IC "UP TO THE MINUTE"

This page is to provide you with "Up To The Minute" news going on at Immaculate Conception.  Also be sure to check our "Upcoming Events" page to keep your calendar up to date!

Immaculate Conception Parish is pleased to announce "The Question of the Week". Each week you will find a question here in the bulletin and also on our parish website at IC-Parish.com The purpose of the question is to provide you with an opportunity to consider the Gospel message a little more personally. You are encouraged to discuss your thoughts with family members and parish family members. We have also included a "Question of the Week" for the younger members of our parish family.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Trust in the Lord

Reading I: Genesis 18:20-32  Spared for the Innocent
Reading II: Colossians 2:12-14  Forgiven Transgressions
Gospel: Luke 11:1-13  Ask and You Will Receive

Adults—What are my deepest needs? What keeps me from bringing these needs to God and asking God for help in meeting these needs?

Children—What can I do each day to improve the frequency and the quality of my prayer?
 

Please take the time to learn about our Online Intentional Giving program.  More information is available - just click on the "Give Online" button below.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL IS COMING!!!

Vacation Bible School
“High Seas Expedition” — August 2-6

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS JULY 25TH!

We are looking for adults, college students or teens to head up each of the following stations: Snacks, Games, Crafts, Bible Stories, Video, and Music. We also need someone to take pictures so we can use them in a computer generated activity at the end of each morning.

We are also in need of people to help with the Kindergarten VBS program held at I.C. School during this same time. All the materials are provided for you as well as any help you may need. Come and join the fun. You will be glad you did!

Our ship will be sailing soon, so please call Fred Corey at 427-7547 this week if you can help!

CREW LEADER REGISTRATION
STUDENT REGISTRATION

We have a need for a driver to take a parishioner living in the Minoa area to the Saturday, 5 pm Mass or the Sunday, 11 am liturgy here at Immaculate Conception. If you are able to help, please call the Rectory at 637-9846.
 

Classes and schedules are being formed for the popular “Journey Through the Bible” series as well as some highly acclaimed Catholic Education courses all to be offered at IC starting in September.

If you would like to suggest particular days or times for the classes to be offered, please contact Peter Arsenault at 439-2458 or by email at PJA-Arch@twcny.rr.com .

Current class days and times include Sunday mornings at 8:15 and 10:15, Tuesday mornings at 9:30, and Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm (not all courses are offered at all times). If there is sufficient interest in other days and times, we will try to accommodate them!
 

Would you like to help our Vacation Bible School but just don’t feel you can lead a group of 6 year-olds in Bible song?

Perhaps you would like to donate one or more of the needed items for the children to use, including food and snack items?

Please drop off your donations to the boxes in the Church vestibules by July 24/25.

*Graham crackers           *Fruit juices          *Bottled water                  *Fruit snacks
*Fruit pie filling             *Trail mix ingredients (Please, no pre-made; we have to be nut-conscious!)

If you have any “NAUTICAL” decorations, including trunks which could be used as “treasure chests,” that we could borrow, we would really appreciate it! If you have any questions, please call the Parish Office at 637-9846.
 

Volunteers are needed to cook and deliver meals to keep this essential service available. Volunteer cooks work one day a week—3 hours; and drivers once a week—2 hours. You can also volunteer as a substitute. Meals are prepared at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Route 92 and Woodchuck Hill Road. If you are interested, call I.C. Parishioner Rod Putnam at 682-6216.
 

From August 9—12 13, the Spirituality and Nature Center at Alverna Heights is hosting a week-long day camp for children from Syracuse’s inner city. Children from areas near Brady Faith Center, St. Lucy and St. John the Evangelist churches, and Franciscan Northside Ministries will have an opportunity to participate free of charge in Camp Alverna. Children will be able to connect with God’s creation, learn about nature, peacemaking, and caring for the earth. Campers will receive breakfast and lunch, participate in crafts, swim, hike, and enjoy the great outdoors! We are blessed with some donations and volunteers who offer a whole week of their time, however we still have expenses associated with running the camp. Would you like to sponsor a child for $50 for the week? We are very excited to be offering this camp again and the kids are excited about returning. Please make checks payable to Sisters of St. Francis—Camp Alverna and mail to Sister Elizabeth John, 1118 Court Street, Suite 32, Syracuse, NY 13208. We are very grateful for your consideration.
 

Your final year of college is just around the corner! Many opportunities for professional jobs and/or graduate schools await you. However, as you consider your post-graduate future, we invite you to consider giving back to your community in a year of faith-based volunteer service with other young adults. FrancisCorps is a year-long, Catholic-Christian volunteer program for recently graduated college men and women, 21-25. Our volunteers live together, pray together, and play together as they minister to the underserved in Syracuse, New York and San Jose, Costa Rica.
Visit our website for more information: www.franciscorps.org or contact Brother Jim Moore, francorps@gmail.com or at 426-0481.
 

