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WEB: WWW.ICMALDEN.COMWWW.ICMALDEN.ORG  600 PLEASANT STREET · MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS MASS SCHEDULE STAFF Monday-Friday: 6:30 AM; Saturday: 8:00 AM Rev. Albert L. Capone Pastor Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM Rev. Francis E. Sullivan Parochial Vicar Sunday: 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 5:00 PM and12:30 PM Kenyan Mass in Chapel  Rev. William D. Coughlin Senior Priest PARISH OFFICE: 10 FELLSWAY EAST Rev. James J. Barry Senior Priest MALDEN, MA 02148 Rev. James Sangu In Residence OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM MONDAY - THURSDAY Ms. Erin Keith Faith Formation 9:00 AM-2:00 PM FRIDAY [email protected] PHONE: 781-324-4941 FAX: 781-397-8571 Mrs. Sheila Reilly Business Manager [email protected] all Are Welcome! Ms. Rosemary Waldron Office Assistant We are most happy to welcome new members to our [email protected] parish community and invite new members to introduce Ms. Rosalind Mohnsen Director of Music themselves to a member of the Parish Staff. We want [email protected] to know and serve you. We pray that you will also Ms. Judy Doucette Cantor/Soloist become involved in your Parish by favoring us with your and Youth Choir prayers, presence, talents, and financial assistance Ms. Kristina Aste-Mayer Parish Ensemble according to your means.

and Youth Choir Parish registration forms are available by contacting the Parish Office. Registered parishioners are asked to notify the Parish Office of any address changes.

BAPTISM are celebrated on the fourth Sunday of the month. To register for please call the rectory at 781-324-4941. Parents are required to attend a meeting on the to the Baptism.

RECONCILIATION Saturdays from 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM in the Divine Chapel of the upper Church.

MARRIAGE Please contact the Parish Office at least six months in advance of your anticipated marriage.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK Anointing of the sick will be celebrated during the year on announced weekends at all the Masses or anytime by appointment. Call the rectory at 781-324-4941.

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS Adults wishing to become Catholics or complete the of

Christian Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist) should contact the Parish Office for details.

HOME BOUND Please inform our Parish Office of any family member who is ill (hospitalized or at home) or if anyone is unable to attend church services because of a disability, illness or age.

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS All items for the parish bulletin may be submitted electronically in a Word document to the Parish Office by 12:00 PM on Monday. 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 - TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN     SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 4:00 PM Anna Bonvie - 1st Anniversary 6:30 AM Elizabeth Doucette SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 7:00 AM Charles B. Morris 6:30 AM Prayer Memorial 9:00 AM William P. Cullen SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3

11:00 AM In Memory of the School Sisters of Notre Dame 8:00 AM Helen, Charles and Francis Lynch and Family 12:30 PM Kenyan Community 4:00 PM Angelo Cerbone - 5th Anniversary 5:00 PM Giuseppe Ricci SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 7:00 AM Kathy Alderman 6:30 AM Mark Jordan 9:00 AM Concezio D’Amato TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 11:00 AM Columbia Coratelli 6:30 AM Helen Semer 12:30 PM Kenyan Catholic Community WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 5:00 PM Patricia Kingston - 26th Anniversary

Zelphia Johnson Please remember in your prayers the memory of Diane Hayes, Caroline Jules Dorlean, and all our deceased parishioners, family and friends.. May they receive them into Paradise.

