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.

November 4 & 5, 2017 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass Schedule Pastoral Care Area South: Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 pm Immaculate Conception, Greene

5:45 pm St. Joseph, Oxford

Sunday: 8:45 am St. Joseph, Oxford

10:15 am Immaculate Conception, Greene

4:00 pm St. Paul, Norwich

Wednesday: 12:15 pm Immaculate Conception, Greene

Church of the Immaculate Conception

1180 State Highway 206, Greene, New York 13778

Rev. Msgr. John P. Putano, Administrator

Website: iccgreene.wordpress.com

Email: 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 656-9546

Audrée Beach, Admin. Asst. 656-9546

Fax 656-7667

Baptism & RCIA ICC Parish Office 656-9546

ICC Parish Council: Eileen Browning, Bev Doughty, Kelly Erickson, Francis Feldpausch - President, Robert Hanrahan, Joe Henninge, Joanne Moxley, Gloria Straniero ICC Trustees: Jackie Henninge - 656-9501; jackiehenninge@frontier.com Donna Heisler - 656-4180; donnamheisler@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 Charles Browning-725-7516. Meetings the 1st Thursday of each month. Gluten free hosts are available. Notify the Sacristy before Mass if you need one.

CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

All Souls

Mass of Remembrance

During the Mass on Sunday, November 5 we will light candles in remembrance of our loved ones who have passed since November 1, 2017.

During Mass Father will read the roll call of the deceased while families, friends, & parishioners come forward to light the candles. All are invited to attend the reception following Mass for a celebration of life.

Susan Lewis

Gail McLain

Ted Lashway

Connor Brown

Robert Mele

Donald Simpson

Julia Klecha

Larry Lake

Beatrice Matera

Barbara Maclaren

June Downs

Pauline Miller Lois Swartwood

Maryanne Esposito

Maureen Bedell Jane Kinneary

Frederick Urda

Lucia Jackson

Wendy Lou Wilson

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Mass Schedule

SATURDAY 11/4/17

4:00 pm † Stella Kirnie by Trepa Family

† Susan Lewis, Anniversary, by Bev & Jim Doughty

SUNDAY 11/5/17

10:00 am † Susan Lewis, Anniversary, by Claire Gibbons

TUESDAY 11/7/17

8:30 am Communion Service

WEDNESDAY 11/8/17

12:15 pm Lucia Jackson by Hendershott Family

THURSDAY 11/9/17

8:30 am Communion Service

SATURDAY 11/11/17

4:00 pm † Claire Henninge by family

† Bill Kimbark by Parish Family

SUNDAY 11/12/17

10:15 am For Parishioners

ICC WEEK AT A GLANCE

SUNDAY 11/5

9 am CCD Class & Bible Study

All Souls Celebrated during 10:15 am Mass

Coffee Hour following Mass

4 pm Confirmation Class

MONDAY 10/6

12 N-1:30 pm Simply Social 6 pm Cub Scouts

7 pm American Legion

TUESDAY 10/7

8 am Rosary

6 am-9 pm Election Day, Polling Place

WEDNESDAY 11/8 12:15 pm Mass

THURSDAY 11/9

8 am Rosary

6 pm Bible Study

FRIDAY 11/10

SATURDAY 11/11 Veteran’s Day

3:30 pm Confession

SUNDAY 11/12

9 am CCD Class & Bible Study

4 pm Confirmation Class

Sacrificial Giving and Expenses for the month of September 2017September 2017September 2017September 2017 Total Income: $ 9,711.59 Total Expense: $ 8,709.41

Second Collection, 11/4-5 Seminary

Income includes: Collections

Expense includes: Utilities, Diocese billing, CCD. Remember St. Paul’s advice: “God loves a cheerful giver”. (2 Cor 9:7).

LAY PERSONS SCHEDULE

This Week Next Week Saturday 4:00 pm Saturday 4:00 pm

November 4, 2017 November 11, 2017

E. M.’s: J. Moxley S. Carlin

H. Connelly D. Barden

Lector: J. Trepa D. Maginsky

Servers: Adult Volunteer Adult Volunteer

Sunday 10:15 am Sunday 10:15 am November 5, 2017 November 12, 2017 E. M.’s: B. Norton C. Gibbons

Z. Urda E. Browning

L. Detweiler P. Husband

Lector: D. Heisler K. Ives

Servers: C. Leonard K. Browning

A. King J. Browning

M. Browning

Counters: D. Brown A. Browning

J. Norton E. Hadlick

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

Daylight Saving Time ends, Sunday, November 5, 2:00 am.

