Rectory: 71 Warner St., Medford MA 02155Tel. (781) 396-3922 or (781) 396-3112 ; Fax (781) 396-2506 FOR EMERGENCIES: 339-221-7563

www.saintclementcatholicparish.org

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME “The LORD God said: "It is not good for the man to be alone.

I will make a suitable partner for him.” (Gn 2:18)

Parish Administrator Fr. Stefano Colombo f.s.c.b.

Assistant Fr. Paolo Cumin f.s.c.b.

In Residence

Fr. Luca Brancolini f.s.c.b. Fr. Franco Soma f.s.c.b.

Parish Secretary: Ann Hoag secretarystclement@outlook.com

Office Hours: Mon - Thur 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Closed on Fridays and Holidays

Religious Education : Mary Grace Di Martino 781-396-3322

Junior and Senior High School

781-393-5600

Elementary School

781-396-3488

Principal: Mr. Robert G. Chevrier

Orvieto—Italy: bas relief on the Cathedral’s Façade. 13th century: Creation of Eve, by Lorenzo Maitani

Saint Clement Church October 4, 2015 Somerville/Medford, MA.

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

MASS READINGS and INTENTIONS

Monday, October 5 Jon 1:1—2:2, 11/Lk 10:25-37 7:00 A.M. – Mass

Tuesday, October 6 Jon 3:1-10/Lk 10:38-42 7:00 A.M.– Theresa Fusco, Anniversary Wednesday, October 7

Jon 4:1-11/Lk 11:1-4

7:00 A.M.– Mass

Thursday, October 8

Mal 3:13-20b/Lk 11:5-13

7:00 A.M. - Mass

5:30 P.M. ADORATION—and MASS 6:30 P.M.

Friday, October 9

Jl 1:13-15; 2:1-2/Lk 11:15-26

7:00 A.M.– Mass

Saturday, October 10

Jl 1:113-15, 2:1-2/Lk 11:27-28

7:00 A.M. - Mass and 7:30 A.M. CDA Rosary

4:00 P.M. - Mercedes Campos and Lemul Toledo,

Anniversary

Sunday, October 11

Wis 7:7-11/Heb 4:12-13/Mk 10:17-30

7:00 A.M. - Mass for St. Clement Parishioners

9:00 A.M. - Antonio Oppedisano, Anniv.

Anna, David and John Walsh, Memorial

11:00 A.M.– Adelina Martiniello, Memorial

Mario Cocchiara, Anniversary

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR BELOVED DECEASED.

Carmela Natorelli

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Saturdays from 3-4 PM

or

by appointment.

The Anchor

G. K. Chesterton was a genius, gifted with a sharp wit and a robust faith.

Among his many “quotables” I found this: fallacies do not cease to be fallacies be-cause they become fashion. Even more subtle—at least for us modern peo-ple—is the idea that something does not be-

come true or good because everyone thinks it is or “votes” for it, or polls in favor of it. Nowadays the passages of the Liturgy of the

Word we have this Sunday sound extremely judgmental. They bind irrevocably sex and gender when

Genesis shows human nature, female and male, equal in dignity—rooted in the image of

God in all of us—and complementary. On top of this Jesus proposes marriage as a sacrament, not simply as contract, as it was

intended in his time “because of the hardness of your hearts”.

A sacrament is not a simple sacred human action, it is an action of God himself, who

joins in, together with the people who perform the sacrament and makes that human action divine.

Yet we have so much trouble even daring to consider our actions as potentially divine, do we? Our experience is that normally human

things and actions are fleeting and unstable, we hardly trust each other and we know how

difficult it can be to be faithful, even to our own free decisions. At the end of the discussion on marriage Je-

sus apparently changes subject, directing his attention to the children, but it is not a change of subject at all. We can all observe

how children are single minded and faithful: they are not complicated, they haven't seen

enough evil in the world to become cynical and jaded, they always root for the good, by instinct they reject duplicity and treason, and

even then they hold hope for redemption. This is why Christ invites us to be more like

them. There is always a child-like corner of our heart that, no matter what, expects the happy ending: it is there that the Image of

God will always live on. Fr. Stefano

Saint Clement Church October 4, 2015 Somerville/Medford, MA

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

COLLECTION DASHBOARD initiative:

OUR GOAL FOR OUR WEEKLY ORDINARY (FIRST) COLLECTION: $ 4,000.00 LAST SUNDAY ORDINARY COLLECTION: $ 3,308.00

SECOND COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND. NEXT WEEK’S SECOND COLLECTION: SPECIAL MONTHLY COLLECTION FOR ST. CLEMENT

as you can see we have been working to fix damages from the long winter, to better the church, both structurally (new roofing on the lower transept ends) and esthetically (new but more economical lighting) please consider giving us a special hand

Come join us for EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Every Thursday at 5:30 PM followed by Mass at 6:30 PM.

Quiet time with Jesus in the Eucharist

OUR CHOIR IS BACK! WOULD YOU LIKE TO

JOIN?

Our choir will rehearse every Sunday

at 10 AM, and is open to anyone who

is passionate for music and singing and animate our parish

Eucharistic liturgy.

Mrs. Miriam Vanoni is in charge of the music and choir at St.

Clement and she will be available for anyone who has any

inquiry at the end of mass this week-end.

CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS

ITALIAN NIGHT FUNDRAISER

Court St. Clementine #821 is sponsoring an Italian Night

Fundraiser on Saturday, October 10th, 5PM to 9PM at the

Mount Vernon Restaurant, 14 Broadway in Somerville,

MA. Cost is $25 per person for a complete Italian dinner

and cash door prize. Entertainment provided by Boston’s

own Stephen Savio; a 50/50 drawing will be offered and

cash bar available. Advance reservations only.

Contact Carol Ghiloni, 781-395-2088, or email

cdact821@aol.com.

Reservation deadline is Thursday, October 8th. No tickets

will be sold at the door.

JUNIOR CATHOLIC DAUGHTER’S MEETING

THIS SUNDAY OCT. 4 FROM 1-3 PM IN THE PARISH HALL. GIRLS FROM AGES 6-18 ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Grades 1-5 will meet at 10 am in the elementary school for their weekly meeting.

Our first “Faith Moment” Coffee Hour for parents of

religious ed students, any parents of school aged children and all adults will be held in the Parish Hall

immediately after the 9 am liturgy. All are invited to come, sit and share with your friends of

St. Clement Parish. Sunday evening at 6 pm Grades 6-8 (Middle School) will

meet in the Parish Hall for their monthly class.

On Tuesday, October 6th will be the first class for our 9th Grade students—Confirmation 1-Students will meet in St.

Clement High School from 7-8 pm.

Please bring all forms with you to class. If you have not yet registered, there is still time to do so. No classes next

Sunday, due to Columbus Day weekend. Enjoy!

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE NEXT WEEKEND—OCTOBER 10/11

AFTER ALL THE MASSES.

MASS OF REMEMBRANCE

The Mass of Remembrance will be celebrated on November 4th at the 11 AM Mass.

The Mass of Remembrance is celebrated every year to remember and pray for our loved ones who were

buried from St. Clement Parish between October 2014 and October 2015. Save the date.

CLEMENTINE’S CLOSET

On Saturday, October 24—we will be sponsoring “Clementine’s Closet” (previously our White Elephant Room) featuring previously enjoyed treasures from our community. This has been an extremely popular room

for us, we decided to expand and make it the center attraction. Save your treasures as we will be having a drop off on October 23rd. We will also have raffles,

tasty treats and more...Please see the insert in this week’s bulletin for more details about this event as well as other planned events in November and December.

Don’t forget—Save the Date, October 24th.