Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church
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Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church Ajo, Arizona 85321 An Arizona Non-Profit Corporation Father Peter Nwachukwu, Pastor Bookkeeper: Tracy Sepulveda Secretaries & Receptionists: Terry Luna, Tracy Sepulveda Religious Education Office: Carol Johnson Business Manager: Chuck Favot Sacristan: Alex Bustamante Parish Office P. O. Box 550, 101 Rocalla Ave., Ajo Arizona 85321 Phone (520) 310-4845 or (520) 387-7049, FAX (520) 413-5567 Rectory: 1251 Copper Street, Phone (520)-635-1505 or 387-6561 E-mail: [email protected] Parish email: [email protected] www.facebook.com/AjoImmaculateConception Office Hours: Oh Mary Conceived Without Sin Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., 9:30 a.m. -Noon 1:30-4:00 p.m. Pray For Us Website: http://www.iccajo.com Who Have Recourse To You Saturday, Feb. 2 and Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Parish Corporation Board of Directors Schedule Rev. Peter Nwachukwu 387-7049 Vigil & Sunday Masses ...........................Saturday, 6:00 p.m. Hollister J. David 387-7688 Michelle Pacheco 387-3147 Sunday 8:00 & 10:00 a.m. Most Rev. Edward Weisenburger, Rev. Jeremiah McCarthy Holy Days of Obligation...6:00 p.m. Anticipated & 8:00 a.m. Chairman Parish Council - José Castillo 387-6085 Sandy Antone 387-6709 - President Lectors Spanish Mass .........(anticipated) 2nd Sat. each month 6 p.m. Emily Rosales - Youth Lectors Weekday Masses.......................................................8:00 a.m. Terry Luna 387-7736- Finance Chairman Thursday Devotions..................................................8:30 a.m. Christina Cillo Choir Chair Person All Day Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament Alex Bustamante, Tracy Sepulveda, and Terri Luna 6:00 p.m. Perpetual Novena to Our Lady of Fatima Safe Environment & Compliance Joseph Pacheco 387-3147 - Grand Knight Confessions .....Sat. 5-5:45 p.m.& half hour before all Masses Knights of Columbus Parish Council Meetings.......1st Mondays, 7 p.m. Parish Hall Virginia Garcia 602-499-1276 - Regent Annointing of the Sick - Within Mass & Home Visitation Catholic Daughters of the Americas Every First Friday Alex Bustamante 387-3243 - President Our Lady of Perpetual Help Carol Johnson Coordinator Religious Education Baptisms, Marriages & Quinceañeras Milton & Cruzita Avalos 387-7557 Call the Office for appointment Directors St. Vincent DePaul Thrift Store St. Vincent De Paul................................................Thrift Shop Chuck Favot 387-6756 & Jose Castillo Open Tues. & Thurs., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 387-6085 Project Works and Maintenance 1500 Washington Street, (520) 387-6622 Joe & Mercy Arancon 240-529-6358 Couples For Christ Sat. & Sun., Feb. 2 & 3 - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time FEBRUARY DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER “CATHOLIC Sat. Feb. 2 8 a.m. In Thanksgiving (For all who OUTLOOK “ is now availble at the back of the Church. helped with Church Decorations) Be sure to pick up a copy and read the current news 10 a.m. Funeral Mass -- Belia Oglesby+ throughout the Diocese. 6 p.m. Connie & Meliton Avalos+ Sun. Feb. 3 8 a.m. Rebecca Carrera+ TAX SEASON IS UPON US. IF YOU NEED A 10 a.m. Julia Moreno+ LETTER FOR YOUR TAX PREPARER SHOWING Mon. Feb. 4 8 a.m. Pro Populo YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE YEAR, PLEASE Tues. Feb. 5 8 a.m. Maria Pena+ CALL THE OFFICE AT 387-7049 OR STOP BY. Wed. Feb. 6 NO MASS Thu. Feb. 7 8 a.m. THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH: Fri. Feb. 8 8 a.m. This Weekend - Second Collection: will be taken at all weekend Sat. & Sun., Feb. 9 & 10 - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time masses for Parish Improvement. Thank you in advance for your Sat. Feb. 9 8 a.m. generosity. 10 a.m. Funeral Mass -- Refugio Aguila+ Today (Feb. 3) - February Birthday Social: 6 p.m. Canuto, Manuel, & Joe de la Torre+ All Parishioners celebrating a Birthday in February will Sun. Feb. 10 8 a.m. Pro Populo receive a Special Blessing at the 10 a.m. Mass and then will be 10 a.m. Rafael Aroz+ honored with a Social following the Mass. The Social is held in the Parish Hall and ALL are invited to attend to socialize with Sunday Readings’ Reflection your fellow parishioners and visitors. The Catholic Daughters The first reading tells us how God called Jeremiah as His prophet will be hosting the Social. and equipped him to face opposition and rejection. In living out his Mon., Feb. 4 - Parish Council Meeting: prophetic vocation while encountering rejection and persecution, The Parish Council will be meet on Monday, February 4 in the Jeremiah prefigured Jesus, the greatest of all