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WATERVLIET/GREEN ISLAND

Celebration of the Eucharist Saturday Vigil—4:00PM Sunday—8:30AM and 11:00AM

Weekday Schedule Communion Service: Monday & Friday at 9:00 AM

Mass: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 9:00 AM

PASTORAL STAFF

Fr Don Rutherford, Sacramental Minister Deacon Al Manzella, Parish Life Director Deacon Mark Leonard

PARISH LIFE CENTER

2416 7th Avenue Watervliet, NY 12189 (518) 273-6020 Fax: (518) 273-3978 Email: info@ihm.rcpw.org Website: www.rcpw.weebly.com

OFFICE HOURS:

Mon—Thurs: 8:30am—3:30pm Friday—10:30am—3:30pm

Administrative Assistant Judith Pope: jpope@ihm.rcpw.org

Secretary Mary Beth Knapik

Archivist Thomas Hanley: thanley@ihm.rcpw.org

FAITH FORMATION &

YOUTH MINISTRY CENTER

2425 7th Avenue (518) 328-0427

Coordinator Sharon Kowalski skowalski@ihm.rcpw.org Call for appointment

Facility Manager Matthew Carabis

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday prior to 4:00pm Mass or by appointment

Sacrament of Baptism Please contact the Parish Office to make arrangements. Baptisms are generally on the 2nd weekend of the month.

Sacrament of Matrimony Couples should make arrangements as soon as the engagement is announced.

Anointing of the Sick If you are hospital bound, homebound or seriously ill and desire to be anointed, contact the Parish Office. Eucharist can be brought to any parishioner by a Eucharistic Minister.

Our mission at Immaculate Heart of Mary is to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ and to praise His name, by being a Christ-centered, welcoming, unified community.

Called to holiness, we celebrate the love of God through prayer and worship, the Eucharist and other sacraments, catechesis, evangelization and service to all. Always His people,

we strive to be good stewards of our time, talent and treasure.

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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 23, 2016

Deacon Al’s Corner

Spiritual Oxygen – We cannot live long without oxygen. Oxygen is one of the most im-

portant elements required to sustain life. At the Deacon Retreat we were told that the oxygen

for our spiritual life is “self-awareness.” Being “self-aware” means knowing our strengths and

our weaknesses. Reconciliation helps identify our weaknesses, and gives us the grace to over-

come them. . Self-awareness means that we know what motivates us, and what helps us to

grow and become all we are meant to be.

Spiritual Hydrogen - We cannot live long without hydrogen. I would suggest that for me, the

Eucharist that we receive at Mass is the hydrogen that sustains my spiritual life. The Mass is

like a special family meal. When we share a meal as a family we want to be free from family

feuds and bad feelings. We want to be forgiven if we have offended anyone. When we come

to Mass, to the Eucharist, we come as we are to a great, joyful, family celebration with Jesus

to:

Acknowledge our sinfulness and request forgiveness;

Give thanks to God for our many blessings; and

Ask for help for ourselves and for our neighbors.

We acknowledge at Mass that we are creatures, children of an all loving God. We meet

Jesus in our family and friends and in the Eucharist, as a community, at Mass. And we listen

to stories from the Bible about our spiritual family.

Spiritual Nitrogen - Prayer is the nitrogen that sustains our spiritual life.

Our spiritual lives are sustained by self-awareness, the Eucharist, Reconciliation, prayer, and

the grace of God.

We invite you to become a member of our parish family. To begin the registration process, please fill out this form and place in the collection basket on Sunday. We will send you a new membership form for registration. Thank you NAME __________________________________________________________________________ PHONE __________________________

ADDRESS ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS ____________________________________

VOCATIONS MINISTRY: Please join us for cake after the 11 am Mass this Sunday to recog-

nize and thank Deacon Al and Deacon Mark for all they do for the parish. Deacon

Al is also celebrating his 20th anniversary as a Deacon.

Please consider participating in the Traveling Chalice Program. Starting

the weekend of November 5/6 a parishioner/family will have the chalice for one

week and are asked to pray daily about their own vocation and for more vocations

within the church. Please sign up in the back of the church and when your name is chosen you

will be contacted by a member of the Vocations Ministry for further details.

IHM PRAYER MINISTRY: Contact Brenda Persons at 271-6184 if you would like the prayer

team to pray for you or a loved one who is ill or undergoing surgery.

