4 Saint Clare Way Westerly, Rhode Island 02891 401-348-8765 Fax: 401-315-5273

Email: stclareri2@cox.net Website: stclarewesterly.com

Class Calendar for Grades 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 Elementary School - Mondays from 6 PM to 7 PM

• Monday, September 24 - First Class • Monday, October 1 - Class • Monday, October 8 - Holiday, No Class • Monday, October 15 - Class • Monday, October 22 - Class • Monday, October 29 - Class

Parish Information

St. Clare Church 4 St. Clare Way, Westerly, RI 02891

Rectory and Office (401)348-8765 Fax (401)315-5273

Email: stclareri2@cox.net Website: stclarewesterly.com

STAFF Rev. Kenneth J. Suibielski, Pastor

Rev. Mr. Carl LaFleur, Deacon Rev. Mr. Stephen Cote, Deacon

Mrs. Jennifer O’Connor, Parish Secretary Mr. Bruce Coon, Music Director

Ms. Alice Duffy, Campus Manager Mrs. Ellie Cote, Marriage Coordinator

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Ms. Pamela Salimeno, Director

RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 2 PM

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 (June-September)

Sunday Mass: 8:30 AM

NEW PARISHIONERS

Welcome! Please register with the parish by contacting the Parish Office.

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 RECONCILIATION

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.

Class Calendar for Grades 6, 7 Middle School, Confirmation 1 - Sundays at 11 AM

• Sunday, September 23 - First Class • Sunday, September 30 - Class • Sunday, October 7 - Holiday, No Class • Sunday, October 14 - Class • Sunday, October 21 - Class • Sunday, October 28 - Class

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Class Calendar for Grade 8 Confirmation 2 - Sundays at 11 AM

• Sunday, September 23 - First Class • Sunday, September 30 - Class • Sunday, September 30 - Class • Sunday, October 7 - Holiday, No Class • Sunday, October 14 - Class • Sunday, October 21 - Class • Sunday, October 28 - Class

Class schedules and registration forms for Grades 1 through 7 are now available on the

Calendar and Education tabs of the St. Clare website, stclarewesterly.com

Please complete the registration forms appropriate for your child's grade and return them to the parish

office along with the registration fee of $25 per student.

For questions, please contact Pam Salimeno at 596-0579.

No previous years’ forms are kept on file.

Crafters Wanted!

We are looking for vendors of hand-crafted items.

The space provided is an eight-foot table in our brightly lit Parish Center.

The cost is $35 per eight-foot table space.

Tables & chairs will be provided.

For details and a contract, please contact Jennifer at 401-348-8765 or by

e-mail at stclareri2@cox.net

2012 Saint Clare Fall Craft Fair

Food

Raffles

Blood Drive

Flu Shot Clinic

Gam

es

Sunday, October 21

9 AM to 12 PM

Saturday, October 20

11 AM to 6:30 PM

Sunday, October 21

9 AM to 2 PM &

Ham and Bean Cabaret Supper

Sunday, October 14 St. Clare Parish Center

Doors open at 4PM. Supper served at 5 PM.

Enjoy ham, baked beans, brown bread, and dessert. Wine and beer are available for purchase.

Cabaret will be presented by The Hearts,

featuring the many talents of

Carol - cabaret singer, emcee/comic, drums Audrey - keyboard, vocals, arranger Maria - cabaret singer, flute, drums

Enjoy hits through the decades, Broadway show medleys, dance music and much more.

$20 per person Tickets may be purchased in the parish office.

St. Clare Stewardship Ministry Corner

The next Stewardship Meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 25, at 6:30 PM in the

lower rectory. Stewardship meetings are held on a bi-monthly basis and all are welcome.

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 helps the parish live the Gospel of Life by promoting and protecting the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural

death. Before Mass on the First Friday of every month, the Rosary is offered before the Blessed Sacrament for an end to abortion. Please join us.

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. 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 is on Tuesday, October 2, at 4 PM.

Wonderful Wednesdays

Please join us in the Parish Center on Wednesday, September 26

after the 8 AM Mass for coffee and pastries.

A different theme is highlighted every month. This month’s theme is Baker’s Choice.

We would be most grateful if you would bring your favorite recipe, plus a sample for our coffee hour.

Senior Priest Retirement Fund

Thank you for your generous support of last week’s second collection to benefit the Senior Priest Retirement Fund that benefits those clergy in our diocese who have reached retirement age. Despite ‘retirement’ many priests continue to provide pastoral care to the faithful through celebrating Masses, visiting hospitals and nursing homes, volunteering in schools and fulfilling many other duties in continued service to the Lord and the faithful. If you forgot to make a donation and would like to support this fund that provides modest resources for priests in their retirement years, please visit www.srpriestri.org to make an online donation using a secure server or mail your offering to Senior Priest Retirement Fund, Office of Stewardship & Development, One Cathedral Square, Providence, RI 02903. Thank you for your support of this critical effort to provide for senior priests in their retirement years.

