Served by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood since 1864

CLUSTER SCHEDULE Saturday Masses

Immaculate Conception (IC) ............................... 5:00 PM

Our Lady of Guadalupe (OLG)............................ 7:00 PM

Sunday Masses

Immaculate Conception ................. 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM

Our Lady of Guadalupe ...................................... 9:00 AM

St. Teresa .......................................................... 10:00 AM

Weekdays Masses/Communion Services

Monday Immaculate Conception ....................... 7:30 AM

OLG Communion Service ................................ 8:00 AM

Tuesday IC ......................................................... 7:30 AM

OLG .................................................................. 8:00 AM

Wednesday IC Communion Service .................. 7:30 AM

OLG ................................................................... 7:00 PM

St. Teresa ........................................................... 7:00 PM

Thursday IC ....................................................... 7:30 AM

Friday OLG ........................................................ 8:00 AM

IC .............................. 9:00 AM (7:30 AM if no 9:00 AM

School Mass scheduled)

RECONCILIATION IC Saturday ......................................................... 11:00 AM

OLG Saturday ................................................6:15-6:45 PM

St. Teresa Wednesday ............................................ 6:30 PM

Anytime by calling the parish office for an appointment.

BAPTISMS Presenting a child for Baptism is a serious obligation and requires a

faith commitment on the part of the parents and godparents. This

commitment is exemplified by being a practicing, active Catholic.

Parents are obligated to attend a preparation session before a

child’s baptism if they have not attended one in the past five

years. Sessions are held at 12:15 p.m. on second Sundays of

January, March, May, July, September and November, in the

Parish Activity Center. Please call the Parish Office to register.

Baptisms are at 12:15 p.m. on the third Sunday of each month.

WEDDINGS Please phone the parish office to set-up an appointment with a

priest, in order to begin the sacramental preparation. Only after

this initial meeting and assessment can a date be set for the

wedding. The process requires at least 6 months.

NEW PARISHIONERS ARE WELCOME Please come to the parish office to register. If you have a change of

address, phone number or email, please inform the parish office.

PASTORAL STAFF Fr. Ken Schnipke, C.PP.S., Pastor

Fr. Tim McFarland, C.PP.S., Parochial Vicar

Deacon Charlie Salway - csalway@celina-ic.org

Polly Muhlenkamp, School Principal

Lindsey Lunz, Business Manager - llunz@celina-ic.org

Ann Hull, Secretary - ann@celina-ic.org

Cindy Van Santvoord, Director of Music

Joyce Johnson, Coordinator of Religious Education

Tiffany Pierstorff, Program Administrator

Gary Locke, Youth Minister - 419-953-3178

PASTORAL COUNCIL Mike Braun, President

SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD Rob Olberding, Chairperson

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COMMISSION Kylie Johnson, Chairperson

FINANCE COMMISSION Harry Coy, Chairperson

COUNSELING SERVICES Offered by Bob Skipper at Spiritual Center of Maria Stein

1-937-299-9005

Immaculate Conception Church

229 West Anthony Street, Celina, Ohio, 45822

Parish Office Phone: 419-586-6648 Fax: 419-586-6649 Website www.celina-ic.org

Religious Education Office 419-586-2370 School 419-586-2379 or 419-586-4987

Website www.icschool-celina.org

TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPT. 20, 2020

Dear Parishioner,

This Sunday we celebrate Catechetical

Sunday and affirm the parents and teachers who

pass on the gift of faith to our children. Our teachers

and catechists are a reminder of the role that each

person plays, by virtue of Baptism, in handing on the

faith and being a witness to the Gospel. We offer

gratitude to all parents, “the first and foremost

teachers of their children in the ways of faith” and to

all teachers who give so much of their time and

talent enriching our church. They are wonderful

examples of good stewards.

Stewardship: A Way of Life

Stewardship is love in

action. It begins with the

recognition and belief that all we

are and all we have are gifts from

God. Out of gratitude for all that

God has given us, we are called to

share a portion of our time, our

talents and our treasure with others.

Through our hands and feet, and our very

lives, we are called to share the presence of God with

others in loving service. This happens when we pray

and worship, when we do loving acts of kindness for

our family and friends, and when we extend a

helping hand to someone in need.

This weekend we continue our focus on

stewardship and what it means for all of us to share

our time and talents with others. There are so many

ways to get involved right here at IC, in our local

community and beyond. We encourage you to spend

time reflecting upon the blessings of God in your life,

the many ways you have been enriched and to

consider how you can offer some of those gifts as a

generous expression of your gratitude.

Each parish family has been sent a Time and

Talent signup sheet in the mail. You can also find it

online at www.celina-ic.org. Please take a few

moments to complete a form, including each member

of your family, and return it in the collection or the

parish office.

