Immaculate Conception Mass Schedule:
Held at First United Church Saturday, 4 PM & Sunday, 9 AM Trustees: Christina Angell & Ellen Scott
Finance Council:
Krissy Fauler, Dave Stagnitti, Mike Sanders & Linda Billert
Pastoral Council Members:
Virginia Cuddihy, Mike Brewster Jerry D’Acchille, Rick Ferrannini, Karen Kaufman,
and the two Trustees Music Ministry: Richard Cherry bishop of Albany Diocese:
Edward B. Scharfenberger Bishop Emeritus: Howard Hubbard
Pastor: Fr. Tom Zelker [email protected] Office Manager: Sue Hyde
+Our Parish Office & Mailing Address 67 Main Street
Hoosick Falls, NY 12090 Phone: 518-686-5064 E-Mail: [email protected] Office Hours: Monday—Friday 9:00 AM - 3:30PM
Website: www. icchoosickfalls.com Facebook page: Immaculate Conception Hoosick
Immaculate Conception Church - November 23 & 24, 2019
We Pray November Ordinary Time
As we approach the end of our church liturgical year, we look to our common future and live ever fully the Promise today. Our response to the Hebrew Scripture is the canticle from the Beatitudes: “Rejoice and be glad; blessed are you, holy are you for yours is the Kingdom of God.” This Good News is proclaimed on All Saints Day, the wonderful feast of all God’s people. Our Gospel Acclamation majestically sings: “Alleluia; Jesus is our King.”
Our church year concludes with the solemnity of Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior of the whole world. Coming to the Lord’s table we remember, “by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.” God’s love for us is so deep that Jesus could give His life for all people. We can live in the freedom of God’s People. Our lives are transformed to be that same Christ for each other!
. ."Through the storm, through the night; lead us on to the Light. Precious Lord take my hand; lead me home."
LITURGY SCHEDULE Masses are celebrated at
First United Church Saturday, November 23
4:00 PM Mass William Flynn (Req. Family)
Sean Casey
(Req. Rich & Mary Beth Dickinson) Rolland Girdeen
(Req. Art Hyde & Family)
Sunday, November 24 9:00 AM Mass John & Jennie Zelker (Req. Frank Rotundo)
Peg Crucetti (Req. Louie & Veronica)
Mary Jones Merriam (Req. Comfort & Hope Group 11:00 AM Mass - St. Patrick’s
Monday, November 25 12:00 Noon Mass Peace in the Middle East Memorial of St. Catherine
of Alexandria
Tuesday, November 26 6:30 PM Thanksgiving Mass
Wednesday, November 27
No 8:30 Mass Friday, November 29
No Noon Mass
Saturday, November 30 4:00 PM Mass Eleanor Stempek (Req. Tom & Ellen Scott)
Andrew Bowes (Req. Debbie Bowes) Sunday, December 1
9:00 AM Mass For all people 11:00 AM Mass - St. Patrick’s
SANCTUARY LAMP 11/23/19-11/30/19 In Honor of the Risen Christ We remember: Helen White &
Nora Shea (Req. Saile White)
Our Lord, Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 24, 2019 Faith Formation News
Mass is Class
As part of our new Family based focus, we will list today’s readings here for your reference. If your family needs a bible, there will be a sign up sheet after Mass.
1st Reading: 2 Samuel 5:1-3 2nd Reading: Colossians 1:12-20 Gospel: Luke 23:35-43
We will also list a short YouTube video that you can share and discuss with your family. Go to YouTube and search for the following:
C4: Ignite Your Catholic Faith – What is Advent?
Each week there will be activity pages at the back of the church for students.
Our next Family Workshop is December 15 at the Hoosick Falls HS cafeteria following Sunday Mass from 10:15 am to 11:30 am. The whole family is invited. Our focus will be Advent and how we can serve others.
Can you help?
We need several new “collection counters” on Sun- day mornings after the 9 AM Mass. Teams meet at the rectory and are done within an hour. If you can assist with this important ministry, please contact Mike Shea or our parish office.
Friendly Listeners - “Lend me your ear”
Would you be willing and able to receive a short phone call from a homebound parishioner? As the nights grow longer, loneliness can quickly settle in. Some- times a quick phone hello can lift spirits. Please see Fr.
Tom Zelker if interested.
The Smith Family of the Mahar Funeral Home Would like to extend an invitation to your family and friends To a memorial prayer service. A prayer gathering in memory
Of Your loved one who passed away in the year 2019.
The prayer service of all faiths will take place at the First United Presbyterian Church
On December 7, 2019 at 10:00 A.M.
Reflecting on the Word
How do you picture royalty? Living in palaces? Wearing gold, with beloved crowns? As people with physical and mental strength? Our readings pain another picture. First, we see David, a shepherd. Earlier passages describe him as the runt of the litter, not thought worthy of Samuel’s consideration. Yet this runt, this shep- herd, is anointed king of all Israel.
