Immaculate Conception Parish
June 14, 2015—The Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Alphonse,
We give thanks to God for your
ministry among us. We wish you well
in your new assignment.
On Sunday, July 5th, please join with
us in giving thanks to Fr. Alphonse
after the Sunday Masses.
This Week in the Parish
Sunday, June 14th—
The Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
7:00am, 9:00am, & 11:00am Sunday Masses
12:00pm—4:00pm Adoration/3pm—4pm Holy Hour
Monday, June 15th
6:20am
8:30am
7:00pm
Mass chpl
Mass chpl
Parish Council Meeting pmr
Tuesday, June 16th
6:20am Mass chpl
8:30am Mass chpl
Noon—1:00pm Prayer Intercessor chpl
Wednesday, June 17th
6:20am
Mass chpl
Devotions to Our Mother of Perpetual Help
after 6:20am Mass chpl
8:30am Mass chpl
Noon
Parish Finance Committee Meeting pmr
Noon—1:00pm Prayer Intercessor chpl
Mass Intentions
Monday, June 15th
6:20am + Madonna Jane Peterson
8:30am + Virginia Fast
Tuesday, June 16th
6:20am
All Souls
8:30am + Doris Gham
Wednesday, June 17th
6:20am
Protection of Human Life
8:30am + Mary & Paul Roharik
Thursday, June 18th—St. Barnabas
6:20am
Communion Service
8:30am
St. Agnes Class of 1950
Friday, June 19th—St. Romuald
6:20am
Cancer Victims & Families
8:30am + James McLeod
Saturday, June 20th
8:30am
Homebound
4:00pm + Bill Strickland
Sunday, June 21st—
Twelfth Sunday in ordinary Time
7:00am + Deacon Bill McNamee
9:00am + Dan Erbert
11:00am
The Parish Family
3:00pm
Msgr. Orf’s Intention
Thursday, June 18th
6:20am
8:30am
7:00pm
Msgr. Raymond Orf
Communion Service chpl
Mass chpl
RCIA Inquiry pmr
60th Anniversary of
priesthood ordination
- Next Weekend-
Friday, June 19th
6:20am
8:30am
Mass chpl
Mass chpl
(Rosary for Vocations after Mass)
Saturday, June 20th
8:30am Mass chpl
3:00pm—3:45pm Reconciliation ch
4:00pm Sunday Mass
Mission Co-op: 4:00pm Mass
7:00pm—7:30pm Reconciliation ch
Sunday, June 21st—
The Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father’s Day
Mission Co-op: Fr. Al Benedick, M.S.
7:00am, 9:00am, & 11:00am Sunday Masses
No Adoration or Holy Hour
3:00pm Msgr. Ray Orf’s Anniversary Mass
This Mass will fulfill your Sunday Obligation.
Hors D’oeuvre reception will follow.
Please join Msgr. Orf as he celebrates
his 60th Anniversary of Ordination to the
Priesthood next Sunday, June 21st, with Mass at
3:00pm, here at Immaculate Conception. An Hors
D’oeuvre reception will follow.
Msgr. Orf
Mission Co-op Annual Appeal Next Weekend
Fr. Al Benedick Taguinod, M.S.
June 20th & 21st
The Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette minister to
people of every race, language, culture and way of life.
With your cooperation, they can continue to provide
spiritual and financial assistance to mission countries
as they bring God’s reconciling message to the poor.
Fr. Al Benedick Taguinod, M.S. will be here next
weekend at the Saturday evening and Sunday morning
Masses for the Annual Mission Co-op Appeal held in our
diocese.
Scripture Readings for next Sunday
The Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
From Father Tom’s Desk
June 21, 2015
Job 38:1, 8–11
Psalm 107:23–24, 25–26, 28–29, 30–31
II Corinthians 5:14–17 Gospel: Mark 4:35–41
Parishioners Who Need Special Prayers
Lorraine D’Alessandro, Irene Dunne, Robert Gerhardy,
Norma Herrera, Sid Kiely, Mary Jo Laurin, Carl Mentgen,
Mary Miller, Sandy Murphy, Sandra Robinson, Jan
Royster, Jackie Schmidt, Mary Shanahan, Finnegan
White, and all who need more prayers.
