Immaculate Conception

The St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry is open for business! If you are a parishioner in need of food, please call the rectory. If you know of someone in the 44314 zip code in need, have them call InfoLine at 330-376-4850. All parishioner and InfoLine names are given to the the pantry staff and requests are filled accordingly. The pantry is open on Thursday afternoons to fill those requests – when they have been filled and picked up, the pantry is closed. You must be able to come to the pantry to pick your order – there will be no deliveries. ID is needed and additional paper work may be needed.

You can still go to The FEST site to see and hear the bands who performed and more. Check it out at www.theFEST.us

It is exactly in difficult times like these that we need to be connected to one another and to the Church. Check out these websites which can help you do just that: www.dioceseofcleveland.org Go to the top and click on “Offices”, go to the left and scroll down for “Worship” and click. There are resources and a partial listing of parishes that are livestreaming Masses. www.formed.org (register under St. Augustine, Barberton) is a great place to keep up with your faith, learn new things and continue to be engaged. Sunday Mass is broadcast on WUAM 43 at 10:00 am and you can hear Mass on 1330 AM at 9:00 am and 1260 AM at 10:30 am. You can also check EWTN. Additional resource: www.usccb.org This is the official site of the United States Council of Catholic Bishops and there is all sorts of information on it. ***Additional resource: www.vaticannews.va

Please know of our prayers for all of you and our world.

To those coming to Mass, thank you for complying with diocesan and parish guidelines, enduring masks and participating fully. Thank you to Mother Mary’s Music Makers who have figured out how to minister at the 11:00 Mass while being 6 ft. distanced and to Peggy McCann and Rebecca Kreeger for music at 5:30 and 8:30. Thank you to our Ministers of Hospitality and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Lectors, thank you for understanding and standing down for right now.

To those not yet coming to Mass, thank you for your unity with the community in prayer. Please know you are not forgotten, that we miss you terribly and can’t wait till we can all be together once again.

To those manning our Bingo program, the Kenmore Free Store and the Kenmore Community Meal, thank you for your willingness and for complying with our guidelines – we know it is hot under those masks!!

To everyone who has made the effort to get your envelopes to the parish, thank you. Whether you are bringing them to Mass, mailing or dropping them off, we are so very grateful for your diligence and faithfulness. If you are going to an air conditioned parish during the hottest Sundays, please be sure your envelopes make it here to the parish.

We are here for you so if you have any questions, concerns or comments, please let us know!

As we look out over the parking lot, we see many things going on today, June 30th. People in masks are lined up outside the Free Store to come in for the first time since March, gardeners are busy tending their Community Garden areas and the Community Meal Team, in masks, are in Waldeisen Hall preparing to serve the community delicious take-out meals and soon people will be arriving for their meals. Things are definitely NOT normal and won’t be for a very long time, but these events today give us hope that someday they will. In the meantime, we’re taking every precaution by wearing masks, social distancing, sanitizing hands and surfaces. We’re in this together!!

It was so good to see people come through the doors of the church last weekend – first time since March 17th. It looked a bit strange as everyone had masks on and had to learn how to navigate the new guidelines, but all in all things went pretty well. The number of people coming for worship were down and that was expected. Please know that we miss those of you who are choosing to stay home, that we fully respect your decision and that we look forward to the day this pandemic is eradicated and we can all be together once again. Starting this weekend, Trinity Sunday, we’ll have the full bulletin once again and will continue to place copies at the back door of the church for those not yet coming to Mass and who don’t have a computer to see the bulletin on our website.

The staff is so very grateful for your faithful stewardship of treasure; I.C. parishioners ROCK!!! If you’re coming to Mass, follow the guidelines and place your envelope in the basket at the front of the church. If you’re not yet able to come to Mass, please continue to mail in or drop off your envelopes or go online to make your contribution.

Please pray for an end to this pandemic, all those affected by it, our medical, hospital and military personnel and for our country as we work toward racial equality and understanding. Think about this from an unknown author that was posted on Facebook: “When Jesus said love your neighbor, He knew your neighbor would act, look, believe and love differently than you. It’s kind of the whole point.”