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Served by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood since 1864
229 W. Anthony Street, Celina, OH 45822
TELEPHONES Parish Office .........................Ph: 419-586-6648 Fax: 419-586-6649 Website ……………………www.celina-ic.org Religious Education Office ......... 419-586-2370 School ......................................... 419-586-2379 School ......................................... 419-586-4987 Website ..................... www.icschool-celina.org
PASTORAL STAFF
Fr. Ken Schnipke, C.PP.S., Pastor
Fr. Vince Wirtner, C.PP.S., Parochial Vicar
Polly Muhlenkamp, School Principal
Lindsey Lunz, Business Manager - [email protected]
Ann Hull, Secretary - [email protected]
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 Kevin Riesen, Chairperson
RELIGIOUS ED. COMMISSION Kylie Johnson, Chairperson
FINANCE COMMISSION Harry Coy, Chairperson
MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil .................................................................... 6:30 p.m.
Sunday ................................... 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 Noon
Weekdays .......................................... 7:30 a.m. Monday thru Friday
School Mass ..................................................... 9:00 a.m. on Fridays
HOLY DAY SCHEDULE: See Mass Intention Times
Inside
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays: 11:00 a.m.
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 1:15 p.m. on second Sundays of
January, March, May, July, September and November, in the Parish
Activity Center. Baptisms are at 1:15 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.
COUNSELING SERVICES: Offered by Bob Skipper at
Spiritual Center of Maria Stein 1-937-299-9005.
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.
Immaculate
Conception
Church
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT, DECEMBER 23, 2018
Dear Parishioners & Guests,
Welcome to Immaculate Conception Parish as
we anticipate our celebration of the feast of
Christmas. We pray that you may find warmth and
welcome in our community of faith.
In this season of peace and joy, when the
warmth of Christ glows in our hearts and our homes,
we rejoice with the angels on high and give glory to
God for the great gift of Jesus Christ, His Son, Our
Lord. As we come together to celebrate His birth,
may we remember the true meaning of this holy
season.
In the midst of a world in turmoil and so
many hearts yearning for inner peace, the only true
source for peace and joy is still the Word Made Flesh
– Our Infant Savior. Let us pray that this peace may
reach the depths of our hearts and to all the ends of
the earth.
Along with all the Parish and School Staff, we
wish you a blessed and safe holiday season. May the
celebration of the birth of Our Lord be cause for
great rejoicing for you and your families. Merry
Christmas!
Fr. Ken & Fr. Vince
New Year Mass Monday, Dec. 31 -- 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 1 -- 7:30 a.m. & 10 a.m.
† Vocation Cross † December 30-January 5 -- Janet Hoyng
January 6-12 -- Calvin & Maria Laborde
Mass Intentions For The Week
Monday, December 24
4:30 p.m. Liv. & Dec. of the Parish
7:30 p.m. Nathan Zumberge
11:00 p.m. Ann Knapke
Tuesday, December 25
The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
8:00 a.m. Jim Rhodes
10:00 a.m. All Souls
Wednesday, December 26
Saint Stephen, The First Martyr
7:30 a.m. Mort Heckler
Thursday, December 27
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
7:30 a.m. James Buschur
Friday, December 28
The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
7:30 a.m. Jon Jones
Saturday, December 29
6:30 p.m. Paul J. Braun
Sunday, December 30
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
7:30 a.m. People of the Parish
9:00 a.m. Shirley Mertz
12:00 noon Bernadette Adams
Visit/Anointing?? Local hospitals do not release names of
parishioners who are admitted. To request a hospital
visit, call the parish office. If you anticipate surgery,
the Anointing of the Sick is a comfort and source of
healing. Please call the parish office in advance to
schedule the Anointing.
Baptism Preparation Parents get a head start on Baptism planning by
attending a Baptism Preparation Class before your
child is born. Parents are obligated to attend a
preparation session before a child’s baptism if they
have not attended a session in the past five years.