People are listed for 4 weeks, then transferred to the
Prayer Intention book, unless family notifies us otherwise.
Sacraments of Inititiation
Baptism—Eucharist—
Confirmation
Are you fully initiated
into the Catholic Church?
Have you Been CONFIRMED???
Anyone going into their
sophomore year of high school and
later, we will have a Parents and
Confirmation Candidate meeting on Sunday, June 28th
at noon (after the 11:00am Mass). If, however, you can't
make it to this meeting, we will also have one on
Monday evening, June 29th, 6:30pm, in Community
Room A. You will need to attend ONE of these meetings,
not BOTH.
It is VERY IMPORTANT to attend one of these meetings if you are interested in being Confirmed. We will
be discussing our Confirmation Program and the
requirements for next year. These will be new
requirements, since we will be using a new program for
Confirmation this year.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
Mindy Pfaff, at (417) 496-0769 (call or text) OR by
email: [email protected]
The Rite of
Christian Initiation of Adults
(R.C.I.A.) Inquiry has begun
Do you know someone who might be considering
becoming Catholic? RCIA Inquiry meets on the third
Thursday of each month. The second meeting will be
June 18th, at 7:00pm, in the Parish Meeting Room
(PMR). No commitment required.
For more information, please contact Tina Miller
at the parish office, (417) 887-0600.
MORTALS ONLY SEE THE BEGINNING
All their lives the two young brothers had lived in
the city behind great stone walls and never saw field
nor meadow. But one day they decided to pay a visit
to the country.
As they went walking along the road they saw a
farmer at his plowing. They watched him and were
puzzled.
"What on earth is he doing that for!" they
wondered. "He turns up the earth and leaves deep
furrows in it. Why should someone take a smooth
piece of land covered with nice green grass and dig
it up?"
Later they watched the farmer sowing grains of
wheat along the furrows.
"That man must be crazy!" they exclaimed.
"He takes good wheat and throws it into the dirt."
"I don't like the country!" said one in disgust.
"Only crazy people live here."
So he returned to the city.
His brother who remained in the country saw a
change take place only several weeks later. The
plowed field began to sprout tender green shoots,
even more beautiful and fresher than before. This
discovery excited him very much. So he wrote to his
brother in the city to come at once and see for
himself the wonderful change.
His brother came and was delighted with what
he saw. As time passed they watched the sproutings
grow into golden heads of wheat. Now they both
understood the purpose of the farmer's work.
When the wheat became ripe the farmer brought
his scythe and began to cut it down. At this the
impatient one of the two brothers exclaimed: "The
farmer is crazy! He's insane! How hard he worked
all these months to produce this lovely wheat, and
now with his own hands he is cutting it down! I'm
disgusted with such an idiot and I'm going back to the
city!"
His brother, the patient one, held his peace and
remained in the country. He watched the farmer
gather the wheat into his granary. He saw him
skillfully separate the grain from the chaff. He was
filled with wonder when he found that the farmer had
harvested a hundred-fold of the seed that he had
sowed. Then he understood that there was logic in
everything that the farmer had done.
The moral of the story: Mortals see only the
beginning of any of God's works. Therefore they
cannot understand the nature and the end of
creation.
Brian Stoffregen, Exegetical Notes, quoting from A Treasury of Jewish Folklore: Stories, Traditions, Legends, Humor, Wisdom and Folk Songs of the Jewish People, Edited by Nathan Ausubel
Copyright, 1948, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York
St. Vincent de Paul
Fortnight
for Freedom
June 21—July 4
Luau Fundraiser
was a great Success
Thank YOU!!!
Vacation Bible School
VBS will be held the evenings of June 14th, 15th,
16th, 17th, and 18th, (Sunday–Thursday), 6:00pm–
8:30pm, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, for children
entering
Kindergarten
through 6th grade. Applications
are available in the Gathering
Area. Both youth and adult
volunteers are also needed.
Immaculate Conception
Knights of Columbus “Bottle Brigade”
The Knights are sponsoring a "Bottle
Brigade" to help the Pregnancy Care Center
raise funds to maintain the mobile ultrasound
machine. Please return your filled bottles by
Father's Day, June 21st.
