NEW PARISH DIRECTORY!

Don’t miss this oppor-

tunity to be a part of our new family directo-ry program. Professional photography ses-sions are available February 5—10, 2018 and will take place in the Parish Hall. Each par-ticipating family will receive a complimen-tary 8x10 portrait and a parish directory. Stop by our information table after weekend Masses starting January 13 through February 4 to schedule your photo session. For more information call Denise Cope at (305)562-8992.

Welcome January 28, 2018 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT To know, love and serve God and one another as a true community of faith.

RUMMAGE SALE 2018! This was the calm before the storm! Thanks to EVERY-ONE for a grand event!!

3780 South Hwy A-1-A Melbourne Beach,

Florida 32951

(321) 725-0552

www.icparishmb.org

office@icparishmb.org

Reverend Ben Berinti, C.PP.S., Pastor

Reverend Peter A. Sagorski,

Pastor Emeritus

Dr. Howard W. Pettengill, Jr., Deacon

Rev. Mr. Michael J. Biennas,

Deacon

SUNDAY MASSES: Saturday Vigil: 4:30 p.m.

Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

HOLY DAY MASSES: Holy Days: 10:00 a.m.

and 7:00 p.m.

DAILY MASS: Monday through Friday

8:00 a.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m.

CONFESSIONS:

Saturday: 4:00 - 4:25 p.m.

BAPTISMS: Call the Office for an

appointment.

MARRIAGES: Call the Office at least four months

in advance.

NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome to the Parish.

Please register after Mass or at the Office.

OFFERTORY

Offertory Collection ............................................. $12,218.00

VISITS FOR THE SICK If you know someone who is homebound, in a nursing home or rehabilitation center, and would like a visit from the Ministers to the Sick or a priest, please notify Susan Misner at 514-9548.

WOMEN’S GUILD MARK YOUR CALENDAR

January 26 & 27, 2018 Rummage Sale February 4, 2018 Coffee Sunday February 5, 2018 Board Meeting February 5-10, 2018 Photos taken for Parish Directory March 1, 2018 Parish Get Together

ADORATION CHAPEL NEWS Everyone come pray with us!

The Chapel is open 24/7 for prayer. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is on: Mondays 12 midnight - 8 a.m. & 9 a.m. - 9 pm. Tuesdays 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Adorers needed: Mondays & Tuesdays 11-12 noon, and Tuesdays 8 p.m.-9 p.m., 11 a.m.–12 noon.

Substitutes are also needed. Snowbirds please sign up for a winter Holy Hour! Call 321-514-9548 for info and to sign up.

FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION First Friday Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will take place on Friday, February 2, 2018 from after the 8:00 a.m. Mass and will conclude with Benediction at 5:00 p.m. Please sign up to spend a half-hour or hour before the Lord. So that each hour is covered, we have sign up sheets available at each door. The intention of the February adoration is for the sick of the Parish.

ALTAR FLOWERS If you would like to purchase fresh flowers for the altar for a special occasion or in memory of a loved one con-tact Lisa Farrall at (321)951-0563.

Altar Flowers: January 28, 2018—In Loving Memory

of Charley Park by his wife , Adele

BIRTHRIGHT/GENESIS HOUSE Next weekend, Feb 3/4, is Birthright Weekend for our parish. Collections are taken for the Birthright Center and Genesis Houses. Envelopes are avail-able near the baskets in the back of the Church and checks should be made out to "Birthright" or "Genesis House". Goods needed include soaps, deter-gents, paper towels, maternity clothes, diapers. In conjunction with this collection we will also have the Penny Sunday Collection. Please consider giving your pennies to Birthright, an organization that helps pregnant, needy mothers. Bring your bag of pennies and drop them in the special bucket marked "Birthright" by the entrance of the church.

OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY

Please pray for the eternal repose of the soul of Bob Marando, a parish-ioner who died recently. On behalf of Immaculate Conception, we ex-tend our prayerful sympathy to his family. May he rest in peace.

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MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, January 27

9:00 a.m. Jan Rush by Jim & Marlene

Heming

4:30 p.m. William & Cecile Held by

Bob & Marlene Marando

Sunday, January 28

7:30 a.m. Maurice J. Shine by Pauline

Shine

9:00 a.m. Rita Lux by the Lux Family

11:00 a.m. People of the Parish

Monday, January 29

8:00 a.m. Fr. Marjan Bober by the

Mendes Family

Tuesday, January 30

8:00 a.m. Frank Horn by Philip &

Madeleine Howe

Wednesday, January 31

8:00 a.m. Dean Woznack by Ludwika

Woznack

Thursday, February 1

8:00 a.m. Christine Lighthill by Toni

Polster

Friday, February 2

8:00 a.m. Members & Families of the

Immaculate Conception

Women’s Guild

Saturday, February 3

9:00 a.m. Vincent Furfaro (Living) by

his Family

4:30 p.m. Del Sadowski by Maria

Hysell

Sunday, February 4

7:30 a.m. People of the Parish

9:00 a.m. Frank Horn by the Mendes

Family

11:00 a.m. Lena Spenser by Marie

Bruno & Rosie Meerbott

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Saturday, February 3 4:30 p.m. Vicezina Bates, Ted Cooper, Richard Crowley, Mary Pat Maguire, Judi Mendes, Toni Polster, George Rybicki, Dan Savage, Ann Youngblood Sunday, February 4 7:30 a.m. Jackie Baduini, Bill Devanney, Carol Miller, Bonita Payne, Amy Sullivan 9:00 a.m. Carol Colombo, Joy Dimon, Bob Hildebrand, Lois Keefe, Mary Ann Marchak, Anne Pertierra, Angela Phillips, Camille Stimpson, Sonja Villaire 11:00 a.m. Beverly Burton, Barbara Cain, Marylyn Chanda, Agnes Crowley, Blake Ostrosser, Julie & Terry Pierce, Judith Rohan, Julie Scott

