H 9 a Choir Practice Location Codes: S—Sanctuary; H—Parish Hall;

K—Kitchen; CR—Cry Room; L—Library; P—Pavilion; AC—All

Church.; CL-Classrooms; SJ—St. Joseph’s, DT—Downtown.

Contact the Parish Office @656-9546, to schedule use of any of the church facilities or to borrow old tables & chairs. ONLY the tables & chairs in the

garage are available. Use of borrowed parish items is at your own risk.

Private Home Health Care

Do you know of someone that could use some help at home with basic health needs? Do you have questions about how to get help for care that your insurance doesn’t cover? Jessica Trepa will hold an information session on Wednesday, April 16 at 6 pm in the Parish Hall. She will give infor-mation about her business “Helping Hands”, as well as answer questions about private home health care. Jessica & her family live in Greene. She is a certi-fied nurses assistant & for 3 1/2 years has run this business with 15 female employees including LPNS’ & RN’s

April 6, 2014

Community Interest

Volunteer Opportunities Meals On Wheels ICC covers deliveries for August & February: Mon, Wed, Fri, 11:15am. 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. Our Brother’s Keeper—We take donations of CLEAN blankets, quilts, sheets, towels, batting & fiber fill. They just recently requested donations of yarn. Please bag the items for pick-up. Is anyone interested in becoming part of this ministry? Possibly working with others in our parish area? Call Rita Kroon @656-9506

The Passion of the Christ - the movie will be shown at St. Mary’s Rec. Center, Bing. Sun. 4/13, 2-7 pm. Open to students age 12 thru high school seniors. Admission is free, pizza & wings, free t-shirt, permission slip required for under 17, please adhere to the dress code. Permission slip & dress code available on-line. Reserve your seat @723-5383, seating is limited.

Shadow Stations - A moving representation of the Passion of Christ will be put on by St. Joseph’s Confirmation students on Sunday, April 6, 3:30 p.

Annual Easter Reception & Egg Hunt will follow the 10:30am Easter Sunday Mass. The egg hunt is open for all children pre-K to 5th grade. Bring your basket & outdoor shoes/boots & join in the fun! Easter Treats - requested for our Annual Parish Family Easter Reception & Egg Hunt following the Easter Sunday Mass. Please sign-up in the vestibule if you can bring some treats to share with your parish family. Please drop food off before the 10:30 Mass, thank you.

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St. Joseph’s Mass Schedule: www.stjosephsoxfordny.com 843-7021. Saturday Vigil: 5:45 pm, Sunday: 8:45 am.

If you are away on the weekend, remember the parish expenses go on, so please make up your envelopes. Late envelopes may be sent by mail to the Parish Office or dropped in the collection

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Wisdom from our Catholic Tradition “At the time of death, when we meet God face-to-face, we will be judged concerning love, concern-ing how much we have loved. Not concerning how much we have accomplished, but rather how much love we have put into what we hace done. In order fro love to be genuine, it has to be above all a love for my neighbor. Love for my neighbor will lead me to love for God. Blessed Mother

Teresa of Calcutta

From Stella Maris Retreat House Holy Week Retreat, 4/16 – 19. Presenter Fr. George Coyne, SJ. The Triduum retreat is a spe-cial invitation to spend time apart in an atmos-phere of prayer & silence so that we may enter more deeply into the Paschal Mystery. Each day of the retreat will center on the liturgical celebra-tion. A Seder Meal will precede our dinner & the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Thursday. Private and communal prayer will be part of this retreat. Options to arrive earlier in the week & spiritual direction is also available. Offering: $200.00 per person, includes program, single guest room, all meals Diocesan Festival Choir

The Diocesan Festival Choir will assemble at the Cathedral for three events in the coming weeks. The Chrism Mass will be held on Tuesday,

April 15th. On May 10th, the Festival Choir will sing for the Ordination to the Order of Deacons and again on June 7th for the Ordination of

Deacon Jason Hage to the priesthood. If you are currently a member of the Festival Choir or would like to join us for any of the upcoming events, please visit the Cathedral music website at http://syrcathmusic.org/FestivalChoir for further information and to sign-up. You may also contact Tim Davenport at the Cathedral at 422-4177, ext. 31 or by email festi-valchoir@syrcathmusic.org. We look forward to having you share your voices for these most sacred and joyous celebrations for our Diocese.