The Lunch Bunch Meets—June 16th
We will meet Tuesday, June 16th, 11:30am, at the home
of Dick & Mamie Lawless, 1319 E. Greenwood St. Please
phone Barbara Johnson at (417) 877-0501, for directions/
reservations.
The U.S. bishops have called for a two-week
period of prayer and action to address many current
challenges to religious liberty. This year, the theme
is Fortnight for freedom: Freedom to bear witness,
stemming from the Gospel message that Jesus came to
the world to bear witness to the truth.
Educational materials and a series of examples of
current threats to religious liberty are available at
www.fortnight4freedom.org.
St. Vincent de Paul needs for those in need.
Hot Cereals, Dry cereals, Rice, Pasta, Mac & Cheese,
Tomato Sauce, Pancake Mix, Syrup, Peanut Butter, Jelly,
Dried Beans, Sugar, Flour, Oil, Tea Bags, Coffee, Fruit
Juices, Soups, Tuna, Canned Meats, Canned Fruits.
Laundry detergent, dish soap, cleaning supplies, bar
soap, shampoo, conditioner, men & women’s deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, all sizes of diapers & wet
wipes, toilet paper & paper towels. Please bring
unopened & recently dated items.
Employment
Opportunities:
www.scspk12.org.

www.ic-parish.org
Adult Continuing Education
Our study is “The Joy of the Gospel.” We meet every
fourth Tuesday at 7:00pm, and every fourth Wednesday
at 10:00am, in the Parish Meeting Room. Our next
meeting is June 23rd & June 24th. You must be
pre-registered. Contact Sharon Weidelman in the parish
office at 887-0600, to register.
Enrollment
 Enrollment for 2015—2016—Enrollment in grades
Eucharistic Adoration
in the Chapel
after the 11:00am Sunday Mass
Holy Hour from 3:00pm–4:00pm.
Prayer Chain: (417) 882-6161
ch=Church
chpl=Chapel
cra/b= Community Room a/b
ga=Gathering Area
café a= School Cafeteria a
café b=School Cafeteria b
pmr=Parish Meeting
k of cr= Knights of Columbus
svdp=St. Vincent de Paul
yr=Youth Room
cr=Choir Room
slib=School Library
ALL Employment Opportunities and Applications are
available on the Springfield Catholic School’s website at
www.scspk12.org. Click on the ABOUT link at the top and
scroll down to Employment Opportunities.

Preschool thru 12 is currently taking place. We are made
up of three elementary schools (Preschool–8th grade)
and one high school (grades 9–12). For information or to
check availability at various grade levels, please contact
the school(s) in which you are interested. Immaculate
Conception: (417) 881-7000; St. Agnes: (417) 866-5038;
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton: (417) 887-6056; and Springfield
Catholic High School: (417) 887-8817.
Catholic Business Network of the Ozarks (CBNO) The
next event is hosted by Steve Gassel, Sr. Vice President of
Relationship Banking; and Andrea McKinney, Vice
President, Wealth Management. The event will take
place on Wednesday, June 24th, 5:00pm–7:00pm at
Empire Bank/Central Trust, 3rd Floor, 3333 S. National,
Springfield, MO 65807. Catering by Traveling Chef with
Bar provided by Brown Derby. Door Prizes include Irish
Checking Leather Checkbook Covers, Springfield
Cardinals tickets, and St. Louis Cardinals tickets! RSVP:
Julie Ast, CBNO President at [email protected] or
(417) 224-4220. Please patronize the Catholic Business
Network of the Ozarks! A full listing can be found by
going to www.cbno.biz.








Diocesan & Parish Announcements
Teaching Positions Open in Catholic Schools:
Part Time Elementary Principal Opening at St. Mary’s
School in Pierce City, MO Requirements: Active
Catholic Missouri Certification, Master's degree in School
Administration (or working towards it), administrative
experience preferred, 3–5 years of Catholic school
experience. Contact search committee via email at
principal.search@stmarys-pierce city.org.
