Westerly, Rhode Island

Saint Clare Feast Thursday, August 11

Please join us in celebrating the Feast Day of our Patron Saint with Mass at 8 AM followed by breakfast in the Parish Center.

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.

We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, be become nothing. Imitation is not a literal mimicking of Christ, rather, it means becoming the image of the beloved, an image disclosed through transformation. This means we are to become vessels of God’s compassionate love for others. —— St. Clare of Assisi

WORRY Diocese of Providence Stewardship and Development

Don’t tell me that worry doesn’t do any good. I know better. The things I worry about never happen. —Anonymous

The Book Club will meet again on Monday, August 8, at noon in the Parish Center. We will be discussing The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins. We will be selecting books to add to our reading list for the coming months. Please refer to two lists sent out by Carolyn in May and June, starting with Norwegian by Night and ending with The Murderer's Daughter. Six books will be chosen from these titles, so be ready to name your favorite. (No new books, please.)

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

A special thank you to everyone who supported the 2016 Catholic Charity Appeal. This appeal has exceeded the goal of $8,000,000 by $72,854. This figure represents the most money raised in the history of the annual appeal. For the first time since 2009, the number of gifts has increased from last year. Without your dedicated efforts, the 2016 Appeal would not have been such a tremendous success. On behalf of the tens of thousands of individuals and families who will benefit from this each year, we thank you!.

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 [email protected] Website: stclarewesterly.com RELIGIOUS EDUCATION stclarewesterly.com

St. Clare Stewardship Ministry Corner • The Stewardship Ministry meeting will be held on Monday, August 29, 2016 at 6:30 PM in the lower rectory. • 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 [email protected] . • 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. The next meeting will be August 17, 2016. 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. All are welcome. The next meeting will be on August 4, 2016. • 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, August 2, 2016.

Nonperishable Food Collection

Saturday and Sunday, August 6 & 7 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.

Monthly Church Cleaning will be

Friday, August 5 following the 8 AM Mass. All are welcome to help, more hands make less work.

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Wedding Anniversary Celebration

The Diocese of Providence cordially invites you and your spouse to celebrate your 25th, 40th, 50th or over wedding anniversary. Sunday, September 25, 2016, at 1 PM at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul Providence, Rhode Island This celebration includes Mass, renewal of wedding vows, a personalized certificate, and a reception for you and your guests. Bishop Thomas J. Tobin will be the main celebrant and homilist. Registration forms are in the St. Clare parish office.

Lay Minister Daily Mass Schedule for August 1 through 5

The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, July 31, 2016 Monday, August 1 St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop & Doctor of the Church 8:00 AM +Anthony T. Trainor by his wife M argaret T rainor

Weekly Mass Intentions

Tuesday, August 2 Weekday/St. Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop; St. Peter Julian Eymard, Priest 8:00 AM +David White by the Ham m ond fam ily Wednesday, August 3 Weekday 8:00 AM +Matthew & Katherine Leyko by their daughter Carol A m edeo Thursday, August 4 St. John Vianney, Priest 8:00 AM +Mary Morrone Azzinaro & family, living & deceased by Sam & Carol Azzinaro Friday, August 5 The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major 8:00 AM +Brenda Fay & David & Attilio Frassinelli by Nancy Bilyak Saturday, August 6 The Vigil of the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 PM +Deceased members of the Murano & Cote families by their fam ilies

Lay Minister Schedule for August 6 & 7

Sunday, August 7 The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM +Frank Risica by P. M cK inney & E. W arzecha WHC 8:30 AM +Andrew David by the A m oruso fam ily 10:00 AM +Walter F. Steidle by his wife Elaine B. Steidle

Saturday August 6 5 PM Mass Lectors - Lucille Ouelette & Mario Celico Tabernacle - Eucharist - Fred Schwager Cup 1 - Jo Schwager Cup 2 - Margo Sisco Baptistry - Eucharist - Deb Cass Cup - Rick Cass Sunday August 7 8 AM Mass Lectors - Dawn LaFleur & Christine Davidson Tabernacle - Eucharist - Alice Visgilio Cup 1 - Alice Chudecki Cup 2 - Pat McKinney Baptistry - Eucharist - Gerald McKinney Cup - Lynda Nappi Sunday August 7 10 AM Mass Lectors - Jackie Scott & Celeste Santilli Tabernacle - Eucharist - Marianne McAllister Cup 1 - Joe Abbott Cup 2 - Sandra Abbott Baptistry - Eucharist - Trish DeWolf Cup - Gr eg Avedisian

Mass at the Watch Hill Chapel Sunday, August 7, 8:30 AM Mass Lector - Bob Brockmann Organ -Cup - Anne Holland Center - Eucharist - Bob Sylvestre Pulpit -Cup - June Hartford-Alley Far Side Aisle Eucharist - Marilyn Brockmann Side Aisle - Cup - Jerry Holland

Communion to the Sick Private Homes

A - Dave Brannick B - Tom Koepke

Nursing Homes

WHM - Mary Bowler

Monday - 8/1/16 Server - DeSantos Lector - Trainor Eucharistic Minister Schackner-Schackner Tuesday - 8/2/16 Server - DeSantos Lector - Crowley Eucharistic Minister Schackner-Schackner Wednesday - 8/3/16 Server - Gordon Lector - Swain Eucharistic Minister Sylvestre-Wright Thursday – 8/4/16 Server - Gordon Lector - C. Azzinaro Eucharistic Minister Sylvestre-Wright Friday - 8/5/16 Server - Masucci Lector - S. Azzinaro Eucharistic Minister Visgilio-Trainor

Altar Server Schedule Sat. - August 6- 5 PM CB - Andrew Fiore IB Sun. - August 7- 8 AM CB - Ryan Scanapieco IB Sun. - August 8 - 10 AM CB - Douglas Sockbeson IB - Brian D’Agostino

Daily Readings Monday: Jer 28:1-17; Ps 119:29, 43, 79, 80, 95, 102; Mt 14:13-21 Tuesday: Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22; Ps 102:16-21, 29, 2223; Mt 14:22-36 Wednesday: Jer 31:1-7; Jer 31:10, 11-12ab, 13; Mt 15:21-28 Thursday: Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Mt 16:13-23 Friday: Na 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7; Dt 32:35cd-36ab, 39abcd, 41; Mt 16:24-28 Saturday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Lk 9:28b-36 Sunday: Wis 18:6-9; Ps 33:1, 12, 18-22; Hb 11:1-2, 8-19 [1 -2, 8-12]; Lk 12:32-48 [3540]