May our sharing of time and talents be our

gift of gratitude to the Lord.

Fr. Ken & Fr. Tim

Legacies and bequests help continue the faith.

Please remember Immaculate Conception Parish in

your will and expressions of sympathy.

Mass Intentions For The Week

Monday, September 21

Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

7:30 a.m. Dr. Thomas A. Knapke & Family

Tuesday, September 22

7:30 a.m. Liv. & Dec. Koenig &

Snider Family, and Deborah Brand

Wednesday, September 23

Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest

No Mass or Communion Service

Thursday, September 24

7:30 a.m. Marita & Lefty Uhlenhake

Liv & Dec Louie Hoyng Family

Friday, September 25

No 7:30 a.m. Mass

9:00 a.m. Liv. & Dec. Sudhoff & Borgert

Families

Saturday, September 26

Saints Cosmas and Damian

2:00 p.m. Stuart Wagner & Kate Imwalle

Wedding

5:00 p.m. People of the Parish

Sunday, September 27

8:00 a.m. Jim Rhodes, Ned Hemmelgarn, and

Gerald Mangen

11:00 a.m. John Knapke

Rest In Peace

Remember in your prayers those who have

died, especially Tim Fink and Tom Hemmelgarn.

† Vocation Cross † September 27-October 3 -- Denny & Janet Hoyng

October 4-10 -- Jay & Bev Korte

Readings for the week of September 20, 2020

Sunday: Is 55:6-9/Ps 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18 [18a]/Phil 1:20c-

24, 27a/Mt 20:1-16a

Monday: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13/Ps 19:2-3, 4-5 [5]/Mt 9:9-13

Tuesday: Prv 21:1-6, 10-13/Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34. 35, 44

[35]/Lk 8:19-21

Wednesday: Prv 30:5-9/Ps 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163

[105]/Lk 9:1-6

Thursday: Eccl 1:2-11/Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17bc

[1]/Lk 9:7-9

Friday: Eccl 3:1-11/Ps 144:1b and 2abc, 3-4 [1]/Lk 9:18-

22

Saturday: Eccl 11:9—12:8/Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and

17 [1]/Lk 9:43b-45

Next Sunday: Ez 18:25-28/Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [6a]/Phil

2:1-11 or 2:1-5/Mt 21:28-32

©LPi

All Saints Auction This isn’t how any of us thought this year was

going to go including the IC All Saints Auction

committee. This will be the 10th anniversary of the

All Saints Auction and we had planned to make it

one to remember, well it definitely will be that.

Because of COVID the auction committee had been

forced to move to an online auction without our

normal meal and fellowship. Everyone will still have

the opportunity to purchase wonderful donations

throughout the night. We appreciate all of your

support in the past and look forward to make the

best out this crazy year. The online event will occur

on Oct. 31st with auctions ending throughout the

evening. Stay tuned for more information!

Carnival Winners

Congratulations to the following winners of

our Carnival Raffle: $500 gas card won by Ryan

Muhlenkamp, Celina Wine Store Pizza a month for a

year won by John & Kellie Schwartz, $200 gas card

won by Kurt Muhlenkamp, Bella's Gift Basket won

by Deb Glaser, and $25 gift card won by Kristy

Fryman. Thank you to all who purchased tickets for

our raffle!

The IC School Carnival was a huge success

again this year. God blessed us with a beautiful day

to spend outside on the PAC parking lot playing

games, eating, and spending time together as a

school family. A special thanks to Chicken dinner

and Food Stand organizer Karen Stolly for all her

hard work, the K of C for their great waffles, and all

the parents, grandparents, parishioners, staff

members, I.C. students, grads, and businesses who

worked at the various games, helped clean or set up,

sold raffle tickets, or made donations. You all made

this special day possible! We couldn’t have done it

without you! We appreciate all of your support for

our great school!

Kati Heckler

You Are Needed!

The Landscaping Crew will be

weeding, trimming bushes and picking

up trash on Tuesday, September 22

starting at 5:30 p.m. Please bring your

bucket and any tools you may want to

use. If you volunteered to help on this committee

please attend; we need your help!

Next weekend St. Vincent de Paul boxes for

monetary donations will be at the entrances of

church.

Chicken Barbeque On October 4 from 9:00 a.m. until sold out the

Celina Knights of Columbus 1800 will be selling

chicken dinners served by 2 Willy’s Barbeque. As in

the past there will be a drive thru on Wayne Street

in front of IC Elementary School. There also will be

waffle sales. In the past we have sold out early so

don’t be shut out. Thanks to all who have supported

these sales in the past. With your support the

Knights of Columbus has been able to do their

charitable work.

