September 27, 2020

CONTACT INFORMATION Office Hours: M-F 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or By Appointment. Please call (206) 322-5970 for: Fr. Maurice Mamba Priest Administrator x604 26th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME [email protected] To register to attend Mass in person, go to Barbara Connor Director of Religious Education x 607 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040544A9A6 [email protected] Tom Phillips Pastoral Assistant for Administration and 2DAAF58-phase Facilities x602 [email protected] 10 a.m. live-streamed Sunday Mass Alice Davis Administrative Assistant x 601 facebook.com/ImmaculateConceptionSeattle [email protected] Deacon Connor [email protected] Reading 1: 18:25-28 PASTORAL COUNCIL Responsorial: Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Chair Lori Chisholm-Cook [email protected], “Remember your mercies, O Lord.” Vice Chair Denise Pavageau, Maria Batayola, Deacon Reading 2: Philippians 2:1-5 Joseph Connor, Toni Hall, Beth Miller, Ceaser Patterson, Gospel: Matthew 21:28-32 Alex Soto, Fred Verzosa, Nate Weston, Sabine Weston FINANCE COUNCIL MASS INTENTIONS & PRAYERS Chair Jane Powers [email protected] Prayers and blessings to Bill and Roseanne Torgeson th STEWARDSHIP COMMISSION on their 50 Wedding Anniversary. Chair Vera Patterson [email protected]

Kindly submit mass intentions, prayer requests & pulpit Keeping Our Faith Alive announcements to [email protected]. 8:30 a.m. Daily Mass Submit bulletin items to [email protected]. www.Facebook.com/ArchdioceseofSeattle/ Reporting Abuse 9 a.m. Mass PDT EWTN.com, Victim Assistance Help-Line 800-446-7762 Channel 130 on SIRIUSXM, TV Channel 233 [email protected] Pilipino Masses: YouTube: Filipino Cath Community protectandheal.seattlearchdiocese.org Report any 5:30p.m. Wed. Bible Class. See E-Blast. suspicion of abuse by any church personnel to the local 6 p.m. Tuesday Holy Rosary w/Immaculate family law enforcement. Call the Helpline if you know of sexual Dial-in# 1-425-436-6260 Access code: 9088549 abuse or misconduct by a member of the clergy, an employee, or volunteer of the Archdiocese of Seattle. Upcoming Events The Archdiocese of Seattle has a longstanding 10 a.m. Sept. 27 Indoor Mass San commitment to transparency, accountability, and Celebration Please wear red to honor his martyrdom. assistance to persons sexually abused by clergy or Please remember to bring donations for food drive. anyone working on behalf of the church. For children’s see page 2 for details. safety and victim assistance see OCTOBER IS HOLY ROSARY MONTH https://preventionusccb.org/resources. 9:40 a.m. Oct. 4 Holy Rosary Before ICC Mass 1

Growing Our Faith The Year of the Eucharist 6-14-20 to 6-6-21

Archbishop Paul Etienne on Reflections on Laudato Si’ Please join the Season of Creation commemoration on

Monday, Sept. 28, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Archbishop Paul Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults D. Etienne to share his reflections on Laudato Si’ at 5 (For 18 and Older.) years, and Beyond (https://www.stjames- cathedral.org/Events/2020/laudatosi5.aspx). Interested in Becoming Catholic? Want to finish preparation for the sacraments of Confirmation, The evening of prayer and reflection promises to provide Eucharist, and Reconciliation? We want to assist you in insights into the role that Francis’ encyclical has had the preparation and initiation into Catholicism. Call in advocating for a better world, and how we as Catholics Barbara Connor, 206 322 5970, ext. 607. may continue to work against climate change in our local region in the coming years. Please RSVP with Patrick Children's Faith Formation Barredo at [email protected] to obtain the Zoom link for the event. Preparation for First Eucharist, Reconciliation and

Confirmation will continue starting in October 2020. Parents please call Barbara Connor Stewardship & Finance at 206 322 5970 ext. 607 to register.

The Sin & Tragedy of Racism: Renewing Stewardship Report July 1 – Sep. 24 July 1 – Sept 24 Our Commitment for Justice & Action 2020 Income 2019 Income

St. Therese’s 3-part Adult Religious Education Series Sunday Collection $26,731.58 $36,414.90 continues. The second session will focus on ACH Transfers $11,053.00 $ 7,093.92 “Overcoming the Perpetuation of Racism in America: Called To Christ Rebate $241.50 $ 2,230.00 Understanding White Privilege and Developing Total Net Income $38,026.08 $45,738.82 Empathy”. It will be held on Thursday October 15 from 7 Difference -$8,173.92 to 8:30 pm via Zoom. The workshop will be presented by Your generosity is greatly appreciated. Lonnie Lusardo (“The Diversity Collective” consultant May God continue to bless you! and author.) Questions of “How do I benefit from white privilege?”, “How have I/we been guilty of racism (sometimes without even knowing it)?” and “How can we affirm and stand with people of color and others?” To participate, please email [email protected] or The CCHD donations will fund community [email protected] development projects led by low-income groups to The third and last session will focus on “Learning to be make a difference in their communities. Please donate Anti-Racist: Strategies and Actions”. The workshop will at ICC Donate Now, Special Collections. be held on Thursday, Nov. 5 from 7 to 8:30 PM on Zoom. Also, we ask that you donate to the Hurricane Laura,

Wildfires & Disaster Assistance. You can give online at Immaculate Parish or mail to the rectory ICC 820 BLACK LIVES MATTER 18th Ave. Seattle WA 98122. Donations are accepted until Oct. 15, 2022.

