Fourth Sunday of Lent March 11, 2018 Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton Bishop of Belleville We, the people of St. Clare Catholic Parish, In the Diocese of Belleville, are called by God in baptism to be disciples of Jesus Christ. Centered in the Eucharist, and strengthened by the gifts of the Holy Spirit, we strive to live the Gospel and further the reign of God. We do this by creating a vibrant faith community, by actively promoting justice and evangelization, and by using our gifts in the service of God s people, to give God glory and reverence all of Creation. Saint Clare of Assisi, Pray for Us! St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church 1411 Cross Street O Fallon, IL 62269 618/ 632-3562 www.stclarechurch.org Fr. Jim Deiters Dennis Vander Ven Marcia Fix Jamae Shubirg Ed Seipp Patrick Jurgensmeyer Stephen Eros Jane Dotson Matt Flynn Pastor Deacon Parish Secretary Administrative Assistant Business Manager Facilities Manager Music and Liturgy Director Family Faith Formation Adult Faith and Mission WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 5:00 p.m. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. BAPTISM Preparation classes for parents are offered every other month for infant baptism. Call the Parish Office to sign up. Adults wishing to be baptized should also call the Office. RECONCILIATION Saturdays 3:30-4:30 p.m. or by appointment. Community celebrations are also offered every Advent and Lent. MATRIMONY Contact Pastor a year prior. ANOINTING OF THE SICK Communal celebrations twice a year, or by appointment. ST. CLARE SCHOOL 632-6327 214 West Third Street, O Fallon, IL Clarice McKay Principal MT. CALVARY CEMETERY 632-3562 Paulo D Amico PARISH TRUSTEES Michael Crupe John Dempsey ST. VINCENT DEPAUL 632-4270 Emergency Assistance
From Our Pastor... In case you were gone last weekend, I want to run this article again to keep you updated... Good News! There are so many signs of the Holy Spirit s Presence and activity here at St. Clare. From the children s choirs singing at Mass to our Seniors promoting fellowship with hilarious horse races to our school s many successes, there is much to celebrate! But we also have several exciting new possibilities and dreams that we want to share with you. I will be leading a dialogue for all parishioners at a Town Hall Gathering in Fellowship Hall Thursday, March 15 at 7:00 PM At this gathering, I will be sharing really good news and seeking your input regarding three major topics: Young Adult Initiative St. Clare was selected for a generous grant! Diocesan Partnership with St. Nicholas Parish Updates and Plans A very much needed new Parish Office Building Please join us for this important parish night of good news and open dialogue about these three topics! Together let us keep praying for the Holy Spirit to guide us toward becoming the best possible parish in service of God and His Kingdom. God s Peace be with you, Fr. Jim Deiters More Good News!! We just received the news and are thrilled! St. Clare of Assisi has been selected as a recipient of the 42nd Annual O Fallon- Shiloh Chamber of Commerce and Belleville News Democrat/ O Fallon Progress Salute to Business Awards! We will be awarded the Heritage Award in honor of the 150th Anniversary of our parish, which we just celebrated last year. We will be honored at the Chamber s Salute to Business Awards program on April 11 at the Regency Conference Center and featured, along with four others, in the O Fallon Progress and BND. Thank you to the Chamber for selecting us for this honor! We look forward to continuing to make a difference in our community. March 10 Hilary Wirth Patrice Knickmeyer Judy Menzies James Thomas Emily Alberico Madeleine Henken Bethany Huber March 11 Dale Biver Marilyn Wiest Mandi Huelsmann Donovan Henson Scarlett Gentille Patrick Parrish March 12 Gary Dotson Gary Borges Darlene Mayden Bryan Birchem Doug Flath Heather Herzig Mary Jines Anna Flath Joshua Prozinski March 13 Jim Deschesne Rita Menke Eric Bauder Ken Sternberg Lea Bautz Daniel Scales Jamie Preski Jim Speakes Sativa Konze Ashley King Kristina Moore Allison Busse Gregory Takacs Matthew MacAinsh Hunter Barr Noah Artime Gabrielle Millikin Garrison Schneider March 14 Rosie McManus Melissa Lee Amy Fix Aric Zeese Hilary Gremminger Matilde Saenz Dana Meyers Christian Salazar Audrey Smith Meadow Grandame Max Gutridge March 15 Margie Carthy Bonita Stokes Tom Jacobson Mary Reid Jennifer Filyaw Ashley Gutridge Richard Morgan Miles Doyle March 16 Mary Wells Mary Beth Henson Leslie Cooley Ryan Klaas Kristofer Cortez Elizabeth Bieri Matthias Leisure March 17 Helen Wunder Bo Butters Patrick Barud Brody Schnaare Sofia Alberico March 18 Patricia Johnson Elizabeth Wells Richard Gainor Dustin Shoemaker Savanna Call Drew Distler Jack Smith Recent Deaths: Carolyn Mahlman, Wife of Leroy, Mother of David and Laurie Gerald Waller, Father of Mandi (Brian) Huelsmann May they rest in the peace of Christ. Did we miss your birthday? Please let us know at the parish office so we can correct our records. Happy Belated Birthday Andrew Leonelli!!!
MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, March 10 Fourth Sunday of Lent 5:00 p.m. Jeanne Kenney Sunday, March 11 Fourth Sunday of Lent 8:30 a.m. Lee Strayhorn Pat Vollmer 10:30 a.m. For Our Parish Monday, March 12 6:00 p.m. Jim Buckley Tuesday, March 13 7:30 a.m. Maria Paule 8:30 a.m. Mass in the School Chapel Wednesday, March 14 No Mass Thursday, March 15 8:30 a.m. Mass in the School Chapel Friday, March 16 7:30 a.m. Special Intention (sh) 6:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross Saturday, March 17 Fifth Sunday of Lent 5:00 p.m. Tom Giger Sunday, March 18 Fifth Sunday of Lent 8:30 a.m. Delmar and Elizabeth Young Richard and Margarite Reckamp 10:30 a.m. Ted and Pat Gundlach Readings of the Week March 12 18 Monday: Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b; Jn 4:43-54 Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16 Wednesday: Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18; Jn 5:17-30 Thursday: Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106:19-23; Jn 5:31-47 Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Saturday: Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53 Sunday: Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:3-4, 12-15; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33 Alternate readings (Year A): Ez 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-8; Rom 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45] Next Weekend: March 17/18 Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Saturday 5:00 Ricardo Cumba, Lucy Mixen, Walter O Dell Paulette Roberg, Jett Cates, Lee & Anne Crowe Stacey Cutter, Ellen Gravlin, Jessica Kalmer Len Ratajczyk, Sella Roman, Shirley Suski Sunday 8:30 Jim Cavins, Bob & Michelle Crain, Sharon Ripplinger Betty Deschesne, Mary & Peter Fleming, Jaclyn Gross Jim & Pennie Pavlisin, Susan Price, Alex Schillinger Peter Timpson Sunday 10:30 Heather Ertel, Leslie & Lindsay Goldberg, Lea Bautz Susan Wilkerson, Krystle Hatter, Karen Holzum Mandi Huelsmann, Kitty Luehrs, Ray Matherne Tanja Ramsby, Elizabeth Reichenbach, Kathy Sjoquist Readers Saturday 5:00 Dennis Holdener & Steve Hughes Sunday 8:30 Peggy Haselhorst & Diane Dodd 10:30 Mark Arbogast & Richard Ransom Servers Saturday 5:00 Elyse, Anna & Nicholas Flath 8:30 Evan, Colin & Kelly Fleming 10:30 Will Bautz, William Kinsella, Hanna Sill Ushers Saturday 5:00 Don Gravlin, Hal Harris, Su Holmes Carl Lurk, Eric Sheesley, Scott Voss Sunday 8:30 Dennis Collins, Jim Hendricks, Mike Lafferty Walt Leninsky, George Martychenko, Jason Pavelschak Sunday 10:30 Chris Bautz, Joe Ertel, Brian Huelsmann Ed Lorden, Mark Stevens, Zakharie Stoll Gift Bearers Saturday 5:00 Sunday Bill, Joanna, Will & AJ Theismann 8:30 Jeremy, Kelly, Luke & Abigayle Monroe 10:30 Joe, Roberta, Alex & Allison LaSalvia Greeters Saturday 5:00 Matt, Tracy, Alex Eichholz, Bridgett Harris George & Jon Marble 8:30 Shawn, Erin, Shawn & Wesley Dunn Jaclyn & Catherine Gross 10:30 Tammy Earley, Donna Swanson Patrick, Danette, Joseph & Lydia Kinsella Sound Board Saturday 5:00 Don Astor Sunday 8:30 Gary Borges 10:30 Gary Goldberg Bread Bakers Sarah Mattingly, Joe & Lona Moore, Amy Short Children s Word Saturday 5:00 Theresa Voss & Sophia Cherry Sunday 8:30 Judy Lemansky & Meredith Blair 10:30 Barb Smith & Abby Heulsmann Nursery 8:30 Jacqueline Teeling & Sean Brown 10:30 Megan & Maddie Blair Please pray for the sick, their loved ones and caregivers: Jennifer R. Barajas, Wray Barr, Bill Bettorf, Sister Barbara Ann Bosch, Tillie Byrne, Joyce Correale, Rita Ferreri, Rose Garcia, Jean Green, Allison Hartmire, Rita Haukapp, Margaret Heinke, Tom and Mary Herbert, Jessica Holmes, Liz Klingler, Dawn Papproth Kuhn, Abelina Leon, Mary Lugge, Nona Morgan, Mona Peach, Pauline Puttmann, Grace Regutti, Paul Riley, Megan Saldanha, Mary Ann Seipp, Donna Sparks, Betty Tomasovich, Jake Van Hook, Jenny Vogt, Patricia Weiler, Steve Wells Please call the parish office if you have a family member that is homebound or in the hospital. Please pray for our military families, especially those deployed and separated from loved ones.
