2 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

I M M A C U L AT E CO N C E P T IO N NE W S & NO T E S

Readings for the Week of Sept 6 Monday: 1 Cor 5:1-8; Ps 5:5-7, 12; Lk 6:6-11, or, for

Labor Day, any readings from the Mass “For the Blessings of Human Labor,” nos. 907-911

Tuesday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 [18-23]

Wednesday: 1 Cor 7:25-31; Ps 45:11-12, 14-17; Lk 6:20-26

Thursday: 1 Cor 8:1b-7, 11-13; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 23-24; Lk 6:27-38

Friday: 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22b-27; Ps 84:3-6, 12; Lk 6:39-42

Saturday: 1 Cor 10:14-22; Ps 116:12-13, 17-18; Lk 6:43-49

Sunday: Sir 27:30 — 28:7; Ps 103:1-4, 9-12; Rom 14:7-9; Mt 18:21-35

Mass Intentions Saturday, September 5 5:00 pm †Pat Martin (Carol Robinson) †Mitzie Giffen (Warpinski Family) †Nanette Quimby (Warren Wols) Sunday, September 6 9:00 am †Tom Peterson (Mr. & Mrs. Jim Feeney) †Jessica Bennett (Photakis Family) †Paul F. Mattingly (Mattingly Family) 11:00 am †Herman & Carol Schaefer (Francis & Vivian Maierhofer) 2:00 pm Spanish Mass—Parish Family Monday, September 7 7:00 am Parish Family Tuesday, September 8 7:00 am Parish Family Wednesday, September 9 7:00 am †Robert Phillips (Paul & Cindy Maierhofer) Thursday, September 10 7:00 am †Edward & June Liptak (Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Petric) Friday, September 11 7:00 am †Mary Beth O’Brien (Robert Milanowski) Saturday, September 12 5:00 pm †Joseph Yanko (Thayer Family) †Ruth Fitzmaurice (Family) †Chuck Gianino (Family) Sunday, September 13 9:00 am †Al & Rose Doerfler (Jim, Mari, Shawn & Danny Black) †Barbara-Jean Reck (Photakis Family) 11:00 am †Jim Provancal (Charles & Linda Eipers Trantina) 2:00 pm Spanish Mass—Parish Family

Let Us Pray… Let Us Remember Pray for our servicemen and women:* Brian Black Eric J. Buhle, Jr., ET2 Adam Carter Brad Fonck, PV2 Lt. Col. Brian D. Fruland Adam Kozel Funfsinn Cpl. Johnathon Gallup Patrick Grommon SPC Maj. Eric C. Gamauf Daniel Hynes Dylan Jenkins, PV2 Sgt. Brent A. Johnson James Kilbride, USAF John Kilbride, USAF Ryan Kowalczyk, USAF Zackary Landers, USN Rusty Lindquist Nolan Lopez Sean M. Lynch Cmdr. Kate Meadows David Mitchell Daniel E. Niewinski, PO2 James Reeves Patrick Murray Pasqua, USN Joseph Reeves Robert Alden Pucel Lt. Michael Shea Sgt. Bryan Shworles CMSgt Christopher VanSile SMSgt Penny VanSile Sonia Zayas, USN

* As of September 1, 2020.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS Great news! The Diocese approved our Plan for Reopening! We are very excited to be able to offer Religious Education classes again this Fall. This year Immaculate Conception Religious Education will offer a choice of Wednesday or Thursday evening classes. The classes will start the week of September 16th. How to register - Class sizes are limited in our Plan for Reopening so if you have not registered your child yet, please contact Miss Dillenburg as soon as possible, 815-942-4177 or jdillenburg@ics1.org. Thank you so much! Julie Dillenburg, Director of Religious Education

We welcome into our Christian Community and Immaculate

Conception Parish those recently baptized.

Alaina Catherine Ramos daughter of Rick and Nicole

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ST E WA R D SHIP : TIM E , TA L E N T & TR E A S U R E

Weekly Collections Sunday Collection Budgeted 2020-2021 ................................... $13,942 August 15 & 16 Collection Envelopes .................................................. $9,719

E-Giving .................................................... $3,315 Total Sunday Collection......................... $13,034

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We encourage everyone to tithe 10% of their income.

“We give thanks.”

A Message from our Pastor Happy Labor Day! Today many of us will celebrate work by taking a day off. When the first Monday of September was set aside as a holiday to call attention to labor, it had nothing to do with the end of summer, with giving everyone a break from their jobs, or an

occasion to pat ourselves on the back for all the hard work we have done. Labor Day was set aside to call attention to the rights and dignity of workers. Jesus asks us, “What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” (Mt 16:26) It is an appropriate question to consider as we focus on the role of labor in our lives and our country this holiday weekend. For most, the whole point of going to work every day is to make a profit. The goal is to gain a better job and therefore a better life. However, one may achieve great success, a large paycheck, a beautiful lake house to go to on Labor Day, and still spend the entire day returning emails or worrying about the next quarterly earnings report. Profit and gain are not everything. When they become everything, it is easy to lose sight of those that we are neglecting or taking advantage of in order to earn or achieve more for ourselves. Labor Day reminds us work is a means to an end and not an end in itself. We were created for something more than brass rings and golden parachutes. We were created to live and love according to the dignity of being a creature created in the image of God. Saint Joseph the Worker, bless all those who labor. May their work help them to gain eternal life and if they have the power, may they provide work for others that fits their rights and dignity and allows them to support their families.

A Prayer for Monday morning: O Lord, When the alarm sounds off on Monday morning, I wish for a time when I will never have to work. When I encounter difficult people at my job, I long for the day when I can be as alone as I wish. But later, I recall how work has always been part of life. Even before the Fall, Adam had to tend the garden. After the Fall, Christ himself took up a cross and worked to save others by carrying it. Lord, help me to see the dignity and purpose that work gives to all people. And when I do not like my job, help me to offer it up as a sacrifice for souls’ salvation. Remind me always that I am valued, not because of my job, But because you chose to create me, and love me still.

Amen.

Parish Office Closed Labor Day The Parish Office will be closed Monday, Sept. 6th Labor Day. Please call 1-815-942-0620 for emergencies and

follow the instructions on the message, or press extension 29.

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