IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH JAMAICA

THIS WEEK

TODAY—JANUARY 19

10:00 AM NO Religious Ed classes

11:00AM ‘Brunch” with Catechist

12:30 PM Spanish RCIA meets in MSMR

1:00 PM Cursillistas meet in music room

1:00 PM Spanish Legion of Mary—Parish Office Lobby

MONDAY—JANUARY 20 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR DAY

THE PARISH OFFICE AND MONASTERY ARE CLOSED!

11:00 AM NO Mass in Monastery Chapel

6:00 PM NO Legion of Mary meets in par ish office

7:30 PM NO Youth Team meets

TUESDAY—JANAURY 21

11:00 AM Mass in Monastery Chapel

2:30 PM Eucharist service at Highland Care

7:00 PM RCIA meets in MSMR

7:30 PM Spanish Mass in lower church

WEDNESDAY – JANUARY 22

11:00 AM Mass in Monastery Chapel

7:00 PM Scripture Study in MSMR

7:00 PM Mother of Perpetual help Novena in lower church

8:15 PM Line Dancing in parish hall

THURSDAY – JANUARY 23

11:00 AM Mass in Monastery Chapel

5:30PM Legion-Msmr

7:00 PM Haitian Prayer Group meeting

7:00 PM NO Adult Choir

FRIDAY – JANUARY 24

11:00 AM Mass in Monastery Chapel

7:00 PM Prayer Group meets in MSMR

7:30 PM Spanish Mass in lower church

SATURDAY—JANUARY 25

8:00 AM Monthly Memorial Mass

1:00 PM Confessions until 2 PM

6:00PM Jornada Dance in parish hall

NEXT SUNDAY—JANUARY 26

10:00 AM Religious Ed classes in school

12:30 PM Spanish RCIA meets in MSMR

1:00 PM Cursillistas meet in music room

1:00 PM Spanish Legion of Mary—Parish Office Lobby

3:00PM Royal Star Theatre meeting in parish hall

PRAY FOR THE SICK AND DISTRESSED, especially: Teresita

Bismar, Charles Groppe, Gaetane Bazile, Emily O’Brien,

James Leung, Mike Lappola, Louis Delia, Lucy Punchakun-

nel, Frances Berryhill, Martha Martinez AND FOR THE DE-

CEASED., especially Ann Marie Maguire and Emily Marie Drayton.

Sunday, January 19, 2020

8:30 AM For the People of ICC

10:00 AM Thomas Battaglia, dec’d (birth)

1:00 PM Elizabeth Malebranche, dec’d (2nd Anniv).

Monday, January 20, 2020 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

8:00 AM Rosemary E. Mauser, dec’d

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

7:30 AM Andrea Juste Duvernay, dec’d

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

7:30 AM Valentina M. Alexandre (baby’s health)

Thursday, January 23, 2020

7:30 AM Roseline Pierre, living Thanksgiving

Friday, January 24, 2020

7:30 AM Maria Ejerta—Birthday Thanksgivinig.

Saturday, January 25, 2020

8:00 AM MONTHLY MEMORIAL MASS

5:30 PM Robert Galvin, dec’d

Sunday, January 26, 2020

8:30 AM For the People of ICC

10:00 AM Vicky Ealdama, living—Birthday

1:00 PM Alexander Gabriel Martinez, dec’d

MONTHLY MEMORIAL MASS: This month’s Memorial

Mass for the recently deceased parishioners will be celebrated on

Saturday, January 25th at 8:00AM. The following parishioners

will be remembered at this Mass: Fr. Edward Buchheit, CP,

Sr. Anne Carmel (Millie) Rapillo, CSJ and Ann Marie

Maguire. We hope that their relatives, neighbors and fr iends

will join us as we pray for them.

YEAR END CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT

Within the next few weeks you will be receiving your yearly

contribution statement from the envelope company. We receive

many calls at this time of the year concerning discrepancies

between the amount you have calculated and what is on your

statement. The figures on your statement cover ONLY WHAT

YOU PUT IN THE ENVELOPES and DO NOT INCLUDE

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SUCH AS ANNUAL

CATHOLIC APPEAL, GENERATIONS OF FAITH,

PARISH RAFFLE, ETC. For those contr ibutions, you have

your cancelled check as your receipt. Also, it does not include

gifts of stocks.

Weekly collection for the weekend of January

11/12 amounted to $11,140. Thank you for

your generous donations.

READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY

Isaiah 8:23—9:3

Corinthians 1:10-13; 17

Matthew 4:12-23

SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 19, 2020

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

As we celebrate the holiday commemorating Rev. Mar-

tin Luther King., Jr. we appreciate a day off from work

and school. May we also honor the man whom we cele-

brate by thinking of the sacrifices, hart work, confron-

tations with violence and injustices, and ultimately the

sacrifice of his own life, that Rev. King made. At a

time when abuses that were challenged in the civil

rights movement are reappearing may we look to the

man who is a hero in challenging them. In respects the

dignity and rights of all people, cares for those on the

margins of society, and tries to work with all people to

alleviate the causes of poverty and war.