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Five Facts You Should Know About Your

Catholic Faith

1. Our Faith is centered on the person of Jesus Christ who we believe and proclaim to be the di-vine Son of God. 2. The principle source of information about Je-sus is found in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. From these four texts, the basic story of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection emerges. 3. The Catholic Bible contains seven additional books in the Old Testament which were used in the first centuries of the Church but are not found in Protestant Bibles. 4. St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the most brilliant scholars in all history, was referred to as “the Dumb Ox” because of his great size and humility. 5. The pope, the Bishop of Rome, Patriarch of the West and Universal Pastor, is elected by a secret conclave (meeting) of the World’s Cardinals who are younger than eighty years of age. Pope Fran-cis is the 265th Successor of St. Peter as Bishop of Rome. Fr. Richard Gribble, CSC,

PhD

Jesus is the Heart’s Fulfillment “I have come not to abolish, but to fulfill.”

Matthew 5:17

In the movie The Devil’s Advocate, Al Pacino plays Satan. At one point in the movie, Satan rails against God for being antihuman and ex-claims, “I am the last great humanist!” This is a lie from the “Father of lies.” In reality, Jesus is the fulfillment of the true aspirations of humanity. Jesus tells us in today’s Gospel that he has not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it. He is the culmination of the yearnings of all generations and the hope of peo-ples down through the ages. Whether or not we are aware of it, the deepest desire of the human heart is to be filled with the infinite love of God. Jesus is that infinite love offered to us. It is easy in life to become sidetracked by things that ultimately will not satisfy. Characters in the movie were tempted by worldly wealth, power, prestige & promiscuity. But in the end, these cannot satisfy the human heart & leave it frus-trated. Only in Jesus do we discover infinite love, & then we can rest. Fr. Stephen J. Rossetti

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A Lenten Prayer O Merciful God, take away from my heart all self-pride and boasting, all desire to excuse myself for my sins or my wish to blame others for my faults. Rather, let me take as my example and guide Him who chose to be crowned with thorns and die for us all, your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Patricia Newland

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Tuesday Morning Bible Study to Begin Soon Imagine how our parish would change if all of us had a profound encounter with God in Scripture. The Bible is at the heart of everything we do and believe as Catholics. A good Bible study has a way of renew-ing parish life, and enriching the faith of parishioners. The Bible Timeline is a fascinating study utilizing a DVD presentation by author Jeff Cavins, that takes you on a journey through the entire Bible. You will go deep into each period of salvation history and discover the amazing story woven throughout all of Scripture. Using a unique color-coded system, you will learn the major people, places, and events of the Bible and see how together they form the foundation of our faith. Join us for The Bible Timeline at Immaculate Conception Church in Greene NY beginning April 22 from 9:30-11 a.m. and continuing every Tuesday for 24 weeks. Babysitting will be available. For more information or to register for the study, contact Mary at 656-9546 or via email: mwentlent@gmail.com.

Dear Parish Family

Please continue to pray for Gloria Straniero, our R.C.I.A. catechumen, as she continues her journey toward full communion in the Roman Catholic Church as the Easter Vigil. Gloria &her husband Nick & their two daughters Savannah and Zabelle, attend the Sunday morning Mass. When you see them, please let them know how pleased we are to have them as part of our Parish family.

This week, CRS Rice Bowl invites us into solidarity with the people of Haiti. We are encouraged to reflect on the

Catholic social teaching principle, Call to Family,

Community & Participation, and reminded that, as social beings, we are called to seek God together. Let us pray this week for our brothers & sisters in Haiti & all around the world, that our families & communities may be strengthened & blessed

Dear friends, I wish you could have seen the looks of surprise on the children’s faces when they came into the church hall for CCD last Sunday. Co-DRE Kathy Nichols orchestrated a Seder Meal for all of the 1-8th graders. The tables were arranged in a large U and each place was set and ready for the meal. She had the children participate as the Mama, Papa, Son and Daughter. Mr. Nichols showed a short video on the big screen about how this Jewish ritual feast marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday Passover. Then they all partici-pated in the retelling of the story of the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt, from the book of Exodus. Many thanks to teachers Tom Nichols, Edilu Hunt, Liz Furman, Penny Sweet, Peg Gorman, Trudy Komperda and Lorraine Detweiler for working together to make this happen. Thank you also to 8th grader Sophia Brown for taking the pictures! We are a fortunate parish to have such dedicated teachers. Sunday afternoon, some of the members of Circle of Friends enjoyed a fun afternoon together at the Greene High School Musical ‘Annie’. It was fun talking about the 30’s, sharing stories and just enjoying this fun musical together. We are very proud of our parish youth that are members of Greene Footlights: Jennifer Urda, Matt Carlin, Katherine Klecha, Ryan & Dustin Markham, Derick Heisler, Patrick Mulderig, Megan Brown, Shannon Ketzak and Jessica Ketzak. We will be having a joint Liturgy meeting with our friends from Oxford and Father Lupa to dis-cuss the Holy Week schedule. We will post this as soon as possible. We hope that our parish will be a place of comfort as well as celebration for all of our parishioners this Easter season. Peace!~Mary Wentlent