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Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church

22ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME/ 13TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST AUGUST 30, 2020

www.lapeercatholic.org ▪ August 30, 2020▪ Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish

926 W. Nepessing Street Lapeer MI 48446

Phone 810-664-5011 Fax 810-664-5606

Web: bishopkelleylapeer.org

Principal: Bernadette Barron

Daily: Mon-Thurs 9:00AM (Tues & Thurs– Traditional Latin Mass)

Saturday: 4:30PM Sunday: 8:00 AM,10:00AM and 12:00PM (Traditional Latin Mass)

Holy Days: Please check the Lapeer Catholic or lapeercatholic.org.

RECONCILIATION

Tuesday: following 9:00AM. Mass Saturdays: 3:00-3:45PM .

1st Wednesday of the month: 8:00PM

Mass Schedule

Religious Education Center 926 W. Nepessing St.

Lapeer, MI 48446

810-664-0808

Fax: 664-5606

Religious Education Director

Kenlin Botello

([email protected])

Six month Parish registration and participation are required for Baptism, Confirmation and Marriage.

Baptism: Arrangements must be made in advance and parents must attend a baptism class. The Church requests that at least one of the parents be a practicing Catholic, and the Godparents must be practicing, fully initiated Catholics at least 16 years of age. If there are two godparents, one must be male, one must be female. If there is one godparent, they may be male or female.

Marriage: Arrangements must be made at least nine months in advance. Call the Rectory office. Officiate at the ceremony must be the Parish Pastor, Deacon, or a family member.

Funerals: Officiate must be the Parish Pastor of Immaculate Conception, or a family member

Please note: the services of the Parish Organist are used for all Weddings and Funerals.

For more details regarding our sacramental policies and procedures,

please refer to the “Sacrament” link on our parish website.

Pastoral Staff Immaculate Conception

Catholic Church

814 W. Nepessing St. Lapeer MI 48446

Phone: 810-664-8594 Fax: 810- 664-4564

www.lapeercatholic.org

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 9AM-5PM

Saturday 12pm-4:30PM Sunday 9AM-12PM

Our Sacramental Policy

Pastor: Fr. Brian Hurley ([email protected])

Deacon: Joe Hulway ([email protected])

Office and Cemetery Manager: Karen Dupont ([email protected])

Bookkeeper: Dan Dudzinski ([email protected])

Director of Music and Bulletin Editor : Hilary Thompson

([email protected])

Bulletin articles must be emailed in by 5pmMonday. Flyers 2 weeks prior to bulletin (pending approval of pastor).

Ambassadors for Christ Meets 2nd Wednesday of each month BKS Room 303 7:00 to 9:00 PM. All men 18 years and older are invited. Harvey Vermeesch (810)358-0943

Angels of Mercy For elderly and homebound of the parish. Bea Castenada (810-)813-4069

Bible Study

Jeff Cavins’ Course meets Thursdays at 6:30PM in Bishop Kelley Room 303.

Food Pantry

Dawn Peskey ( 586)924-1873

Hospital EMHC Apostolate

Joe Hojna (810)969-4082

Jail Ministry

Visit inmates at Lapeer Correctional Facility once a month on Sunday.

Ann Palmer (810) 664-3784

Knights of Columbus

Meets first Tuesday of the month in the BKCS Community Room.

Phil Francis (810)728-2295

Ladies League

Meets at 6:30 pm on the last Tuesday of the month. All adult ladies of the parish are welcome.

No mtg Jun, Jul Dec.

Dawn Walker (810)664-6946

Mother of Perpetual Help Rosaries

Meets 1st Wednesday of the month after the 9AM Mass, at the rectory in the Fr. Neil room .

Jenni Hulway (586)453-4580

Purgatorial Society

Increasing devotion and charity to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Meets 1st Monday of the Month at 7pm in the church.

Andrew Sprankle (706)840-1568

St. Vincent de Paul

Meets once a month in the rectory.

Youth Group

Tuesday for Middle School and Wednesday for High School.

