Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

37940 EUCLID AVE, WILLOUGHBY, OH 44094 • 440-942-4500 • FAX: 440-942-1540 • IMMACULATE.NET OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY-THURSDAY 9 AM-8 PM • FRIDAY 9 AM-4 PM

PASTORAL STAFF

Rev. Michael J. Troha MA, M.Div. — Pastor Rev. Dennis M. McNeil — Parochial Vicar

MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday: 4:30 pm

Sunday: 8:30 am & 11:00 am Monday-Thursday: 7:30 am

Friday: 7:30 am & 7:00 pm (Tridentine Mass) Holy Day Vigil: 7:00 pm (excluding All Saints) Holy Day: 7:30 am, 12:00 pm & 7:00 pm National Holidays: 9:00 am

CONFESSIONS

All Saturdays: 3:00-4:00 pm

Thursday before First Friday: 8:00-9:15 am First Friday: 5:30-6:30 pm

BLESSED SACRAMENT CHAPEL

MUSIC DIRECTOR

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Call to schedule a Baptism or for required Pre-Baptism Class dates and registration.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY

PARISH REGISTRATION

New parishioners should call the Parish to register. Notification prior to leaving Parish, or any status change, is appreciated. Note Bulletin Submission time: Articles are due 5 pm, 18 days (Wednesday) before the Published date. Please send your articles to:

[email protected]. Deadlines may be earlier as circumstances necessitate. Thank you!

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

OCTOBER 13, 2019

TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY

2 Maureen Ahern Larry Brown Lori Butterfield Kenneth Codney Lisa D’Angelo Diana Eisman Ada Freeze Kimberly Frost David Green Helen Herman Richard Ingraham Mark Jamison Elizabeth Jones Donald Jordan Thomas Keever Paula Kerman Stephen Kerman Sam Kovalak Shirley Marsh Alex Mastroianni Frank McCarty Genevieve McCarty Barb Malenkov Dolores Merkowitz Yvonne Palumbo Robert Perry Carmen Polly Elizabeth Pratt William Rollins Geri Rose Regina Szabo Barbara Walsh Mary Walton Rose Zylak PRAYER LIST UPDATE

To place yourself or immediate family member on the prayer list, kindly call the Parish Office at 440-942-4500. Please let us know when those on the list are no longer in need of prayers, so that their name may be removed.

If you haven’t already, we ask you prayerfully request that you consider joining the many families who use Faith Direct to fulfill their very generous stewardship commitments to our parish and the wider church. Faith Direct provides our families with the ability to give to our parish via electronic donation.

Eternal Rest Grant to Them, O Lord,

and Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them.

May They Rest in Peace. Amen

PARISH SUPPORT

With online enrollment, you will be able to access your account any time to view and make changes to your account information and gifts. For those already enrolled, thank you for your participation in the Faith Direct electronic giving program! eGiving has proven to be the most cost effective way for Immaculate Conception to receive your generous donations. To enroll, go to faith.direct/OH397 or download the free app and use our church code: OH397.

Our Stewardship Renewal continues this weekend. If you did not receive a stewardship renewal packet in the mail, please call the office (440-942-4500) and we will provide you with a packet. We have extra stewardship commitment cards in church if you need another one. If you have not yet

completed your commitment card, you still have time to submit a card later this month. You can put the completed card in the collection or mail it to the church office or drop it off at the church office. The first batch of completed cards will be sent to Catholic Stewardship Consultants this week, but we will send them more cards as they come back to the parish office later this month.

Last Saturday we had our annual Clambake at Saint Joseph Hall. I don’t think that I had ever been to a nicer clambake. Thank you to Jeaninne Hozian and her hospitality crew for all of their preparation and hard work in

preparing all of the food for the clambake. Thank you to all who helped serve the clam-bake, especially the Trinitarian Sisters who helped out. And thanks to all who supported the clambake by your presence at this event.

Don’t forget to bring your stewardship commitment card with you to

Mass next weekend. You can also mail in your commitment card if need be. Fr Troha

Protecting God’s Children

The Diocese of Cleveland’s “Protecting God’s Children” program is a continuing effort to instruct and inform everyone about the protection of children from sexual abuse. To report any past or present suspected inappropriate behavior toward children by priests, deacons, religious, lay ecclesial ministers or personnel associated with the Church, please contact the Diocesan Response Service Office at 216-334-2999 or via email at [email protected] . You are also asked to immediately inform local authorities about inappropriate behavior.