Upcoming sessions will be held at 1:15 p.m. on
January 13, and March 10 in the PAC. Please call
the parish office to register.
The Parish Office will be closed December 24
and December 25. Regular office hours will resume
on Wednesday, December 26.
Legacies and bequests help continue the faith.
Please remember Immaculate Conception Parish in
your will and expressions of sympathy.
Readings for the week of December 23, 2018
Sunday: Mi 5:1-4a/Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-18 [4]/
Heb 10:5-10/Lk 1:39-45
Monday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27
and 29 [2]/Lk 1:67-79 Tuesday: Is 9:1-6/Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13 [Lk 2:11]/
Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14 Wednesday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and
8ab, 16bc and 17 [6]/Mt 10:17-22 Thursday: 1 Jn 1:1-4/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12 [12]/
Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Friday: 1 Jn 1:5—2:2/Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8 [7]/
Mt 2:13-18 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:3-11/Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6 [11a]/
Lk 2:22-35 Next Sunday: 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28/Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10
[cf. 5a]/1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24/Lk 2:41-52
©LPi
Bingo Volunteers Needed Bingo has long been a community event and a
valuable source of income for Immaculate Conception
School as a portion of the annual subsidy provided by
I.C. Church. On February 1, 2018 we eliminated
Tuesday evening play dates due to shortage of
volunteers. As a new bingo year unfolds many
volunteer positions are vacant for Sunday bingo. If
you are willing to spare five Sunday evenings over
the course of a year, please consider volunteering for
one of these openings: bingo caller (2 needed); ticket
sale floor person (5 needed); crew captain (one
needed); bookkeeper (one needed); kitchen worker
(one needed). Please contact Lindsey Lunz in the
parish office to sign up or for additional information
419-586-6648. Thanks to all the bingo volunteers
that continue to serve through the sharing of their
time and talent!
Calendar Thanks Thank you to Lehman-Dzendzel Funeral
Home and W.H. Dick & Sons ~ Hellwarth Funeral
Homes for their generous donation of 2019
Calendars. The calendars are always appreciated.
If Your Marriage Needs Help… Retrouvaille...A lifeline
Is your marriage going down the right
road... or is it a little off track? Life can be difficult,
and so can the challenges you face in marriage. Does
the distance between you seem wide? Have you or
your spouse become unloving or uncaring? Are you
already separated or divorced or even thinking about
it? Looking for a better way? Retrouvaille can help
and offers hope for a better relationship. Retrouvaille
is a confidential peer ministry of volunteer couples
that can help you learn the tools of healthy
communication, build intimacy and healing, just as
they have done in their own marriages. Retrouvaille
is Christian-based, and Catholic in origin, but
welcomes couples of all faiths as well as non-
religious couples. Retrouvaille can help get your
relationship back on track. No couple is ever denied
the chance to heal and renew their marriage because
they face financial difficulties. For more information
about our upcoming Retrouvaille of Cincinnati/Tri-
State weekend on January 11-13, 2019 contact:
www.cincyretrouvaille.org, www.retrouvaille.org,
helpourmarriage.org or 513-456-5413.
Take a moment to contemplate the symbols of
the season. The crèche tells us the Gospel stories:
first from Luke, which details the human birth in a
lowly stable and the angels' message to shepherds;
and later from Matthew, which describes the arrival
of Magi who signify that God's salvation extends to
all. The angels stand as heralds of the good news, an
emblem for each of us on this solemn feast of our own
duty to spread the message that Christ is born and
saves us from our sins. The tree stands as a symbol of
life, its green branches unfading even in the winter
cold, just as God's life remains in us even though our
human form should die. The wreath made of ever-
greens reminds us that God is one, without beginning
or end. The candles recall the birth of him who is for-
ever the Light of the world. Today, we celebrate the
fact that God came to earth as a beautiful, innocent
infant who rejects no one. We rejoice this day in the
birth of Christ! And tonight, we remember that Jesus
Christ came into this world quietly, humbly, and
gracefully, an example of how we should live our
lives.