Demitrius Eddy (810)338-9874

Apostolates

Bishop Kelley

Catholic School

Financial Statement

8/16/2020 Total: $10,740.50 Collection: $7,008.00 Direct Deposit: $992.50 Online Giving: $2,740.00 8/23/2020 Total: $10,150.00 Collection: $7,557.50 Direct Deposit: $417.50 Online Giving: $2,175.00

www.lapeercatholic.org ▪ August 30, 2020 ▪ Immaculate Conception Catholic

Mass Readings for The 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading Jeremiah 20:7-9

You duped me, O LORD, and I let myself be duped; you were too strong for me, and you triumphed. All the day I am an object of laughter; everyone mocks me. Whenever I speak, I must cry out, violence and outrage is my message; the word of the LORD has brought me derision and reproach all the day. I say to myself, I will not mention him, I will speak in his name no more. But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones; I grow weary holding it in, I cannot endure it.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 63: 2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 R. (2b) My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God. O God, you are my God whom I seek; for you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water. R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God. Thus have I gazed toward you in the sanctuary to see your power and your glory, For your kindness is a greater good than life; my lips shall glorify you. R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God. Thus will I bless you while I live; lifting up my hands, I will call upon your name. As with the riches of a banquet shall my soul be satisfied, and with exultant lips my mouth shall praise you. R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God. You are my help, and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy. My soul clings fast to you; your right hand upholds me. R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.

Second Reading Romans 12:1-2

I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship.

Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

Gospel Matthew 16:21-27

Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do."

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay all according to his conduct.”


Mass Schedule

Sunday, August 30 4:30PM (Saturday Vigil) OF-MC Carl Cordonnier+

8:00AM OF-MC Carl and Rose Sterner+ 10:00AM OF-MC Mary Poremba Gurney+ 12:00 PM EF-MC People of the Parish

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (OF) 13th Sunday after Pentecost (EF)

Monday, August 31 9:00AM OF-LM David Denomme+

St. Raymond Nonnatus (EF)

Tuesday, September 1 9:00AM EF-MC Poor Souls in Purgatory

Wednesday, September 2 9:00AM OF-LM Clara Cordonnier+

St. Stephen of Hungary (EF)

Thursday, September 3 9:00AM EF-MC Robert Leonard+

St. Pius X (EF) St. Gregory the Great (OF)

Friday, September 4 9:00AM OF-LM Ruth Breza+

Saturday, September 5 9:00AM OF-LM Carl Cordonnier+

St. Teresa of Calcutta (OF ) St. Lawrence Justinian (EF)

Sunday, September 6 4:30PM (Saturday Vigil) OF-MC Ed LaClair+

8:00AM OF-MC People of the Parish 10:00AM OF-MC Lewis Massy+ 12:00 PM EF-MC Donna Clawson

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (OF) 14th Sunday after Pentecost (EF)

OF - Ordinary Form (New Rite; Novus Ordo) EF - Extra-ordinary Form (Trad. Latin Mass) MC - Missa Cantata (Sung) LM - Low Mass

Monday: 1 Cor 2:1-5 Ps 119:97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102 [97] Lk 4:16-30 Tuesday: 1 Cor 2:10b-16 Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab, 13cd-14 [17] Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday: 1 Cor 3:1-9 Ps 33:12-13, 14-15, 20-21 Lk 4:38-44 Thursday: 1 Cor 3:18-23 Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 [1] Lk 5:1-11 Friday: 1 Cor 4:1-5 Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 27-28, 39-40 [39a] Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: 1 Cor 4:6b-15 Ps 145:17-18, 19-20, 21 [18] Lk 6:1-5 Next Sunday: Ez 33:7-9 Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 [8] Rom 13:8-10 Mt 18:15-20

Weekly Readings

Amy Carter Edward Ferrari Gail Smith Kathy Brest Natalie Morris Pat Vernon Martin

Please call the rectory when a name

should be removed.

For the intercession of

St. Peregrine

Patron against Cancer

Remember in our Prayers

Eddie Ross

Jaden Hunt

Linda Radwick

Lyndsay Bennett

Marcella Malburg

Pamela H..

Renee

Wesley

William Lisewski

If you wish to have your loved one put

on the sick list, please call the rectory.

The names will remain on the list for

four weeks unless you call the rectory

to have their name relisted.

“God does not

demand that I

be successful.

God demands

that I be

faithful.”

St. Teresa of

Calcutta


Bulletin Board

This Week at the Parish

Wednesday: Confessions in the Church at 8PM Friday: First Friday Mass at 9AM Saturday: First Saturday Mass at 9AM

Stay Connected with Us!