PARISH ANNUAL COLLECTION It is my sincere hope and prayer that you and grateful to you for your faithfulness to the Lord your family are keeping safe and well as we continue and to our Parish. to move through this difficult year of the Coronavirus The Goal for the 2020 Parish Annual Collection is Pandemic. Together we have shared in the challenges once again $150,000. I am encouraging all parishioners and the anxiety of the past several months. Although, to donate $400.00 to this year’s Annual Collection. A many of us have been physically separated from each successful collection is vital for the financial wellbeing of other, our church community is still alive with love and Immaculate Conception Parish. Please, give your gift longing for God and for each other. Hopefully, this during the first two weeks of the campaign by placing experience has increased your hunger to receive the your envelope in the special second collection next week Lord not only physically, but also more deeply into your or by sending your donation directly to the Parish Office. hearts and lives. I pray that God strengthens you in the To achieve our goal, I ask the following: knowledge and trust that God desires all that is good  that each parishioner donate $400.00 to the 2020  for us, that all is in His hands, that He is truly in our midst. Parish Annual Collection! As you know, it is time once again for our Parish  that each parishioner who can give more, to please do so Annual Collection, a time when I must ask for your help  that each parishioner who is on a fixed income, to to raise the funds necessary to keep our parish operating please give according to their means throughout the year. I recognize that many of you may  Thank you for your continued prayers, support, be navigating your own financial challenges, yet with and generosity to Immaculate Conception Parish! May concern for Immaculate Conception Parish I ask for your God continue to bless you and all whom you hold dear.  kindness by contributing to the 2020 Annual Collection. Sincerely in Christ, In a world where fewer people believe in God Father Albert L. Capone and His Church, our mission to share our Catholic faith has never been more critical. By responding to the PARISH ANNUAL COLLECTION needs of our parish, we give witness to the power of God’s love. St. Augustine once said, “God gives where There will be a Special Passing of the Basket he finds empty hands.” As Christians, we are called to at all our Masses next weekend October 3 and 4 do the same. We come to the altar with empty for the 2020 Parish Annual Collection. hands. We are filled with Christ and we are asked Your gift to this collection will help provide to share Christ with all we meet. Regardless of the for the financial strength of our Parish. challenges we face, you, our faithful parishioners, have We will pass the basket once next weekend at the always been generous in supporting Immaculate usual time for this special collection. However, please Conception Parish. Together with the love and mercy of continue to use the Donation Boxes at the entrance of the Church for the regular Offertory Collection. God we  can share our faith, care for those in need, and serve the Kingdom of God here on earth. I am Thank you for your generosity. 2 | IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH - MALDEN/MEDFORD   



THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON’S CELEBRATION OF PRIESTHOOD VIRTUAL GALA Please join us this Tuesday Evening September 29 at 7pm

ALL ARE WELCOME! Featuring remarks from Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General F. Dunford, Jr WELCOME TO IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH Special appearance by NHL star Brian Boyle, We would like to extend a warm welcome to those of actor Mark Wahlberg and the music of Dion with Patty Sciafa and Bruce Springsteen. you who are visiting Immaculate Conception Parish for the first time or who might be considering joining us for Register for free at 2020cop.org your home Parish. Please introduce yourselves to a member of our Parish Staff. We want to know and MASS CARDS serve you. We pray that you will also want to become AND SPIRITUAL BOUQUETS involved in our parish. Parish registration forms are Parishioners are welcome to visit the Parish available, simply call the Parish Office 781-324-4941. Office to request a Mass Card or a Spiritual Bouquet. The Mass Card is a remembrance ADORATION OF THE EUCHARIST by which we offer an unannounced Mass for the repose Immaculate Conception Parish continues to of the soul of the deceased person or for the intention have Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament of the living. The Spiritual Bouquet is an enrollment in each day from 12:00 Noon to 5:00 pm in which we will remember the person enrolled at Mass the rectory window of the second-floor every First Friday throughout the year for both the porch facing our church parking lot. living and deceased. Please, we ask that you remain in your cars keeping the Mass Cards - $10.00 and Spiritual Bouquets -$20.00 social distance as we are instructed to maintain.

PARISH MASS MEMORIALS

Many times when a parishioner wishes to schedule a

Memorial Mass on the weekend for a loved one, all the Masses are already booked. We have instituted two new Memorials:

Memorial - Bread and Wine for a given weekend BAPTISM REGISTRATION A $75 donation supporting the cost of the bread and wine, Baptisms are being celebrated once again. Please call your loved one will be remembered at all Masses the rectory at 781-324-4941 to register your child for on a given weekend in the bulletin and at each of the Masses. the Sacrament. We will speak with the parents of the Memorial - Sanctuary Lamp for a given weekend child to arrange the date of the Baptism and we will A $50 donation supporting the cost of the Sanctuary Lamp, share the necessary information at that time. We look your loved one will be remembered at all Masses forward to your child’s Baptism celebration. on a given weekend in the bulletin and at each of the Masses.

