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

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

Classes will break for Christmas vacation and will resume January 8 & 9.

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.

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.

Monthly Church Cleaning will be

Friday, January 6, following the 8 AM Mass.

2016 - 2017 Christmas Schedule

New Year’s Eve Saturday, December 31, 2016, 5 PM

New Year’s Day Sunday, January 1, 2017,

8 AM & 10 AM

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 From Fr. Ken, the St. Clare Parish staff and volunteers,

we wish you and your families a safe, blessed and Merry Christmas.

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 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, 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.

Clergy Addresses

An address list has been created for those who wish to send cards to the Priests who celebrate Mass at St. Clare Church. They can be found in the parish office.

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.

THE GIFT OF GOD’S WORD On this day of gifts and gift‑giving, it seems appropriate that we take a moment to reflect on the great gift of God’s Word. Because it is creative, God’s Word always points to its author, always calls us to respond. Because it is powerful, God’s Word can link the sublime with the ridiculous, the transcendent with the immanent, the divine with the human. Because it is graceful, God’s Word establishes a relationship of deep intimacy between us and God. At the heart of God’s Word lies a tantalizing tension between the mysterious and the mundane. In our liturgical celebration, this unresolved tension both reveals the meaning of life for us and calls us to respond, to act upon that meaning. Once accepted and opened, the gift of God’s Word is a gift that keeps on giving and keeps on calling us to give in return. It dares us to be like the gift‑giver and to become gifts for others, not only at Christmas, but at every moment of life.

Monday - 12/26/16 NO MASS

Tuesday - 12/27/16 Server - G. Schackner

Lector - Masucci Eucharistic Minister

LaFleur-LaFleur

Wednesday - 12/28/16 Server - L. Schackner

Lector - Mitchell Eucharistic Minister Schwager-Schwager

Thursday – 12/29/16 Server - L. Schackner

Lector - Murphy Eucharistic Minister Schwager-Schwager

Friday - 12/30/16 Server - Murphy Lector - Myszka

Eucharistic Minister Visgilio-Wright

Lay Minister Daily Mass Schedule for December 26 - 30

Altar Server Schedule

Sat. - December 31 - 5 PM CB - Peter Fiore

IB - Sun. –January 1 - 8 AM

CB - Ryan Brinton IB - Emily Brinton

Sun. - January 1 – 10AM CB - Ryan Scanapieco

IB -

Private Homes A - Anne Pearce

B –Celeste Santilli

Nursing Homes WHM

Lillian & Ken Devine

Saturday December 31 5 PM Mass Lectors - Mario Celico & Rosemary Federico Tabernacle - Eucharist - Steve McAllister Cup 1 - Marianne McAllister Cup 2 - Margo Sisco Baptistry - Eucharist - Rick Cass Cup - Deb Cass Sunday January 1, 2017 8 AM Mass Lectors - James Crowley & Joyce Wazer Tabernacle - Eucharist - Roseann Sisco Cup 1 - Alice Chudecki Cup 2 - Alice Visgilio Baptistry - Eucharist - Bob Sylvestre Cup - Mary Capalbo Sunday January 1, 2017 10 AM Mass Lectors - Walter McClain & Carol Krause-Ferraioli Tabernacle - Eucharist - Carl Slusarczyk Cup 1 - Rose Slusarczyk Cup 2 - Trish Dewolf Baptistry - Eucharist - Greg Avedisian Cup - June Har tford-Alley

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Monday, December 26 St. Stephen, The First Martyr 8:00 AM NO MASS Tuesday, December 27 St. John, Apostle & Evangelist 8:00 AM +Joanne Barber by her husband John Wednesday, December 28 The Holy Innocents, Martyrs 8:00 AM +Louis Capaldi by his family Thursday, December 29 The Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord St. Thomas Becket, Bishop & Martyr 8:00 AM +Henry Fiore, Sr. by his family Friday, December 30 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph 8:00 AM +Susan Misto Comolli by the Misto family Saturday, December 31 New Year’s Eve The Vigil of the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God 5:00 PM Celebrant’s Intention Sunday, January 1, 2017 New Year’s Day The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God 8:00 AM For the People of St. Clare 10:00 AM +Eleanor Utzig by Anne & Jerry Holland

The Parish Office will

be closed on

Monday, January 2, for the observance of

New Year’s Day.

Monday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22

Tuesday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8

Wednesday: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7b-8; Mt 2:13-18

Thursday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:36-40

Friday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Col 3:12-21 [12-17]; Ps 128:1-5; Mt 2:13-15, 19-23

Saturday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18

Sunday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21