Welcome to the Parish of Immaculate Conception A Catholic Community Inviting People to Follow Christ October 27, 2019 - Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Special Second Collection This Weekend: Parish Sound & Video System CHURCH: 7211 W. Talcott Ave. Chicago 60631 773-775-3833 WEBSITE: www.icparish.net SCHOOL: 7263 W. Talcott Ave. Chicago 60631 773-775-0545 WEBSITE: www.iccowboys.net PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday thru Friday: 9:00 A.M. – 7:30 P.M. Saturday: 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Sunday: 9:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. SUNDAY MASSES 5:00 P.M. (Sat.), 7:30, 9:30, 11:15 A.M. & 6:00 P.M. WEEKDAY MASSES 8:30 A.M. Monday through Friday 5:30 P.M. First Fridays SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Saturday 3:30 P.M.– 4:30 P.M. STAFF Fr. Robert Fedek, Pastor [email protected] Fr. Matthew Heinrich, Assoc. Pastor [email protected] Deacon Rick & Carol Moritz Deacon Ronald & Connie Gronek Deacon Michael & Melissa Bednarz Vincent Kennedy, Director of Operations Scott Will, Director of Worship Sue Canzoneri, Principal Tina Fitzgerald, Assistant Principal Julie Szwedo, Rel. Ed. Coordinator Melissa Anna, Marilyn Sadowski, and Dawn LaVeau, Receptionists Lisa Kessler, School Accountant Mary Haley, School Secretary Teri Richards, Bulletin Editor Bernadette Anna, Parish Sacristan Michael La Haye, Head of Maintenance Love God, Serve Others, Make Disciples Immaculate Conception Parish Sound and Video System - Mass with the th th Special Second Collection - October 26 & 27 Sacrament of Healing This weekend, our fall fundraising campaign for our new Sound & Video System will hit full stride with a special pledge weekend. At this time, we will This Sunday, October 27th we will ask you to prayerfully consider either making a one-time gift or an installment offer the Sacrament of Healing/ pledge online via Give Central (if you are able.) Those considering a pledge Anointing of the Sick at our in October will be able to pay online through January. To donate, please visit: 11:15 A.M. Mass. Anyone who https://www.givecentral.org/location/349/event/19371. If you would like to would like to receive the make a contribution towards our Sound & Video System but are not comfort- able donating electronically, we encourage you to kindly use the special en- Sacrament of Healing is most velopes that are available as an insert in this weekend’s bulletin to do so. welcome to join us. Please extend Envelopes can also be found at all entrances of our Church this weekend. the invitation to your family Every gift truly matters (however big or small.) members and friends as well. Since the official launch of our fall fundraising campaign at the beginning of October, we are pleased to announce presently that we have gratefully raised an additional $12,400.00 to help fund our new Sound & Video System project. Through your generosity, we have now achieved approximately 70% of our targeted goal of $236,000.00. With your kind assistance, we hope to raise the remaining amount required to fund our project by January. To those who have already contributed, we thank you for your continued generosity and support of our parish. To those who have not yet contributed, please consider a pledge this weekend as an investment in the future of our parish as we strive to accommodate all who faithfully attend our Sunday Masses each weekend, as well as attempt to attract younger families with a contem- porary worship experience in the future. God Bless, The IC Pastoral Team As we approach the month of No- vember, we remember those who have All Saints’ Day died and take time to tell the remarkable A Holy Day of Obligation stories of their lives as a part of our par- ish family. We thank God for the gift of their lives and the legacy they have left Mass will be celebrated at the follow- behind in the hearts and minds of their ing times: families and friends. This year, our parish will once again Thursday, October 31st sponsor a Remembrance Day with a special Mass of Remembrance which 5:30 P.M. [Mass of Anticipation] will be held in our Church on All Souls’ Day, next Saturday, November 2nd at 11:30 A.M. Our Mass of Remembrance will provide us with an opportuni- *Friday, November 1st ty to join together in prayer with members of our parish who have lost a 9:00 A.M. & 7:00 P.M. loved one in the past year to remind them that we continue to care for them and walk with them in their time of sorrow. *Please note: our regularly scheduled The Mass will be celebrated for all of our deceased parishioners (all are First Friday evening Mass at 5:30 invited to pray