Immaculate Conception ChurchImmaculate Conception Church 229 West Anthony Street, Celina, Ohio, 45822 Parish Office Phone: 419-586-6648 Fax: 419-586-6649 Website Religious Education

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. Baptism is at 12:15

p.m. on the third Sunday of each month except in March it will be

on the second Sunday.

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 - [email protected]

Polly Muhlenkamp, School Principal

Lindsey Lunz, Business Manager - [email protected]

Ann Hull, Secretary - [email protected]

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 Rob Olberding, 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

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Dear Parishioner,

We say farewell to Fr. Mark Miller. C.PP.S.

this week who has been serving the Celina Cluster

while Fr. Ken has been recuperating from shoulder

surgery. We are grateful for the many ways Fr. Mark

has shared his gifts and talents and blest us with his

ministry. We wish him well and safe travels home.

World Marriage Day and Valentine’s Day

…provide an opportunity to celebrate the gift and

blessing of marriage and to affirm and support

engaged and married couples. May these upcoming

observances be occasions to affirm ever more deeply

the gift of marriage and family life, and may the

Lord continue to bless all that we do to witness to

the beauty and gift of marriage and the family.

RCIA – Rite of Election & Call to Continuing

Conversion will be next Sunday, February 21st at the

11:00 AM Mass. As a parish community we offer our

prayers, support and encouragement for our RCIA

catechumens and candidates as they continue their

final preparation in the season of Lent for Easter

Sacraments.

Fr. Ken & Fr. Tim

Legacies and bequests help continue the faith.

Please remember Immaculate Conception Parish in

your will and expressions of sympathy.

Monday, February 15

7:30 a.m. Andrew Hoying,

Post & Wenning Families

Tuesday, February 16

7:30 a.m. Robert Demange

Wednesday, February 17

Ash Wednesday

7:30 a.m. Liv. & Dec. Schwegman, Bertke &

Hoelscher Family

9:00 a.m. Keith Kline

12:15 p.m. Liturgy of the Word

5:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Word

6:30 p.m. Agatha Leugers

Thursday, February 18

7:30 a.m. Mort Heckler

Friday, February 19

7:30 a.m. Paul Heim

Saturday, February 20

5:00 p.m. Pauline Axe

Sunday, February 21

8:00 a.m. Alfred Sudhoff

11:00 a.m. Doris Grieshop

2021 Catholic Ministries Appeal (CMA)

Archbishop Schnurr sends his thanks to

everyone from Immaculate Conception who has

pledged to the 2021 Catholic Ministries Appeal. If

you have not yet made your pledge, please consider

doing so this week. These important local ministries

depend on our help each year. You will find extra

pledge envelopes in the entrances of church for your

convenience this weekend. To make a donation

online, please visit www.AOCstewardship.org.

Thank you!

The St. Vincent de Paul collection on

February 6 & 7 totaled $631.58. Thank you for your

ongoing generous donations!

Remember in your prayers those who have

died, especially Marilyn Koch.

† Vocation Cross † February 21-27 -- Ryan Seas

February 28-March 6 -- Janeen Braun

Readings for the week of February 14, 2021

Sunday: Lv 13:1-2, 44-46/Ps 32:1-2, 5, 11 [7]/

1 Cor 10:31—11:1/Mk 1:40-45

Monday: Gn 4:1-15, 25/Ps 50:1 and 8, 16bc-17, 20-21

[14a]/Mk 8:11-13

Tuesday: Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10/Ps 29:1a and 2, 3ac-4,

3b and 9c-10 [11b]/Mk 8:14-21

Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18/Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14 and

17 [cf. 3a]/2 Cor 5:20—6:2/

Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

Thursday: Dt 30:15-20/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [Ps 40:5a]/

Lk 9:22-25

Friday: Is 58:1-9a/Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19 [19b]/

Mt 9:14-15

Saturday: Is 58:9b-14/Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [11ab]/

Lk 5:27-32

Next Sunday: Gn 9:8-15/Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [cf. 10]/

1 Pt 3:18-22/Mk 1:12-15

©LPi

LENT 2021

Lent begins, Wednesday, February17th with Ash Wednesday, a day of fast and abstinence for

Catholics. Ashes remind us to turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel. Ash Wednesday

masses will be at IC at 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM & 6:30 PM; OLG 8:00 AM & 5:30 PM; St. Teresa 7:00

PM. In addition, brief liturgy of the word services outside of mass with distribution of ashes will be

held at IC at 12:15 PM and 5:00 PM and at St. Teresa at 12:00 Noon.

