Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) April 23, 2017 Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton Bishop of Belleville WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE 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 until 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 of Assisi, Pray for Us! 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. St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church 1411 Cross Street O Fallon, IL 62269 618/ 632-3562 www.stclarechurch.org ST. CLARE SCHOOL 632-6327 214 West Third Street, O Fallon, IL Milissa Faust Principal Gloria Schmidt Secretary Eileen Yahl Accountant 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 MT. CALVARY CEMETERY 632-3562 Jim Deschesne, Sexton PARISH TRUSTEES Michael Crupe John Dempsey ST. VINCENT DEPAUL 632-4270 Emergency Assistance
From Our Pastor... Signs of God s Loving Presence This weekend we celebrate the beautiful feast of Divine Mercy in which we reflect on the richness of God s loving mercy for us and what that means on a daily basis as we recognize how much we need God s help and grace. I encourage you to visit our Divine Mercy Shrine (by St. Joseph statue) and reflect on Jesus pouring out his love upon you. As St. Faustina wrote in her diary about the red and white rays coming from Jesus heart: "The pale ray stands for the Water of Baptism which makes souls righteous. The red ray stands for the Blood of the Eucharist which is the life of souls.... These two rays issued forth from the very depths of My tender mercy when My agonized Heart was opened by a lance on the Cross"(Diary, 299). For me personally, it resonates with my own favorite devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in which Jesus invites us to come to His Heart with our own troubled, questioning, or broken heart. Today we also celebrate with our young children making their First Holy Communion at the 10:30 Mass. May they inspire us adults to be more reverent and faithful to Eucharist, making sure the Sunday Mass is the top priority of every weekend. I also want to encourage you to make time for one Mass during the weekdays as a way to get closer to Jesus in the Eucharist. May God bless you with a Resurrection Spirit in your heart, Fr. Jim Deiters Upcoming Dates to mark on your calendar: 1. Masterworks Concert - here on May 7 2. Sacrament of Confirmation with Bishop Braxton and our youth - Monday, May 15 3. Pentecost Festival - Sunday, June 4 4. Corpus Christi Procession - Sunday, June 18 We extend our loving sympathy to the families of Helen Clayton and Dr. Tom Prosser who died last week. May they rest in the peace and love of Jesus Christ! Dr. Prosser s funeral Mass will be celebrated this Monday at Noon. April 22 Patricia Sheehan Jorge Leon Bruce Murphy Bob Novack Mary Nan Jordan Jeff Mastroianni Julio Santana Kim Burgess Nick Lopez Emily Kapp Olivia Shevlin April 23 Rena Sabatino Maggie O Loughlin Julie Darnall Jimmy Tempus Jamie Eros Julie Hamby Mary Wrigley Madison Luechtefeld Evan Price Camryn McAnulty Jacob Brutto Shyanne Mayden April 24 Winnie Barksdale Imad Yousif Patty Glaze Edwardo Cruz Melissa Crain Austin Gainor Nicole Netemeyer Ryan Clancy Joseph Mark April 25 Al Melone Debbie Vander Ven Donna Keim Jeremy Kmetz Chad Grubofski Jennifer Whyte Ruth Ann Bieri Isabelle Elliott Elyse Flath April 26 Penny Lampe Laurence Persing Nathan Brown Andrew Gendron Jack Cipfl Levi Huber Audrey Link April 27 Judy Hendley Patrick Kuhl Denise Busse Suzane Huffines Jerry Reed Lara Hemmerle Lane Allison Luke Monroe Avery Hoover Morgan Avila Evelyn Mertens April 28 Amanda Titze Theresa Voss Shannon Arbogast Luke Goss Cameron Gansauer Lexi Schloer Logan Luechtefeld April 29 Patti Thoman Robert Clancy Jason Spengler Jordan Bierman Steven Chorma Dylan Goss Austin Brewster Jacob Crain April 30 Cindy Doucette Hillary Heins Robert Carlton Emily Ashbaker Niki Thoman Gianna Leonelli Madison Loeffler Kjersti Beckett Elliot Harter Emmett Gaspar
MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, April 22 Divine Mercy Sunday 5:00 p.m. Donna Bender Sunday, April 23 Divine Mercy Sunday 8:30 a.m. James Carroll Cletus Becherer 10:30 a.m. Russell and Eleanor Thoman Bob and Marilyn Kemp Monday, April 24 Easter Weekday Saint Fidelis Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr 12:00 p.m. Funeral of Dr. Tom Prosser Tuesday, April 25 Saint Mark, Evangelist 7:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. School Mass in School Chapel Wednesday, April 26 No Mass Easter Weekday Thursday, April 27 Easter Weekday 8:30 a.m. No School Mass Friday, April 28 St. Peter Chanel, Priest & Martyr; St. Louis Grignion de Mon ort, Priest 7:30 a.m. Bill Munie, Jr. Saturday, April 29 Third Sunday of Easter 5:00 p.m. Nick Giebels Sunday, April 30 Third Sunday of Easter 8:30 a.m. Arnold Waeltz Steve Miloshewski Family 10:30 a.m. Bob and Marilyn Kemp Carl Regu Monday: Acts 4:23-31; Ps 2:1-9; Jn 3:1-8 Tuesday: 1 Pt 5:5b-14; Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17; Mk 16:15-20 Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3:16-21 Thursday: Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34:2, 9, 17-20; Jn 3:31-36 Friday: Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Jn 6:1-15 Saturday: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; Jn 6:16-21 Sunday: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; 1 Pt 1:17-21; Lk 24:13-35 Next Weekend: April 29/30 Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion Jorge Avila, Tom Grimmig, Dennis Holdener Jessica Kalmer, Nancy Karrigan, Barb Kenney Jack & Patti Leisure, Ann Millikin, Kevin Mulheran Shirley Suski, Jeff & Pat Taylor Sunday 8:30 Marie Berry, Mary & Peter Fleming, Jackie Gross Michael Howk, Donna Meyers, Frank Morski Mark & Amie O Connor, Maggie O Loughlin Kevin & Linda Rademacher Sunday 10:30 Ksana Blalick, Steve Bovich, Jane Dotson Lindsey Goldberg, Krystle Hatter, Tanja Ramsby Dominic & Rena Sabatino, Richard Smith Christopher, Hanna & Tara Sill, Betsy Weinel Readers Barbara Calandro & Ellen Gravlin Sunday 8:30 Bill Matzker & Peggy Haselhorst 10:30 Mark Arbogast & Tara Ashbaker Servers Ushers Natalie Spain, Alyssa Thoman Lucas Ueda, Isabelle Wohlgemuth 8:30 Lindsey Berry, Isaac Hubbard Liam Kenney, Josie Nieroda 10:30 Tyler Stanton, Ava, Drew & Ian Taylor Josh Gansauer, Don Gravlin, Ken Kenney Carl Lurk, Eric Sheesley, John Winkelmann Sunday 8:30 Dennis Collins, Gary Haselhorst, Pat Jurgensmeyer George Martychenko, Don Proffer, Craig Sewell Sunday 10:30 Matt Chambers, Brian Huelsmann, Debbie Oitker John Meise, Stephen Smith, Christopher Stapenhorst Gift Bearers Hal & Bridgette Harris Sunday 8:30 Lynette Gage & Sharon Ripplinger 10:30 Joe, Roberta, Alex & Allison LaSalvia Greeters Rose Brennan, Erin Prest, Pat Reeser, Carol Williamson 8:30 Muriel Barber, Audra Driscoll, Jaclyn Gross Judy Lemansky, Lee Strayhorn 10:30 Margie Carthy, Glen Christensen Gustavo & Alexis Cotto, Elizabeth Reichenbach Sound Board Jim Colombo Sunday 8:30 Parker Crain 10:30 Colby Mank Bread Bakers Sarah Mattingly, Amy Short, Beth Tempus Children s Word Sunday 8:30 Megan Blair & Maddie Blair 10:30 Nursery Alexis Cotto & Kim Huber Please pray for the sick, their loved ones and caregivers; Jennifer R. Barajas, Wray Barr, Rita Ferreri, Sharon Gage, Tom Giger, Jean Green, Hannah Grubofski, Allison Hartmire, Rita Haukapp, Margaret Heinke, John Kelley, Jessica Holmes, Liz Klingler, Dawn Papproth Kuhn, Abelina Leon, Mary Lugge, Matthew MacAinsh, Nona Morgan, Doris Prosser, Pauline Puttmann, Dale Reeser, Megan Saldanha, Madelean Sanford, Rosa Garcia, Craig Seipp, Mary Ann Seipp, Donna Sparks, Michelle Strube, Betty Tomasovich, Jake Van Hook, Jenny Vogt, Patricia Weiler, Steve Wells, Walter Woods If you have a family member that is homebound due to illness or hospitalized, please call the parish office. Please pray for our military men and women, especially those separated from loved ones by deployment.
