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1 SCofA Office of Faith Formation Week of May 10, 2015 Office of Faith Formation Hours Monday 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Tues. & Weds. 11 a.m. 3 p.m. Thursday By appointment CLOSED FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Phone # Fax # Important See page 5for Youth Lectoring Training!! Confirmed Youth Seek Always to Serve! Page 2 This Week At Home Page 3 From Father Rene Page 4 St. Clare Parish News Page 5 More St. Clare News Pages 6 Congratulations to First Communicants! Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Office of Faith Formation News, Sacrament Corner Mario Carpino s Fund Raising Event ASREP Wish List, GAR s News Ryan Petters Golf Benefit Around the Diocese

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3 PAGE 3 Dear St. Clare Parishioners and all those who worship with us, Today we celebrate Mother s Day. The readings today speak about the theme of love. Today's readings invite us to recognize the Paschal Mystery, the centre of our Easter celebration. It is an expression of God's love for us and an invitation to enter into the love of Jesus and his Father, to give it expression in our own lives. True love expresses itself in action rather than in words. The Father's love, John's letter tells us, was expressed in our midst when he sent into the world his only Son, so that we could have life in him. It s fitting that today we commemorate those beautiful persons in our lives that were created to impart this love given as is by God through our mothers. Here are some reflecting quotes for mothers: "No man is poor who has had a godly mother." - Abraham Lincoln "Before becoming a mother I had a hundred theories on how to bring up children. Now I have seven children and only one theory: love them, especially when they least deserve to be loved." - Kate Samperi "Making a decision to have a child -- it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." - Elizabeth Stone "The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best." - Hamilton Wright Mabie "Motherhood brings as much joy as ever, but it still brings boredom, exhaustion, and sorrow too. Nothing else ever will make you as happy or as sad, as proud or as tired, for nothing is quite as hard as helping a person develop his own individuality especially while you struggle to keep your own." - Marguerite Kelly and Elia Parsons "A mother understands what a child does not say." - Jewish Proverb "The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent." - Erich Fromm "A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take." - Cardinal Mermillod "Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother." - Lin Yü-tang "Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the Promised Land. She prepares a world she will not see." - Pope Paul VI "Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers, and sisters, aunts and cousins, but only one mother in the whole world." - Kate Douglas Wiggin So true... Fr. René Canales

Clare of Assisi Parish Family Picnic Sunday August 9, 2015 The next meeting of the St Clare Family Picnic Committee will be Wednesday, May 6 at 7 pm at the Greenwich Library (411 Swedesboro Rd,

4 PAGE 4 St. Clare Parish News Save the Date! St. Clare of Assisi Parish Family Picnic Sunday August 9, 2015 The next meeting of the St Clare Family Picnic Committee will be Wednesday, May 6 at 7 pm at the Greenwich Library (411 Swedesboro Rd, Gibbstown). Anyone is welcome to join this spirited committee. Come and join us! St Clare of Assisi - Current Staff Changes Our Pastoral Associate for Liturgy and Liturgical Music is Elena Brandt and our Choir Director for both Youth and Children Choir is Doris Hall. We are thankful! Memorial Day Mass - Monday May 25 Mass will be celebrated at 9 am in St. Joseph s Cemetery in Swedesboro. For your comfort, we suggest you bring a lawn chair. Arts & Environment Ministry Decorators Needed Are you just who we need to help with decorating our churches for the up and coming spiritual seasons? St. Clare has a dedicated group of individuals who volunteer their time to decorate and prepare the environment in our Churches. You can make a difference by using your talents to be a volunteer and participate in this rewarding ministry. Please call the Parish Office and ask for Philomena or Nancy. Thank you! Healing Mass Fr. Rene Canales will celebrate a Healing Mass Friday June 26 at 7:00pm at St Clare of Assisi Parish, St. Michael Church, Gibbstown. For those who are ill or in pain of any kind, please join him in this beautiful spiritual experience. Knights of Columbus News Queen of Heaven Council 4154 Breakfast - Sunday, May 17 8:00 am to 11:30 am GARS Paulsboro Campus Gym This is our last breakfast until September; don t miss out on a yummy Breakfast! Come join us on Sunday, May 17 and bring a friend. Thanks to everyone who attended our breakfast on April 19. Your continued support is greatly appreciated because it helps us to help others. St. Francis Council 7526 Thank You! Thank you to everyone who supported the Tootsie Roll Drive. Through your generosity, the Knights were able to raise $4,200 for the developmentally disabled and mentally challenged. Thank you and God Bless. We have achieved 42% of our goal with a current total of $59,420. Together we can achieve our 2015 parish goal of $141,163. If you have not already done so, please prayerfully consider making your pledge today. On behalf of what you do for others through the House of Charity, I am appreciative and also proud of our community that looks beyond its own needs to the support of others. Fr. Dave

Celebrating First Eucharist!- Our First Eucharist Students will be receiving their First Eucharist on the following Saturday & Sundays during Mass in Gibbstown on May 2 & 3, May 9 & 10, and May 17.