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Saints, Our Role Models: ICC Family Member in Need Please extend your prayers, kindness and generosity to our parish family member and altar server Carisma Cortedano. Her mother, Deneta Iglesias, informed us that Carisma has osteosarcoma in her bones and lungs. They are raising funds for her chemotherapy and care. We will have a special collection at Mass on Sept. 27 and on October 4. Alternatively, you can donate online at https://www.icseattle.org/117 and click "Online Gift" to see the Special Collection for Carisma. Please see Toni Hall as needed. Thank you and God Bless.

San Lorenzo Ruiz & Companions (1600 -Sept. 29, 1637) Fr. Maurice Lorenzo was born in . He spoke Chinese, Tagalog and Spanish from the Dominicans whom he served as altar boy and sacristan. He became a professional calligrapher and was a full member of the Dominican Confraternity of the Holy Rosary. He married and had two sons and a daughter. Lorenzo Gentle Reminder for Sept. 27 was accused of murder so he took asylum with Dominican priests Fathers Antonio Gonzalez, Food & Money Drive Guillermo Courtet, and Miguel de Aozaraz and a Before and after the 10 AM Mass, doors of Jean Moran Japanese priest, Fr. Vicente Shiwozuka de la Cruz, Hall will be opened for you place donations on the and a layman named Lazaro who going to to tables. Doors will be closed during Mass evangelize. Once there, they were arrested and then opened until noon. subjected to an unspeakable torture. The five were Please join us in our food and money drive for the Byrd hanged upside down in pits. After three days, Barr Place Food Bank and ICC St Vincent de Paul Society. Lorenzo and Lazaro died and the other three priests Needed food items include: canned meats, canned fruit, were then beheaded. In 1987, Pope John Paul II rice (very hot commodity), dry beans, broth -chicken canonized these six and 10 others: Asians and and/or beef, vegetable, shelf stable milk that comes in the Europeans, men and women, who spread the faith carton, canned fish or smoked fish, rice noodles, tortillas, in the Philippines, Formosa, and Japan. Lorenzo cereal or granola, canned water chestnuts, Ruiz is the first canonized Filipino martyr. The oatmeal, instant oatmeal. Please place items in bags or Liturgical Feast of Lorenzo Ruiz and boxes. Any healthy non-cook items, to make food bags Companions is September 28. for homeless clients are very much in need. Place items in boxes or bags. PLEASE WEAR RED 9-27 SUNDAY MASS TO Money donations HONOR SAN LORENZO RUIZ’S MARTYRDOM. • For St Vincent de Paul, use the church envelope or donate online. Place your The Life of the Parish envelope in the basket in the back of the church. Our Church is in our hearts! • For Byrd Barr Place make donations online at byrdbarrplace.org. Recycling E-Waste During October 2020 Please solicit the help of neighbors and friends. All Donate used usable laptops, tablets and smartphones to donations are greatly needed and appreciated. Thank Canaanland Adoration Catholic ministries. Please contact You! Ngozi Oleru at [email protected] for pick-up. Sponsored by the Health, Human Concerns/Social VOTE Oct 26 is the deadline to register to vote.

Justice Commission Ballots will be mailed on Oct. 16. Vote and Mail your ballot early. Go to www.usa.gov or call 206 296 8683. 3

FILCOPA (Filipino Council for Pastoral Affairs) and the Multicultural Communities of the Archdiocese of Seattle

invite all to

A Day of Reflection

“Simbang Gabi” ( Filipino Night Mass) Retreat

Devotion to the Blessed Mother in Early Christianity

A Reflection with the

Most Reverend Daniel H. Mueggenborg Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle

08:45am: Digital Doors Open 09:00am: Eucharistic Celebration (Catholic Mass) Saturday, 9:00am 09:45am: Reflection with Bishop Mueggenborg (1st Session) October 10, 2020 10:45am: Reflection with Bishop Mueggenborg

(2nd Session) Virtual Retreat via Zoom 11:40am: Rosary (multi-dialect) (a free event) 12:00pm: End of Event

Please register online by October 7, 2020. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4EA4AF29ABF4C07-adayof

All registrants will receive the Zoom link on October 8, 2020 (via email from [email protected])

For inquiries about this retreat only (registrations not accepted through this email): [email protected]

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