Served by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood since 1864

CLUSTER SCHEDULE Saturday Masses

Immaculate Conception (IC) ............................... 5:00 PM

Our Lady of Guadalupe (OLG)............................ 7:00 PM

Sunday Masses

Immaculate Conception ................. 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM

Our Lady of Guadalupe ...................................... 9:00 AM

St. Teresa .......................................................... 10:00 AM

Weekdays Masses/Communion Services

Monday Immaculate Conception ....................... 7:30 AM

OLG Communion Service ................................ 8:00 AM

Tuesday IC ......................................................... 7:30 AM

OLG .................................................................. 8:00 AM

Wednesday IC Communion Service .................. 7:30 AM

OLG ................................................................... 7:00 PM

St. Teresa ........................................................... 7:00 PM

Thursday IC ....................................................... 7:30 AM

Friday OLG ........................................................ 8:00 AM

IC .............................. 9:00 AM (7:30 AM if no 9:00 AM

School Mass scheduled)

RECONCILIATION IC Saturday ......................................................... 11:00 AM

OLG Saturday ................................................6:15-6:45 PM

St. Teresa Wednesday ............................................ 6:30 PM

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 12:15 p.m. on second Sundays of January,

March, May, July, September and November, in the Parish Activity

Center. Please call the Parish Office to register. Baptisms are at

12:15 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.

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.

PASTORAL STAFF Fr. Ken Schnipke, C.PP.S., Pastor

Fr. Tim McFarland, C.PP.S., Parochial Vicar

Deacon Charlie Salway - csalway@celina-ic.org

Polly Muhlenkamp, School Principal

Lindsey Lunz, Business Manager - llunz@celina-ic.org

Ann Hull, Secretary - ann@celina-ic.org

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 EDUCATION COMMISSION Kylie Johnson, Chairperson

FINANCE COMMISSION Harry Coy, Chairperson

COUNSELING SERVICES Offered by Bob Skipper at Spiritual Center of Maria Stein

1-937-299-9005

Immaculate Conception Church

229 West Anthony Street, Celina, Ohio, 45822

Parish Office Phone: 419-586-6648 Fax: 419-586-6649 Website www.celina-ic.org

Religious Education Office 419-586-2370 School 419-586-2379 or 419-586-4987

Website www.icschool-celina.org

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 16, 2020

Gospel Meditation We are hardwired for wholeness and crave

it. When something is broken, we want it fixed. If a

part of our body is not working properly, we want

it healed. How often do we find ourselves saying,

“I’m tired of struggling with this cold, I can’t wait

for my surgery to heal, or I want my treatments to

make me better.” Wholeness and healing restore

our relationships and make us free to love as we

desire. We know very well how our limitations,

imperfections, and brokenness really limit us. They

can easily prevent us from being and doing what

we want to do.

Our physical and emotional wounds and

maladies are easier to identify. If my back hurts, I

feel it and know what part of my body needs

attention. If I am feeling intense anger, I can

identify the emotion and take necessary steps to

uncover its cause. Being persistent often brings

greater and quicker results. But will pursuing and

even achieving our physical and emotional

healings really be enough? We forget that there is

a deeper healing that we seek and desperately

need. As we look around at humanity, there are

some physical and emotional wounds and scars

that cannot be made whole. They are limitations

that must remain and, for one reason or another,

cannot be rectified Does this mean that the

wholeness and healing that my being longs for is

not possible for me? Must I settle with less than

what God promises?

The answer is no. Ultimately, there is a

desire that goes deeper than the physical and

emotional. It is a desire that resides in our soul.

What we really seek and thirst for is healing and

wholeness for our soul. Inner strength, conviction,

focus, grounding, love, hope, faith, courage,

determination, peace, and connectedness are all

words that center us on eternity. They direct us to

a presence we discover in our core, which is none

other than the presence of God. In God, we are

healed. When we are persistent in reaching out to

and establishing our relationship with God, real

healing and wholeness begin to happen.

There are some limitations and some of our

brokenness with which we may simply have to live.