Pope Francis instituted ‘The Sunday of the Word of

God’ to be celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary

time. Next weekend, January 25-26, we invite you to

bring your personal or family Bible to Mass with you.

The goal is to emphasize the importance of the Bible in

Catholic life and to encourage one another to read and

study it as a regular part of our following Jesus. At

Mass we will pray that we may grow in love of God’s

Word. The Scriptures have been described as a ‘well’

from which we drink refreshing and life giving waters.

Like the Samaritan Woman who was given life giving

water at the well in Samaria, may we drink of God’s

Word and come to know more intimately Jesus, Our

Lord, whom we meet there.

The 4th grade at ICCA selected the new Paschal

Candle that will be lit during the Easter Vigil, and will

be used at the baptisms, funerals and other special

occasions during the coming year. The decorations are

colored light blue, with a band circling the candle

showing the miraculous medal, roses and fleurs-de-lis.

The boys and girls made a good choice!

We welcome our catechists for ‘Brunch’ this Sunday

morning following the 10am Mass. Thank you for your

dedicated work with all the children and parents in the

Sunday religious education program.

This is the week of Prayer for Christian Unity. May

we pray that an abundance of grace will help us to re-

alize our unity as we follow Christ and open our hearts

to the guidance and gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Fr. Bill

WE DID IT!

As of January, we have reached our goal

of $92,466 for the 2019 Annual Catholic

Appeal !

Thanks to the 365 parishioners , who have given so gener-

ously in helping the Diocese to help those in need.

Hoping that the 2020 ACA will be as successful. !!

On February 9th following the 10AM, we invite en-

gaged couples to join us for a “Brunch” to celebrate

their engagements! Engagements are a very happy and

sometime pretty busy time. But it should be celebrat-

ed. If you are engaged, please come and relax. For

some it may be a chance to see the church for the first

time or to meet our Organist and Cantor, and those

who help with wedding celebrations. If you have

friends who are engaged, invite them, they are wel-

come or if your wedding will be in another church, you

are welcome to come and celebrate your engagement

with us. Give a call to the parish office or let one of

the priest know you can come, so the kitchen can pre-

pare for the correct number of guests.

A reminder that we will NOT be celebrating Bap-

tisms during the Lenten season. Lent is seen as the

time when the community of the faithful prepares for

Baptism; reflects, prayers and accompanies those in

the RCIA, and looks forward to renewing our own vows

of Baptism on Easter. Half way through Lent this year,

we will stand with the Woman at the Well and Jesus

when we read John’s Gospel. Although thirsting for

water, we realize Jesus is what we long for, and we

look to the day of His resurrection to be refreshed

again.

We no longer have a full-time Sacristan. The work

of the Sacristan is really a work of hospitality; making

the church inviting to people, clean and welcoming.

Our churches are expressions and teachers of faith in

stone, wood, architecture and art. St. Juan Diego to

whom the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared, seems to

have been a sacristan in his church. We need

Sacristans. If we had a group of people whose job it

would be to care for the church, we could divide up

what needs to be done or have groups that can alter-

nate, so the work need not be burdensome. I would

look forward to seeing what the needs are and sit down

with those interested to figure out how we can best

tackle this job!

BUY AND DONATE: You have an opportunity to buy furni-

ture, home and personal items you need (from a Parishion-

er) and at the same time make a DONATION TO OUR PAR-

ISH. Whatever you buy, please make the check out to

“Immaculate Conception Church”, as ICC will receive the

benefits of the sale. You can email:

buydonate.ICC@gmail.com or call and leave a message at

(718) 658-2106. We thank you for your kind generosity.

.

LECTURAS PARA EL PROXIMO DOMINGO

Isaías 8: 23-9:3

Corintios 1: 10-13, 17

San Mateo 4:12-23 o bien 4: 12-17

Nuestra Misión

La Inmaculada Concepción es una parroquia católica multicultural

llamada en AMOR, rica en REGALOS y una en DIOS. Nuestra

misión está enraizada en el Evangelio, la Eucaristía y el carisma

Pasionista. Somos un pueblo que busca dar la bienvenida, re-

sponder y servir a una diversidad de personas y necesidades en la

comunidad. Lo hacemos a través de la celebración de los sacra-

mentos, la formación de la fe y el alcance compasivo.

11 DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO 19 DE ENERO 2020

DEL ESCRITORIO DEL PASTOR

La Gripe: La temporada de invierno es el momento de la

gripe y los resfriados. Ofrecer la Sagrada Comunión bajo

ambas especies es la práctica dentro de nuestra Diócesis de

acuerdo con las normas de la Conferencia de Obispos y

según lo contenido en la directiva del Misal. La recepción de

la Preciosa Sangre en la Misa siempre se realiza a discreción

del comulgante. Es la opción del comulgante si recibir la

Preciosa Sangre además del Cuerpo de Nuestro Señor en la

Comunión. Nadie debería ser forzado a recibir la Sagrada

Comunión bajo ambas especies.