Sunday Offertory

October 6, 2019 $9,470.00

Envelopes 293

Blanket Sunday $562.00

FROM OUR PASTOR FR. TROHA

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 Stewardship Renewal Weekend 6:30 pm Family Prayer Group

(Gym) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13

Stewardship Renewal Weekend 6:00 pm Religious Liberty

Prayer Group (ICCH) MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 3:00 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry (R 104) 3:30 pm Legion of Mary (R 103) 6:00 pm PSR/Parish Building 6:00 pm RCIA (R 103) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 7:00 pm K of C (JPII) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 2:00 pm Movie With McNeil 7:00 pm Movie With McNeil

(JPII)

7:30 pm Blue Army Prayer Group (ICCH) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17

6:00 pm Discovering Mass in the Bible (SJH)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 No Meetings SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 World Mission Collection

No Meetings SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 World Mission Collection 9:00 am Confirmation Prep

(SJH)

MASSES

Sunday at 8:00 and 9:30 am Mass | Breakfast & Dinner | 4:00 pm Services Weekdays: Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri at 7:00 am

Tuesday Adoration at 3:30-4:30 pm, Mass 5:00 pm

Outdoor Season May through October weather permitting

Organizations are welcome Sunday through Saturday Call for information to set up Masses, visits, or group activities

SAT OCTOBER 12 | WEEKDAY

4:30 pm For the People of the Parish

SUN OCTOBER 13 | TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

8:30 am Christie Montrella 11:00 am Rich Thompson

MON OCTOBER 14 | ST. CALLISTUS I, POPE AND MARTYR

7:30 am Ron Ellensohn

TUE OCTOBER 15 | ST. THERESA OF JESUS, VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

7:30 am John Kostelnik

WED OCTOBER 16 | ST. HEDWIG, RELIGIOUS; ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE 7:30 am Pheles O’Toole

THU OCTOBER 17 | ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH, BISHOP AND MARTYR

7:30 am Ron Ellensohn

FRI OCTOBER 18 | ST. LUKE, EVANGELIST

7:30 am Richard Shine 7:00 pm All Souls

Tridentine Mass every Friday

SAT OCTOBER 19 | STS. JOHN DE BREBEUF AND ISAAC JOGUES, PRIESTS, AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS

1:00 pm Lori Claire Petrick/Christopher Flower (Wedding)

4:30 pm Kenneth Frabotta

SUN OCTOBER 20 | TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

8:30 am William and Frances Millavec 11:00 am For the People of the Parish

Rosary is prayed in the church following daily Mass.

Upcoming Daily Mass intentions are available.

Sunday: 2 Kgs 5:14-17/Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 [cf. 2b]/2 Tm 2:8-13/Lk 17:11-19 Monday: Rom 1:1-7/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [2a]/Lk 11:29-32 Tuesday: Rom 1:16-25/Ps 19:2-3, 4-5 [2a]/Lk 11:37-41 Wednesday: Rom 2:1-11/ Ps 62:2-3, 6-7, 9 [13b]/Lk 11:42-46 Thursday: Rom 3:21-30/ Ps 130:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6ab [7]/Lk 11:47-54 Friday: 2 Tm 4:10-17b/Ps 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18 [12]/ Lk 10:1-9 Saturday: Rom 4:13, 16-18/Ps 105:6-7, 8-9, 42-43 [8a]/Lk 12:8-12

OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY-THURSDAY, 9:00 am to 8:00 pm Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

October 12/13 Stewardship Renewal Weekend October 16 Movie With McNeil — Therese of Lisieux

2:00 and 7:00 pm (JPII)

October 17 Eucharist-Discovering the Mass in the Bible at

6:00 pm and each Thursday this month (SJH)

October 26-28 Eucharistic Devotions

October 29 Pre-Baptism Class 7:00 pm (R 103) November 1 All Saints Day

November 2 All Souls Day

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

WEEKLY READINGS

SISTERS OF THE HOLY TRINITY

OUR LADY OF LOURDES SHRINE

FAITH FORMATION

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA)

If you or someone you know may be interested in the Catholic Church as the way to grow your spiritual journey of faith relation-ship with the Lord, we invite you to look deeper into the Catholic faith, teachings, beliefs and way of life in an open and welcoming environment. We have begun weekly gatherings, where we will share the rich-ness of the Catholic Church with you! These gatherings also are opportunities for you to ask those perplexing and difficult questions you may have about the Church. The RCIA is for: Adults or teenagers who have NOT been baptized or who have been baptized in another Christian denomination. Baptized adult or teenagers (Catholics and Non-Catholics) needing to receive the sacraments of Eucharist and/or Confirmation to complete their Sacraments of Initiation.