Everybody s Got a Story! Discover how to share your faith with others. Join us for an evening of fun, food and story-telling, Catholic Style! Thursday, May 11 from 6:30 8:15 p.m. Fellowship Hall Are You Interested in Becoming Catholic? If so, please contact Matt Flynn at matthewflynn5@gmail.com or the parish office. Now is a good time to start since the process can take up to a year (or more, depending on your situation) and the traditional time for adults to be brought into the Catholic Church is Easter. The RCIA process is a path of discernment and conversion that varies based on the person going through it. It can last a while for some people (those very unfamiliar with Catholicism) or be relatively short and simple (those who are already practicing Christians and/or have been around the Catholic Church a long time), or it may be somewhere in between. If you have been thinking about it, contact Matt to find out how!! Tuesday Night Bible Study Looking to learn more about Scripture? The Tuesday Night Bible Study group will be starting a new nine week segment on the Book of Exodus on May 23 that will go until July 25. Meetings are every Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30/9:00. The cost for materials is $20, and the registration deadline is May 9. Call the parish office 632-3562 to register. Daily Mass, Readings and Reflections Looking for an easy way to spend time in daily prayer with the Word of God? Contact parishioner Tom Grimmig to receive daily emails with Mass readings and reflections at tom.grimmig@charter.com. Were you aware we have Mass during the week on Monday at Noon and Tuesday and Friday at 7:30 a.m.? You are always welcome to attend! Watch the bulletin for summer schedule. Voca on Corner In today s Gospel, we hear Thomas making the most complete affirma on of Christ s nature to be found on the lips of anyone in the gospel, My Lord and my God. Just as Jesus strengthened Thomas faith, He wants to renew faith in following our own voca on. We need to be diligent and invite others to consider a life of service a life of being a priest or religious. Divine Mercy Sunday St. Clare Church Sunday, April 23 from 1:30 3:30 p.m. Featuring the Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Adoration, Confession and a relic of St. Faustina Divine Mercy Materials are available in the Gathering Space. Saint Peregrine Devotions Mass at 8:00 a.m. Every First Thursday of the Month at Our Lady Queen of Peace, Belleville Devotions to the patron of cancer patients follows. CATHOLIC SERVICE & MINISTRY APPEAL A most heartfelt thanks to all those who have responded with a gift to the 2017 Catholic Service and Ministry Appeal. If you have not already done so, there s still plenty of time. One-time donations or pledges in any amount are needed. Please consider making your gift today or at anytime you are able in the coming months. April 8/9 Tithe: $23,277.00 New Church: $ 2,905.00 Easter/April 16 Tithe: $24,084.00 New Church: $ 2,260.00
PSR Calendar Parish School of Religion St. Clare School, 214 W. 3rd Street, O Fallon April 22 First Communion Practice April 23 NO PSR First Holy Communion April 29 Confirmation students dinner w/fr. Jim April 30 Last PSR Class We are accepting your empty plastic Easter eggs for next year s Easter egg hunt. Please place them in the basket across from the restrooms! Thank You!! April 22-23 Retreat at Hoyleton 8 am Sat 4 pm Sun. April 30 Crazy 8 s Minute to Win It Games 5-7 pm May 7 Youth Group Meeting in Youth Room 6-7:30 May 13/14 Pick up study bags after Mass May 14 May 21 May 28 June 4 No Meeting Mothers Day Youth Group Celebrates our Graduates Youth