Watch Mass Online : Sunday at 10AM facebook.com/lapeercatholic Get the bulletin emailed to you: lapeercatholic.org/publications/subscribe Make your offering online: lapeercatholic.weshareonline.org

Gentle Reminder: Please lower your mask before stepping forward

to receive the Holy Eucharist

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from Thanksgiving Weekend till Christmas. We are in need of a chair person and volunteers to man the sales lot during tree sales. Please contact Deputy Grand Knight Al Landosky (248-321-7985) or Grand Knight Phil Francis (810-728-2295). All past and new members are needed and welcome.


Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always,

until the end of the age.”

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Earlier this month, the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued an important doctrinal note alerting the Church throughout the world that baptisms were not valid in which a particular word or words were changed. Specifically, to say “We baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” does not convey the sacrament of baptism. Rather, ministers must allow Jesus to speak through them and say, “I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

In making this clarification, the Congregation pointed to the Second Vatican Council, which established that no one “even if he be a priest, may add, remove, or change anything in the liturgy on his own authority.” One of our priests in the Archdiocese of Detroit received this news with particular devastation. Father Matthew Hood, a graduate of Sacred Heart Major Seminary who sought ordination to the priesthood in June of 2017, had recently viewed a family video taken at the time of his baptism as an infant and realized the celebrating deacon decided to change the proper words (formula) to baptism, using “We baptize” as opposed to “I baptize.” Father Hood immediately contacted the Archdiocese and the proper steps were taken to remedy his situation. He was recently validly baptized. Furthermore, since other sacraments cannot be validly received in the soul without valid baptism, Father Hood also was recently validly confirmed and validly ordained a transitional deacon and then a priest. Let us give thanks and praise to God for blessing us with Father Hood’s ministry. The difficulty of this news is also in its impact upon the rest of us. The deacon who first attempted to baptize Father Hood, Deacon Mark Springer, used this invalid formula while assigned at St. Anastasia Parish in Troy, during the period from 1986-1999. The parish and Archdiocese of Detroit will make efforts to contact those whom the deacon attempted to baptize, so that they may receive valid sacraments. The Archdiocese has made the deacon’s identity known in an attempt to alert people whom we may not have a way to contact. This news also impacts many who have interacted with Fr. Hood during these last three years, during which time his ability to celebrate valid sacraments has been greatly limited. More information is available online about the effect on each sacrament. The parishes where Fr. Hood has been assigned – Divine Child in Dearborn and St. Lawrence in Utica – will be working with the Archdiocese to contact those who sought out the sacraments with Fr. Hood, so that each individual’s circumstance may be examined and rectified.


As is always the case with Christ, there is hope amid this darkness. The Church, following the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, recognizes that God has bound Himself to the sacraments, but He is not bound by the sacraments. This means that while we can have certainty that God always works through the sacraments when they are properly conferred by the minister, God is not bound by the sacraments in that He can and does extend His grace in a sovereign way. We can be assured that all those who approached Father Hood, in good faith, to receive the sacraments did not walk away empty-handed. We know that Our Lord, in his unending love for us, supplied some measure of grace. God is drawn to hearts that are open to Him in love. At the same time, the sacraments, when properly administered, are visible rites and efficacious channels through which the sanctifying grace of God flows to those who receive them with the proper disposition. Sanctifying grace is necessary for a soul to spend eternity in heaven, and valid sacramental baptism guarantees that this grace has been placed in the soul. Sin is a loss of sanctifying grace, but all the sacraments work according to their purpose to give and fortify sanctifying grace in the soul. This grace is a treasure of treasures and we must do everything we can to protect the integrity of the sacraments through which we receive it. It is the duty of the local Church to ensure that everyone entrusted into her care has the full benefit and certainty that come from the valid reception of the sacraments, which have been given to us to keep us as secure as possible on the path to heaven. On behalf of our local Church, I am deeply sorry that this human error has resulted in disruption to the sacramental lives of some members of the faithful. I will take every step necessary to remedy the situation for everyone impacted. This commitment is, in part, why I write to you today, with the hope that you may assist me in identifying those in need of the sacraments. If you believe your own sacramental record may be tied to either Deacon Springer’s or Fr. Hood’s ministry, please contact the Archdiocese or call your parish for more information about how to proceed.

I ask that you join me in praying for Father Hood, Deacon Springer, members of the faithful directly impacted by this situation, and for the entire Catholic community of southeast Michigan. In the words of St. Paul to the Philippians: “Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” Sincerely yours in Christ, The Most Reverend Allen H. Vigneron Archbishop of Detroit

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