THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY PARISH January 17th, 2016 ~ Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

P O Box 307, Dushore, PA 18614 Parish Office - 1 St. Francis Drive, Mildred, PA 18632

(570) 928-8865 Fax (570) 928-7972 Email ~ ihmparish@frontier.com

Website ~ ihmdushore.com Our Pastoral Staff

Parish Administrator ~ Reverend Richard Rojas Director of Religious Education ~ Mrs. Kathleen Clark

Administrative Assistant ~ Ms. Diane Fowler

Mass Schedule

Saturday

4:00 PM St. Basil’s Church, Dushore

Sunday

7:30 AM St. Francis of Assisi Church, Mildred

9:30 AM St. Basil’s Church, Dushore

The Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturdays ~ 3:15 – 3:45 PM St. Basil’s Church, Dushore

Sundays ~ 6:45 – 7:00 AM St. Francis of Assisi Church, Mildred

Or by appointment

St. Basil the Great

Church

Dushore, PA

St. Francis of Assisi

Church

Mildred, PA

St. John Neumann

Shrine

Sugar Ridge, PA

St. Francis of Assisi

Chapel

Eagles Mere, PA

A Welcoming Community: You enter this Church … not as stranger, but as a guest of God. He is your heavenly Father. Come, then, with joy in your heart and thanks on your lips into His presence, offering Him your love and service. Be grateful to the strong and loyal ones who, in the name of Jesus Christ, built this place of worship, and to all who have beautified it and hallowed it with their prayers and praise. Ask His blessing on those who love His house of faith as the inspiration of their labor, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit, and may that blessing rest on you, both in your going out and your coming in.

Parish Registration: You must be a registered member of The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish to receive Baptism, Confirmation, First Penance, First Holy Communion, Marriage and to receive sponsor letters from the pastor.

New Members: Please stop by or call the parish office and register. (If you are leaving the parish, please notify the office before you leave). Thank you.

Change of Address: Please notify the parish office as soon as possible if you have had a change of address.

Inactive Catholics: As a welcoming parish, we ask every parishioner to ask God to put in your heart people whose hearts we need to reach out and touch with God’s love. “Before you talk to men about God, you talk to God about men.” Please, call, write, leave in an envelope in the collection the name, address and phone number of the person. Father would be delighted to meet with them.

SACRAMENTAL LIFE

RCIA: The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a process to bring non-Catholics into the faith. Anyone seeking information or interested in becoming a part of this community of faith can call the parish office.

Sacrament of Baptism: Baptisms are scheduled for the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month following the 9:30 AM Mass. In order to understand and better appreciate this special sacrament, parents are required to attend the Pre-Baptismal Program, which is held on the last Saturday of each month at 7:00 PM in St. Basil’s Rectory. Please contact the rectory to schedule your child’s baptism.

Sacrament of Marriage: Couples contemplating marriage should notify the rectory at least six months prior to the date to allow necessary time for proper preparation.

Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick: Urgent calls will be attended to at any time of the day or night.

Visitation of the Sick: Please call the parish for visitation of the sick at home, in the hospital, or health care facility.

Parish Mission Statement: We, the Catholic faithful of The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, in union with our Holy Father, the Pope, and our Bishop, are called through Baptism to share in the ministry which Jesus Christ has entrusted to the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. As priest and lay faithful in a rural area, we utilize our energy to serve the spiritual needs of the Kingdom of God to promote a culture of life, justice, and peace to this generation and the generations that follow us.

Prayer to the Immaculate Heart of Mary O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Heavenly beauty and splendor of the Father, you are the most valued Heavenly

treasure. New Eve, immaculate in soul, spirit and body, created of the godly seed by the Spirit of God, you are the

spiritual Mother of mankind. Pure Virgin, full of grace then and now, your whole being was raised Heavenly in full glory, to be elevated

above all the hosts within the Kingdom of God. O Heavenly Mother, Queen of Heaven and earth, I recognize the glory of your highest title, the Immaculate

Heart of Mary! Loving Mother, dispenser of endless blessings, you who continually intercede on our behalf,

please present my need before your loving Son, Jesus. (Mention your request)

O Immaculate Heart of Mary, I know that you are now presenting my need before Jesus, for you have never turned away those in dire need.