Saturday, December 29, 6:30 p.m.
Servers: RJ Muhlenkamp and Kaitlyn Muhlenkamp
Commentator: Dennis Hirt
Lector: Jan Dues
Gifts: Jerry Hirsch
E. M.: Charles Mescher, Jane Mescher,
Diane Wagner, Kathy Schmiesing,
Dr. Ken Schmiesing, Sue Siebert, Dan Siebert,
Rita Prenger, Donna Hartke, Joan Stelzer
Ushers: Team D, Stephen Seibel, Captain
Sunday, December 30, 7:30 a.m.
Servers: Matthew Albers and Nathan Albers
Commentator: Toni Shema
Lector: Gerald Vian
Gifts: Nancy Krugh
E. M.: Karen Albers, Hannah Heckler,
Rhett Snyder, Janet Stachler, Lori Vian
Ushers: Team E, Richard Carlin, Captain
Sunday, December 30, 9:00 a.m.
Servers: Maddy Luebke and Bria Pearson
Commentator: Trish Baucher
Lector: Jim Poeppelman
Gifts: Karen Uhlenhake
E. M.: X Nancie Hoyng, Pat Hoyng, Bob Hoyng,
Cissy Muntzinger, Anita Muhlenkamp,
Tom Muhlenkamp
Ushers: Team F, Steve Alig, Captain
Sunday, December 30, 12:00 Noon
Servers: Amelia Adams and Braydon Adams
Commentator: Bev Korte
Lector: Cindy Shaffer
Gifts: Aaron Siefring
E. M.: Mike Shaffer, Christine Carney, Janet Smith,
Tom Drexler, Elden Heckler
Ushers: Team G, Dave Cron, Captain
The Stewardship offering for December 16
will be reported in the bulletin next weekend.
Calendar of Events for the Week
Sunday, December 23
No Bingo at the K of C Hall
Monday, December 24
Parish Office Closed
Tuesday, December 25
Parish Office Closed
Saturday, December 29
11:00 a.m. Reconciliation
Sunday, December 30
No Bingo at the K of C Hall
Grief Support Group The Marion Catholic Community is offering
GriefShare Sessions every Tuesday, Jan. 8, through
April 2, 2019. The sessions will be held in Precious
Blood Rectory, 35 S. Maple St., Chickasaw, Ohio
from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The program consists of 13 weekly DVD
sessions for people grieving the loss of someone close.
It’s a place where you can be around people who
understand how you are feeling and are able to offer
you encouragement. The DVD seminars are
combined with support group discussions of material
presented during the DVD. All materials are donated
by Hogenkamp Funeral Home.
Please feel free to contact Bonnie Garrison at
419-733-8223 or 419-925-4831, by email
[email protected] or the parish office at
419-925-4775, if you have any questions or would
like more information about the GriefShare sessions.
Trusting God for Life The Petersburg Pastoral Region invites
everyone to hear guest speaker Jenn Giroux give a
presentation at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 10,
in the St Joseph Parish Life Center, 101 W Pearl St,
Wapakoneta.
Jenn Giroux, a Registered Nurse of 33 years,
lives in Cincinnati with her husband and 9 children.
She has witnessed up close the physical, emotional,
and spiritual damage in the areas of abortion and
birth control. Jenn’s pro-life presentation includes
compelling real life stories and new facts and
statistics that will shock, inspire and stay with you
to share with loved ones and the upcoming
generation to help reverse the 50-year assault on life
at all stages. This will be an evening of hope and
thanksgiving to God that He chose each one of us to
be here, at this moment in time, to stand up for Him
and to defend the unchanging truths on life and love
preserved within our One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic
Church.
Our Sponsors for the Week
Rainbow International
CARLIN AUTOMOTIVE
BENDER ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING
