Westerly, Rhode Island
St. Clare Church 4 Saint Clare Way, Westerly, RI 02891 401-348-8765 NEW PARISHIONERS Welcome! Please register with the parish by contacting the Parish Office. OF BAPTISM The schedule for the celebration of Baptism is arranged with the Pastor. (Baptisms are not celebrated during Lent.) Please call the Parish Office after the child is born. OF PENANCE Confession is offered on Saturdays from 4 to 4:30 PM or by appointment. OF MATRIMONY Couples planning to marry should contact the Marriage Coordinator at 401-348-8765 at least one year before the wedding. MINISTRY TO THE HOMEBOUND The Eucharist will be brought to the home of any person permanently or temporarily homebound. Please contact the Parish Rectory. PARISH CHOIR The choir, under the direction of Parish Organist & Music Director Bruce Coon, meets for rehearsal on Thursday nights at 6 PM in the choir loft. Religious Education 2014/2015 Registration forms and class schedules are available on the Calendar and Education tabs of the St. Clare website, stclarewesterly.com Questions? Please contact Pam Salimeno at 596-0579. Soloist By The Sea Enjoy music by Eileen Fiore, who has been a St. Clare cantor for many years. Listen to a sample of Christmas Light and Eileen s other CDs, Quiet Light and Light in the Storm, on tunecore.com/music/ eileenfioremusic. Like Eileen on Facebook at Soloist By The Sea. There is a special low price of $15 per CD, or 2 CDs for $20, if purchased at any church. Proceeds will benefit St. Pius X School. STAFF Rev. Kenneth J. Suibielski, Pastor Rev. Mr. Stephen Cote, Deacon Rev. Mr. John D. McGregor, Deacon Rev. Mr. Carl LaFleur, Deacon Retired Mrs. Jennifer O Connor, Parish Secretary Mr. Bruce Coon, Music Director Ms. Alice Duffy, Campus Manager Mrs. Ellie Cote, Marriage Coordinator Ms. Pamela Salimeno, Religious Education Director Dear Friends of St. Clare, God Bless You All I often think of you and miss the wonderful community there. I have been at Franklin Court for over two years now and appreciate the phone calls, cards, visits and prayers. I wish you all a joyful New Year. God bless, Sister Mary Mahoney Nonperishable Food Collection Saturday and Sunday, December 6 & 7 Needed items are flour, sugar, tea, coffee, cereal, canned pasta, cake mix, canned or instant potatoes, juice, mayo, ketchup and canned fruit. Cash donations would also be appreciated so that additional foods may be purchased for disbursement. Please make all checks payable to St. Vincent de Paul Society. Checks can be dropped in the collection basket at any Mass, or left in any of the Poor Boxes located at each of the doors of the Church. Saint Clare Monday, January 5 WONDER by R. J. Palacio This discussion will be held in the Parish Center. Be sure to bring your lunch. All are welcome to join the lively discussions. MASS SCHEDULE Weekday Mass: 8 AM Saturday Vigil Mass: 5 PM Sunday Masses: 8 AM & 10 AM Holy Days: 8 AM & 6 PM RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 2 PM Rectory and Office Phone 401-348-8765 Fax 401-315-5273 stclareri2@cox.net Website: stclarewesterly.com RELIGIOUS EDUCATION stclarewesterly.com
New Year Schedule 2014-2015 New Year s Eve Wednesday, December 31, 2014 Vigil Mass at 5 PM New Year s Day Thursday, January 1, 2015 9 AM Mass Respect Life Dinner with honored speaker Bishop Thomas J. Tobin Diocese of Providence January 17, 2015, 5 PM Immaculate Conception Church Hall $10 Adults $5 Children All are welcome. Monthly Church Cleaning will be Friday, January 9, following the 8 AM Mass. Al-Anon At Ender s Ender s Island, Mystic, Connecticut Thursday evenings at 7 PM At Al Anon Family Group meetings, friends and family members of problem drinkers share their experiences and learn how to apply the principles of the Al Anon program to their individual situations. They will learn that they are not alone in the problems that they face, and that they have choices that will lead to a greater peace of mind, whether the drinker continues to drink or not. This is a meeting open to all and is ADA accessible.