They are also celebrated twice a month on Saturday mornings in Swedesboro and after the Masses on Sundays in Gibbstown.

5 PAGE 5 more...st. Clare Parish News Lector Training For Youth of the Parish Friday May 15 th - 6:30 to 7:30 pm in St Joseph Church, under the guidance of: Fr Grace Manano, Pete Curran and Caroline Kalfas. Celebrating First Eucharist!- Our First Eucharist Students will be receiving their First Eucharist on the following Saturday & Sundays during Mass in Gibbstown on May 2 & 3, May 9 & 10, and May 17. We hope you will join their families and rejoice with us as they receive their second Sacrament of Initiation. Baptism Information Baptisms are celebrated during the Masses on Sundays. They are also celebrated twice a month on Saturday mornings in Swedesboro and after the Masses on Sundays in Gibbstown. The Baptismal Prep Classes are held on the 4 th Tuesday of each month in the Swedesboro Parish Hall in Swedesboro. Attention Veterans! Veterans Support Group Meetings 1 st and 3 rd Saturdays starting March 7 Gibbstown Convent Lower Level from 9-10:30 am St. Clare of Assisi is hosting a pilot support group for veterans who may be having difficulties transitioning back to civilian life or other issues that are specific to Veterans. Being with others who have served, sharing your story and learning that you are not alone in your struggles are reasons that many find support groups helpful. Therapy will not be provided in this setting. This group will focus on support and sharing. St. Clare of Assisi Parish 5 th Anniversary! Would you like to help unite all the parishioners in joyful celebration? We are seeking two co-chairs and volunteers to join the committee and work together for the 5 th anniversary celebration of our parish. If you are interested, please Marisol Nazario at stclareanniversarycomm@gmail.com. The Office of Faith Formation - provides spiritual formation in a traditional religious education program (PREP), alternative summer model (ASREP) and home school model (FREM) and children over the age of reason (7) and older who are not baptized or catechized. All students attending Catholic and Public Schools are prepared for sacraments through the Office of Faith Formation. For more details, please visit our website: Mass Cards and Intentions Visit the Parish Office or Guardian Angels Regional School Offices if you would like a Mass said for your intention. You may call and leave a message on x301 when the office is closed and someone will be in touch with you.

6 PAGE 6 First Communicants who received Our Lord in the Eucharist the first time Saturday & Sunday, May 2nd & 3rd! Patrick Barr Brianna Davis Natalie Lurwick Andi Beach Adam Dittert Colin Mc Court Brianna Bermel Danica Dooley Dylan Neff Dario Braccili Annabelle Dubbs Teddy Oberg Melaina Caltabiano Mary Frey Nicholas Pirrotta Giuliana Calvitti Natalie Hall Chase Ramsey Mia Ciarlante Caetlin Hariegel Neumann Rojas Armando Clemente Lyda Kerns Nathan Sekel Evan Cooper Conwell Ketterer Ryan Simonds Natalia Cudnik Ava Latigona Madison Sorochen Dale Curtis Mia Leyman Timothy Werner Ryleigh Damminger Stephanie Lombardo First Communicants who received Our Lord in the Eucharist the first time Saturday and Sunday, May 9th and 10th! Michael Burgo Grace Murphy Jacqueline Carey Christopher Pauliks Gabriella Celli Landyn Persicano Talia Cope John Pfaefflin Abigail Forte Santino Polisi Gina Grasso Olivia Sciulli Joseph Ingersoll Lilliana Shaw Julia Lang Isabella Sosi Jordaine Lerch Elena Southard Alec Tropea

7 Office of Faith Formation News PAGE 7 Sacrament Corner Volunteers needed for Summer Program July 6th 17th from 8:45 am to 1:00 pm daily on the Swedesboro Campus July 20th 31st from 8:45 am to 1:00 pm daily on the Paulsboro Campus You do not need to have a child in the program or teaching experience to volunteer. Please contact faithformation@stclarenj.org if you are interested and can help!! First Eucharist Mass Schedule Saturday, May 17th 9:30 am Gibbstown Rehearsal Wednesday, May 13th 6:30 pm Gibbstown Church *************************************** Confirmation Retreat Saturday, May 16th 8:45am Swedesboro Reminder s have been sent! ********************************* Confirmation Mass Selection Monday, May 18th 6pm 7pm s have been sent with information Verna Mullen: faithformation@stclarenj.org Patricia Patterson: ppatterson@stclarenj.org

8 PAGE 8 Once again, St. Clare s very own Mario Carpino is hosting an event to raise funds to fund research to find a cure for pediatric cancer. Print out and take this flyer with you to enjoy a great meal and have part of your check benefit this wonderful cause!