To arrange for one of these Memorials call the Parish Office at 781-324-4941.      

Collection at Masses … $ 4,447.00 At all the Masses this Weekend the in the mail … $ 2,710.00

BREAD AND WINE MEMORIAL - given in memory of on line giving … $ 1,076.00

Weekly Offertory - Total … $ 8,233.00 Marie Annunziata

SANCTUARY LAMP MEMORIAL - given in memory of Last Week’s Second Collection for the Clergy Health and Retirement … $4,019.00 Larry Lehane

 Please, remember them in your Prayers! THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 - TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME| 3      RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 2020 - 2021 Immaculate Conception Parish will not be having any Religious Education Classes, Generations of Faith, Sacramental Preparation, or Confirmation Programs this Fall. We are carefully watching the start

September 30 of the academic school year in the Public and Catholic Schools of our communities. We are searching on-line programs to offer our children at home learning and will forward these options to our families at a later date. First Communion Students and Confirmation Candidates

Saint Jerome, a priest, and Doctor scheduled to receive these Sacraments in 2021 of the Church was renowned for his extraordinary will do so … please do not worry. depth of learning and translations of the into Lat- Hopefully, by January of 2021 we will be able to have in in the , is celebrated by the Church with his an in person program in the Church Hall for our Feat Day on September 30. Religious Education and Sacramental Preparation that Born in 340 in present-day Croatia, Jerome is safe for our students while teaching them the Faith. received Christian instruction from his father, who then That we may stay connected with all our sent him to for instruction in rhetoric and classical literature. His youth was thus dominated by a struggle Religious Education between worldly pursuits and his inclination to a life of students and their parents, please faith, a feeling evoked by regular trips to the Roman Register NOW for the catacombs. After his ordination by the Bishop of 2020 - 2021 Religious Education Year. Antioch, and periods of study in Constantinople and Please use the Registration Form in this Bulletin service at Rome to Damasus I, Jerome opted permanently for a solitary and ascetic life in the city of Bethlehem from the mid-380s. Rejecting pagan literature as a distraction, ON-LINE GIVING Jerome undertook to learn Hebrew from a Christian monk who had converted from Judaism. Somewhat EASY - SAFE - CONVENIENT unusual for a fourth-century Christian priest, he also studied with Jewish rabbis, striving to maintain the Sign up today!!! connection between Hebrew language and culture, and the emerging world of Greek and -speaking We offer Online Giving - visit our website Christianity. Jerome spent 15 years translating most of and sign up now, so you may begin to the Hebrew Bible into its authoritative Latin version. Contribute automatically to our parish. His harsh temperament and biting criticisms of his This convenient system does not require you to intellectual opponents made him many enemies in the contact your bank to sign up or to make changes. Church and in Rome. Jerome went to Bethlehem, where You can use any of your checking or savings accounts he established a monastery, and lived the rest of his and the funds will be automatically transferred years in study, prayer, and asceticism. to our parish bank account. Saint Jerome once said, "I interpret as I should, This system is more convenient for the parish following the command of Christ: 'Search the than electronic checks from your bank. Scriptures,' and 'Seek and you shall find.' For if, as Paul And it’s truly convenient for you says, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of because you can make changes at any time, God, and if the man who does not know Scripture does see reports on your contribution history not know the power and wisdom of God, then igno- and generate tax statements at each year’s end. rance of Scriptures is ignorance of Christ." Go to www.icmalden.org and select the Online Giving Jerome died in his Bethlehem monastery in 420. link (Give to IC Malden)