Ashes will be distributed during Masses and liturgy of the word

services, just after the homily using a revised protocol from the

Vatican. The celebrant will bless the ashes, sprinkling them with

Holy Water. He will then address the congregation as a whole in one

of the two approved forms: Repent and Believe in the Gospel OR

Remember that you are dust and unto dust you will return. This

invocation will NOT be repeated for each individual receiving ashes.

As with Holy Communion, those receiving the ashes will remain in their pews, they will not be

signed on the forehead with a cross. Rather, they are asked to kneel, if possible, or stand, and lean

forward bowing their heads, and ashes will be lightly sprinkled on the tops of their heads. There

will be no physical contact between the minister and the recipient.

While imposition of ashes with the sign of the cross on the forehead has been customary in the

United States on Ash Wednesday, in many other parts of the world, the tradition of sprinkling dry

ashes on top of the head, rooted in scriptural tradition, is a common practice. Sackcloth and ashes

were used in Old Testament times as a symbol of humility, mourning, and/or repentance. Someone

wanting to show his repentant heart would often wear sackcloth, sit in ashes, and put ashes on top

of his head. The ashes signified desolation and ruin and were a public sign of repentance and

humility before God. When Jonah declared to the people of Nineveh that God was going to destroy

them for their wickedness, everyone from the king on down responded with repentance, fasting,

and sackcloth and ashes (Jonah 3:5–7). God saw genuine change and it caused God to “relent” and

not to destroy them (Jonah 3:10). Very simply, sackcloth and ashes were used as an outward sign

of one’s inward condition. God’s forgiveness in response to genuine repentance is celebrated by

David’s words: “You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy” (Psalm 30:11). We thank you

for your understanding and cooperation.

Prayer, fasting and almsgiving are the three traditional disciplines of Lent. Prayer invites us into

God’s presence, whether personal or communal, through Scripture, devotional prayer, adoration,

meditation, journaling, Stations of the Cross, other sacramentals and especially through the

Eucharist, our great prayer of Thanksgiving. Our Lenten fasting is rooted in experiencing hunger

for food, but it goes beyond this. We are hungry so that we might discover what we truly need.

Fasting helps us look at all that we consume (and all that consumes us). It helps us discern what is

good and right in God’s eyes. Fasting clears the deck, simplifies our lives, and frees us to work

toward a world that is more just and loving. Almsgiving is the way in which we work for greater

justice. It is all the deeds we can do and the gifts we can offer to help recreate the world anew.

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, April 2, 2021, are days of fast and abstinence. Fridays of Lent

are also days of abstinence. Fasting is to be observed by all those 18 years of age and older, who

have not yet celebrated their 60th birthday. On a fast day one full meal is allowed. Two other meals

sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken to each one’s needs, but together they should not

equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids, including milk and

juices, are allowed.

Abstinence is observed by all those 14 years of age and older. On days of abstinence no meat is

allowed. Note that when health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law does not

oblige.

With regard to the obligatory days listed above, however, there are frequent questions about the

degree of seriousness of the matter. The teaching of Pope John Paul II may be simply paraphrased:

the obligation to do penance is a serious one; the obligation to observe, as a whole or

“substantially,” the penitential days specified by the Church is also serious. No one should be

scrupulous in this regard; failure to observe an individual day of penance is not considered serious.

People should seek to do more rather than less. Fast and abstinence on the days prescribed should

be considered a minimum response to the Lord’s call to penance and conversion.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation Consider making a commitment this Lent to celebrate the

Sacrament of Reconciliation and receive the healing grace of God’s forgiveness and love.