The Catholic Way to Vote - Help Build the Kingdom on Earth

We are called to live our faith in all aspects of

our lives, but – when it comes to voting – this can be

difficult. Over the next several weeks, immerse

yourself in the Church’s teaching and gain a fuller

understanding of the Church’s commitment to a

consistent ethic of life which guides us to be

advocates for a variety of issues related to life and

human dignity. Of course, not every issue is morally

equivalent, nor can commitment to one issue excuse

indifference to the rest. We will not be telling you for

whom or what to vote. Rather, to inform your vote

we encourage discernment, prayer, and a universal

call to holiness and compassion. Visit the

Archdiocese of Cincinnati website https://

ivotecatholic.org/

Feeling Called To Do More?

Learn more about your Catholic Faith. Gain

the skills you need to be more active and informed as

a parish volunteer or staff member. Prepare for entry

into the Deacon Formation program.

The School of Theology offers a non-degreed

certificate in Pastoral Ministry. This two year

program includes both theology and ministerial

classes along with pastoral formation. Classes are

taking place at our satellite location, St. John in Tipp

City. Take class for credit or audit. Visit our website

athenaeum.edu and call or email today to learn

more. Barbara Yoder, byoder@athenaeum.edu,

Aimee May, aimee73b@gmail.com. Please call 513-

233-6129. Helping parish lay leaders become equipped for the journey of faith since 1975.

Bulletin articles are due in writing by 9:00

a.m. on Tuesday. You may email article to:

ann@celina-ic.org.

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection Deacon Charlie Salway

Can you imagine if this happened at any place of employment today? There would be immediate

protests, picket lines, union grievances filed, and total unrest and chaos. We never allow the last to go first

in our human way of thinking. Our thinking is that you earn that right to go first because you put more

effort, time and experience, you have the right to that place in line more than the person who arrived at the

last minute. They need to go to the back of the line.

Oh how blind we are to the ways of God. How our thoughts are not God’s thoughts. Our human

traits of desire, envy, and pride cloud wanting to see God’s compassion and love for all people. We are

immediately jealous of anyone else getting a better deal than we have received. But we are talking about

more than our petty human desires in this parable. We are talking about our eternity, room for everyone in

His Kingdom.

God is like the man who owns land and is hiring workers. And he hires some early in the morning

and agrees to pay them a denarius. This is an important detail to the story. A denarius was a silver coin

that was a typical day’s pay for a solider, a living wage. In this parable, the land owner is hiring day

laborers. Day laborers were unemployed men who would go to the marketplace hoping that someone would

hire them for the day. These workers and their families were going to go hungry unless they were hired.

Day laborers were typically hired for a fraction of a denarius, since they couldn’t negotiate and competition

was fierce.

So the foreman pays the day laborers, from the last one hired to the first. The ones who worked for 1

hour are paid a denarius, a full day’s wage. And so naturally those who worked for 12 hours expect to

receive more. But they do not, and they grumble against the landowner. The landowner answers them that

he has the right to be generous, and they should not be envious because he is generous to others.

The point is this: God is like the owner of the vineyard, and those of us who have been saved, who

have come to faith in Jesus, are like the workers. Some become believers early in life, some later in life,

some even at the proverbial 11th hour, on their deathbed. But each one receives eternal life. And so, if you

had to sum up the main point of his parable, you could say this: it doesn’t matter when in life that you are

saved, each one receives eternal life.

That seems a simple enough lesson. So why doesn’t Jesus just say that? Why does he speak in

parables when they can be so easily misunderstood?

We are talking about salvation, the essential message of the Bible, the gospel, the good news of

Jesus. The bad news is that we are all separated from a holy and perfect God by our sin. But the good news

is that God loves us so much that He did not let us die in our sins but sent His son Jesus to die a sacrificial

death on the cross in our place for our sins, so that all who repent – turn from their sins and self-

centeredness – and believe in Him are saved from the punishment they deserve.

Now consider the parallel. No one is born a believer. Some come to faith in Jesus as 5 year-olds, some

as teens, some as adults, and some, like the thief on the cross who died next to Jesus, hours before their

death. But each one – from the 5 year-old to the deathbed convert – receives eternal life, a restored

relationship with God, and entry into heaven. How does this make you feel?

