Westerly, Rhode Island
Summer Stage at Bishop Hendricken presents 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 or on our website. Godspell Performances are August 3 through 5 at 7 PM, and August 6 at 2 PM in the Dr. Daniel S. Harrop Theater at Bishop Hendricken High School. Tickets are $12 for Students & Seniors, and $15 for Adults. Tickets can be purchased online at www.hendrickendrama.weebly.com, or by calling the Box Office at 401-739-3450 ext. 172. We hope that you join us on our journey! 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. STAFF New Look! St. Clare Church has some great news! After years of getting complaints, mostly from me, the E-Giving team has made their program more user friendly, very self-explanatory. What does this mean to you? More options to make payments Scheduling payments will be easier The layout is easier on the eyes What do you have to do? Nothing! All of your info will be integrated into the new layout. If you should need help or just have questions, please contact Jenn in the parish office at 401-348-8765. Rev. Kenneth J. Suibielski, Pastor Rev. Mr. Stephen Cote, Deacon Rev. Mr. John D. McGregor, Deacon Rev. Mr. Carl LaFleur, Retired Deacon Mrs. Jennifer O Connor, Parish Secretary Ms. Alice Duffy, Campus Manager Mrs. Diana Huff, Parish Accountant Mr. Bruce Coon, Music Director Mrs. Ellie Cote, Marriage Coordinator Ms. Pamela Salimeno, Religious Education Director AA meets every Thursday night from 6 to 7 PM in the St. Clare Parish Center. Weekday Readings Monday: Ex 14:5-18; Ex 15:1bc-6; Mt 12:38-42 Tuesday: 2 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 126:1bc-6; Mt 20:20-28 Wednesday: Ex 16:1-5, 9-15; Ps 78:18-19, 23-28; Jn 20:1-2, 11-18 Thursday: Ex 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b; Dn 3:52-56; Mt 13:10-17 Friday: Ex 20:1-17; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 13:18-23 Saturday: Ex 24:3-8; Ps 34:2-11; Jn 11:19-27 Sunday: 1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12; Ps 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-130; Rom 8:28-30; Mt 13:44-52 [44-46] MASS SCHEDULE Weekday Mass: 8 AM Saturday Vigil Mass: 5 PM Sunday Masses: 8 AM & 10 AM Holy Days: 8 AM & 6 PM WATCH HILL CHAPEL Last weekend of June through Sunday of Labor Day Sunday Mass 8:30 AM ONLY 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
You could Up To $10,000 Only 400 tickets will be sold! One winner could win a cash prize of up to $10,000!* Westerly, Rhode Island Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 6:30 PM in the St. Clare Parish Center during the Clam Fritters & Chowder Event. (62 Crandall Avenue, Westerly, RI) Tickets on sale July & August after all Masses or by contacting the Parish Office at 401-348-8765 or email stclareri2@cox.net Purchase your tickets before August 1 and become eligible to win Clam Fritters & Chowder Dinner for 4, Dinner for 2, or Dinner for 1 on September 2nd at the St. Clare Fritters & Chowder Event! Need not be present to win *Estimated prize amount, based on the sale of 400 tickets. Winner receives 50% of ticket sales. St. Clare Parish Center Fundraiser No purchase necessary to be eligible to win
St. Clare Stewardship Ministry Corner The Stewardship Ministry will meet on Monday, September 25, @ 7 PM in the lower rectory. All are invited. 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 AM. The next meeting will be on August 16, in the class room in the Parish Center. Rosary is said before the 8 AM Mass on the first Friday of every month, weather permitting. All are welcome. 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. *The next meeting will be on August 10. All are welcome. 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. 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 August 8. Wedding Anniversary Celebration The Diocese of Providence cordially invites you and your spouse to celebrate your 25th, 40th, 50th or over wedding anniversary. Sunday, October 15, 2017, at 1 PM at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul Providence, Rhode Island This celebration includes Mass, renewal of wedding vows, a personalized certificate, and a reception for you and your guests. Bishop Thomas J. Tobin will be the main celebrant and homilist. Registration forms are in the St. Clare parish office. Creativity and Enrichment For centuries, the only Eucharistic Prayer we heard as Western Catholics was the old Roman Canon, usually recited in a low voice by the priest, in Latin. By the 1940s, many Catholics were learning to follow along with the actions of the priest by means of a bilingual missal, with Latin on one side and English on the other. Drawings of the priest s position at the altar, moving from one side to the other, or bowing or standing with uplifted hands at the center, helped the readers stay on track. The Roman Canon is a long prayer, and since it was done every day for every occasion, priests had a way of galloping through it. Even though long, its structure is fairly simple, with the consecration and sacrifice clearly marked out. Sadly, this surviving prayer had triumphed over many treasures of our tradition that emphasized other dimensions of Eucharist. The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy in 1963 did not call directly for new Eucharistic Prayers, but that direction was inevitable. Discussion began almost immediately, and by 1967 the Vatican approved three new Eucharistic Prayers. In 1974, the Congregation for Worship unveiled the experiment of two Eucharistic Prayers for Masses of Reconciliation, and three for Masses with Children. At last, a period of creativity and enrichment had begun. Monthly Church Cleaning will be Friday, August 4, following the 8 AM Mass.
The Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, July 23, 2017 Lay Minister Daily Mass Schedule for July 24-28 Weekly Mass Intentions Monday, July 24 Weekday/St. Sharbel Mathluf, Priest 8:00 AM +Josephine Crowley by Jim Crowley Tuesday, July 25 St. James, Apostle 8:00 AM +Harold Bettencourt by Jackie & Bill Brennan Wednesday, July 26 Saints Joachim & Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8:00 AM +Mary, John & Lynn Hughes by Joan & Paul Meyer Thursday, July 27 Weekday 8:00 AM +Esther Ruisi by Sam & Carol Azzinaro Friday, July 28 Weekday 8:00 AM +Andrew Schackner by Sam & Carol Azzinaro Saturday, July 29 Vigil of the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 PM +Louis Misto by the Gervasini family Sunday, July 30 The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM +Shirley Terranova by her family 8:30 AM - WHC +Charles Desillier by his wife Marion 10:00 AM +Anna Serra by Mary Amoruso & family Monday - 7/24/17 Lector - Longolucco Martone-Maloney Tuesday - 7/25/17 Server - Azzinaro Lector - Masucci Schackner-Schackner Wednesday - 7/26/17 Server - Azzinaro Lector - Mitchell Schackner-Schackner Thursday 7/27/17 Lector - Murphy Sylvestre-Trainor Friday - 7/28/17 Lector - Nolan Sylvestre-Trainor Altar Server Schedule Sat. - July 29-5 PM CB - Ryan Scanapieco IB - Lay Minister Schedule Saturday July 29 5 PM Mass Lectors - Joan Swain & Neil Collins Tabernacle - Eucharist - Marianne McAllister Cup 1 - Steve McAllister Cup 2 - Jo Schwager Baptistry - Eucharist - Margo Sisco Cup - Carol Piezzo Sunday July 30 8 AM Mass Lectors Nancy Burns-Fusaro & Sam Fusaro Tabernacle - Eucharist - Jerry McKinney Cup 1 - Pat McKinney Cup 2 - Sam Azzinaro Baptistry - Eucharist - Carol Azzinaro Cup - Barbara Bliven Sunday July 30 10 AM Mass Lectors - Deb Pendola & Bob Brockmann Tabernacle - Eucharist - Jerry Holland Cup 1 - Anne Holland Cup 2 - Trish DeWolf Baptistry - Eucharist - Anne Pearce Cup - Marilyn Brockmann Mass at the Watch Hill Chapel Sunday, July 23, 8:30 AM Mass Lector - Scott Ficarra Organ -Cup - Jim Maloney Center - Eucharist - Mark Gordon Pulpit -Cup - Camila Gordon Far Side Aisle Eucharist - June Hartford-Alley Side Aisle - Cup - Peter Bellone Sun. July 30-8 AM CB - Ryan Brinton IB - Emily Brinton Sun. July 30-10AM CB - Zachary DiFazio IB - Communion to the Sick Private Homes A - Anne Pearce B - Tom Koepke Nursing Home WHM - Peg Nolan