IC School & Parish Penance Service Wednesday, March 24th 2:00 PM

IC individual confessions Tuesday, March 2nd 7:00 PM; Thursdays, March 11th and 25th at 7:00

PM; Saturdays at 11:00 AM (No Saturday Confessions April 3rd)

OLG individual confessions March 3rd, 17th, 24th 6:00 PM & 7:45 PM; March 19th & 26th after

8:00 AM Mass; & Saturdays at 6:15 PM (No Saturday Confessions April 3rd)

St. Teresa individual confessions Saturday, March 28th at 4:00 PM & Wednesday evenings 6:30

PM

Adult Formation Online – Spring 2021 – Celina Cluster

Fr. Tim McFarland, C.PP.S., Ph.D.

The following list of videos are about 20-30 minutes and can be

viewed online at your convenience https://celina-ic.org/fr-tim-talks/

Additional talks will be available during Lent

Eucharist as Sacrifice: Giving Thanks – Giving Life

Is it a Sin?

The Problem and Meaning of Suffering

The Church: A Primer in Ecclesiology

The World Church

Reconciliation

Vision of the Church From Recent Popes

The Gospels of Christmas: What do these mean for us?

The Protestant Reformation

The Catholic Reformation: The Council of Trent

RITE OF ELECTION & CALL TO CONTINUING CONVERSION In the Rite of Election, we celebrate the Lord's choosing of men, women and children who,

with the help of the Church, acknowledge God’s election of them for the Easter Sacraments.

The Rite of Election marks the beginning of the final period of intensive preparation prior to

receiving the sacraments of initiation. The Call to Continuing Conversion marks the final period of

preparation for those preparing to be received into full communion or for those Catholics

completing their initiation through Confirmation and First Eucharist.

Catechumens seeking baptism, confirmation and eucharist, and candidates for reception

into full communion, as well as those Catholics completing their initiation will be welcomed at the

Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion, Sunday, February 21st at Immaculate

Conception, Celina. Normally, Archdiocesan wide celebrations are held in Dayton and Cincinnati,

but are hosted in local parishes in 2021 due to COVID-19.

A thousand years of service…

We’ve asked IC parishioners to share their years of service and insights gained along the way. IC number of years of service to date: 2,090. “In our early years of marriage and with four

children, we were not faithfully donating as we feel

God would like. After times changed and we were

able to do it, I came to realize ‘God will not be

outdone.’ We have been tremendously blessed over

the last 62 years.” – Dave and Jane Cron, 120+ years

of combined service

Immaculate Conception School is now

accepting registrations for the 2021-22 school year in

grades preschool through 6. Two levels of preschool

are available for 3-4 year olds and 4-5 year olds. We

will hold kindergarten screening on March 17. All

faiths are welcome and financial aid is available for

K-6 for qualifying families. For more information, go

to our website www.icschool-celina.org or call the

school office at 419-586-2379. Tours are available by

appointment with the principal.

Parish Secretary

Immaculate Conception Church is seeking a

Parish Secretary to provide receptionist, scheduling,

secretarial, clerical, and recordkeeping services for

the parish office operations. This is a 35 hours per

week, full-time, benefits eligible, hourly position.

Applicants must possess basic knowledge of word

processing in a variety of computer programs, be

proficient in keyboarding and data entry, effectively

communicate verbally and in writing, capable of

multi-tasking, able to relate in a welcoming and

respectful way to a variety of persons, and be able to

maintain confidentiality in all matters. Previous

work experience in office administration, computer

hardware and software is desirable. Qualified

candidates can send a letter of interest and resume

by email to [email protected], or by mail to

Immaculate Conception Parish, 229 W Anthony St,

Celina, OH 45822.

Cancellation

Because of the continuing concern about

Covid 19, there will be no Mardi Gras celebration

this year. Many of us look forward to this evening as

a chance to enjoy an evening with parish family and

friends, but after careful thought, this decision was

made. We hope all of you are staying well. Let’s

approach Lent with eager hearts.

Seeking Nominations

Pastoral Council nominations are being

accepted through March 1, 2021. A nomination may

be made by any member of Immaculate Conception

parish who is 18 years of age or older. Please speak

to the person you wish to nominate, seeking their

approval and submit all nominations in writing,

signed by the nominating parishioner. You may also

nominate yourself. Names may be submitted in the

collection basket or at the Parish Office.