MARY’S KITCHEN: Mondays: 3:30—5:30pm—Our parishioners donated four Pasta Dinner tickets to members of our

Soup Kitchen and/or Food Pantry. Many thanks for his thoughtfulness and generosity. Mary’s Kitchen is open Mondays from 3:30 to 5:30pm. All members of the community are invited – both parishion-

ers and non-parishioners alike – to pick up a take-out meal during those times or eat-in. Questions?? Contact Sharon at 328-0427 for more information.

PASTA DINNER PERFECTO: Details next Week—It was another Pasta Perfecto!! Many thanks to all of you who supported us by purchasing tickets, contributing items for the Basket Raffles, making delicious items for us to serve at the dinner, all those who helped prepare and serve our many and varied menu items, and to everyone who attended.

Because the information for the bulletin had to be in the Monday before the dinner, we don’t have all the details as yet. The drawing for the 8 Basket Raffles took place at the Pasta Dinner. Winners will be in the bulletin next week. Meanwhile, many thanks to the Barron’s, the Passonno’s, the McMahon’s, the Carabis’, Mrs. Dunbar, and the Kowalski’s, for providing us with these spectacular baskets to raise money for Faith Formation!!

Special thanks to all our volunteer servers for providing us with not only good service, but service with a smile!!

FAITH FORMATION—For All Ages Sharon C. Kowalski, Coordinator of Faith Formation and Youth Ministry, skowalski@ihm.rcpw.org

Conversations with God in the Year of Mercy

Our young people in Faith Formation are putting together a book of prayers once again. We will have them available on World Youth Day, October 23. There are a lot of prayers for animals, grandparents, family members and some that will just touch your heart.

Faith Formation Theme 2016-2017: Prayer and Works of Mercy

Our theme for Faith Formation this year will focus on how families can experience prayer together to deepen their rela-tionship with our Loving God. Our first project will be Cold Hands Hurrtt (for Joseph’s House). We will collect hats, coats, gloves, mittens and other cold weather gear for Joseph’s House (in Troy), through October 23.

AM sessions for grades Pre-k to 7 are 9:45 to 10:55, with Mass at 11AM. PM sessions for grades 6 to 10+ are 12:15 to 1:15pm, following the 11am Mass.

Please call the Faith Formation office at 328-0427 to register your child or for details about our Faith Formation Program.

Here’s What’s Coming Up in October. October 23: World Youth Day; Grade 3-4 Coffee hour after the 11am Mass October 23: Cold Hands Hurrt Collection Ends; Winter Gear brought to Joseph’s house October 30: Living Rosary, 7pm

Children’s Liturgy of the Word (CLOW)

Following the opening prayer at the 11am Mass, Father will invite all children from Pre-K to grade 3 to go with our cate-chists to hear and discuss the readings for that Sunday’s Mass. They will return to you in the church after the Prayer of the Faithful.

Older siblings may participate in a different role as helpers to Mrs. Pontari. She also welcomes parent’s help. If you would like to accompany your little ones and see what it’s all about, please feel free to join them.

WORLD YOUTH DAY: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time—World Youth Day is a day to celebrate youth, in

all their diversity and goodness, and to encourage our young people to find their place in the church and lead it into the future.

First created by Pope John Paul II in 1985, it is celebrated every year on the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Internationally, it is celebrated in a different country every two to three years.)

This year in our parish, we will celebrate it on October 23. At the 11AM Mass, our young peo-ple will participate in the ministries and will also sing a special song at the end of Mass. Mrs. Pontari’s grade 3-4 will host a Coffee Hour immediately after the Mass and at 1pm will deliver all the winter gear collected from the Cold Hands Hurrt project to Joseph’s House in Troy.

ROSARY SOCIETY NEWS—

Pray the Rosary every day. Join us on Sundays at 8:00 am to pray the Rosary as a group. The next meeting of the Rosary Society will be held on Wed. Nov. 16th at 6:00 pm in the Parish Life Center. Questions - Contact Linda Dunbar (518) 209-6446 or (518) 250-5456.