Veterans, please remember to bring your photos & memorabilia in to be displayed during our Veteran’s Day Weekend Masses.

Thanksgiving Day Mass

Thanks to Fr. Paul for offering to celebrate Mass here at ICC at 8:45 am on Thanksgiving Day.

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Veterans Day, Saturday, November 11

In honor of those who serve we will be setting up a display that weekend. Plus veterans will participate in the weekend’s Masses.

“Miracle in the Making” is a Diocesan Retreat to be held at Immaculate Conception in Greene on Saturday November 18 from 9:45-3:45 pm. Just before Advent is a great time for us to take a moment and embrace the Joy of what’s to come at Christmas. Registration will be from 9:00-9:45 am and you can also register online at https://icgreene.eventbrite.com. You can contact Regina Wright with the Office of Evangelization of the Diocese of Syracuse at (315) 459-7168, or call the parish office and we will help you register. This is a great opportunity for our parish to show the Southern Tier what a beautiful church we have and what a great, handicap accessible location we are for Diocesan events like this. Please come out and support our parish by attending this retreat. For more information call Mary Wentlent in the parish office.

Free! A delicious Thanksgiving dinner delivered to your home! If you are going to be alone at home for Thanksgiving, you can have a free dinner delivered to your home compliments of the Greene Methodist Church. Sign-up for this opportunity by calling the parish office, 656-6546, before November 19.

October 29, 2017

ICC Prayer Chain Do you believe in the power of prayer? If so you are invited to become a link in our chain. We accept prayer requests from anyone who asks & pass the request down the (phone) line or by email. If you would like to be a part of this ministry please contact the Parish Office.

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 n 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.

Circle of Friends is a special ministry for the sen-ior members of our parish. We had our quarterly meeting and decided to now offer two events; Simply Social and Cards and Conversation. We added a time to simply gather for lunch once a month, and we are calling this “Simply Social”. You are invited to bring a food item to share and come enjoy the fellowship. The first “Simply So-cial” will be Monday November 6 from 12-1:30. Please spread the word about these two opportuni-ties for catching up with friends.

Around the Southern Tier

Sean Clive Concert November 11 at St Patrick in Whitney point. Mass at 5:00 pm followed by snacks and finger foods, then the concert.

Greene Middle School Footlights Production-

Nov. 10-12 - "Lion King". Many of our parish families have children in-volved in this years musical. It's a junior version which means the music is better suited for young singers and it will last for just over one hour. There are lions, hyenas, elephants, birds and even a rhinoceros! There are 96 students in the cast this year, making it the largest cast ever. The music has many beautiful African chants that will take you away across the ocean to the Pridelands of the Serengeti! The performances are Friday & Satur-day 7 pm and a Sunday matinee at 3 pm. Admis-sion is $8 for adults, $6 for students and senior citizens, and children 4 and under are free. To pre- order a ticket there are order sheets in the vesti-bule, or you can get tickets 1 hour before the show of your choice. If you have any questions please see Mary Wentlent or Donna Heisler.

Annual Holiday Pie Sale

the weekend before Thanksgiving. We will be baking pies on Friday, November 18 and selling them that weekend after each Mass. There is a pre-order sheet in the vestibule & there will be addi-tional items to purchase. All proceeds to benefit our Rel. Ed. program. We will accept donations of baking supplies: apples, blueberry, cherry, mincemeat, pumpkin pie filling, shortening; drop them off in the kitchen. And sign-up to volunteer on baking day; any help, any amount of time.

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

607-656-4212

23 North Chenango Street Greene, New York 13778

www.rootfh.com

St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery Oxford, New York

A beautiful, peaceful resting place

Plot $700

1 casket & 1 urn or 2 urns

607-843-8785

Continuing Our Tradition of Service Since 1914

Bartles Pharmacy

10 Lafayette Park. Oxford, NY 13830

607-843-2841

After hours - Brian Bartle 607-843-8254

•Construction •Lawn Mowing/Brush Hogging •Home Improvement •Excavating

607-226-4119 607-316-2969

Gerry Reiss Mike Reiss

Oxford, New York

Molly S. Nolan Licensed R.E. Salesperson

607-725-6308 Cell

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HOME, INC. 21 North Chenango St., Greene, NY 13778