Room 6 7:30 p.m. No Youth Group Memorial Day Weekend Youth help at Pentecost Festival no meeting Hands for Hoyleton Youth Mission Trip June 18 23 Contact Youth Group Leader Karen Jalbert or janeadotson@yahoo.com If you are interested in joining a Family Rosary Group (singles welcome, too), please contact Tiffany Wright at 616-5933 or tcwright323@gmail.com for more information. Confirmation Calendar April 29 Dinner with Father Jim (youth only) Sit together at 5:00 Mass, then pizza and discussion in the Fellowship Hall May 13 Rehearsal 10:00 a.m. in Church with sponsors. Turn in your service logs and Mass Journal by rehearsal. May 15 Confirmation Mass 7:00 p.m. Students arrive by 5:50; Sponsors 6 Please pray for our First Holy Communion Class on this Special Day! Kaylee Burgess Charles Cappel Adelaide Chambers Luke Chappell Sean Chappell Kirsten Chapple Gavin Coffey Camdyn Compton Eberardo Cortes William Driscoll Jiana Fuentes Nicholas Gass Scarlett Gentille Lourdes Gonzalez Catherine Gross Shea Guinn Marshall Harris Vivianne Herich Madeline Homrig Lucas Howk Jacob Hug Damian Jansen Kayla Kalmer Lydia Kinsella Mason Konze Matthew Marshall Abigayle Monroe Michael Pierce John Pierre Alexis Sarginson Max Schoby Lorelai Stanis-Way Alexander Theismann Nolan Vojak Gabriel Vojak Logan Walter Brian Wendt
By now you have probably no ced our colorful paschal candle, located by the bap smal font. The candle is en tled Apis Mater, and was designed, hand carved, and painted by Marklin Candle Design in New Hampshire. Fr. Jim and I chose this non-tradi onal design to draw a en on to this very important liturgical object. The colorful hexagons represent the bee s honeycomb, which is integral in the making of beeswax candles. The Exsultet the great chant proclaimed at the beginning of the Easter Vigil praises the bee whose work builds the precious torch of the Paschal candle. Apis Mater, literally translated "Mother Bee, shines with the joy of the community life, the discipline of hard work, and the love concealed in sacrifice. The candle is a symbol of sacrifice wax consumed to produce light. It s for the sake of the flame that a candle exists. It s appropriate that the Paschal Candle reminds us of Christ, who gave His life that we might have eternal light. In the 4th century, St. John Chrysostom wrote, The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others. While some na ve bees are solitary, the honeybee is not. It survives only in a colony. It is the role-model of communal living. Tasks are undertaken by all, food is held in common, and the survival of the colony supersedes any individual s interest. The female bee loses her life if she s ngs another out of defense. During the winter months, bees do not hibernate. Rather, they cluster around the queen and thermo-regulate the temperature of the colony. A bee will not survive apart from the cluster. These elements of sacrifice and dependence on community make the bee a model for our lives as Chris ans. Through Apis Mater, we pay tribute to this most venerable part of God s crea on. Stephen Eros, Music and Liturgy Director Respect Life Bake Sale next weekend! To support the Lifeline Mission trip to Seattle this summer to earn an ultrasound machine for Thrive St. Louis. Also accepting donation of skymiles! Calling all Cooks! Come share your heritage by cooking food & sharing samples at the Parish Pentecost Festival Sunday, June 4 on the East Lawn of Church 11:30 2:30 Food booths needed to represent your ethnicity or unique region of US. Get a group of family or friends together and plan to prepare food samples! Call the parish office for more information!