Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ September 23, 2018 The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace.— James 3:18

Parish Office Faith Formation Office Parish Web-site: iccnorwood.org Phone: 201-768-1600 Fax: 201-768-7776 201-768-1771 Parish Email: Office Hours Email: icc_ccd@yahoo.com immaculateconception@iccnorwood.org 9 A.M.-3 P.M. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday Call for appointment Facility Rental: For Parish Hall, Center 9 A.M.-11 A.M. Tuesday, 9 A.M.-12noon Friday and Gym, contact Fr. Leo, (201) 768-1600

BAPTISM: Parents wishing to have their child baptized must attend a Baptismal Prep Class. Please contact the Rectory at 201-768-1600. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: First Saturday of the Month, 3 - 4 pm. Also by appointment MARRIAGES: Arrangements should be made one year in advance. Please phone the Rectory at 201-768-1600 to begin preparation. MINISTRY TO THE SICK: Anointing upon request. Communion at home upon request. Visitation kindly notify the parish office when a family member is hospitalized or confined.

Rosary Recited Every Monday After 8:00 AM Mass

EUCHARISTIC HOLY HOUR Resumes Tuesday, Oct. 2, 7:00 P.M.

Masses Saturdays at 5:00pm Sunday – 8:00am, 10:00am, 12:00noon, 5:00pm Weekdays: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday at 8:00am Holy Days: Masses will be announced in the bulletin as they are scheduled Served by Fr. Leo J. Butler, Pastor Fr. Timothy Graff, Weekend Assistant Deacon Bernard Deschler Sr. Elizabeth Holler, S.C., Pastoral Associate Charles LaLima, Director of Music Ministry Louise Lucivero, Parish Secretary; Coordinator Grades 1-5 Faith Formation. Christina Benaquista, Coordinator Jr. High Faith Formation Michael Rooney, Confirmation Coordinator Sarah Lucero, Youth Ministry Leader Canice Cristofoletti, Business Manager

Mission Statement of our Parish Family We, the Roman Catholic Community of Immaculate Conception Church,

under the guidance and protection of Mary, our Blessed Mother, recognize ourselves as disciples of Jesus Christ. We strive to be a prayerful, Eucharistic Family open to the power of the Holy Spirit and conscious of our mission to use our time, talent and treasure in service to others.

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Saturday September 22, 2018 5:00pm Walter Butterworth– Joan & Family Sunday September 23, 2018 8:00am Patrick Danaher– Tina & Vinny DeMaria 10:00am Caroline & Arthur Wessel– Wessel Family 12:00pm The Parish Family 5:00pm Sammy Schammas ( for healing) Monday September 24, 2018 8:00am No Service Tuesday September 25, 2018 8:00am No Service Wednesday September 26, 2018 8:00am No Service Thursday September 27, 2018 8:00am No Service Friday September 28, 2018 8:00am No Service Saturday September 29, 2018 5:00pm The Parish Family Sunday September 30, 2018 8:00am Patrick Danaher– Evelyn Scerback 10:00am Benedetto Ribaudo– Loving Family 12:00pm Adria Rodriguez(living)- Gisela & Max

Rodriguez 5:00pm No Service

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Sukkot (Jewish harvest festival) begins at sunset; Autumn begins Wednesday: Ss. Cosmas and Damian Thursday: St. Vincent de Paul Friday: St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions; St. Wenceslaus Saturday: Ss. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — The wicked say: With revile-ment and torture let us put the just one to the test (Wisdom 2:12, 17-20). Psalm — The Lord upholds my life (Psalm 54).

Second Reading — The wisdom from above is full of mercy and good fruits (James 3:16 — 4:3). Gospel — Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me (Mark 9:30-37). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Sept. 22- K of C Halfway to St. Pat’s @ St Anthony, Northvale, 7pm Sept. 23– Gr. 6-8 Faith Formation Begins Sept. 25– Gr. 1-5 Faith Formation Sept. 25– Knights of Columbus Mtg., 8pm, church hall Sept. 30– no 5 PM Mass Sundays– Contemporary Family Mass, 5pm Sundays– AA in Church Hall, 7:30pm Tuesdays– Eucharistic Holy Hour Resumes Oct. 2 Fridays– ICC Prayer Group, Church Hall, 7:30pm

PARISH CALENDAR ~ SEPTEMBER 2018

“A Time To Be Healed” Parish Sick:

Lorraine Lupardi, Thomas Wendelken Jr., Stephanie DenBoer, Maria Ramirez, Ryan MacNaughton, Dick Musacchio, Louis Frola, Meghan Dolan, Otto & Amy Kraus, Joseph Mosca, Barbara Bryant, Rachel Knanishu Grossman, Jean-Marie Bongiovanni, Bruce Fernstrom, Kevin Mullane, Steven Connelly, Evelyn Dambra, Hernan Sierra, Emma Benvenuto, Sammy Schammas, Daniel Murphy, Ethan Rotante, Don Jerie, Dawn Congiusti, Gerry Voorhis, Baby Cole Kindly notify the Rectory if a name can be removed from the Prayer List. For Communion to the sick in hospitals and nursing homes please call the Rectory.