Serving on the council provides a wonderful

opportunity to learn more about how the parish

functions and to help provide valuable leadership

and direction by working with the pastor and parish

staff. The commitment involves six monthly

meetings for a term of three years

Celina Knights of Columbus fish fry will be

DRIVE THRU only from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on

Friday’s of Lent. Dinners will include fish, baked

potato and apple sauce and will cost $7.00. Please

enter from Livingston Street and follow traffic

guides.

Knights of Columbus Scholarship

Celina K of C Council 1800 is offering

scholarship aid to the son or daughter of a member of

the Celina council. Applicants must be graduating

seniors planning to attend an accredited two- or four-

year college. Applications are available by contacting

Charlie Mescher at 419-586-5618 or e-mail at

[email protected]. Application deadline is April

18, 2021.

Marriage Encounter

Did you resolve to improve your relationship in

2021? Looking to better understand your spouse, be

more romantic with your spouse?? Looking for a

special Valentine's gift?

A WorldWide Marriage Encounter Experience

will help your relationship and communication in

2021. The next Marriage Encounter Experience is not

in a hotel or a retreat center. It is a virtual experience

via Zoom, where you experience Marriage Encounter

from the comfort of your home. The next experiences

will be held February 19-21 and March 19-21. Apply

today at https://esharing.org/applyWeekend.php. For

more details contact: Andy and Jeanne Folfas at 937-

886-5196 [email protected] or go to

esharing.org.

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

on Tuesday. You may email article to: [email protected].

Saturday, February 20, 5:00 p.m.

Sacristans: Paulette Sommer

Commentator: Vern Bergman

Lector: Paulette Sommer

E. M.: Richard Carlin, Kathy Schmiesing,

Dr. Ken Schmiesing

Ushers: Team L, Tim Wenning, Captain

Sunday, February 21, 8:00 a.m.

Sacristans: Tom and Anita Muhlenkamp

Servers: Grant Heckler and Christian Fent

Commentator: Trish Baucher

Lector: Tom Muhlenkamp

E. M.: Anita Muhlenkamp, Kati Heckler,

Joan Wurster

Ushers: Team A, Ron Hoying, Captain

Sunday, February 21, 11:00 a.m.

Sacristans: Pat and Ann Hull

Commentator: Dennis Hirt

Lector: Allison Darras

E. M.: Abby Gehle, Becky Lipp, James Poeppelman

Ushers: Team B, Mike Everman, Captain

This bulletin is furnished to the parish

without charge. The advertisements that appear,

completely defray the costs. Please patronize our

sponsors. We thank them for their support of our

parish! Our Featured Sponsors this week:

BENDER ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING

21st CENTURY KITCHENS OF CELINA

Lovely Lawn Care Company

Saturday, February 20

11:00 a.m. Reconciliation

Sunday, February 21

9:15 a.m. Confirmation Class

11:00 a.m. Sunday School

12:15 p.m. Baptism

Ft. Loramie Men’s Conference

The 2021 Ft. Loramie Men’s conference is set

for Saturday March 6th, 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at

Romer’s in St. Henry. This is a great day for all men,

from high school age to 100. Please come enjoy the

day and expand the growth of your faith. The theme

this year is “Building on Faith”.

Tickets are available for $25 each. This

includes 2 meals, books & materials. Returning

keynote speaker: Fr. Nathan Cromley.

Please pre buy tickets as with the COVID-19

restrictions we will only be allowed 350 seated.

Tickets can be purchased on-line at: https://

www.facebook.com/FLMensConference/

Stewardship Offering January 31

Envelopes/online (133) $ 12,807.00

Loose 667.25

Total Received $ 13,474.25

Weekly Offering: $ 13,474.25

Week Budgeted: 14,400.00

Over/Short: ($ 925.75)

YTD Total Collection: $463,939.92

YTD Total Budgeted: 446,400.00

Over/Short to date: $ 17,539.92

To give electronically for fiscal year July 1, 2020 to

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

Donate.