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

stclareri2@cox.net Website: stclarewesterly.com

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION stclarewesterly.com

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 16, NO CLASS

Class for Grades 6 & 7

Sunday, January 15, NO CLASS

Confirmation - Grade 8

Sunday, January 15. NO CLASS

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.

St. Vincent de Paul Society

The St. Vincent de Paul Society would like to thank the parishioners of the St. Clare Parish for their generosity this past year. Your monthly donations of food, the Holy Thursday food collection for our food pantry, and the holy day offerings will enable us to continue to assist the needy in our community. May God bless you with peace and happiness in this new year. Sincerely, Kathy Capizzano Secretary

New York Bus Trip

May 24, 2017

The bus will leave the St. Clare parking lot at 7 AM and will leave Bryant Park,

New York, at 7:30 PM.

The show is BANDSTAND. This new show opens in April.

Cost for bus and Orchestra seat is $136.

Cost for bus ride only $41.

Contact: Jane Holdredge 401 596 5866 Or by email at cjhold13@cox.net

Bereavement Fellowship Breakfast

Fellowship is held on the last Friday of every month at 9:30 AM at the Cooked Goose, located on Watch Hill Road.

Men and women of all ages who have lost their loved ones are welcome.

Congratulations are offered to Andrew & Katie Mikelsen, on the Baptism of their son,

Oliver James Mikelsen, who was baptized on January 7, 2017.

We welcome him to the St. Clare

Catholic community.

Monday January 16, 2017

The Parish Office will be closed

SAVE THE DATE

Sunday, April 30 at 4 PM

Italian Food - Wine Tasting and Silent Auction

The Hospitality Ministry of St Clare Church

will be hosting an Italian Food and Wine Tasting and Silent Auction. More info about the food and

wine will be coming in a personal letter to each member of the parish.

The Silent Auction is in need of volunteers to donate services or goods for the auction.

The items can be as large as a cruise on a sail boat or as small as a basket of goodies.

All proceeds will help reduce the Parish debt, your generosity will be greatly appreciated.

If you are interested in making a donation please contact Cathy Larsh at 401-322-0043, or by email

at calar1@cox.net or Carolyn Longolucco at 401-596-2964, or by email at

daylong2@verizon.net.

Stay Connected!

St. Clare Stewardship Ministry Corner

• The Stewardship Ministry will meet 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 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 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, February 2. 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, February 7, 2016.

will meet again on Monday, February 6

at noon in the Parish Center.

We will be discussing My Mother's Secret

by J. L. Witterick

Be sure to bring a bag lunch. All are welcome to join.

Mass Time Changes

The Mass schedule at St. Vincent DePaul in Bradford and Our Lady of Victory in Ashaway have changed.

The new schedule,

St. Vincent dePaul Saturday at 5 PM and Sunday at 9 AM

Our Lady of Victory

Saturday at 4 PM and Sunday at 10 AM

2017 Pilgrimage to Ireland September 11 through 20

Join Fr. Ray Suriani and Fr. Brian Sistare

for a pilgrimage to Ireland In the footsteps of St Patrick.

Cost is $3699 and is all inclusive.

If the deposit is paid by February 15, 2017, the cost is reduced to $3499.

Contact Valerie Sistare for more info at sis1170@verizon.net

THREE MISSIONS Today we begin with one of the “servant songs” from the book of Isaiah, a song prophetic of Jesus’ ministry of service. Isaiah’s mission is not only to bring back the children of Jacob to gather in Israel; it is also to be “a light to the nations” (Isaiah 49:6). Jesus Christ, as servant, will be the fulfillment of the ancient prophecy and the basis of the new. This Sunday we begin a series of readings from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians. Here Paul is identified by his mission: he is an apostle of Jesus Christ. The church at Corinth to whom he addresses this letter is also identified: it is part of the universal church of God. The Corinthians are called to holiness, as are all Christians. Though the feast of the Baptism of the Lord was celebrated last Monday, today’s Gospel also alludes to the importance of that event. The reading emphasizes that Jesus “outranks” John: his baptism in the Spirit will eradicate sin. Jesus accepts John’s baptism, even though it is he himself who is the Lamb of God.

Monday - 1/16/17 Server - DeSantos Lector - Murphy

Eucharistic Minister LaFleur-LaFleur

Tuesday - 1/17/17 Server - Masucci Lector - Myszka

Eucharistic Minister LaFleur-LaFleur

Wednesday - 1/18/17 Server - Masucci

Lector - Serra Eucharistic Minister Schackner-Schackner

Thursday – 1/19/17 Server - Murphy

Lector - Slusarczyk Eucharistic Minister Schackner-Schackner

Friday - 1/20/17 Server - Murphy Lector - Swain

Eucharistic Minister Schwager-Schwager

Lay Minister Daily Mass Schedule for January 16 - 20

Altar Server Schedule

Sat. - January 21 - 5 PM CB - Peter Fiore

IB - Sun. –January 22 - 8 AM

CB - Kate Laudone IB -

Sun. - January 22– 10AM CB - Nathaniel Ober

IB -

Private Homes A - June Hartford-Alley

B –Tom Koepke

Nursing Homes WHM - Peg Nolan

Saturday January 21 5 PM Mass Lectors - Neil Collins & Pat Murphy Tabernacle - Eucharist - Steve McAllister Cup 1 - Marianne McAllister Cup 2 - Alan Martone Baptistry - Eucharist - Christine Martone Cup - Margo Sisco Sunday January 22 8 AM Mass Lectors - Sam Fusaro & Nancy Burns-Fusaro Tabernacle - Eucharist - Mary Capalbo Cup 1 - Bob Sylvestre Cup 2 - Jim Maloney Baptistry - Eucharist - Roseann Sisco Cup - Barbara Bliven Sunday January 22 10 AM Mass Lectors - Peg Nolan & Frances Myszka Tabernacle - Eucharist - Trish Dewolf Cup 1 - Joe Abbott Cup 2 - Sandra Abbott Baptistry - Eucharist - June Hartford-Alley Cup - Peter Bellone

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Monday, January 16 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Weekday 8:00 AM +Anthony T. Trainor by his wife Margaret Tuesday, January 17 St. Anthony, Abbott 8:00 AM +Rene A. Danie by Linda & George Schackner Wednesday, January 18 Weekday/Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Begins 8:00 AM +Nancy Tudisco Liguori by Mary Levcowich & family Thursday, January 19 Weekday 8:00 AM +Edwin Dawley by Arthur & Angela Smith Friday, January 20 Weekday/St. Fabian, Pope & Martyr; St. Sebastian, Martyr 8:00 AM +Peggy Loughran by Janet Burke Saturday, January 21 The Vigil of the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 PM +Anthony Giordano Sunday, January 22 The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM +Ann Liguori by her family 10:00 AM +Dorothy Rose Atherton by her three daughters

Monday: Heb 5:1-10; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday: Heb 6:10-20; Ps 111:1-2, 4-5, 9, 10c; Mk 2:23-28 Wednesday: Heb 7:1-3, 15-17; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 3:1-6 Thursday: Heb 7:25 — 8:6; Ps 40:7-10, 17; Mk 3:7-12 Friday: Heb 8:6-13; Ps 85:8, 10-14; Mk 3:13-19 Saturday: Heb 9:2-3, 11-14; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9; Mk 3:20-21 Sunday: Is 8:23 — 9:3; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17; Mt 4:12-23 [12-17]