Si no se siente bien o está enfermo, recuerde abstenerse de

recibir la Preciosa Sangre del cáliz e incluso intercambiar el

signo de la Paz. Tus vecinos lo entenderán. Por supuesto, los

gérmenes pueden propagarse sin saberlo, incluso con esfuer-

zos de prevención. Cualquier persona más susceptible a la

gripe u otras enfermedades también debera evitar beber del

cáliz.

Hace unos años, cuando la gripe era particularmente grave, el

obispo decidió suspender la distribución de la Sagrada Co-

munión bajo ambas especies en la diócesis. Si ese fuera el

caso, seguiremos la dirección de la diócesis y lo haremos

saber a todos.

Padre Bill

SE NECESITA

Ya no tenemos un Sacristán a tiempo completo. El trabajo

del Sacristán es realmente un trabajo de hospitalidad; hacien-

do que la iglesia sea atractiva para las personas, limpia y aco-

gedora. Nuestras iglesias son expresiones y maestros de fe en

piedra, madera, arquitectura y arte. San Juan Diego ante

quien se apareció la Virgen de Guadalupe, parece haber sido

un sacristán en su iglesia. Nosotros necesitamos

Sacristanes Si tuviéramos un grupo de personas cuyo trabajo

sería cuidar a la iglesia, podríamos dividir lo que hay que

hacer o tener grupos que se puedan alternar, por lo que el

trabajo no tiene por qué ser una carga. ¡Esperaría ver cuáles

son las necesidades y sentarme con los interesados para des-

cubrir cómo podemos abordar mejor este trabajo!

¡LO HICIMOS!

A partir de enero, ¡hemos alcanzado nuestra

meta de $ 92,466 para la Campaña Católica

Anual 2019!

Gracias a los 365 feligreses, que han con-

tribuido tan generosamente para ayudar a la

Diócesis a ayudar a los necesitados.

Esperando que la Campaña de 2020 sea tan exitoso. !!

Mientras celebramos la festividad que conmemora al Rev. Martin

Luther King., Jr., apreciamos un día libre del trabajo y la es-

cuela. Que también honremos al hombre a quien celebramos al pen-

sar en los sacrificios, el trabajo del corazón, los enfrentamientos con

la violencia y las injusticias y, en última instancia, el sacrificio de su

propia vida que hizo el reverendo King. En un momento en que

reaparecen los abusos que fueron desafiados en el movimiento de

derechos civiles, debemos mirar al hombre que es un héroe para

desafiarlos. Respeta la dignidad y los derechos de todas las per-

sonas, se preocupa por quienes están al margen de la sociedad y

trata de trabajar con todas las personas para aliviar las causas de la

pobreza y la guerra.

El Papa Francisco instituyó "El domingo de la Palabra de Dios"

que se celebrará el tercer domingo del tiempo ordinario. El próximo

fin de semana, del 25 al 26 de enero, lo invitamos a traer su Bib-

lia personal o familiar a la misa con usted. El objetivo es

enfatizar la importancia de la Biblia en la vida católica y animarse

unos a otros a leerla y estudiarla como parte regular de nuestro se-

guimiento de Jesús. En la misa rezaremos para que podamos crecer

en el amor de la Palabra de Dios. Las Escrituras han sido descritas

como un "pozo" del cual bebemos aguas refrescantes y que dan

vida. Al igual que la mujer samaritana a la que se le dio vida dando

agua en el pozo de Samaria, que podamos beber de la Palabra de

Dios y llegar a conocer más íntimamente a Jesús, Nuestro Señor, a

quien encontramos allí.

El 4to grado en ICCA seleccionó la nueva Vela Pascual que se

encenderá durante la Vigilia Pascual, y se usará en los bautizos,

funerales y otras ocasiones especiales durante el próximo año. Las

decoraciones son de color azul claro, con una banda que rodea la

vela que muestra la medalla milagrosa, rosas y flores de lis. ¡Los

niños y niñas hicieron una buena elección!

Damos la bienvenida a nuestros catequistas para el "Brunch" este

domingo por la mañana después de la misa de las 10 am. Gracias

por su dedicado trabajo con todos los niños y padres en el programa

de educación religiosa dominical.

Esta es la semana de oración por la unidad de los cristianos.

Oremos para que una abundancia de gracia nos ayude a realizar

nuestra unidad al seguir a Cristo y abrir nuestros corazones a la guía

y los dones del Espíritu Santo.

Un recordatorio de que NO celebraremos bautismos du-

rante la temporada de Cuaresma. La Cuaresma es vista

como el momento en que la comunidad de fieles se prepara

para el bautismo; reflexiona, ora y acompaña a aquellos en el

RICA, y espera renovar nuestros propios votos de Bautismo

en Pascua. La mitad fue a través de la Cuaresma este año,

estaremos con la Mujer en el pozo y Jesús cuando leamos el

Evangelio de Juan. Aunque tenemos sed de agua, nos damos

cuenta de que Jesús es lo que anhelamos, y esperamos que el

día de Su resurrección se renueve nuevamente.

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