Stations of the Cross Friday Nights Of Lent 6:00 PM Monday Nights of Lent Mass at 6:00 PM Soup Dinner at 6:30 Speaker Series: Come to the Feast 7:15 8:30 PM (Babysitting available during the presentations) March 12 Liturgy and Life: How the Ritual Acts of the Assembly Form Us by Stephen Eros March 19 This Is My Body, Broken for You: Suffering and the Eucharist by Matt Flynn Making Christ Visible in Southern Illinois The Catholic Service and Ministry Appeal (CSMA) is an annual, diocesan -wide collection that helps fund 14 ministries and offices that provide social, parish and education services in the Catholic Diocese of Belleville: + Catholic Urban Programs + Daystar Community Program + Griffin Center + Newman Catholic Student Center + Office of Worship + Office of Hispanic Ministry + Seminarians/Vocations + Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School + Prison Ministry + Office of Grants/Communications + Youth Ministry + CSMA Fund for Ministry + Respect Life Ministry + Faith Formation/Education The mission of the Church to ensure the healing, teaching and sanctifying presence of Jesus Christ in the ministries and programs that bring hope to countless people throughout the diocese is only made possible through your support. Every dollar raised is restricted to support only the work of those ministries and programs listed above! Thank you to the households that have contributed. So far $3,019 of our $37,850 parish goal has been pledged. Extra envelopes are available in the gathering space or you can give directly online at: www.diobelle.org/catholic-service-ministry-appeal Your Giving March 3/4 Weekly Envelope $17,425.50 WeShare Online $ 3,840.00 Total Tithe $21,265.50 Church Mortgage $ 7,303.36 I was born into a Catholic family, but it was not until the eighth grade, after I had received Confirmation, that the faith came alive for me when (the) idea of priesthood first crossed my mind. During sophomore (year) at Franciscan University I began a four-year wrestling match with God about my vocation. The moment of clarity came in prayer during a silent retreat. How could I resist it any longer? Steven DiMassimo, seminarian, Diocese Raleigh; Columbia Feb. 2018
St. Clare Parish Penance Service Thursday, March 22 at 7:00 PM Monday, March 19 at 7 PM Corpus Chris, Shiloh Wednesday, March 21 at 7:00 PM St. Nicholas, O Fallon Every Lent the Church throughout the world celebrates the Scru nies to help the Elect prepare to be ini ated into the Catholic Church at Easter through Bap sm, Confirma on and the Eucharist. These minor exorcisms help strengthen the Elect on their journey as well as reveal to them the areas of their life that s ll need to be illumined by God s grace. The Church asks the congrega on to par cipate in these Scru nies as well through our prayer and support. They also serve as moments for us to examine our own lives. In prepara on for the Scru ny on Sunday, March 18 at the 8:30 a.m. Mass, you are encouraged to reflect on the following ques ons: Who in your life calls you to be your best self? What holds you bound and keeps you from living in true freedom and holiness? Have you ever felt ashamed of your past or imprisoned by your circumstances? Is there an aspect of your life that must die so that you may rise with Christ? How is Christ calling yu forth to live in newness of life? A Special Opportunity for Men Men s Welcome Weekend April 28 29 It s an incredible experience that will help you discover what s missing in your life and what to do about it. Whether you want to connect with other men in the parish, improve your prayer life, or just take a break from the craziness of your everyday life, you will find what you are looking for...and more! Contact Dave Zimmerer 444-2209 or dbzimm@charter.net or Dan Kimu s at 314-4176 or dkimu s@msn.com. Chrism Mass at the Cathedral, Belleville Tuesday, March 27 at 11:30 AM THE TRIDUUM HOLY THURSDAY, March 29 Mass of the Lord s Supper 7:00 p.m. Eucharis c Adora on Night Prayer 9:30 p.m. GOOD FRIDAY, March 30 Morning Prayer 8:00 a.m. Sta ons 3:00 p.m. Passion of the Lord 7:00 p.m. HOLY SATURDAY, MARCH 31 Morning Prayer 8:00 a.m. Easter Vigil 8:00 p.m. Recep on following in the Fellowship Hall EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 1 Mass at 8:30 and 10:30 AM Wednesdays, March 21 at 7:00 p.m. March 28 at 2:00 p.m. St. Clare Church Library Hope For The Journey is a ministry reaching out to anyone that has experienced the loss of a loved one, recent or not. We meet for conversation, suggested reading, encouragement, prayer and to walk this journey with you. **Please Note: We now offer an Evening Monthly Meeting! HOPE FOR THE JOURNEY For more information, please contact Ken & Barb Kenney 618-726-7587 or kj_kenney@sbcglobal.net