This does not mean that we have to abandon our

journey to wholeness and healing. If we have done

our inner soul work, we have worked toward and

acquired what and who we ultimately need and

desire. ©LPi

Mass Intentions For The Week

Monday, August 17

7:30 a.m. Jim Rohler

Tuesday, August 18

7:30 a.m. Wilbur Bertke

Wednesday, August 19

Saint John Eudes, Priest

No Mass or Communion Service

Thursday, August 20

Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church

7:30 a.m. Lucille Kramer

Friday, August 21

Saint Pius X, Pope

7:30 a.m. Merilda Fleck

Saturday, August 22

The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

5:00 p.m. I.C, Class of 1960

Sunday, August 23

8:00 a.m. People of the Parish

11:00 a.m. Harold Post, Ben & Lolly Magoto

Congratulations to Myles Jameson, son of

Tyler & Stephanie Germann and Brynn Elizabeth,

daughter of Joshua & Brittany Green who were

recently Baptized.

The Endowment Fund received $180.00 in

memory of Lucy Beckstedt and $50.00 in memory of

Gerald Hoyng.

Readings for the week of August 16, 2020

Sunday: Is 56:1, 6-7/Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 [4]/Rom 11:13-15,

29-32/Mt 15:21-28

Monday: Ez 24:15-24/Dt 32:18-19, 20, 21 [cf. 18a]/

Mt 19:16-22

Tuesday: Ez 28:1-10/Dt 32:26-27ab, 27cd-28, 30,

35cd-36ab [39c]/Mt 19:23-30

Wednesday: Ez 34:1-11/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [1]/

Mt 20:1-16

Thursday: Ez 36:23-28/Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19

[Ez 36:25]/Mt 22:1-14

Friday: Ez 37:1-14/Ps 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [1]/

Mt 22:34-40

Saturday: Ez 43:1-7ab/Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14

[cf. 10b]/Mt 23:1-12

Next Sunday: Is 22:19-23/Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8 [8bc]/

Rom 11:33-36/Mt 16:13-20

©LPi

† Vocation Cross † August 23-29 -- Kent & Ginny Bryan

August 30-September 5 -- Rex & Joan Carr

RCIA If you or someone you know is interested in

learning more about becoming Catholic, our RCIA

will begin (in some fashion) at IC in early

September. Please see our web site: celina-ic.org/

rcia/ to add your name to the list or contact Fr.

Tim.

School Carnival Fun It’s Carnival time again! The IC School

Carnival is scheduled for Sunday, September 13

from 1:00-3:00 p.m. We will be selling 2Willy’s BBQ

chicken dinners starting at 9:00 a.m. Our raffle this

year includes the following prizes: 1st prize $500

Marathon gas card donated by Asset Allocation

Associates, 2nd prize a pizza a month for a year

donated by Celina Wine Store, 3rd prize $200

marathon gift card donated by Pax Machine Works,

4th prize Bella’s Gift Basket, and 5th prize $25 gift

card donated by Farm Credit Mid America. Raffle

tickets will be available at the Parish Office, from

IC School students, and sold after masses the

weekends of August 29 and 30, and September 5

and 6. At this time, we are hoping to have the

games outside on the PAC parking lot. We

appreciate your support of our school and hope to

see you there.

Religious Education News We are planning to start our Wednesday

night classes on September 9 and Confirmation

class on September 13 (both in person). Every

effort will be made to protect our students and

staff by the use of masks, social distancing, and

proper sanitization. Registration forms will be

available soon on our parish website www.celina-

ic.org, at the doors of the church, the Parish Office,

and the Religious Ed Office (open 9:00 a.m.-5:00

p.m. Monday-Thursday). Forms will also be

emailed out to last year’s students. If you have any

questions call the Religious Ed Office at 419-586-

2370.

Legacies and bequests help continue the faith.

Please remember Immaculate Conception Parish in

your will and expressions of sympathy.

Is Your Marriage Hurting?

Has your marriage grown cold, distant,

unloving or uncaring? Then please consider

Retrouvaille (ret’ ro-vi) - a Catholic sponsored,

confidential program open to all faiths. A program

designed to help heal and renew marriages. The

next program begins September 11, 12, 13, 2020.