Luke offers us an innocent criminal, whose throne is the cross, an instrument of death. He is sneered at and jeered. He is also affirmed by a true criminal: “We have been condemned justly, but this man has done noth- ing criminal” (Luke 23:41). Seemingly powerless, Jesus has the power to promise Paradise to that man.
Paul quotes a hymn that paints our king as firstborn of the dead, head of the church, and a reconciler who makes peace through the blood of that cross. The king’s role, as noted today in “Understanding the Word,” is to offer mercy and clemency, which Jesus does by means of sacrificial love. How different from kings and queens who use power for revenge and destruction.
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe paints a picture unlike our common understand- ing of royalty and offers us this job description: 1. Be shepherds who serve the sheep, find strength in weak- ness and power in vulnerability; 2. admit and name our sins, powerlessness, and defects to find reconciliation with God, self, and each other; and 3. be ambassadors of reconciliation to find peace in the difficulties that occur in life. Then, set free from slavery, we will serve Christ’s majesty and ceaselessly proclaim his praise.
Let Christ change our view of royalty and how to serve Christ the King.
Comfort & Hope Group
Monday, December 2 in the Good Shepherd Room
6:30 pm - committee meeting, new helpers always welcome 7:00 pm - support group and discussion
We Gather at the Lord’s Table
We are working on refurbishing our Altar Table from Immaculate Con- ception Church. We are using an old base altar from the Church. The new table top is being fashioned from our church’s original foundational beams. Through it, an image of the rivers that run through our parish is being artistically created. We need small stones, pebbles, and rocks from you...from the Hoosic, Walloomsac, Little Hoosic, and White Creek to place within our “River of Life” in the Lord’s Table. The new Table will be from and of us...from and of our Creator. Please bring your stones to our office. Remember the old altar table top was dam- aged by the falling ceiling.
THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR:
Peanut butter, cold cereal, shampoo, toothpaste and brushes, and feminine hygiene items.
Please bring these items to our donation box in church. There is always a need for old bags to be reused.
Food Pantry Volunteers...We are looking for volunteers to help. For information and training, contact Dianne Hosterman at 686-5310.
Thanksgiving Mass Tuesday, November 26 6:30 pm at First United Church
We thank our God for each other, the beauty of Creation, and for our ministry in Christ. Please bring any canned food for our pantry.
Thanksgiving Dinner
Saturday, November 30, 5:15 pm at the Rectory, 67 Main St.
Please RSVP at our office. All are welcome to enjoy turkey, potatoes, veggies and dessert.
Turkey Bowl Volleyball Tournament Wednesday, November 27, 6:30pm at the Armory
The High School “Pencil Sharpeners” vs.
the College “Class Skippers” vs.
the Adult “Belly Achers.”
- Volleyball Captains - High School: Megan “Bean” Perry College: Jake “Over the Net” Kinney
Anna & Grace “the Set Me Up Girls”
Wysocki
Adult: Deb “Slam Spike” Mahar Lynne “Outa Bounds” Richard Fr. Tom “Jumpin’ High” Zelker
All players, rooters, and fans are invited
Thanksgiving Basket Put Together “Party”
Thursday, November 21, 7:00 PM At the Hoosick Falls Baptist Church Hall We need help putting food into boxes for needy families.
Can you spare 45 minutes?
Sing a New Song!
We need your voice and enthusiasm for our Advent and Christmas Mas- es. If you can carry a tune, hold a note, or even take notes, come to practice or be early for Mass. Instrumentalists are also invited and need- ed. All ages can sing in our timeless liturgies. Practices Wednesdays at 5:00 PM at church.
Re-Igniting Our Faith Capital Campaign
We are continuing to embark on our Restore…Reignite…Remain Cam- paign journey. We are pleased to announce we have raised $291,185.00!
You should have received information in the mail by now. If you have not, please pick up some information at the parish office. If you have any questions about the campaign, please reach out to one of the follow- ing committee members:
Mike Brewster: 518-337-6088 Linda Hutchins: 518-301-3310 Linda Billert: 518-779-1838 Jim Shaw: 518-360-5596 Margaret Merwin: 518-588-6898 Patrice Pello: 518-495-3682
Thank you for your continued support of Immaculate Conception Church!
If you did not receive a “Re-igniting our Faith” letter and commitment
form, please read and use the form in our bulletin. Prison Ministry Meeting
Sunday, December 8 - 10:30AM in the Good Shepherd Room
“God so loved the world that he gave his one & only son, that whoever believes in Him should not parish,
but have eternal life.” (John 3:16).