Mother dearest, I await your favorable answer, submitting myself to the Divine will of the Lord, for all glories are His for ever and ever. Amen.

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday, January 17th, 2016 Sunday Readings

First Reading: Isaiah 62:1-5 Isaiah prophesizes that Jerusalem will again be held in high esteem by God. He states that all nations will witness its glory. He compares a groom’s joy toward his bride to the joy that God will feel toward Jerusalem.

Responsorial Psalm: 21

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Paul discusses the different gifts and talents bestowed upon different individuals. He explains that each individual receives various talents so that everyone can contribute something to society.

Gospel: John 2:1-11 Jesus and Mary attended a wedding where Mary informed Jesus that there was no more wine. At first he said it did not concern him, but then he turned several jugs of water into wine. His disciples were also present and believed in him more strongly after they witnessed the first sign of glory he revealed to them.

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time “There are different gifts but the same Spirit; there are different ministries but the same Lord; there are different works but the same God who accomplishes all of them in everyone. To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.”

As members of a vibrant church community it is easy to recognize the giftedness of so many people. Our worship comes alive through the commitment of readers, musicians. Our education efforts for adults and children reflect the firm faith of others, ready to transmit what they believe. The outreach to those in need continues to be an expression of Christ’s love for others, through the pantry or hospital visits. The person who welcomed you at the door of the church made you feel welcome...

May we pause for a moment and look around. What still needs to be accomplished to build His kingdom here? Maybe it’s something that has never been tried before, but it can answer a great need. Do we know where someone can get a job? Is there someone who needs a visit and a prayer? Is a visit to a terminally ill person possible, so a caregiver can have a respite or get to the store?

May we pause for a moment and look inside. Quietly look at your hands. What gift do you see that you have that can touch the life of someone else? Pope emeritus Benedict XVI certainly spoke about our ability to serve the common good. Maybe your gift is the only thing someone needs to change his or her life. Use it.

As an example look at what happened at Cana. Mary’s last words in the bible ‘do whatever he tells you’ certainly helped the new family and strengthened

DAILY READINGS

MONDAY

1Sm 15:16-23; Ps 50:8-9, 16b-17, 21, 23; Mk 2:18-22

TUESDAY

1 Sm 16:1-13; Ps 89:20-22, 27-28; Mk 2:23-28

WEDNESDAY~ St. Fabian, Pope, Martyr; Saint Sebastian,

Martyr

1 Sm 17:32-33, 37, 40-51; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Mk 3:1-6

THURSDAY~ St. Agnes, Virgin, Martyr

1 Sm 18:6-9, 19:1-7; Ps 56:2-3, 9-13; Mk 3:7-12

FRIDAY

1 Sm 24:3-21; Ps 57:2-4, 6, 11; Mk 3:13-19

SATURDAY~St. Vincent, Deacon, Martyr; St. Marianne

Cope, Virgin

2 Sm 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27; Ps 80:2-3, 5-7; Mk 3:20-21

SUNDAY~ THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; Ps 19:8-10, 15

In Loving Memory

The Altar Candles in St. Basil’s Church are

burning in loving memory of Father Joseph

Hornick by Debby & Michael McDonald

The Altar Candles in St. Francis Church are

burning in loving memory of Stephen

Kravetz by Debby & Michael McDonald

Reminder: CCD classes resume this

Sunday at their regularly scheduled �me,

8:00AM.