Please contact the parish office (942-4500) or Deacon Paul

[email protected] to set up an appointment. As with all our parish’s Religious Formation Programs, all parishioners are invited to attend any or all gatherings! God bless! —Deacon Paul

OUR LIFE WITH THE SAINTS

You’re invited to “Our Life with the Saints,” which is the first Wednesday of each month through June . It is presented at 2:00-3:30 pm and again at 7:00-8:30 pm in the John Paul II room. I hope you will find this helpful and enjoyable. —Fr. McNeil

EUCHARIST—DISCOVERING THE MASS IN THE BIBLE

The Eucharist is the center point of the Mass...but why? Join Deacon Paul.

“The Lamb of God,” “The Bread of Life,” “The Body and the Blood of Christ”… these are phrases we know from the Mass. But do we understand what they mean in the greater and deeper context of Scripture and Church teaching? We invite you to join us for this DVD study program as acclaimed author and teach-er Dr. Brant Pitre (Augustine Institute) rigorously digs down to the biblical roots of the Eucharist, through its foreshadowing in the miraculous events of the Old Testament, the Gospels, and Apostolic teaching. We’ll discover firsthand how Christ’s Body and Blood are an integral and wondrous part of God’s plan for our salvation. TIME: Continues Thursday evenings (October 17, 24, November 7, 14, 21) in St. Joseph Hall from 6:00 P.M. – 7:45 P.M. FEE: $10.00 (payable at the parish office)

DAY OF PRAYER FOR PRIEST

The Avilas of the Diocese of Cleveland, whose mission is to pray for priests and religious and for vocations, is having a Day of Prayer on Wed, October 16, from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm at the Center for Pastoral Leadership (28700 Euclid Ave, Wickliffe). Speakers will be Fr. Stanley Klasinski, pastor at St. Clare Parish in Lyndhurst, and Fr. Jay McPhillips, pastor at St. Helen Parish in Newbury. Tickets are $25 (includes lunch). Contact Marianne Repinski at 440-813-2442.

PSR NEWS

Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you. Luke 6:38

PSR Hour: Monday from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Sacramental Preparation: Generally, children in grade 2 receive the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Communion. This means that children in grade 2 must have had instruction in grade 1 as well. Youth in grade 9 receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. They must have had

instruction in grade 8.

Please join us Monday, Oct. 14, at 6:30 pm in church for the Living Rosary. Students will attend class at the regular time and place, then come to church for the rosary from their PSR class.

Confirmation Orientation Sunday, October 20, at 9:00 am-12:30 pm. Students will have class in SJH at 9:00 am. Parents meet us at 11:00 am Mass in church, then go to SJH for orientation. —Sister Josephine at the Parish 440-942-4500 or [email protected]

MATER DEI ACADEMY NEWS

and preschoolers! We have an exciting year ahead as we celebrate Mater Dei X!

celebrating 10 years as Mater Dei Academy. We continue to maintain our enrollment of 410 students in preschool through Grade 8. Mrs. Joanie Klemens, Principal

See www.materdeiacademy.us for sports information.

Mater Dei PTU invites you to an evening of shopping, ornament painting, treats and prizes!

Saturday, November 16, 6:00-9:00 pm in MDA Gym. Mingle & share a laugh as you shop from local vendors. When your purchases have been made you can relax, sip on a drink, enjoy appetizers & dessert while you paint your own ornament.

Your $25 admission includes shopping, apps and dessert, a raffle ticket for vendor prizes, a complimentary glass of wine & your own orna-ment to personalize. Proceeds benefit MDA PTU.

WHAT IS “FORMED?”

FOR THE LATEST PARISH UPDATES PLEASE VISIT:

Website: www.immaculate.net | Facebook: Immaculate Conception Church Willoughby Ohio

NEWS & EVENTS

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION EVENTS

STEWARDSHIP

OUR WAY OF LIFE

Today is Commitment Sunday. All parish families are asked to bring their Commitment Card to Mass. During Mass, as a parish community, we offer God our gifts of time, talent, and treasure. Our goal is to be a Stewardship Parish-a community who is noticeably committed to prayer, parish ministry, and generous financial support. All three are equally important. May God bless you as you discern how He is calling you to grow closer to Him this year.

