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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 or on our website. SACRAMENT 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. SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
Confession is offered on Saturdays from 4 to 4:30 PM or by appointment. SACRAMENT 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
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
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
[email protected] Website: stclarewesterly.com
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION stclarewesterly.com
Nonperishable Food Collection
Saturday and Sunday, January 7 & 8
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. Clare Church. Be sure to mark the envelope St.VdeP.
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.
Religious Education 2016/2017
Class schedules are available on the Calendar and Education tabs of the St. Clare website, stclarewesterly.com .
Class for Grades 1 - 5
Monday, January 9, 2017 at 6 PM in the Parish Center
Class for Grades 6 & 7
Sunday, January 8 after the 10 AM Mass in the Parish Center
Confirmation - Grade 8
Sunday, January 8 after the 10 AM Mass in the lower rectory
Questions? Please contact Pam Salimeno at 401-952-1239.
2017 MARCH FOR LIFE
The Office of Life and Family Ministry is sponsoring a bus trip to Washington, DC for the 44TH Annual March for Life,a peaceful and prayerful
march to the U. S. Supreme Court.
The cost for the overnight ride is $80 per person. The bus will be leave Rhode Island on
Thursday, January 26, from various locations beginning at 7:30 PM.
This year’s trip will take us to the Verizon Center for the Youth Rally and Mass. There will be confession, Rosary, popular Catholic recording artists, presentations
and a Mass for Life.
For more information and to register, call Carol Owens at 401-421-7833 Ext. 218.
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.
Al-Anon At Enders 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.
With the months of snow that will unfortunately make it to our shoreline, be sure you are
registered on our Flocknote site.
Call the parish office at 401-348-8765 or register on our website at stclarewesterly.com
and click the Flocknote tab.
Fr. Ken uses Flocknote to alert the community of any Mass cancellations because of storms or
inclement weather. Be part of the circuit; don’t be left out. Sign up now if you haven’t already.
Stay Connected!
Invitation to Pray for All Human Life
The Office of Life and Family
Ministry is sponsoring the Annual Respect Life Mass on Saturday, January 21
at St. Paul Church in Cranston.
Bishop Thomas J. Tobin will be the main celebrant and Rev. Msgr. Albert A. Kenney, Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia,
will be the homilist at the 9 AM Mass. The Image of
Our Lady of Guadalupe will remain on the altar during Mass and will be available for veneration at the reception that will immediate-
ly follow the Mass.
For more information and to R.S.V.P. contact Carol Owens, Office of Life
and Family Ministry at 401-421-7833 ext. 218.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year From Fr. Ken, the St. Clare Parish staff and volunteers,
we wish you and your families a safe, blessed and Merry Christmas. And a Happy New Year
Christmas Flower Memorials Additions
In memory of Henry Fiore, Sr. & Mary Phillips In honor of Sam & Nancy Fusaro
St. Clare Stewardship Ministry Corner
• The Stewardship Ministry will not meet in December. The next meeting will on Monday, January 23, 2017.
Please read Chapter 4, “Witness,” from the book, Living Your Discipleship: 7 Ways to Express Your Deepest Calling.
• 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 [email protected] .
• 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 from April - November 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 Thursday, January 5. 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 Tuesday, January 3, 2016.
Please Keep in Mind
When a loved one passes on, the family may ask that donations to a charity be made in lieu of flowers.
Please consider St. Clare Church or the new Parish Center when choosing an organization for your contribution. Also, please keep St. Clare Church in mind when drafting your will.
The parish office can provide memorial cards and envelopes for those
who wish to make a donation in the name of your loved one
God bless you for your kindness and generosity in these difficult financial times.
AA meets every Thursday night
from 6 to 7 PM in the St. Clare Parish Center.
will meet again on Monday, January 9
at noon in the Parish Center.
We will be discussing
The Murderer's Daughter
by Jonathan Kellerman
Be sure to bring a bag lunch. All are welcome to join.
Eight Days
“Octave” comes from the Latin word for “eight,” and since eight is one step beyond seven, the number of days
in a week, it has long been seen as a symbol of perfection, completion, and new beginnings. Early Christians called Sunday the “eighth day,” since it was the day after the
Sabbath and a day of resurrected life, the Lord’s Day. By the seventh century, people regarded the eight days after Easter Sunday as one great day, an octave, one glorious feast when people were forbidden to fast or kneel. In the
seventh century, Pentecost acquired an Octave, too. Christmas didn’t claim the honor of a continuous feast, but
it did get an Octave Day. January 1 is the oldest Marian feast, the Octave of Christmas. It was originally a feast of the motherhood of Mary, although for centuries until 1969 it was called the Feast of the Circumcision. Our reformed calendar follows the earlier tradition of celebrating Mary
as Mother of God.
Monday - 1/2/17
NO MASS
Tuesday - 1/3/17 Server - Lector -
Eucharistic Minister
Wednesday - 1/4/17 Server - Lector -
Eucharistic Minister
Thursday – 1/5/17 Server - Lector -
Eucharistic Minister
Friday - 1/6/17 Server - Lector -
Eucharistic Minister
Lay Minister Daily Mass Schedule for January 2 - 6
Altar Server Schedule
Sat. - January 7 - 5 PM CB - Andrew Fiore
IB - Sun. –January 8 - 8 AM
CB - Turo IB -
Sun. - January 8 – 10AM CB - Ryan Brinton
IB - Brian D’Agostino
Private Homes A - Tom Koepke B –Lynn Piola
Nursing Homes WHM - Dawn LaFleur
Saturday January 7 5 PM Mass Lectors - Tom Liguori & Terri Gervasini Tabernacle - Eucharist - Fred Schwager Cup 1 - Jo Schwager Cup 2 - Carol Piezzo Baptistry - Eucharist - Betty Britton Cup - Ellie Cote Sunday January 8 8 AM Mass Lectors - Paul Meyer & Jenn Brinton Tabernacle - Eucharist - Barbara Bliven Cup 1 - Alice Chudecki Cup 2 - Alice Visgilio Baptistry - Eucharist - Lynda Nappi Cup - Jim Maloney Sunday January 8 10 AM Mass Lectors - Paul Calitri & Gina Laudone Tabernacle - Eucharist - Betty Waters Cup 1 - Peter Bellone Cup 2 - Anne Pearce Baptistry - Eucharist - Marianne McGregor Cup - June Har tford-Alley
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Monday, January 2 Saints Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops & Doctors of the Church 8:00 AM NO MASS Tuesday, January 3 Christmas Weekday/The Most Holy Name of Jesus 8:00 AM +Catherine Dunn by the Nolan & Zurliene families Wednesday, January 4 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious 8:00 AM +Lucy Turano by the Shay family Thursday, January 5 St. John Neumann, Bishop 8:00 AM +Mary Bliven by Dorinne & Peter Meyer Friday, January 6 Christmas Weekday/St. Andre Bessette, Religious 8:00 AM +For the living and deceased members of the DiMaio & Patriarca families by the DiMaio family Saturday, January 7 The Vigil of the Epiphany of The Lord 11:30 AM Baptism of Oliver James Mikelsen 5:00 PM +Ann Cherenzia by her daughters Sunday, January 8 The Epiphany of The Lord 8:00 AM +Shirley Terranova by her brother George 10:00 AM +Richard Sullivan by the St. Clare Choir
The Parish Office will
be closed on
Monday, January 2, for the observance of
New Year’s Day.
Monday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:29 — 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34 Wednesday: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42 Thursday: 1 Jn 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 4:14-22a Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Mk 1:7-11 Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Sal 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 2:1-11 Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12