St. Clare Stewardship Ministry Corner The next proposed Stewardship Meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 27, at 6:30 PM in the lower rectory. Stewardship meetings are held on a monthly basis and all are welcome. The Prayer Ministry is dedicated to those who request our prayers. To join this ministry or to send a prayer intention, please write in the Book of Intentions near the Baptistry or e-mail mbrockmann@cox.net. The Respect Life Ministry seeks to promote and protect the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death. The ministry meets the Third Wednesday of every month at 8:30, May through December in the Parish Center. The next meeting will be held on January 21. The Rosary for life is recited on the first Friday of every month beginning at 7:35 in the church. The Hospitality Ministry provides a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere for members of the St. Clare community and visitors, as well as new parishioners, to meet and interact with one another in a positive way. This ministry provides opportunities to promote parish fellowship and, when necessary, to assist the Pastor with special events. Meetings take place the first Thursday of every month at 8:30 AM in the Parish Center. All are welcome. The next meeting will be on January 8. The Helping Hands Ministry reaches out to those who are needy, elderly, sick or in need of bereavement consolation. This ministry meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 4 PM in the Parish Center. (From December through March, the meeting will be held at 11 AM.) Enter through the door in the rear parking area. Please feel free to come to these meetings; new faces are always welcome. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 6. St. Clare Church Hospitality Ministry presents WE ARE GOD S HOLY FAMILY The scriptures of Israel are filled with many stories of barren couples who were miraculously granted the gift of children by God. Surely the best known among these is the first reading from today, from which Luke took inspiration when he recounted the miraculous birth of John the Baptist to Zechariah and Elizabeth, and the more miraculous birth of Jesus to Mary and Joseph. In each instance, we are given examples or role models of those who trusted in God. More than examples of those who trust, they are models of self-surrender. They abandoned their own presuppositions and prejudices about the workings of the world and turned their lives over to belief in a God who can make life grow where none ought to; a God who can turn death around into a new and unimagined life; a God who can, today, take a tiny child of humble parents in an insignificant town and make him into a light for all the world. This is what we, as God s holy family, are called to do each day: to trust not in ourselves and the way we think things should be, but to open ourselves and surrender ourselves in faith to a God of endless promise. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. Mission Tuesday, January 20, at 1 PM in the Parish Center Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region. Robert DeNiro plays a slave hunter who is converted and joins Irons in his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portugese aggressors. Drinks and snacks are available for purchase. AA meets every Thursday night from 6 to 7 PM in the St. Clare Parish Center.
Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Sunday, December 28, 2014 Weekly Mass Intentions Monday, December 29 Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord 8:00 AM +Louis Ritacco by Linda & George Schackner Tuesday, December 30 Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord 8:00 AM +Susan Misto Comolli by the Misto family Wednesday, December 31 New Years Eve Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord 8:00 AM No Morning Mass 5:00 PM Celebrant s Intentions Thursday, January 1, 2015 New Years Day - Parish Office Closed The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord 9:00 AM Celebrant s Intentions Friday, January 2 - Parish Office Closed Saints Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops & Doctors of the Church 8:00 AM No Morning Mass Saturday, January 3 The Vigil of the Epiphany of the Lord 5:00 PM +Ann Cherenzia by her daughters Tina, Carol & Gayle Sunday, January 4 The Epiphany of the Lord 8:00 AM + Celebrant s Intentions 10:00 AM + Celebrant s Intentions Lay Minister Daily Mass Schedule for December 29 and 30 Monday - 12/29/14 Server - L. Schackner Lector - Mitchell Eucharistic Minister Devine-Devine Tuesday - 12/30/14 Server - Whitemore Lector - Murphy Eucharistic Minister LaFleur-LaFleur New Years Eve 5 PM Mass Lectors - Peg Nolan & Neil Collins Tab - Eucharist - Betty Britton Cup 1 - June Hartford-Alley Cup 2 - Rick Cass Bapt - Euch. - Deb Cass Cup - Ellie Cote New Years Day 9 AM Mass Lectors - Tammy O Brien & Jim Crowley Tab- Eucharist - Mary Capalbo Cup 1 - Alice Visgilio Cup 2 - Gerald McKinney Bapt - Euch. Pat McKinney Cup - Lynda Nappi Friday - 1/2/15 - No Mass Lay Minister Schedule for January 3 & 4 Saturday January 3 5 PM Mass Lectors - Angela Smith & Chris Koretski Tabernacle - Eucharist - Steve McAllister Cup 1 - Marianne McAllister Cup 2 - Margo Sisco Baptistry - Eucharist - Carol Piezzo Cup - Mary Frances Guernon Sunday January 4 8 AM Mass Lectors - Claudia Luszcz & Peter Meyer Tabernacle - Eucharist - Lorraine Devault Cup 1 - Mary Capalbo Cup 2 - Lynda Nappi Baptistry - Eucharist - Jim Maloney Cup - Barbara Bliven Sunday January 4 10 AM Mass Lectors Celeste Santilli & Emily Slusarczyk Tabernacle - Eucharist - Carl Slusarczyk Cup 1 - Rose Slusarczyk Cup 2 - Betty Waters Baptistry - Eucharist - Peter Bellone Cup - Mike DeNoia Daily Readings Monday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:36-40 Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18 Thursday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 Friday:1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:29 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34 Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 Altar Server Schedule Sat. - January 3-5 PM CB - Philip Miguel IB - Sun. - January 4-8 AM CB - Devin Kazarian IB - Sun. - January 4-10 AM CB - Thomas Toscano IB - Alex Toscano Communion to the Sick after 10 AM Mass Private Homes A - J & R Gentile B - Terri Gervasini Nursing Homes WHM Frances Myszka