4 | IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH - MALDEN/MEDFORD   Religious Education 2020 M 2021 Registration Form Please use a separate form for each student       Although, Immaculate Conception Parish will not be having any inperson Religious Education Classes this Fall, we are carefully following the start of the academic school year in the Public and Catholic Schools of our communities. We are searching online programs to offer our children at home learning, and we will forward these options to our families as soon as possible.   Please register NOW for 20202021 and return this form to the Parish Office as soon as possible!    Student Name:______Grade______ First Last  Address:______   City:______State______Zip______   Date of Birth:______   Home Phone #______Cell Phone #______   Parent EMail Address:______   Church of Baptism:______ Church Name City/Town  Father’s Full Name:______ First Last   Mother’s Full Name:______ First Last Maiden Name 

Please indicate below if the student will be preparing for First Communion and/or for Confirmation.  First Communion Preparation:______  Confirmation Program: Year One ______Year Two______  Remember Confirmation Preparation is a twoyear program!      LORD JESUS, COME TO OUR AID KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Jesus Christ, you traveled through towns and villages “curing every disease and illness.” At your command, the sick were made well. Come to our aid now, in the midst of the global spread of the coronavirus, that we may experience your healing love. Heal those who are sick with the virus. May they regain their strength and health through quality CHARITY: Volunteer with us in charitable medical care. Heal us from our fear, which prevents nations fundraising to support the needs of those in our community. from working together and neighbors from helping one another. Heal us from our pride, which can make us claim UNITY: Work together with Knights to support with invulnerability to a disease that knows no borders. Jesus our talents the Church in her various ministries.

Christ, healer of all, stay by our side in this time of uncertainty FRATERNITY: Proudly stand with the Knights of all races and and sorrow. Be with those who have died from the virus. nationalities in a common support of Catholic men. May they be at rest with you in your eternal peace. Be with the families of those who are sick or have died. As they worry and We invite you to join with us in the largest grieve, defend them from illness and despair. International Catholic Men’s Organization May they know your peace. For information - call Antoine at 617-800-5909