Weekly Liturgical Celebrations Saturday, January 16 3:15 ~ 3:45 PM Dushore Sacrament of Reconciliation 4:00 PM Dushore Frank Mucha by Bill & Peggy Black Sunday, January 17 6:45–7:00 AM Mildred Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:30 AM Mildred Mass for the People 9:30 AM Dushore Theresa Walsh by the Potter Family Monday, January 18 9:00PM Dushore Deceased Members of the Gerald & Alice Taylor Family by Alice Taylor Carey Tuesday, January 19 9:00AM Mildred Marie Sharrow by Mary Finan Wednesday, January 20 9:00AM Dushore Laura White by Marie McKernan & William Charnitski Thursday, January 21 9:00AM Mildred Joseph & Kathryn Doyle by Jean & Joan 10:30AM Darway Catherine Lambert by Michael & Debbie McDonald & Family Friday, January 22

For Daily Mass please attend St. Mary's: Wyalusing

St. Peter & Paul: Towanda Saturday, January 23 3:15 ~ 3:45 PM Dushore Sacrament of Reconciliation 4:00 PM Dushore Peter Finan by the Family Sunday, January 24 6:45–7:00 AM Mildred Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:30 AM Mildred Mass for the People 9:30 AM Dushore Sr. Alicia Cavanaugh by Mr. & Mrs. Joseph McDonough

From a Letter to the Ephesians by Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr

The harmony of unity It is right for you to give glory in every way to Jesus Christ who has given glory to you; you must be made holy in all things by being united in perfect obedience, in submission to the bishop and the presbyters. I am not giving you orders as if I were a person of importance. Even if I am a prisoner for the name of Christ, I am not yet made perfect in Jesus Christ. I am now beginning to be a disciple and I am speaking to you as my fellow disciple. It is you who should be strengthening me by your faith, your encouragement, your patience, your serenity. But since love will not allow me to be silent about you, I am taking the opportunity to urge you to be united in conformity with the mind of God. For Jesus Christ, our life, without whom we cannot live, is the mind of the Father, just as the bishops, appointed over the whole earth, are in conformity with the mind of Jesus Christ. It is fitting, therefore, that you should be in agreement with the mind of the bishop as in fact you are. Your excellent presbyters, who are a credit to God, are as suited to the bishop as strings to a harp. So in your harmony of mind and heart the song you sing is Jesus Christ. Every one of you should form a choir, so that, in harmony of sound through harmony of hearts, and in unity taking the note from God, you may sing with one voice through Jesus Christ to the Father. If you do this, he will listen to you and see from your good works that you are members of his Son. It is then an advantage to you to live in perfect unity, so that at all times you may share in God. If in a short space of time I have become so close a friend of your bishop – in a friendship not based on nature but on spiritual grounds – how much more blessed do I judge you to be, for you are as united with him as the Church is to Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ to the Father, so that all things are in harmony through unity. Let no one make any mistake: unless a person is within the sanctuary, he is deprived of God’s bread. For if the prayer of one or two has such power, how much more has the prayer of the bishop and the whole Church.

2015 Financial Statements of Parish Support

Please contact the rectory if you would like

your financial statement of parish support

mailed to you. Statements will not be sent out

unless the rectory is notified. You may also

stop in at the rectory and pick it up.

A Special Thank You A special thank you to all who made the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish churches beautiful for our Christmas celebrations, most

especially to our liturgical ministers, decorators, choir and musicians, ushers, Knights of Columbus, and Altar & Rosary Society. Thank

you for your selfless giving of your time and talent to help enhance our Christmas liturgies. May God continue to bless you and

your families during the New Year.

“When everything falls apart, only one thing

sustains our hope: God loves us, he loves

everyone!” —Pope Francis

Our Weekly Parish Offertory Collection

The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish

January 9th & 10th, 2016

$4,842.00

Building & Maintenance

$381.88 Thank you for your generosity!

January Second Collections

January 30 & 31~ Campaign for Human

Development

Word of Life

“We were made to love and be loved; we are

meant to depend on one another, serving each

other in humility and walking together in times

of suffering. Our relationships are meant to help

us grow in perfect love.” —Cardinal Seán P.

O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.

Patron of the Week

Ally Bell’s

Please support our patrons on the back of the bulletin.