Person to Person—a local non-profit, provides volunteers who advocate for adults with developmental disabilities.
Person to Person needs volunteer hostesses for three of the homes at Parade of Homes Sept 18 thru Oct 3rd. By providing hostesses, Person to Person is able to raise money for the important work they do.
This year, Parade of Homes is in Mallards Landing in Manlius. The shifts for hostessing are Monday—Saturday, 1:00-4:30 and 4:30- 8:00. Sunday, 1:00—3:00 and 3:00—6:00. The Social Justice Committee is helping Person to Person recruit hostesses. If you are interested in helping, please contact Barbara Sullivan at 637-8681 by August 13th and we will put you on the schedule.
 

“Friends in Service Here” serves the Fayetteville-Manlius-Minoa community by providing volunteer drivers to seniors in need of transportation to medical and dental appointments. Driving for F.I.S.H. not only helps those in our community, but allows the driver the opportunity to meet some wonderful seniors who could not live independently without such service. Drivers may elect to be scheduled 1 day each month or to be called on an as-needed basis. They may be reimbursed for mileage if desired. During this Lenten season, please consider that “giving up” a little time to drive for F.I.S.H. can be very rewarding for the driver. Interested? Please call 637-1938.
 

Swing into Spring!!! Our season has begun and we welcome new members to join us for nine or eighteen holes of fun every Wednesday throughout the season (May through October). Our weekly optional luncheon provides additional enjoyment where we solve all the problems of the world. To join, call Bill Cahill, 637-9415; Dick Kelly, 682-5368; Joe Murphy, 637-8246, or Rod Putnam, 682-6216.
 

START THINKING OF YOUR FOURSOME!


SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2010
Lafayette Hills Golf/Country Club

Format: Captain & Crew
$75 per person includes:
Golf, Cart, and Dinner
1:00 pm Shotgun

All Proceeds Benefit:
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH.
 

All registered students in the Parish entering 9th grade should have received information along with a registration form to join the Immaculate Conception Confirmation Program.

All registration forms must be mailed back to the Youth Office by July 15th, along with a copy of the student’s Baptismal certificate. If you have not received a letter please call the Youth Office at 637-2375 and we will be sure to mail one to you.

If students did not go to Faith Formation classes for 8th grade or attend Catholic school, they must take a summer Faith Formation course in order to register for Confirmation I. The make–up session begins on Monday, June 28th and ends on Thursday, July 1st from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.

Registration forms must be mailed or brought back to the Youth Office by July 15th.

Confirmation Letter
Confirmation I Registration
Confirmation II Registration
Confirmation Schedule
Summer Program Registration
Confirmation Fee

The Culture of Life Committee will sponsor a Rosary to promote the Culture of Life once a month from May through September at the Shrine to Mary here on our church grounds. Please join us on:

Tuesday, July 27th, 7:00 pm
Wednesday, August 18th, 7:00 pm
Thursday, September 9th, 7:00 pm

All are invited. It is a great environment for children to experience the rosary and see other children praying. Rosary beads & booklets are provided. A heartfelt THANK YOU to Joan Kistner for making all the rosary beads. Ice cream is provided for the
children following the Rosary. Bring lawn chairs/blankets.

You are invited on a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Fr. Michael Galuppi of St. Joseph’s Church in Camillus, NY. This pilgrimage will take place from February 17 to March 1, 2011. Walk and Pray in the Footsteps of Jesus. Enrich you Faith. Make Scripture Come Alive. Program details and registration are available online at www.travelillume.com/trc/ppi . Information flyers are available in our Rectory. If you have questions, you may call Fr. Michael Galuppi at 488-8490 or email him at frmichael@stjosephscamillus.org .
 

RCIA is for:

•Those who have never been baptized
•Those baptized in denominations not Roman Catholic
•Those baptized Roman Catholic, but never Confirmed
•Those active, practicing Catholics who would like to learn more about where things stand with their faith
today.

All member of our parish, as well as friends and family members are welcome to join us on Monday evenings from 7:00-8:30 pm in Dwyer Hall. At these evenings, a topic will be presented and ample time for questions will be allotted.
 

The Confirmation page contains the registration forms, class schedule and other important information.  Please visit this page and also the IC Youth Ministry page for important upcoming events and wonderful pictures of previous IC Youth Ministry events.

Check out the IC Youth Ministry webpage for details on upcoming events and trips.
Also make sure to check the IC Youth Ministry Blog!

http://www.icyouthministry.blogspot.com/
 

Please remember to check the IC Youth Ministry page for bulletins, upcoming events & photo's!

IC School participates in several fundraising opportunities during the school year. 
Please read the IC School News flyer for ways that you can help IC School.

Please make sure to check the "Upcoming Events" page often as it is updated on a regular basis.  Thank you!