St. Clare Parish School of Religion Sundays at St. Clare School 10:30 11:40 March 11 PSR Class March 18 PSR Class (except grade 8) Soup Kitchen Kindergarten & 5th March 18 Confirmation Retreat 1 5 in FH March 25 April 1 PSR Class No PSR Easter Sunday Crazy 8 s Lucky Bingo! March 11 Living Stations Practice 6 7:30 in Church March 18 Living Stations Practice 6 7:30 in Church March 23 Living Stations 6:00 p.m. Church March 25 Youth Group 6 7:30 p.m. April 1 No Youth Group Easter Sunday Join us! All high school youth are welcome to attend any or all youth events at any time. Meetings are in the Youth Room in the lower level at St. Clare School. For all 7th & 8th Grade youth Games, Prizes, Food & Fun! Sunday, March 11 from 5 7 p.m. Fellowship Hall Next Event April 29 from 5 7 p.m. Minute to Win It!!
ALTAR ANGELS FOR MARCH 17 Jan Butler, Arlene Cruz-Peel Kathy DeVan, Linda Riedel, Sharon Ripplinger BAPTISM PREP CLASS: SUNDAY, MARCH 18 AT 1:30 (LIBRARY) FAITH AND JUSTICE INTERNSHIP WITH BELLEVILLE DIOCESE The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is the domestic, anti-poverty social justice program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops. This year CCHD is offering a local paid internship for Catholics in our diocese. The internship is paid at an hourly rate of $12/hour and requires 17-19 hours a week from September through April. Adult Catholics of all ages are encouraged to apply, especially those with an interest in Catholic social justice. Please send your resume by March 15 to cchddiobelle@gmail.com or contact 624-2838 with any questions. Flag Collection Parishioner, Michael Alblinger is working toward his Eagle Scout and is collecting soiled American flags. The collection box is in the Gathering Space of Church until March 25th. The flags will be collected and properly retired at a solemn ceremony. BRIDGE BREAD AND COFFEE SALES Thank you to all of the people that made the February Bridge Bread Sale a great success! We raised over $800 to send back to Bridge Bread. The next Fair Trade/Bridge Bread sale is on the March 24/25. If there are items that you want to pre-order or would like to help with the sale, or pick up items in St. Louis, contact Steve Hughes at 632-5882 or smhughes44@hotmail.com. Rotary Club of O Fallon Sunrise E-Recycling Collection by SpectrumEcycle Solutions, St. Louis Drop Off your Electronics for FREE Computers/Monitors* Network Equipment Small Appliances Printers/Scanners/Copiers DVD Players/VCRs Stereos/Speakers Telephones Televisions** Basically anything with a cord! *$10 recycle fee for any size CRT computer monitor **$20 fee for any size tube or big screen TV Saturday, March 31 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. O Fallon High School Parking Lot (East side of Weber Road across from soccer field) Could God Love Someone Like Me? Fr. Mike Schmitz, one of the leading presenters in the Church today, speaks powerfully about the Sacrament of Reconciliation. He makes clear the truth that Christ deeply loves us and wants to encounter each of us as we are, with all our imperfections. Fr. Mike debunks the lies we often believe about not being good enough to approach Jesus, and he draws upon Scripture to explain rationally why we go to priests to encounter God s mercy and forgiveness in Confession. A great talk to grow closer to Jesus this Lent! Look for this and other great NEW CDs and Books on our Kiosk in the Gathering Space or go to stclarechurch.org and click on Lighthouse Catholic Media under the FORMATION tab. Also check out CD Talks and ebooks on FORMED.org.