A Prayer for our Military God our Father, walk through my house and take away all my worries; and please watch over and heal my family. Heavenly Father, hold our troops in Your loving hands. Protect them as they pro-tect us. Bless them and their families for the self-less acts they perform for us in this, our time of need. These things I humbly ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.

Please pray for: Darrin J. Denmon,

PMB 155; P O Box 30800, Honolulu, HI 96820 PVT Stephen MacElhaney “Punisher” 5th Platoon 1-7bFABN 41404 b-battery Blair Street

Ft. Sill, OK 73503 Natalie Dymond

9030 Moccasin Lake, San Antonio, Tx 78245 RCT Sharif Welton

1st RTBN PLT 1004 CO B, Box 16135, Parris Island, SC 29905

Matthew J. Dailey 114 East Cochran Ave,Unit 110

Clovis, NM 88101 Air Force Captain Shawn M. McDonald

145 Kings Highway; Apt 307 Dover, DE 19901

Airforce SSGT Amber Adams

Liturgical Ministers for January 23 & 24 Special Ministers of Communion

4:00 PM Dushore Jody Lambert 7:30 AM Mildred K. Bohensky 9:30 AM Dushore D. McDonough

Lectors 4:00 PM Dushore D. Lambert 7:30 AM Mildred S. Moyer 9:30 AM Dushore B. Hawke, P.Wylie

Altar Servers 4:00 PM Dushore 7:30 AM Mildred R. Thomas 9:30 AM Dushore N. Werner, C. Werner

Greeters 4:00 PM Dushore J. & E. Richlin 7:30 AM Mildred J. Walsh 9:30 AM Dushore M. & K. Evangelisti, D. Hallam

If you have not yet made your gift, and

need a pledge envelope, packets are

available by calling the Diocesan

Development Office at 570-207-2250 or online at

www.dioceseofscranton.org

UpdateoftheAnnualDiocesanAppeal:

OurParishGoal:$41,000.00

TotalRaised:$36,895.00

UnderGoal:$4,105.00

PercentageofParishionersPledgedasof

1/12/2016

37.95%(178outof469peoplepledged)

Donate for the Year of Mercy to the Heat &

Eat Fund

Donate to the Heat and Eat fund which was

established by Father Joe to help parishioners and

those in need of food or fuel oil. Anyone who is in

need of assistance may contact the parish office at

570-928-8865. We receive many requests in the

winter when heating oil is high and our parish has

been able to help those in our community through

those difficult times. Last year, the parish was able

to help 13 families providing over $3,100.00 in

assistance The generosity of our parishioners has

made this possible. Please consider contributing to

this fund with any size gift. Contact the parish office

at 570-928-8865, or write on your check, “Heat and

Eat Fund” and include it with your offering. Let’s be

a blessing to others this ‘Year.’

Chosen: IHM Youth ProgramChosen: IHM Youth ProgramChosen: IHM Youth ProgramChosen: IHM Youth Program IHM Parish Youth (Grades 7-12) are invited to

meet for spiritual enrichment! The next meeting is Monday, January 18th at

7:00 PM– 9:00PM in the Cave (St. Francis

Rectory Basement, Mildred)

Homemade brownies will be provided

For more information contact Elly Rojas at

570-928-9819, register online at ihmdushore.com,

or join our Facebook group Chosen by God

Reflec�ng on the Gospel

Belief is directed to a Who rather than a what.

Our own encounters with Jesus in prayer, through

others, (in struggling with daily self-giving) are truly

epiphanies of God’s glory which also invite us to respond

to abundance with belief. These epiphany signs might

come in may ways—through others in a cry for help, in a

lonely person’s plea for companionship, in the

spontaneous laughter of delight, in the beauty of nature.

The challenge for us is to see these as revela>ons of

God’s glory, as epiphanies of God’s love for us, and an

opportunity to respond in belief.