2/19/17

In loving memory of Adam & Katherine Novak

John G Novak & Florence Szpot requested by the Family

In loving memory of James D Langford

requested by Lilia Langford & Christine Callahan

1/22/17

Memorials for 2016—2017

1/1/17

In loving memory of Bryan T Roberts (son)

Raymond & Helen Werner (parents) requested by Judith Pope

10/23/16

In loving memory of the Edward Brooks Family, Foglia Family

& Monticup Family requested by Rose Brooks & Family

1/1/17

In loving memory of The Barron & Rys Families

requested by the Family

1/29/17

In loving memory of William T, Sr, Julia F

and Robert A Fahr requested by the Family

In loving memory of Joseph V Germano

requested by the Family 4/23/17

In loving memory of John T Sherlock

requested by his wife and Family

1/22/17

RCIA and Sacramental Preparation for Adults—Have questions about the Catholic faith? Is becoming a member of the Catholic community been on your “to-do” list for a while?? Are you already a baptized Catholic, but need to complete the sacra-mental process??

Whatever your needs may be, we are here to help you make it happen. We are able to work around your schedule and you individual area of need. Want more information?? Contact Sharon at 328-0427 or skowalski@ihm.rcpw.org.

Remember our neighbors in need: Food Stamps do not cover laundry detergent, toilet tissue or toothpaste.

SCRIPTURE STUDY: Gospel of Matthew—Please note: we will not have a Scripture session on October 27. You are invited to join us Thursday, November 3 from 6pm to 7pm in the Parish life Center for a dvd on Chapters 11-12 of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Confronts an Evil Generation. For more information, please contact Sharon at 328-0427 or skowalski@ihm.rcpw.org

Welcome Our Newly Baptized October 9, 2016

Brycen Alexander Deyette

Thurs., Oct 27 MASS 9:00am—Presidential elections, req by parish-ioner

Fri., Oct 28 9:00am—COMMUNION SERVICE

Sat., October 29 4:00pm—Boleslaw Milewicz (B’day), req by Sophie Nicholas, Mary/Dominick Agostino, req by Santa & Anna Philip A LaCivita (10th Anniv), req by his wife

Sun., Oct 30 8:30am—Danny Bailey, req by sister Corinne Robert Fahr, req by Judith Grady Paul Rockenstyre, req by Dorothy/Allen Styno

11:00am—Stanley Cote, req by wife, Peg Gary Gingeresky (B’day), req by wife Anne Anthony DiBacco, req by Bob & Carol Carlson

Mass Intentions

For the week

Sat., Oct 22 4:00pm—Joan Ross, req by William Dyer Melic Vartigian (B’day), req by daughters Thomas Frederick Mitchell, req by Nicholas Mitchell family

Sun., Oct 23 8:30am—Robert Legnard, req by wife & family Robert Fahr, req by Bob & Carol Carlson Ina Berry, req by Deb & Phil Donato & family

11:00am—Wm H Proctor, req by Joyce Novak Sue/Scott Towne, req by Mom Connery Frank Pitaniello, req by Maurice Clough & Pat

Mon., Oct 24 9:00am—COMMUNION SERVICE

Tues., Oct 25 MASS 9:00am—Beatrice & Philip Zarlengo

Wed., Oct 26 MASS 9:00am—Farrell & Synan families

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

Weekly Collection (including mail-in) Oct 10-11, 2015…….$6077.00 Oct 8-9, 2016……….$6638.00

Oct 17-18, 2015…..$4247.00 Oct 15-16, 2016…..$6071.00

SPECIAL FATIMA NIGHT SERVICE—October 26th, 7—8pm. The parishioners of St Mary’s Waterford, St Michael’s & Holy Trinity Cohoes, St Augustine’s & Immaculate Heart of Mary, Watervliet, will join to-gether to honor our Blessed Mother & pray for world peace. The service will be held at St Mary’s Waterford. Please join us!!

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS

Until November 13th a box will be set up in the vestibule to collect items for our troops: hand sani-tizer, soap, small bottles of mouthwash, tooth-brushes, toothpaste, small puzzle books, small packages of Doritos or similar chips, pretzels, crackers or other snacks,

dried fruit, beef or turkey jerky, small boxes of

cereal, candy (no chocolate please),

deodorant, cologne, etc. Items will be shipped to our soldiers overseas. PLEASE BE AS GENEROUS AS POSSIBLE!!!

In loving memory of John A O’Brien

requested by the Family 10/15/17

DOCUMENTARY FILM/”The Drop Box”—Respect Life Group at St Ambrose Church 347 Loudon Rd will present award winning film on Oct 27 at 7:00pm. The movie is free and all are invited. Refreshments will be served. Questions?? Call Peter Landauer at 320-6111.