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3rd Newsletter November

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION NEWS

November 2020


PARISH RAFFLE

The tickets for the parish raffle to raise money

for our boiler fund are available. You can

contact Staci Corder 799-5908, Jenna Botts 868-

8767 or Val Morger 750-2866 to either buy

tickets or get tickets to sell. Tickets are $5 for

one or $20 for 5.


Many wonderful prizes have been donated by

the generous merchants and parishioners of our

community.


Traeger Pro Series 34 Pellet Grill (Chris

& Terri Halko)

Fontanini Navitity Set (Kathy Miser)

Porter Cable 2-Tool Combo Kit

(Lehmans True Value)

Wine Basket (Pioneer Insurance)

Schumacher Electric Battery charger

(Mountain View Co-op)

Two $100 Visa Gift Cards (Fort Benton

Realty)

$100 Gift Certificate to Corder Beef

(Staci Corder, Corder & Associates)

Levee Gold (Caroleen Willits)

Bourbon Decanter (Roger Pugh &

Darlene Pugh)

Haircare Gift Basket (Levee Salon)

Getaway Package (Grand Union)


Prizes are on display in the windows of Pioneer

Insurance and Benton Pharmacy. Tickets will be

on sale during Bridgeport Station’s sale

December 5 also. Remember the drawing is

December 6. Thank you to everyone who has

sold or purchased tickets.


ADVENT

We will set up for Advent on Saturday

November 28 at 1:00. If someone would be

willing to make bows for the décor let Joanne

Streit know.

Advent begins on Sunday November 29. We

will bless our Advent wreath during Mass on

that day.

Online resource for Advent can be found at

DynamicCatholic.org. They are offering a

program called Best Advent Ever.

A parishioner has asked if Mass during Advent

and Christmas could be live streamed again on

Facebook. We are looking into doing that and

will put information on the website and


Facebook.


NEWSLETTERS

When the newsletter was started we did not

think COVID would last this long. We are happy

to continue with the newsletters to help keep

the parish in touch. If, however, you would like

to receive yours electronically we could easily

do that. Please send an email to

jmstreit77@gmail.com and your next

newsletter will be sent that way.

2nd Newsletter

IMMACULATE

CONCEPTION

NEWS October 2020

PARISH RAFFLE


The parish is planning a raffle to raise money for

the boiler fund. We will begin selling tickets

October 18 and the drawing will be December 6

after Mass. This year we will not have a table at

the Bridgeport Craft Fair since it is canceled.

We will all need to do our best to sell tickets

since this is our only fund raising project. Kathy

Miser has again donated a Fontanini nativity set

and there will be other items that the

committee is in the process of gathering. You

can contact Staci Corder 799-5908, Jenna Botts

868-8767 or Val Morger 750-2866 to either buy

tickets or get tickets to sell. Tickets are $5 for

one or $20 for 5.


RELIGIOUS EDUCATION


Religious education classes for the elementary

students and sacramental preparation will

begin October 11 after Mass. This year the

teachers are Jonna Bogart and Kari O’Hara. The

classes for Middle/High School are still being

planned. The first youth Mass will be

November 4 at 11:00.

PRAYERS


We have many parishioners in need of our

prayers. In these times we don’t always hear

who is in need. When you have someone you

would like to include in our Mass petitions,

please send the name to Fr. Mo or mention it to

Barb McCabe. We do need permission to

mention people by name.


THIS AND THAT


The plump pumpkins and gourds are from the

garden of Linda and Jim Albers. They

generously donated some of their bounty for us

to enjoy as part of our fall altar decorations.

Thank you Linda and Jim.

MINISTRY Now is the time to volunteer to be a

lector, musician, cantor. Everyone has been

most gracious at filling these spots each week,

but there is always room for more. If you would

like to try a ministry, please let us know.

PARISH WEBSITE www.iccfb.org After some

technical difficulties, Jonna Bogart is once again

posting the bulletin to the website. She will

also post the newsletters and pastoral council

minutes.

THANK YOU for continuing to contribute to the

parish financially either by dropping your

envelope in the basket or sending it through the

mail. COVID has put a damper on many things,

but unfortunately bills are not one of those

things.

October is the month of the Rosary.

The DCCW fall conference is going to be virtual

November 21, 2020. We will put the initial

information that was provided on our website.


COMING UP


As fast as September went by we will soon be

thinking of November events. One to keep in

mind is our Book of Remembrance. We will put

the book out the 1 st of November. If you would

like to add a page for a loved one, you can ask

Barb McCabe for a page to make and return. If

you are not coming to the church, send the

name and items you would like included to Joan

Schafer PO Box 791 Fort Benton and she will

take care of it for you.

1st Newsletter

IMMACULATE

CONCEPTION NEWS

With the restrictions of COVID, we all

have had to make choices with regard to

our own individual health and

circumstances. When “normal” returns

we look forward to seeing everyone in

person at church once again. Until that

time we will try to keep you informed on

our website.

PASTORAL COUNCIL

Beginning August 11 new members

joined the pastoral council and the

council has been reorganized. The

council members are now President

Joe Streit, Vice President Jack Wright,

Secretary Mylo Lane, Jerry Brooke,

Nick Larson, Darlene Pugh, and Staci

Corder. We welcome them and

thank them for their willingness to

serve our parish community. Thank

you to Ken Engellant, Debbie

Kittredge, Jacob Botts, and Kate

Wright for their many contributions

to our parish.

The minutes of meetings can be

viewed on our website page.

The website for the parish is

www.iccfb.org.


ROOF AND GUTTER REPAIR

The repair to the gutters and roof and

tree trimming has been completed.

When the work began, it became

apparent the damage was more

extensive than realized and the cost

was more than originally planned

($9317). We applied for and

received an additional grant from the

CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN

MONTANA for $2600. With two

grants from the Foundation ($2000

and $2600), raffle proceeds ($4543)

and an outside donation this project

has been completely funded. We

thank the Catholic Foundation for

their support with this project.

ONGOING INFORMATION

 Pforte, LLC, a local commercial

cleaning service has been hired and

has been doing a great job weekly

on the church and restrooms.

 Debbie Kittredge is exploring

options for our youth education

programs to fit with the needs of

our families. These may be different

than in the past due to COVID.

 The concrete base of the church has

been power washed and readied for

painting. Thank you Kevin Kittredge

and Erich Wellman. Fr. Mo is taking

on the painting project. Thank you.

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