Yes, these common, ordinary signs of God’s

abundance, love, and glory are all around us. By

responding to other persons (recognizing them as

revela>ons of God to us) we ourselves also become signs

of God’s abundance, God’s fullness. We ourselves are

the good wine kept un>l a?er Jesus’s ascension when

we take up Jesus’s mission as disciples. Living the

paschal mystery means that we empty ourselves in

order to be filled with the goodness of God’s glory.

Wedding Anniversary Mass

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Joseph C.

Bambera, D.D., J.C.L., Bishop of Scranton, and the

Office for Parish Life wish to invite couples

celebra>ng their 25th or 50th wedding anniversary in

2016 to a diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass

on Sunday, June 5. The event includes a 2:30 pm

Mass at St. Peter’s Cathedral followed by a

recep>on. Requests for an invita>on, with a mailing

address, should be made through your parish office

before March 7.

St. Basil’s Calendar Raffle Winners

Congratulations to the following winners of the

St. Basil’s January Calendar Raffle!

1/7/16 #657 $ 50.00

William Hawke, Williamsport

1/8/16 #277 $ 50.00

Ticket Not Sold

1/9/16 #134 $ 50.00

Ticket Not Sold

1/10/16 #645 $ 50.00

Linda Thall, Dushore

1/11/16 #421 $ 50.00

Ticket Not Sold

1/12/15 #216 $ 50.00

Kat Clark, Dushore

2016 Church Calendars for the new year are

available in the back of each church. Thank you to

Dean, Kay, Jeff & Kim Homer for the gift of the

calendars!

Knights of Columbus Ham Dinner

Friday, January 29, 2016

St. Basil’s Hall, Dushore 4:00 – 7:00 PM

2015 Nite at the Races Total

&12,165.89

Great Job!

Bloodmobile

St. Basil’s Hall

Thursday, February 4th, 2016

Mike Norton Benefit

Liturgy Commi2ee Mee�ng

Tuesday, January 26th, 2016

3:00PM

St. Francis Rectory

Father Rojas and Family would like to extend a

special thank you for all the prayers, cards, and

gifts they received this Christmas Season.

Catholic Campaign for Human

Development The annual national collection for the

Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) supports our brothers and sisters in need by bringing them new hope,

building community, and addressing the root causes of poverty.

The collection will be taken up in parishes in the Diocese of Scranton on the

weekend of January 30-31, 2016. The theme, "Working on the Margins," focuses our attention on the poor and vulnerable who can often be overlooked as we go

about our daily lives. "In this Jubilee Year of Mercy

proclaimed by Pope Francis, we are reminded that all of us are welcome to

encounter Christ through God's grace. No one is excluded from the mercy and love of God."

Bishop Bambera noted that Pope Francis has urged us to "Go and seek out and

encounter the most needy!" Supporting the Catholic Campaign for Human Development enables us to answer this call.

"We are incomplete until we encounter

the love of God and then learn to freely give this love away to all whom God has placed within our lives," the Bishop said. "Our mission as disciples of Jesus will be

fulfilled if we engage the journey of faith honestly, if we acknowledge our need for God's merciful presence in our lives, and if we are humble and generous enough to

encounter and serve one another along the way."

Catch Our Spirit… Celebrate Our Catholic Schools

As families register their students for the

upcoming school year, consider becoming an Academic Angel!

Your contribution is an investment in a

child’s future…the outcomes speak for

themselves. Our schools offer an instructional environment that challenges

the mind, while inspiring and

strengthening the spirit. Please consider

supporting our students for the 2016-17 school year. You can designate the gift

as a memorial or as an honor for

someone special. You can also select a

particular school to receive your gift or allow us to allocate it to the area with the

greatest need. Contributions can be sent

to the Diocese of Scranton Scholarship

Foundation, 300 Wyoming Avenue,

Scranton PA 18503.

ALTAR AND ROSARY SOCIETY NEWS

Our next Bible Study will be at Anne Silla’s home in

Muncy Valley on Thursday January 21 at 11 am, weather

permiKng. We are reading session #6 : MARY IN

CHRIST‘S MINISTRY.