“A Time to Mourn”

May all the faithful departed rest in peace.

MASS INTENTIONS

To Everything there is a Season, and a Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven.”

Ecclesiastes 3:11

Goodbye Summer……….Hello Autumn

* SUNDAY REFLECTIONS *

Being a teacher can be frustrating. It is no easy task for a teacher to impart information and under-standing to a group of students, especially if some of those students are less then receptive or atten-tive. When the final exam comes, a teacher may discover that many students failed to grasp the ma-terial. What was taught was not understood. Perhaps Jesus might have felt like a frustrated teacher for the lesson he was trying to impart was missed by his students, by his disciples. Jesus was teaching them that suffering and death awaited him in Jerusalem. “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise.” Jesus was not going to be the long-awaited Messiah who would free the people from the yoke of Rome and restore the Kingdom of Israel. Yet his disciples misunderstood or dismissed what Jesus was teaching. Rather than realizing that what awaited their master would touch their own lives, they began to argue about “who was the greatest.” Jesus was speaking about suffering and service and their minds were on position and greatness in the kingdom that they expected him to establish. So what did Jesus do? He taught the lesson even more forcefully. The Gospel tells us that Jesus “sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, ‘If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.’” In sitting down, Jesus took the traditional pos-ture of a teacher at the time. A teacher sat and the students gathered around to listen. In that teaching position, Jesus forcefully restated his point that those who are great in God’s kingdom are not those who achieve positions of power and fame, but rather those who bend down to serve the poor and the powerless. Then like a good teacher, Jesus not only conveyed that lesson in words, he also gave a visual example of his message. Jesus took a child, a person with no rights, no status, and no importance in the society of his day, and he embraced that child. Then Jesus told his disciples that in serving a lowly child they

came in contact with God himself. “Whoever re-ceives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the One who sent me.” The disciples of Jesus could find greatness just as he did, by reaching out and serving the poor, the powerless, the weak, the unimportant, the rejected, the lonely, the sick, and the aged. In our day, we have a wonderful example of a disciple achieving such greatness in Pope Francis. His words of mercy and his acts of humble service have caught the at-tention of the world. In this Sunday’s Gospel Jesus gives us a lesson that we often fail to grasp. How many of us, if we were asked to describe the path to success in life, would answer with the words of Jesus our teacher, “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.” © 2015 Rev. Thomas B. Iwanowski

A TEACHER’S FRUSTRATION

MEMORIAL MASS FOR BATTALION CHIEF FIRE MARSHAL

GREGORY JOSEPH BOZDECH

ALL ARE INVITED TO GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD WITH THE

BOZDECH FAMILY FOR THE LIFE WELL LIVED

THROUGH A BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER, SON, BROTHER…..

A FAITH-FILLED DISCIPLE OF THE LORD.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13TH @ 11AM

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH NORWOOD, NJ 07648

* NEWS FROM IMMACULATE CONCEPTION *

SAVE THE DATE: 0CT. 5TH! A Time of Renewal and Fellowship

for the Northern Valley Join us on Friday, Oct. 5th at 7pm

as Anna Petrillo, Catholic Christian Recording Artist

will lead us in an evening of Praise and Worship!!!!! Bring the Family, Bring the Neighbors, for an

uplifting night of fellowship for the Body of Christ in the Northern Valley!!!

A suggested good will offering of $15.00 will be taken to benefit Several Sources Shelters - a shelter that, through God's Grace, saves babies' lives and offers shelter to young mothers while providing education and ongoing compassionate support services. Several Sources also educates young people to make healthy life choices. Several Sources also provides shelter to women who are homeless, sick and elderly as we help them to restore their dignity.

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD

will resume in September at the 10 AM Mass.

2018 Dates: October 7 & 14, November 11 & 18,

December 9

SAVE THE DATE—FRIDAY, OCT. 12, 2018

WALK-IN-DINNER PROGRAM

The parish family once again has been asked to prepare din-

ner on Friday, Oct. 12 at the Walk in Dinner Pro-gram in Hackensack. Many hands are needed! Please review the information – As the Body of Christ, let us serve the needs of those who are less fortunate than ourselves!!! We are responsible for everything from soup to nuts - the food, the servers, paper plates, cups, plastic ware, condiments, beverages, napkins, all the essentials. The program pro-vides dinner for about 150 people and we need a lot of helping hands. This year we will be serving MEATLOAF, AND WE HAVE A VERY EASY AND ECONOMICAL RECIPE FOR ALL TO FOLLOW! The menu will also include bread/rolls, butter, mixed vegetables and roasted potatoes – that means we need 37 lbs meatloaf, 50 lbs potatoes and 40 lbs mixed vegetables. For dessert, fresh fruit espe-cially apples and bananas, brownies, cakes and cookies. We will also need beverages to serve such as coffee, tea, milk, ice-tea, bottled water, and ketchup/gravy for meatloaf. We need 12 people to transport the food and to serve. These helpers will leave the rectory about 3:00 in the afternoon to set-up and begin serving the meal at 5:00. This dinner ends about 6:00 you should be back in Norwood around 7:30PM. If you can be of service in anyway and want more information, please call the rectory at 201-768-1600.

