Westerly, Rhode Island

Religious Education 2014/2015

Registration forms and class schedules are

available on the Calendar and Education tabs of the

St. Clare website, stclarewesterly.com

Questions? Please contact Pam Salimeno

at 596-0579.

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. God bless you for your kindness and generosity

in these difficult financial times.

Al-Anon At Ender’s 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.

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. 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, Deacon Retired

Mrs. Jennifer O’Connor, Parish Secretary

Mr. Bruce Coon, Music Director

Ms. Alice Duffy, Campus Manager

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

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

Bereavement Fellowship Breakfast

This event is held on the last Friday of every month at 9:30 AM at the Cooked Goose, located on

Watch Hill Road, Westerly.

Men and women of all ages who have lost spouses are welcome.

The Parish Office will be

closed on 11/11/14

Final Arrangements Are you ready?

Fr. Ken will host a seminar, Now and at the Hour of Our Death

on Sunday, November 16, at 2 PM in the Parish Center.

This seminar is a gathering to help prepare for the details of our funeral and other related issues.

$5 per person for books. All are welcome.

Parish Thanksgiving Mass

Wednesday evening, November 26, at 7 PM

Please bring canned goods to

help feed the hungry.

St. Clare Stewardship Ministry Corner

• The next proposed Stewardship Meeting will take place on Tuesday, November 25, at 6:30 PM in the lower

rectory. Stewardship meetings are held on a 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 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, May through December in the Parish Center. The next meeting will be held on November 19. The Rosary for life is recited on the first Friday of every month beginning at 7:35 in the church.

• 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 next meeting will be on December 4.

• 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, December 2.

St. Clare Church Hospitality Ministry

presents

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

Tuesday, November 11, at 1 PM in the Parish Center

In 1941, Italy allies with Germany and ruthlessly

conquers the much weaker country of Greece. On a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. One

Italian officer, Captain Corelli, adopts an attitude of mutual co-existence with the Greeks and

engages in such activities as music festivals and the courting the daughter of a local doctor. In 1943, however, after Italy surrenders to the Allies and changes sides in the war, Captain

Corelli must defend the Greek island against a German invasion.

Drinks and snacks will be

available for purchase.

THE TEMPLE AND WORSHIP

In all of today’s readings, the temple is prominently mentioned. Ezekiel speaks of streams of living water flowing out from the temple, watering the desert, bringing life to all living things, offering fresh healing to God’s people. Paul reminds the Corinthians that their faith rests upon the firmest of foundations, Christ himself. More than that, Paul reveals that those who follow Christ are themselves temples, temples of the Holy Spirit; that is, God dwells not only with them, but in them. For the Jews of Jesus’ time, the temple had come to be identified with the presence of God and the only place where authentic worship of God took place. Jesus had a different perception. Jesus identified himself not with the temple, but as the temple. In so doing, Jesus indicated a dramatic shift in what it means to worship God, to be in God’s presence. No longer was a place to be the focus of prayer. Instead, a person, the person of Jesus Christ, becomes the center of our worship.

Monday - 11/10/14 Server - Masucci

Lector - Longolucco Eucharistic Minister Azzinaro-Azzinaro

Tuesday - 11/11/14 Server - DeSantos Lector - Masucci

Eucharistic Minister Maloney-Scott

Wednesday - 11/12/14

Server - DeSantos Lector - Mitchell

Eucharistic Minister Malloney-Scott

Thursday - 11/13/14

Server - Gordon Lector - Murphy

Eucharistic Minister Burke-Gagnon

Friday - 11/14/14 Server - Gordon Lector - Myszka

Eucharistic Minister Burke-Gagnon

Lay Minister Daily Mass Schedule for November 10 - 14

Altar Server Schedule Sat. - November 15 - 5 PM

CB - Kate Laudone IB - SarahBeth McClain

Sun. - November 16 - 8 AM CB - Quinn Urbonas

IB -

Sun. - November 16 - 10 AM CB - Mike Slusarczyk

IB -

Private Homes A - Celeste Santilli

B - June Hartford-Alley

Nursing Homes WHM - Fran Myszka

Saturday November 15 5 PM Mass Lectors - Neil Collins & Angela Smith Tabernacle - Eucharist - Mary Frances Guernon Cup 1 - Carol Piezzo Cup 2 - Betty Britton Baptistry - Eucharist - Steve McAllister Cup - Marianne McAllister Sunday November 16 8 AM Mass Lectors - Fred Bartkiewicz & Jennifer Brinton Tabernacle - Eucharist - Roseann Sisco Cup 1 - Barbara Bliven Cup 2 - Alice Chudecki Baptistry - Eucharist - Alice Visgilio Cup - Bob Sylvestre Sunday November 16 10 AM Mass Lectors – Joe Walker & Pam Salimeno Tabernacle - Eucharist - Betty Waters Cup 1 - Peter Bellone Cup 2 - Anne Pearce Baptistry - Eucharist - Carl Slusarczyk Cup - Rose Slusarczyk

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Daily Readings

Monday, November 10 St. Leo The Great, Pope & Doctor of the Church 8:00 AM +Liz Gervasini by her family

Tuesday, November 11 Veterans Day Parish Office Closed St. Martin of Tours, Bishop 8:00 AM +Helen Myszka by her daughter Frances Myszka

Wednesday, November 12 St. Josaphat, Bishop & Martyr 8:00 AM +Brenda Fay by Nancy Bilyak

Thursday, November 13 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin 8:00 AM +Rose Trebisacci by Ron & Janice Gulluscio

Friday, November 14 Weekday 8:00 AM +James J. Longolucco by his wife Carolyn Longolucco

Saturday, November 15 The Vigil of the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 PM +Michael Murano by his family

Sunday, November 16 The Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM + Albert Gibney Murphy by Gibby Ries 10:00 AM +Humphrey Amedeo by his wife Carol Amedeo

Communion to the Sick after 10 AM Mass

AA meets every Thursday night from 6 to 7 PM in the St.

Clare Parish Center.

The Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Sunday, November 9, 2014

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Monday: Ti 1:1-9; Ps 24:1b-4ab, 5-6; Lk 17:1-6

Tuesday: Ti 2:1-8, 11-14; Ps 37:3-4, 18, 23, 27, 29; Lk 17:7-10

Wednesday: Ti 3:1-7; Ps 23:1b-6; Lk 17:11-19

Thursday: Phlm 7-20; Ps 146:7-10; Lk 17:20-25

Friday: 2 Jn 4-9; Ps 119:1-2, 10-11, 17-18; Lk 17:26-37

Saturday: 3 Jn 5-8; Ps 112:1-6; Lk 18:1-8

Sunday: Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; Ps 128:1-5; 1 Thes 5:1-6; Mt 25:14-30 [14-15, 19-21]