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Blood Drive at Immaculate Conception

2017 Schedule: 9/20, 11/22

12:30-5:30 pm

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Prayers and Playfulness

Items Needed: Pinecone, bird seed, peanut butter, & wire

Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they? Matthew 6:26

Our lives are in God’s hands and we have to trust that He will take care of us as He takes care of the birds in the sky. We can make it easier for birds to cluster in our backyard trees by hanging an easy-to-make birdfeeder. Look under evergreen trees to find pinecones. First, wrap wire tightly around the wide end to at-tach to a tree after it’s made. With a knife, spread peanut butter over the entire pinecone. Then, roll it in birdseed. Ensure that it sticks into the nooks and crannies of the pinecone. That’s all there is to it. Hang it on a tree and watch the birds flock to it.

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for feeding the wild birds and animals. Thank You for nourishing me with Your rich abundance of love. Thank You for filling me up. I love You, Lord. Amen.

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Religious Instruction for Children/Youth grades K-8 at ICC

Class: Sunday, 9:00 am; November 5, 12, 19. No class 11.26

Confirmation News! Class: Sunday, 4-5 pm: November 5, 12. Saturday, November 18; Retreat 9:45-3:45 here at ICC

Middle School Youth News! November 19- youth will deliver Thanksgiving Bas-kets to some of our senior church members follow-ing Mass. Anyone can donate items for these baskets that may include: playing cards, journals, note cards with stamps, gloves, scarfs, cross word puzzles, Su-doku books, adult coloring books, crossword puz-zles, puzzles, interesting tea bags, other small items that would be nice for a basket. Donations can be left in a bag marked for the MS youth project in the social hall. Any questions about MS youth activities contact Jess Trepa -766-8033 or trepaoffthegrid@gmail.com

Sunday Nursery

Families can take advantage of this service for part of Mass or the entire Mass, whatever suits their needs. Jean Stevens & Patty Wagner are the care-givers. This is one of the many ways we are trying to show young families they are welcome at ICC! “How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.” St. Teresa of Kolkata Fall Adult Bible Study at I.C.C. Learn the history of the Book of Psalms. -Sundays 8:45-10 am. -Thursdays 6-7 pm. Join us anytime!

College Age Care-Packages

In December we will be sending care packages to our parish’s college stu-dents. Please contact the Parish Office and give us your college student’s ad-dress.

Dear friends, Several years ago my husband and I decided to re-do our family budget by completing the “Road map to financial freedom” by Crown Ministries. For the first month we had to record every purchase made, even a pack of gum or cup of coffee. Then we had to classify each item as a need, a want or a desire. It became a family joke to question family members how much they really wanted to buy something! I thought of this budget process this past week during our study on the book of Psalms. The question posed at the start of session six was, “What are your deep-est desires?” I put my book down and thought about my answer. It was really hard! I love lots of things; sewing, cooking, my family, nature, history…” But what was a deep desire? How would you answer that question? Session six was centered on the Psalms that used a common expression: Thirsting for God. Instead of always thinking about our own desires, we were encouraged to turn to God when things get us down and find his joy. When you get a quiet mo-ment, you should look through the Book of Psalms in the Bible and see if any speak to you! Just an update on the Sleeping Bag Workshop held last Saturday. We had 11 ladies show up to make 5 warm sleeping bags in sizes small to extra-large. Each was rolled up with a pair of socks, a hat, some toilet articles and a small towel. We will be taking these to the shelter in Binghamton called Volunteers of America. Thank you to the ladies who gave up a few hours last week for this fun and important ser-vice project. Thank you to Jess and Jim Trepa for hosting the fun day for our middle school youth. They had a pump-kin roll party out on the back lawn of the church. They decorated pumpkins and then rolled them down the homemade chute to see whose would roll the farthest. It was a beautiful fall day for rolling pumpkins! Please mark your calendars for the parish retreat on Nov. 18 and also the 8:45 am Mass on Thanksgiving Day. Thank you for being part of ICC. Peace! ~Mary Wentlent

iccgreene.wordpress.com - Don’t forget to check out our website to access the bulletin, Religious Education news and our schedule of events.

Knights Raffle

The local Knights of Columbus are raffling a

Remington 1187 Shotgun as a fall fundraiser. The cost is $10 per ticket and the drawing will be November 11. You can purchase a ticket after both weekend Masses, or see one of the Knights.