For more information call 513-456-5413 or

internet address Retrouvaille.org or

helpourmarriage.org. Other weekends and

locations are available. Please call for details.

Patriotic Rosary

The Patriotic Rosary will be prayed at the

Mercer County fairgrounds on Sunday, August 16

at 9:30 a.m. We invite all to join us. Admission to

the fairgrounds is free. The rosary will be prayed

inside the large white building just north of the

main entrance of the fairgrounds. Social

distancing will be observed. Come and join us as

we pray for our country!

Young Adults

The Quo Vadis Summer Finale will have

the Vigil Project coming out to St. Augustine's in

Minster Saturday evening August 22 from 7:00-

9:00 p.m. The Vigil Project collaborates with

musicians around the world to make music for

every moment of the Catholic journey. They travel

the country putting on worship nights in parishes

where they perform live music and help Catholics

learn to pray with music once again.

There will be adoration of the Blessed

Sacrament in church while the Vigil Project

performs. At 9:00 p.m. following the Vigil Project,

everyone is invited to the party outside in the area

between the rectory and church, where there will

be food trucks, yard games, a fire and a great time!

Everyone 18-30 is welcome to come out and enjoy

this fantastic night!

Bulletin articles are due in writing by 9:00 a.m.

on Tuesday. You may email article to: ann@celina-ic.org.

Saturday, August 22, 5:00 p.m.

Sacristans: Charlie and Jane Mescher

Commentator: Bud Schoenleben

Lector: Charlie Mescher

E. M.: Patty Schoenleben, Dr. Ken Schmiesing,

Kathy Schmiesing

Ushers: Team B, Mike Everman, Captain

Sunday, August 23, 8:00 a.m.

Sacristans: Diane Wagner

Commentator: Janet Ramsey

Lector: Carol Wenning

E. M.: Ann Hull, Gerard Ahrns, Diane Wagner

Ushers: Team C, Ken Art, Captain

Sunday, August 23 , 11:00 a.m.

Sacristans: Dee Uhlenhake

Commentator: Nicole Schumm

Lector: Jan Yackey

E. M.: Deacon Charlie Salway, Lisa Schott,

Dee Uhlenhake

Ushers: Team D, Stephen Seibel, Captain

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Everyday Stewardship The Challenge of Stewardship

Every day we are called by Christ to respond

in some way. The more practice we have at giving of

ourselves freely and living in His presence, the

easier it is to discern that call. Once we hear the call,

the choice is ours: will we respond with yes or no?

We could say that we are not required to say yes

because God has given us free will. However, our

response speaks much to where we are in our

maturity of faith. When we were children, the word

“no” used to be one of our favorites. If we continue to

say that as we get older, well, that says something

about where we are in our walk with the Lord. If we

truly are disciples of Jesus Christ and are serious

about growing in our faith, we will say “yes.” We are

not required to say yes, but we say yes because that

is who we have become.

This is the challenge of a stewardship way of

life. Have we matured enough to say yes when God

calls, regardless of how much our answer may cost

us? What matters more to us: what it will cost us or

our relationship with Jesus? Some days we will

easily be able to say yes. The grace and love he gives

us will be plenty to see us through whatever

situation in which we find ourselves. However, we

are imperfect beings and there will be days when we

are more into ourselves than him. It is on those days

that we find ourselves at a true crossroads of a

challenge. The choice is always ours. Hopefully, our

faith will be strong enough. His call is never for his

own sake. He calls us because the world he created

and the Church he instituted need us. They wait just

as he does for our response.

Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS

© Liturgical Publications

Stewardship Offering August 2

Envelopes/online (190) $13,308.13

Loose 1,241.90

Total Received $14,550.03

Weekly Offering: $14,550.03

Week Budgeted: 14,400.00

Over/Short: $ 150.03

YTD Total Collection: $64,429.99

YTD Total Budgeted: 72,000.00

Over/Short to date: ($ 7,570.01)

To give electronically for fiscal year July 1, 2020 to

June 30, 2021 visit www.celina-ic.org and click

Donate.