READERS Saturday, February 3 4:30 p.m. Diane Gabrielli, Evan Blackwell Sunday, February 4 7:30 a.m. Eric Smith, Amy Sullivan 9:00 a.m. Angela Phillips, Christopher Kehm 11:00 a.m. Doug Allison, Veronica Scott

ALTAR SERVERS Saturday, February 3 4:30 p.m. Adam & Olivia Blackwell Sunday, February 4 7:30 a.m. None Assigned 9:00 a.m. Mary Zerfass, Coral Kehm 11:00 a.m. Trey & Aiden Arms

PRESIDERS Saturday, February 3 4:30 p.m. Father Berinti Sunday, February 4 7:30 a.m. Father Sagorski 9:00 a.m. Father Sagorski 11:00 a.m. Father Berinti

FAITH FORMATION Teens in grades 7-12 and parent are invited to the pro-gram All Heart, All In by the You’re Amazing Team. The presentation is at MCC on Monday January 29 from 7-8:30 pm.

GERMAN DINNER Saturday, February 10th, 5:30-7pm at HNJ Life Center

Join us at the 2018 Holy Name of Jesus Beachside Festival German Dinner! Cost is $11 ($13 at door) for adults and $6 for children under 12. Tickets will be sold at Immaculate Conception before and after Masses. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Bishop Verot Council #5845. For more information con-tact Don McCredie at (321)622-5913.

RISE UP 13th ANNUAL ORLANDO DIOCESE CATHOLIC MEN’S CONFERENCE

Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Orlando All men are invited to gather together and to learn ways to live out our Catho-lic faith in our daily lives. Mass, lunch, confession and adoration are included. Suggested donation is $20. For more information or to register visit the Events page at www.Live4More.us or e-mail info@live4more.us.

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Fr. Ben’s “Paper Clips”

There are two words that may send a tingle down our spines when we hear them in Mark’s passage for this 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time—authority and obey. Whether it’s a question of stay-ing up past our bedtimes, or dating whomever we wish, or wanting an extra day off from work be-yond our scheduled vacation limits, or any of a host of things we demand we have a right to do or follow—people in authority often like to remind us of the reality of those words. Perhaps we might begin our reflection by making a quick inventory of our own experiences with authority and obedi-ence. As a young, teenage high school seminarian, I recall a particular encounter between our Dean of Students and me, one that ended with me being branded “an authority problem” for the remainder of the semester! I suspect, when it comes down to it, we all have authority problems—whether it be because of our disdain for authority and the sometimes-seeming willy-nilly method of decision-making, or perhaps because our decisions are too easily influenced by someone in au-thority as we strive to always be the good boy or girl (perhaps even still trying at the ripe old age of 77!) following what we are told to do. Everyone was amazed in today’s gospel passage that the unclean spirit obeyed Jesus instant-ly and came convulsing out of the possessed man. With the continuing erosion of authority in our times, we may be amazed if anyone obeys anybody under any circumstances! Maybe our discomfort stems from interpreting obedience as “blind” obedience. We’ve all had the experience: a person in authority speaks; we are to respond as requested; the matter is fin-ished. Whether it be a parent, teacher, school administrator, boss, pastor, spouse, government leader—oftentimes we are intimidated into responding simply because they are the authority; they have the power to make us do something. Jesus, however, presents a different reason—a spellbinding reason—to obey him. His au-thority didn’t come from telling people he was in command; it came from the way he conducted himself—the way he lived each day of his life. The people whom we have authentic respect for, whom we truly allow to exercise authority over us, are most likely people we recognize as worthy of that respect because of the way they live their lives. As we sit in the shadow of these words from sacred scripture, we may want to ask our-selves: How do I relate to authority? What kind of people do I allow to exercise authority over me? How much authority does my relationship with the Lord exercise in my life? Let us not become the people “at Meribah in the days of Massah in the desert” and harden our hearts. May the power of this Word of the Lord and our celebration of the Eucharist still allow us to be spellbound by the authority of Christ, as he speaks to our hearts. Fr. Ben

Signed copies of fr. ben’s newest book, stooping down: getting close enough to see, as well as his two other titles are always available in the parish office.

AN INVITATION FROM YOUR PASTOR to the YOUNG MEMBERS OF OUR PARISH!

We are in great need of young men and women [ages 10-18] willing to share your gifts with our com-munity as Ministers of the Altar (“Servers”). Our ranks are very thin, and I especially would love to have our teenagers become Ministers of the Altar! Let me know if you are interested after any Mass

see me ASAP! [P.S. Parents…put in a good word for me!) Also…I’m looking for more teens to serve as Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist (must al-

ready have celebrated Confirmation) & Lectors!!

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