PAGE 9 more Office of Faith Formation News The Office of Faith Formation would like to thank you for your past kindness and generosity.

Preparation for the classroom portion of the Summer Accelerated Religious Education Program (ASREP) in Swedesboro and Paulsboro has begun! Below is a Wish List of items that we will need.

Cases of bottled water crayons Construction paper Tissues #2 pencils regular sized staplers (for teacher s desks) Craft glue clear tape Paper towels small paper cups (bathroom cup dispenser size)

9 PAGE 9 more Office of Faith Formation News The Office of Faith Formation would like to thank you for your past kindness and generosity. We continue to rely on your assistance to help make all our efforts to form the spirituality of the parish s children successful. Preparation for the classroom portion of the Summer Accelerated Religious Education Program (ASREP) in Swedesboro and Paulsboro has begun! Below is a Wish List of items that we will need. Contact the Office of Faith Formation at our new faithformation@stclarenj.org or call to find out when you can drop off any of the items you are so generously donating. Cases of bottled water crayons Construction paper Tissues #2 pencils regular sized staplers (for teacher s desks) Craft glue clear tape Paper towels small paper cups (bathroom cup dispenser size) Hand sanitizer Upright vacuum cleaner (used but must work) Glue sticks Thank you in advance! Guardian Angels For more info about Guardian Angels Regional School events and news, please visit at May Crowning Honoring Mary the Mother of God All are welcome to come and honor Mary in prayer and procession. May Crowing will take place Tuesday, May 12 th after the 8:30am Mass in Gibbstown.

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11 PAGE 11 Around the Diocese The Encounter Series: Seeking Christ in the Poor and Vulnerable Inspired by Pope Francis call to build a culture of encounter that reaches out to those living on the margins of society, the Diocese of Camden s Encounter Series will feature three different experiences meant to engage your HEART, HEAD and HANDS as we strive to put our faith into action. Engage your HEART on retreat: Tuesday, May 5 Holy Family Parish/226 Hurffville Rd, Sewell, NJ Jesus: the Way, the Truth and the Life Engage your HEAD at a lecture: Monday, May 11 Catholic Community of the Holy Spirit, Mullica Hill, NJ First Annual Life & Justice Lecture Engage your HANDS in service: Saturday, May 16 Romero Center Ministries, Camden, NJ Day of Service and Reflection Visit or contact Colleen Mayhew at CHILD ASSAULT PREVENTION - sessions (CAP - safe environment training program for adults) attendance is mandatory for anyone who has regular contact with minors. If you are a volunteer for St. Clare Parish having regular contact with minors and need to fulfill this requirement, contact the Office of Faith Formation for assistance. Adults who are new employees or volunteers must attend CAP 1 before attending CAP 2 or CAP 3. After five years, adults have the option of attending CAP 1 or 2 again if they prefer. The following sessions will be offered in May and June: CAP Phase 1 Monday, May 4, 2015, 7:00pm, Incarnation, Mantua Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 7:00pm, Catholic Community of the Holy Spirit, Mullica Hill Saturday, May 23, 2015, 10:00am, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Camden, Cathedral Hall Thursday, May 28, 2015, 7:00pm, Saints Peter & Paul, Turnersville, Parish Center Tuesday, June 2, 2015, 7:00pm, St. Peter, Merchantville, Lower Church Monday, June 8, 2015, 7:00pm, Christ the Redeemer, Atco, Hall Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 2:00pm, Catholic Charities, Camden, Training Room CAP Phase 2 Bullying Prevention Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 7:00pm, St. Peter, Merchantville, Lower Church Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 7:00pm, Wildwood Catholic High School, Wildwood, Library Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 7:00pm, Saints Peter & Paul, Turnersville, Parish Center CAP Phase 3 Cyber Empowerment Friday, May 1, 2015, 1:00pm, Our Lady Star of the Sea School, Atlantic City Thursday, May 7, 2015, 7:30pm, Christ the King School, Haddonfield, Lower level of the church To attend one of these classes, please call the CAP registration line in the Office of Child and Youth Protection at (856) or Diane.Diggons@camdendiocese.org to register. Please register at least five days before the session you would like to attend. The CAP schedule, location, phone numbers and directions may be found on the diocesan website at IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER PLEASE CALL THE LOCATION DIRECTLY.

SCofA Office of Faith Formation Newsletter

SCofA Office of Faith Formation Week of April 26, 2015 Week of April 26, 2015 Office of Faith Formation Hours Monday 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Tues. & Weds. 11 a.m. 3 p.m. Thursday By appointment CLOSED FRIDAY