We should be ecstatic for all who are saved. If you came to faith early in your life, are you offended by

God’s grace towards those who come to faith later in life? Do you feel you deserve more reward because you

served longer, like the workers in the vineyard who worked all day? And if so, what does that reveal about

your understanding of salvation and of the gospel? If we find ourselves bitter or resentful, like the workers

in the parable, then it shows that we believe that in some way we have earned our salvation and deserve a

reward. But if we know it is all an undeserved gift, much more than we deserve, then our response should

be gratitude, and not be envious of those who come to faith later. The workers saw it as unfair that they

had worked the whole day and not earned any more than the ones who worked one hour. And we may think

the same way in terms of the life of faith, when we think about our commitment to God. Some may feel like

you’ve been sacrificing and following Him and saying no to things and living on this narrow path for so long,

while others have been living it up and doing whatever they please, and just because they repent at the end

of their life, they receive heaven, just like us? That’s just not fair. In other words, do you see the life of faith

as a privilege? Or as a chore? Do you grumble against God when others who have not been half as faithful

as you receive incredible blessing or healing while you are seemingly overlooked? You spend your mornings

in prayer and yet you are still single. You serve in the church and yet someone else gets healed and you

don’t. This parable reveals that many of us believe that God owes us for our faithfulness or goodness, and

that we can become just as resentful or angry as the day laborers when He does not give us what we think

we deserve.

But the truth is that God owes us nothing. We can’t place him under our obligation because we have

done something for him. Everything we do experience is pure grace.

With the speed at which our world moves and our “all about me” culture, we often over-look the gen-

erosity of God. When you stop to think about it, everything – nature, medicine, technology, life – is a gift

that God has given us out of love. Once we understand the generosity of God – what he has given us, what

he has done for us – we can’t help but share that joy with others and wish they can receive eternal life.

Immaculate Conception Religious Education Program Celebrates Catechetical Sunday!

Zenia Adams Larry Braun Mike Braun

Christine Carney Shirley Cass Carley Eichler

Jack Eichler Andrea Faber Chrisann Heckler

Elden Heckler Diana Henning Karen Hudak

Joyce Johnson Kylie Johnson Taylor Klingshirn

Lance Krogman Gary Locke Lindsey Lunz

Maria Lutz Barb Phares Tiffany Pierstorff

Nicole Schumm Julie Shaffer Beth Smalley

Renee Whited

These wonderful people of our parish donate their time each week in our parish’s Religious

Education Program. Please keep them in your prayers as they bring Christ to the children of Immaculate

Conception!

Immaculate Conception School

Celebrates Catechetical Sunday!

The following people, whether they are teachers or support staff, lead by example everyday! They are

appreciated greatly!!!

Karen Brown Judy Hellwarth Bev Korte

Jennifer Bruns Ashley Hess Carey Luebke

Emilie Buening Ashley Highley Ann Muhlenkamp

Heather Buening Geri Homan Polly Muhlenkamp

Greg Ciesinski Tara Homan Tiffany Pierstorff

Nancy Frazier Marcia Kaup Bridget Severt

Kelli Grieshop Ana Kestler-Badell Chuck Staugler

Jaime Hawk Tami Klenke

We also appreciate the countless volunteers and benefactors who selflessly give of their time, talent

and treasure for the benefit of the school and its students. We appreciate your generous spirit, your

example of character, and the support you give in our mission of providing students with a Catholic

education.

Please keep these people in your prayers as they bring Christ to the children of Immaculate

Conception School!

Saturday, September 26, 5:00 p.m.

Sacristans: Toni & Doug Shema

Commentator: Dennis Hirt

Lector: Jan Dues

E. M.: Toni Shema, Ann Hull, Richard Carlin

Ushers: Team I, Anna Garman, Captain

Sunday, September 27, 8:00 a.m.

Sacristan, Lynn Locke

Commentator: Tom Rable

Lector: Trish Baucher

E. M.: Lynn Locke, Joan Wurster, Gerard Ahrns

Ushers: Team J, Charles Heckler, Captain

Sunday, September 27, 11:00 a.m.

Sacristans: Diane Wagner

Commentator: Jan Yackey

Lector: Nicole Schumm

E. M.: Deacon Charlie Salway, Ruth Knapke,

Diane Wagner

Ushers: Team K, Del Kramer, Captain

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Sunday, September 20

9:15 a.m. Confirmation Class

11:00 a.m. Sunday School

12:15 p.m. Baptism

Tuesday, September 22

5:30 p.m. Landscaping Crew

6:00 p.m. Rosary & Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Wednesday, September 23

7:00 p.m. Religious Education Grades 1-9

Saturday, September 26

11:00 a.m. Reconciliation

Sunday, September 27

9:15 a.m. Confirmation Class

11:00 a.m. Sunday School

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Stewardship Offering September 6

Envelopes/online (189) $ 12,637.00

Loose 1,233.00

Total Received $ 13,870.00

Weekly Offering: $ 13,870.00

Week Budgeted: 14,400.00

Over/Short: ($ 530.00)

YTD Total Collection: $128,949.68

YTD Total Budgeted: 144,000.00

Over/Short to date: ($ 15,050.32)

To give electronically for fiscal year July 1, 2020 to

June 30, 2021 visit www.celina-ic.org and click

Donate.