prophets. The Parish Hall at 6 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Please call Responsorial Psalm, Ps 71, offers us a prayer in time of persecution the Parish Office at 520-387-7049 in advance if you are unable to and a declaration of our trust in God with its foundation in Him. In attend. the second reading, we hear Paul speaking with the courage of his Wed., Feb. 6 -- Religious Education Class: convictions in correcting the Corinthian Christian community where There is Religious Ed. Classes held every Wednesday at 1:30 the exercise of God’s gifts was causing competition, jealousy and p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Parish Hall. These classes are for children divisiveness. He courageously presents to them a “way” which in grades K-6. Grades 7-12 meet in the Parish Hall on Saturdays surpasses all others, namely, the way of love, and instructs them to at 5 p.m. Those children who are preparing to make their First exercise their gifts with love. Today’s Gospel is a continuation of Communion in June must also attend class every Sunday from last Sunday’s Gospel presenting his own people’s negative reaction 9 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. Good attendance to these classes and to Mass to Jesus’ “Inaugural Address” at the synagogue of Nazareth when are a requirement to receive any Sacrament. he applies to Himself the words of Isaiah 61, announcing a new time Thu., Feb. 7 - Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament of jubilee, liberation and healing in God’s name. The passage shows All day adoration and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament begins us how Jesus faced skepticism and criticism with prophetic courage. after the 8 a.m. Mass. The day ends with prayers and Benediction Jeremiah, Paul and Jesus believed that they were commissioned by at 6 p.m. All are encouraged to sit with the Blessed Sacrament for God to proclaim a disturbing prophetic message (Jer 1:4-5, 17-19). a period out of your day. No matter how strong the opposition, the three had the conviction that God was with them. *WE ARE IN NEED OF YOUTH ALTAR SERVERS If you are at least 7 years old and are attending the Religious Jokes Of The Week Education Classes, you may sign up to be an Altar Server. You 1: Rejection at the Pearly Gate: A cab driver reaches the Pearly may call the Parish Office at 387-7049 and leave your name, Gates and announces his presence to St. Peter, who looks him up or tell Father Peter or your Religious Education Teacher. We in his Big Book. Upon reading the entry for the cabby, St. Peter will be having a training for new servers and a “review” for invites him to grab a silk robe and a golden staff and to proceed current servers in the near future. into Heaven. A preacher is next in line behind the cabby and has ALTAR SERVER SCHEDULE: been watching these proceedings with interest. He announces This Weekend - Feb. 2 & 3 himself to St. Peter. Upon scanning the preacher’s entry in the Big Sat., 6 p.m. - Alex, Alexis, Joey Book, St. Peter furrows his brow and says, “Okay, we’ll let you Sun., 8 a.m. - in, but you will have only a cotton robe and wooden staff.” The Sun., 10 a.m. - Charles, Padraic, and Michael preacher is astonished and replies, “But I am a man of the cloth. You Weekend of Feb. 9 & 10 gave that cab driver a gold staff and a silk robe. Surely, I rate higher Sat. 6 p.m. - Ralph than a cabby.” St. Peter responded matter-of-factly: “Here we are Sun., 8 a.m. - interested in results. When you preached, people slept. When the Sun., 10 a.m. - Charles, Ethan cabby drove his taxi, people prayed.” ( Fr. Tony) YOUTH READER SCHEDULE: COLLECTIONS: This Weekend - Feb. 3 - 10 a.m. Regular: $824.10 Lola, Ralph, Hannah St. Vincent Thrift Store: $906.00 Sunday, February 10 - 10 a.m. Lola, Lorena THANK YOU!! Thank you to Terri & Klaila Neblina for always THE LORD SENT ME TO BRING GLAD making time to come and clean our Church every TIDINGS TO THE POOR, TO PROCLAIM week. Your time and effort is so greatly appreciated. LIBERTY TO CAPTIVES. Luke 4:18 May the Lord continue to bless you!! The Need for a Youth Choir by Hop David I love music, it’s is one of the most wonderful gifts from God. Music brings us joy, it takes us to another place. I believe making music is one of the things God wants us to do. Some passages from the bible: Psalm 98:1-7 Psalm 57:7 1 Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things; 7 My heart, O God is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. and make music. 2 The LORD has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations. 3 He has remembered his love and his 2 Chronicles 5:13 faithfulness to Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salva- 13 The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give parise tion of our God.