We Remember
During the month of November, we remember an d honor those who
have gone before us. In our holy pilgrimage of life. $286.00 was donat-
ed on All Souls Day. Your generosity helps support the Adirondack
Land Trust, the American Cancer Society, the Bennington Homeless
Shelter, and Joseph’s House in Troy. Thank you.
Immaculate Conception Parish - November 23 & 24, 2019
ELECTRONIC GIVING
Our automatic withdrawal system is working well. This may be an easy way for you to support our parish. Please contact our office for more information.
We ask for your prayers for the following:
Joseph Maloney, Felicia Martelle, Norman Scott, Pat Carknard, Cheryl McLaugh- lin, Hanna Stevens, Liam Herrador, Jean Shaw, Lenny Darosa, Neil Watykus, Corrine Philpott, Harry Parker, Eileen Holloman, Tommy James, Jeff Babson, Shirley Bissonette, Cassandra Percy, Chris Haynes, Janet Smith, Anne Marie, Sandy McCart, Jack Ellis, Dawn Myers, Hope Kjelgaard, Dr. Marcus Martinez, Lorraine Kalinowski, Nancy Hathaway Mahoney, Sally Blinstrub, Judy Quackenbush, Jane Davis, Sally Williams, Deanna Aldrich, and all those who are ill or hurting. Those who have been on the prayer list for quite some time will still be prayed for, but will not appear in the bulletin. If you are in need of prayer for yourself or someone else, please call Margaret O’Malley at 686-7835.
This Week: November 23 & 24, 2019 Lectors: Team 4
Counters: Judy Flynn & Peg Bakaitis
Next Week: Eileen Bakaitis, Gina Harrison & Andrea White
(You are responsible to find a substitute if you are unable to serve.)
Wednesday mornings at 10 AM: Bulletin proofreaders. Call the office.
Sunday morning: Collection Counters. Call the office.
Lectors (readers) at Mass: See Gloria Shufon, or call the office, 686-5064.
THANKS...from a parishioner.
YOUR SACRIFICIAL OFFERINGS & ATTENDANCE November 16 & November 17
Offertory ... $3,008.00 Catholic Campaign for Human Development ……….$137.00 Fuel ………. $984.00 Total ... $4,129.00 ATTENDANCE:
Saturday - November 16, 4:00 PM ... 126 Sunday - November 17, 9:00 AM ... 148 Total ... 274
There is no second collection this week (Nov. 23 & 24). The next second collection is for Faith Formation (Nov. 30 & Dec. 1).
* In order for your contribution to be counted, please be sure to include your
full name and/or envelope # if using a plain envelope.Sponsor of the Week is…
New England Forestry Consultants, Inc.
Nathan Piché Forest Manager
209 Grogan Road, Hoosick Falls, NY 12090 (518) 859-2605
Property Tax Relief Programs Forest Certification
Forest Management Plans GIS Mapping
Timber Sale Administration Property Boundary
Locating & Marking
Ike’s Service Center
1 River St. / Hoosick Falls
518.686.4309
Serving the Community for 40 Years 303 Depot Street • Bennington
802-442-3519
Immaculate Conception, Hoosick Falls, NY 04-0467
BARBER
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P.O. Box 304, 21953, NY Route 22 North Hoosick Rd., Hoosick Falls, NY
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Since 1913Electrical Contractors
DOUG’S OIL, INC.
For All Your Heating & Plumbing Needs
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Edward J. Gorman, esq., pllc
Attorney and Counselor at Law
5 Main Street, PO Box 68,Hoosick Falls, NY 12090 46 23rd Street, Troy, NY 12180
Edward J. Gorman , Esq.
Phone (518) 686-4331 • [email protected]
THORPE’S PHARMACY
Hoosick Falls, Inc
Since 1876 Corner of Church & John
Hoosick Falls, NY
(518) 686-5711
GERTY’S
FLOWER SHOP
79 CHURCH ST.
HOOSICK FALLS, NY 12090
518-948-6997
[email protected]
MAHAR FUNERAL HOME
Family Owned Since 1926 Pre-Planning, Cremation Services
Monuments
686-5123
Timothy J. Smith • George E. Smith
802-442-3400 www.benningtonsubaru.com
527 N. BENNINGTON RD.
MCNALLY’S INSURANCE
C.H. McNALLY & SON, INC.
Robert M. Melesky, President
(518) 686-9442
P.O. Box 96, Main St.
Eagle Bridge, NY 12057
Blue Flame
Gas Company, Inc.
Propane plus Appliances • Repairs • Installations Residential • Commercial • Industrial
800-962-6200
37 Elm Street, Hoosick Falls, NY
The Potter Hill Barn
Something for Everyone 3864 NY Rt. 7 Hoosick Falls, NY 12090 518-686-7777 Open 7 days, 10-5:30
Pizza Bella
Pizza, Subs, Wings, Calzones
Home of the 0 Sugar Dough Recipe I substitute Pure Honey instead - Mark