     Please pray for all parishioners, family members and friends who have requested our prayers, especially: Larry Bucci, Richard Lane, Sandy Sacco, Camille P., A. Loud, Stephen O’Brien, Candace Boyd, Lorraine Sarno, Cecilia Sullivan, Tony Smith, Norma Marino, baby Nico, Helen Hall, Enid & Trevor Rodericks, Paul Patrie, Patrick Sean Swenly, Mary Kelly, Joey Testa, James Carrozza, Maria Celestina, Bob & Terry Blaton, Robert Abbott, Kimberly Boroyan, Joseph Pesaturo, Carmina Frost, Sunny Cataldo, Mary Dorrington, Bruna Noe, D.J. Sirobet, Gene Marckini, Joanna Riciuti, Steve Folan, Thomas & Patricia Keane, Karen Lang, Lee Donovan, Elizabeth Kathleen White, Emrick O’Brien, Tom McNamara, Catherine Meo, Mr. Motorore, Karen Bourque, Karolyn Genualdo, Cathy McCarthy, Patricia Murillo, Nicole West, Mark Christopher, Richard C. McCaffrey Jr, Anna Correa-Graham, Donald Fost, Steven Butler, Chester, Costa Family,Stephanie Romano, Nancy Menolez, Alvin Burgiss Rachael Romano, Paul Sidilo, Jennifer Romano, Maria Gonzales, Sandy Breyer, Belinda Gonzales, Ruth Neville,, Maureen Butler, Marcia Muir, Eleanor Ciulla, Barbara Tracey, Katie O’Connell, Janet Malatesta, Ruth McCarron, Mahoney, Stephen DeSimone, Sean O’Neil, Betty Falanga, Powers Family, Maria Marmello, Robert E. Mallardo, Kylee Depradine, Joseph DiRocco, Dolores Saia, Regina Papkee, Len C.., David DeSimone, Bob McGuire, Thomas O’Brien, Linda Benasky, Pat Byrne, Laura Desrameaux, Frank Palumbo, Ann Malley, Mike Walsh, Joseph Bernard, Billy Antenor, Haynes, Tony Valenti, Michael Sullivan, Tom Zazzara, Margaret Geraghty, James Rooney, Bobby Coggiano, Jerry Vendola, Kali, Richard & Mark Swanson, Ayla, Musriati & Jennifer DiPietrantonio, Rocky Mueller, Ann Mestas, Thomas Papile, Jr., James, Jen Aprile, Charles, Marie, Greg LaDouceur, Nieves Family, Julie Hannon, Harvey, Luciano, Linda Paul, Joseph, Carol Stamm,; Brett Dalton, Bob Lanni, Sally DeGeorge, Michael, Emilio & Lucy Scapicchio, Steven Jones, Michael & Merleen Cardarelli, Bob Casella, Ellie Clarke, Paulina Reilly, John Curtis, Gloria & Albert Puopolo, Joseph Family, Eugene Carty, Betty Lou Svendsen, Denise Lloyd Barbagallo, Helen, Kevin Curtis, Steve Curtis, John Banks, Charlie Dziedziak, Tony P. Lillian O’Donnell, Ron Kapchus, Christopher Walsh, Kerry Bartlett, Pat & Robert Cummings, Patricia Andrews, Lillian Frost, Gerard Linehan, Clare Rich Dana DeRobertis, Regina Weizman, Kathleen Gatdula, Virginia O’Neill, Jack & Jane Costello, Paula, Kathy Thrash, Bob & Patti K Lenihan, Kristin Margie Keller, Kenny Bettencourt, Bob Rockwell, Walter Walsh, Jonathan Phillips, Fred Martignetti, Naime, Holly DeSimone, Danielle, Gerard Maria DiRico, Lillian Natola, Chris Della Pelle, Diane Loud, Deb, Rena Rockard, Jeanne O’Brien, Tom Pittman, Ann Healy, Alexis Pacelli, Donna Egan KatieCatherine Monahan, Alex & Bob O’Brien, Christine Michalski, John Martignetti, Stephen Serino, Diane Williams, David Foley, Justin Hadaya, Jr., Arthur Lauretano, Michael Natola, Bill Murray, Augustine C. Murray, Doreen DeTucci, Spencer Monde, Christian, Alison Tabard, Gloria & Barry Reider, Anita, Brenda Smith, Edward McCabe, Fred, Marguerite Cullen, Sullivan, John Williams, Diane Hawkins, Ann Marie Marckini, 5 Special Intention Bill & Anna Quigley, Tony Sullivan, Liddie McCook, ,Mary B., Chris Conway, Mairead, Claire T., Maureen Skehan-Neil, Aggie Duarte, John Hubbard John Corcoran, Frank Richard MacDonald, Vicki Wight, John McDonald, Sue Smith, Joe O’Neill, Susan & Dan Creedon, Lisa , Maureen O’Brien, Sally Chinchillo, Jeanne Marie Delory, Theresa, Betty, Ralph Zumpfe, Carolyn Curtis, Mike and Chloe, John Dunlop, Trevor Gagnier, Jeffrey Hasenbein And for those serving our country: Lt. Paul –DeWolfe, Jr. -USMC, Abigail Rose Morris-US Navy, Pvt Tyler Belcastro,-Army, Brian Carney, Lt. Col. Sean Morro w-Army, Philip West, First Lt. Christopher, PFC Steven Garrity, Major Paul A. Capone, U.S.A., LCPL Anthony M. Peluso-USMC, CPL Kimberly Vega-USMC, LCPL Sam Ferreira-USMC, Riley Hennesseyw-US Army, Raymond Owens, Command Officer  To add or remove a name from the list, please call the Parish Office at 781-324-4941 6 | IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH - MALDEN/MEDFORD Weir MacCuish Family Funeral Home Handicapped Accessible This Plenty of Off -Street Parking Malden’s Only Funeral Home Accredited By the Better Business Bureau Space 144 Salem St., Malden, MA 781-322-0834 is Available www.weirfuneralhome.com [email protected] A.J. Spadafora Funeral Home, Inc. 865 Main St., Malden, MA Anthony Spadafora, Jr. - Director Tel: (781) 324-8680 Fax: (781) 324-8030 www.spadaforafuneral.com Call LPi at THIS SPACE IS 1.800.477.4574 for more information.

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