“Whatever you do for the least of my sisters and brothers you do unto Me”

Save the Date for BISHOP BARRON’S study, THE MASS, beginning 1st Monday in Advent.

Six Beautiful & Engaging Episodes! Episode 1: A Privileged Encounter: The Closest Thing to Heaven on Earth Episode 2: Called Out of the World: The Introductory Rites Episode 3: God Speaks Our Story: The Scripture Read-ings Episode 4: Responding to Our God: Homily, Creed and Prayer of the Faithful Episode 5: Preparing for Sacrifice: Offertory and Eucha-ristic Prayer Episode 6: The Real Presence Creates Communion: Transubstantiation and Transformation Go to our website for a sneak peek at the trailer. More information / registration to follow.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OCTOBERFEST FUNDRAISER!

The Knights fabulous ‘Best of the Wurst’ Oktoberfest Dinner will be held on October 12th. Dinner will be held at the Sacred Heart Church cafeteria in Haworth from 6-8 PM. The event will include Premium German Wursts with all the trimmings, Potato Salads, Beer, Wine, Soda, Coffee, and Desserts. Dinner cost is $20 for sen-iors with advance reservations, $22 for all other adults and $5 for children under 13. Tickets will be available after all the Masses soon. Reservations are requested and can be acquired at kofc9021@gmail.com or by call-ing 201-664-3364. All proceeds from Knights of Colum-bus events benefit our parishes, local families in need, and other charitable projects of the Knights, especially support for Christians in the Middle East and disaster relief.

Don Bosco Prep Open Houses: Thursday September 27, 2018, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 28, 2018, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., which will be pre-ceded by a 12:00 p.m. Mass. To register, visit www.donboscoprep.org. We hope to see you there! For more information please contact Jennifer Passerino via email at jpasserino@donboscoprep.org.

The Theology and Philosophy Department at Caldwell University has announced its fall lectures for the Sister Maura Campbell series. The lectures will be held in the Alumni Theatre on campus. For further information, call 973-618-3931. “How to Save the World: A Global League of De-mocracies,” 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Sept. 20. Speaker: John Davenport, Ph.D., professor of philosophy at Ford-ham University. In his forthcoming book, “A League of Democracies” (Routledge, 2018), he argues that NATO must be replaced with a new security organization founded by the world’s democratic nations that can pro-tect against terrorism, weapons proliferation and new arms races, prevent mass atrocities that destabilize whole regions and resist rising threats from dictatorships such as Russia and China, which he contends aim to di-vide and destroy democratic societies.

NEWS FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE

Family Fun at the Blauvelt Autumn Festival The Sisters of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt, New York’s 68th Annual Autumn Festival, to be held on Saturday, Sep-tember 29th.The convent grounds provide a beautiful background for a day filled with shopping, food, games, and more, hosted by the Sisters of St. Dominic who have been serving those in need and on the margins of soci-ety for more than 140 years. Admission is free and all are welcome. For more information, visit www.opblauvelt.org or The Sisters of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt, New York Facebook page.

Saint Joseph Regional H.S., Montvale Open House: for prospective students (6th, 7th and 8th grade boys) and their families Sunday, September 30, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Tours beginning at 11:15 a.m. & 12:15 pm. For more info/directions please call the school at 201-391-3300 or register at www.sjrnj.org

Open House at Saint Peter’s Prep: Sunday, October 14, 1–4PM at the school’s campus in historic downtown Jersey City. Faculty and staff as well as coaches, stu-dents and parents, will be present to answer questions about us. Tours of the campus will be provided.

COMMUNITY NEWS

On Monday, October 1, be-ginning at 7pm, @ Saint Mary’s, Closter in the Fr. Roger Troy Church Hall our Deanery (All 7 Parishes) will be having an informative / exploratory discussion on our Parish Faith Formation Minis-

tries – particularly on the benefits of Family Based Reli-gious Education vs. the traditional classroom model. Please know that parents are encouraged to at-tend this meeting with the 7 Pastors, DRE’s, and Catechists to learn about this model and how it will benefit you and your individual families. Please go to our website to view a short video on Dennis Corcoran & Family Based Religious Education.

* NEWS FROM IMMACULATE CONCEPTION *

Immaculate Heart Academy Fall Open House: Sun-day, Oct. 14 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. A second Fall Open House will be held Thursday, Oct. 25 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Online preregistration is requested at. Call 201-445- 6800 for more information. IHA is located at 500 Van Emburgh Ave. Township of Washington, NJ 07676.

IS GOD SEEKING YOU TO JOURNEY WITH HIM IN RELIGIOUS LIFE? Come listen to His call by participat-ing in a Vocation discernment retreat for women with the Benedictine Sisters at the Benedictine Center of St Wal-burga MonasteryBenedictine Sisters of Elizabeth, NJ, Oc-tober 12-14, 2018. For information contact Sister Mari-ette Therese at 908-352-4278 Ext 274 or email SrMariette@aol.com.

Newark Archdiocese Respect Life Office Are you suffering from an abortion

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