SINGERS NEEDED

The IC Music Ministry invites you to add your musical talents with ours as we make a Joyful Song to the Lord! ADULT CHOIR: Open to all members of the parish in high school or older. Rehearsals are held each Wednesday at 7:30 pm in Church Meeting Room A. The Adult Choir sings each Sunday at the 11:00 am Liturgy (not 3rd Sundays). Instrumentalists, guitarists and cantors are also welcomed to join our music ministry program. FAMILY CHOIR: Open to all young men and women from grades 2 to 12. Children must be accompanied by their parent. Rehearsal is held each Wednesday, from 6:00 to 6:45 pm in Church Meeting Room A. The Family Choir sings on the 3rd Sunday of each month at the 11:00 am Liturgy. To share your musical talents and help our parish to pray better, see Mike Kelley after any of the weekend Masses, or call him at 216-374-8961.

SOCIETY OF MOTHER TERESA VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The Society of Mother Teresa is one of our parish’s largest and most serving ministries. It provides meals for those in financial, medical, or temporary need after a hospital stay or illness within Western Lake County. Our clients are referred to us from The Council of Aging or contact us directly. We prepare and deliver meals Monday through Friday. We have a lot of dedicated volunteers, however, there are times when our volunteers become ill or are on vacation. We are always in need of people who would be willing to be a regular or substitute cook or driver. If you are able to volunteer one day a week or one day a month, we need you. For information call Sandy Smith 330-801-6970 or Office 440-942-4500. “What so ever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me.”

MOVIE WITH MCNEIL

October 16, 2019 Matinee 2:00 pm and evening at 7:00 pm (JPII) Therese of Lisieux The life of St. Therese of Lisieux, and her “little way”

Fr. McNeil will also have a special showing of the movie Unplanned (not during the regular “Movie with McNeil”). This will be in the fall, but the date has not been set. If anyone wishes to view the film beforehand you may borrow Father’s copy at the parish office.

BLANKET SUNDAY

A big “Thank You!” from our SVdP chapter. The donations given will go a long way this winter in providing our homeless and needy with the necessary cold weather items for our Northeast Ohio winter! Thanks so very much!

OUR TOWN 2020 DINING DIRECTORY

The Our Town 2020 Dining Directory ($28) is now available. This book is being sold as a fundraiser to benefit Lake County Right to Life. Families can enjoy fabulous food, frolicking fun, and more for less! Please contact Jeff or Diana Hollis (440-946-3305).

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Since September 25 to November 3, you’re invited to join other Christians for the 40 Days of Life. 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. You’re also invited to stand and peacefully pray anytime between 7:00 am to 7:00 pm during the 40 day vigil in the public right-of-way outside Preterm - 12000 Shaker Blvd, Cleveland, 44120 or Planned Parenthood—25350 Rockside Rd, Bedford Heights, 44146, or Family Planning—54 South State Sr. Painesville, 44077. Contact John Noall at

[email protected] or 216-245-9744 for more information.

Continues now through November 3, 40 Days for Life Fall Campaign Websites: www.40daysforlife.com/ cleveland, www.40daysforlife.com/ painesville, www.40daysforlife.com/ bedfordheights

DIVORCE RECOVERY FOR

CATHOLICS SUPPORT

GROUP

The Catholic Parishes of the Lake-Geauga District have joined together to make the presence of the Church a part of the Journey for the divorced and

separated; to promote emotional and sacrament healing, foster

support, independence and

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Please Help Blanket Others in Warmth & Comfort This Winter!

St. Vincent dePaul Society

33st Annual Blanket Sunday

October 12-13, 2019

SVdP Blanket Sunday is here! This is the 33 Annual Blanket Sunday

Collection to aid the needy sponsored by St. Vincent de Paul

Society. By making a donation, your money allows us to buy blankets

and other items in bulk needed by the homeless and disadvantaged to

help more of those in need.

Your generosity in the past has helped many receive the necessities to

aid them to survive the winter months. You can make a donation in the

Blanket Sunday envelopes provided in the pews or donate on line

at

http:/www.svdpcle.org

. Checks should be made payable to

SVdP. Your support in past years has helped many survive the winter

months. Thank you.

Grateful

STEWARDS

2019 STEWARDSHIP RENEWAL

Weekend of October 12/13—Stewardship Renewal Weekend

♦

Bring to weekend masses your completed commitment cards that

were included in the packet you received at home.

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