St. Teresa Catholic School in Glennonville
3rd/4th grade elementary teacher; 7th/8th grade
teaching position available with an emphasis in Math and
Science. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to,
teaching 5th–8th grade Math and Science. Applicants
should be Missouri certified and qualified to teach
Pre-Algebra and Algebra. Practicing Catholics are
preferred. For more information or an application,
contact Peggy Ogden at (573) 328-4197.
St. Denis Catholic School in Benton - Full-time teacher.
If interested, please contact Karen Powers at (573)
545-3017.
St. Ann Catholic School in Carthage - 3rd/4th grade
teacher seeking applications from practicing Catholics
who are certified to teach at the Elementary level.
Interested applicants must possess a love for teaching
children and a commitment to Catholic school education.
For further information, please contact Bonnie Schaeffer
at (417) 358-2674.
St. Francis Xavier School in Sikeston - 5th–8th grade
English and a Science teacher Part-time Music and P.E.
Teacher. If you are interested, please contact Debra
Pollock at (573) 471-0841.
CAMP-Re-NEW-All OPENINGS AVAILABLE Camp
Re-NEW-All still has some camper
openings available. Have a golf cart to
loan? Staffers at Camp Smokey in Cassville
need to borrow a golf cart for Camp Re-NEW-All. For
more information, contact Rosie Francka in the camp
office, [email protected] or phone (417) 866-0841.
St. Joseph Annual Parish Garage & Bake Sale
Friday, July 10th & Saturday, July 11th, 8:00am–3:30pm
in St. Joseph Parish Hall located at 1121 N. Campbell. Lots
of handmade & miscellaneous items, garden produce, and
baked goods. A taco lunch will be available. The money
raised will be used for improvements to the school,
church, and rectory, as well as for donations to local and
national organizations. If you have any questions, please
contact Velma Wagner at (417) 742-7459.



Volunteers needed for The PRO-LIFE BOOTH at
the Ozark Empire Fair July 30th–August 8th. The
booth location is #328 and the shift hours are 10:45am–
2pm; 2pm–6pm; & 6pm–9pm. Training: Springfield
Library Center, S. Campbell, Tuesday, July 28th, 7:00pm.
For information or to volunteer, call (417) 496-1235, or
Email [email protected].
Springfield Chapter of the Missourians for
Alternatives to the Death Penalty will sponsor a
peaceful Execution Vigil and ecumenical Remembrance
of Victims of Violent Crime on Tuesday, June 9th, the
scheduled execution date of Richard Strong. The vigil will
take place from noon to 1:00pm, on Park Central Square.
Information: Donna Walmsley at (417) 459-2960.
Gardener Help Welcome at LifeHouse! Please join us
for our June workday at Catholic Charities/LifeHouse on
Thursday, June 25, from 8:30–10:30. We will be trimming bushes and continuing with other ongoing projects
in their courtyard, vegetable garden, and berm. Please
bring gloves and appropriate tools. Students needing
service hours for SCHS or Confirmation are encouraged
to come! Our next workdays will be July 23, 8:30–10:30,
and August 20 from 8:30–12:00 where we will participate in United Way's Day of Caring. If you are interested
in helping in any way, please contact Jana Hukriede at
831-3240.
Catholic communication campaign
Today, we will take up the Collection for
the Catholic Communication Campaign
(CCC). This collection communicates the
Gospel through Catholic social media
activities and enriches our faith through
podcasts, television, radio, and print media.
Please be generous in this week’s collection and
support this important work. Remember, half of your
donation stays in our diocese to support local
communication needs. The CCC is how we share our
experience of faith, worship, and witness.
Diocesan Development Fund Appeal
Thank you! If you have not yet made your pledge,
please add your gift, whatever the amount, in unity
with those who have already given by returning a
pledge card.
Parish Goal: $168,006.00
PLEDGE TOTAL TO DATE: $115,131.00
Your Contributions received on the Weekend of June 6–7, 2015
& in the Mail are Greatly Appreciated.
Envelopes
$ 19,260.50
Parish Repair & Maintenance $ 2,415.00
Sponsor-a-Child
$
150.00
Plate
$ 994.83 Yearly Budget
$1,050,930.00
Building Fund $
00 Year-to-date Envelope & Plate
Collection
$ 917,814.65
Weekly Need to Meet Budget: $20, 210.00