ATTENTION!

SAINT CLARE YOUTH MINISTRY EVENT Let’s play Family Feud!

Tuesday, October 9, from 6 PM to 8 PM in the Parish Center

Grades 6 through High School are invited to play Family Feud, listen to Contemporary

Christian Music, discuss Forgiveness of Others and Self Forgiveness.

Bring some friends for fun, games and snacks.

Tulip Bulb Sale

The Respect Life Ministry will be selling tulip bulbs on Saturday,

October 6 and 7, after all Masses.

Five colors to choose from Bag of 6 for $5

Proceeds will benefit the Gabriel Project, which assists young mothers and infants in Westerly.

St. Clare Church

Autumn Card and Game Party

Tuesday, October 23, from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM $10 per person

Get your table of 4 together for an afternoon of fun. Play bridge, Canasta, Majong, Scrabble or your favorite games.

Enjoy warm apple crisp topped with ice cream. Coffee, tea, and soft drinks available.

Snacks and prizes will be on each table. Tickets can be purchased in the parish office or on our website,

stclarewesterly.com/#/e-giving .

Lay Minister Assignments Daily Mass Schedule for September 2012

Mass Schedule for the weekend of September 29 & 30

Saturday, September 29 5 PM Mass Lectors — Terri Gervasini & Tony Horton Tabernacle — Eucharist– Debbie Cass Cup– Rick Cass Cup– Carol Piezzo Baptistry — Eucharist– Betty Britton Cup– Marie Torrisi Servers— Peter Fiore-CB & Andrew Fiore-S2 Sunday, September 30 8 AM Mass Lectors — Tammy O’Brien & Fred Bartkiewicz Tabernacle — Eucharist– Roseann Sisco Cup– Barbara Bliven Cup– Lillian Evans Baptistry — Eucharist– Alice Chudecki Cup– Alice Visgilio Servers - Robbie Rice-CB & Devin Kazarian-S2 Sunday, September 30 10 AM Mass Lectors — Frances Myszka & Paul Calitri Tabernacle — Eucharist– Pat Murphy Cup– Dawn LaFleur Cup– Anne Pearce Baptistry — Eucharist– Mark Gordon Cup– Camilla Gordon Servers - Max Kreckel-CB & Douglas Sockbeson-S2

Communion to the Sick (after 10 AM Mass)

To Private Homes To Nursing Homes A–Judy Beale WHM–Madeline Whewell B–Greg Avedisian Clipper–June Hartford-Alley

Date Mon. 24 Tues. 25 Wed. 26 Thurs. 27 Fri. 28

Server Fusaro L. Schackner L. Schackner Masucci Masucci

Lector Serra Swain Azzinaro Burns-Fusaro Fusaro

The Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 23, 2012

Euch. Ministers Schwager-Schwager Scott-Sylvestre Scott-Sylvestre Visgilio-Wright Visgilio-Wright

Monday, September 24 Weekday 8:00 AM +Stephan Niemiera by Gerard & Jane Boucher

Tuesday, September 25 Weekday 8:00 AM

Wednesday, September 26 Weekday/Saints Cosmas & Damian, Martyrs 8:00 AM +Lennie & Norm Reeves by Pat & Austin Murphy

Thursday, September 27 St. Vincent de Paul, Priest 8:00 AM

Friday, September 28 Weekday/St. Wenceslaus, Martyr; St. Lawrence Ruiz & Companions, Martyrs 8:00 AM +For the People of St. Clare

Saturday, September 29 The Vigil of the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 PM +Mary Drummond by family

Sunday, September 30 The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM +Russell Lamphere 1 Year Anniversary by Jim & Claudia 10:00 AM +Judy Lisi by Lisa Stevens & Adam Morton

If you have lost something in church, you may find it in the Lost & Found box in the vestibule. If your lost item is jewelry, glasses, or a book,

it may be found in the parish office. We currently have two pairs of reading glasses,

a Magnificat book, plus earrings, pins and rosaries.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Prv 3:27-34; Lk 8:16-18 Tuesday: Prv 21:1-6, 10-13; Lk 8:19-21 Wednesday: Prv 30:5-9; Lk 9:1-6 Thursday: Eccl 1:2-11; Lk 9:7-9 Friday: Eccl 3:1-11; Lk 9:18-22 Saturday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a;Jn 1:47-51 Sunday: Nm 11:25-19; Ps 19; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48

Immaculate Conception Respect Life Ministry

Spaghetti Dinner

hosted by

Fr. Peter West from Priests for Life

Saturday, October 6, at 6 PM

Fr. West will also be speaking at all the Masses at Immaculate Conception Church on this Respect Life weekend.

The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children. To purchase tickets, please call 401-596-2130.