at this Mass for all family members, relatives and friends who P.M. (traditionally followed by Exposi- have gone before us) but in a special way we will remember (by name) all tion of the Blessed Sacrament and those who have been buried from our parish during this past year. If you Benediction) will not be celebrated on are planning on attending, we encourage you to bring a photograph, keep- this day due to our Holy Day Mass sake, or memento of your deceased loved one to our Mass of Remem- Schedule. brance. These treasured keepsakes will be placed on tables on our sanctu- ary steps prior to our Mass. Following the conclusion of Mass, light refresh- ments will be served in the vestibule of our Church from 12:30-1:30 P.M. If you would like to remember a loved one who has passed in the last year, even if the funeral was not held at our parish, we still warmly invite All Souls’ Day you to remember your family member at this special liturgy. If you would A special Mass of Remembrance will like a recently departed loved one listed and prayed for by name during our be celebrated on Mass of Remembrance, please contact our Parish Office at 773.775.3833 Saturday, November 2nd or via email at [email protected] by this Tuesday, October 29th. at 11:30 A.M. Please provide their first name, last name and their date of death and take comfort in the knowledge that they will be in our prayers. Immaculate Conception Parish Welcome to the Newest Member of Our Parish Family John Eugene McCarron Child of Joseph Eugene and Kaitlin E. (Kostelny) McCarron Class of 1970 Mr. & Mrs. Taylor And The Two Shall Become One… 50th Reunion is in the planning stages! Our warmest congratulations to Katie Nicolay Please contact Marge Johnson for and Justin Taylor (two of our talented profession- more information at al cantors) who were happily joined together in [email protected]. Holy Matrimony by Fr. Robert this past Friday, Please spread the word to those that may October 18th. May God bless Katie and Justin have moved away! abundantly with a lifetime of love, peace and happiness! Everyone wore PINK for Breast Cancer Awareness! IC students also donated $411 to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer! Immaculate Conception Parish Immaculate Conception Parish The Sisters of The Resurrection Remember Blessed Celine For over 100 years, the Sisters of the Resurrection have served our Parish and community, primarily in the field of education, health care and spiritual guidance. Many of our IC Alumni and parishioners have felt firsthand their compassion and commitment to the teachings of their foundress, Blessed Celine Borzecka who was beatified on October 27, 2007. Background on Blessed Celine The Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection was founded in Rome in 1891 by a widow, Celine Borzecka, and her daughter, Hedwig. The for- mation of the Congregation was the first time in the history of the Catholic Church that a religious community of women was founded by a mother and a daughter. Blessed Celine was a dedicated wife, loving mother, empow- ered widow and devoted religious woman – truly a role model for today’s modern woman. She once said: “There are no small things in the service of God. Everything is great because everything is an expression of His most beloved will.” Mother Celine was beatified on October 27, 2007 at Saint John Lateran Basilica in Rome, Italy. The miracle which qualified Mother Celine for this Beatification was the cure of a life-threatening head trauma to her great, great, great grandson, Andrew Mecherzynski-Wiktor. God performed the miracle, but Mother Celine is the one who interceded. The miracle took place shortly after the whole Congregation prayed a Novena to her for a miracle for Andrew. Prayers for Graces through the intercession of Blessed Celine Borzecka Praise be to you, Lord Jesus, who have gifted blessed Celine with a special love for the paschal mystery and the de- sire to fulfill Your holy will. Grant us, through her intercession, the grace... for which we beg You, trust- ing in your unlimited love for us. Lord may your Church rejoice by numbering your servant, Celine, among the saints for Your greater glory and for our good. You are God, Who lives and reigns with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen. The Sisters of the Resurrection Congregation called into action in Chicago Sister Anne Strzelecka, C.R. arrived in Chicago on February 2, 1900 to work with students in Catholic schools. In 1912, Sister Anne bought a tract of land in northwest Chicago and three years later opened Resurrection Academy as an elementary school and boarding school for girls.