Westerly, Rhode Island

Religious Education 2015/2016 Class schedules are available on the Calendar and Education tabs of the St. Clare website, stclarewesterly.com .

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.

Class for Grades 1 - 5 Monday, March 7, 14 & 21 at 6 PM in the Parish Center Class for Grades 6 & 7 Sunday, March 6 & 13 after the 10 AM Mass in the Parish Center Class for Confirmation Sunday, March 6, 13, 14 & 24 after the 10 AM Mass in the lower rectory Questions? Please contact Pam Salimeno at 596-0579.

Strengthen Your Marriage

Respect Life Monthly Rosary The St. Clare Respect Life Ministry recites the rosary on the first Friday of each month. The next rosary will be said on Friday, March 4, before the 8 AM Mass.

The Office of Life and Family is offering the To Love and To Cherish program for married Catholics. This free program provides topics and discussions designed to enrich and strengthen marriage in a sharing group environment.

Eternal Rest Paul Gordon

Paul was buried from Saint Clare Church on Saturday, February 27. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.

Stewardship Mee ng Tuesday, March 29, at 6:45 PM in the lower rectory All are welcome.

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

Mondays, now through March 21, from 7 to 8:30 PM at the St. Joseph Church Rectory, located at 854 Providence St., in West Warwick. For information, contact Peter Magnotta at 421-7833, ext. 217. (Please note, this program is not for marriage counseling.)

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 [email protected] Website: stclarewesterly.com

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION stclarewesterly.com

Lenten Workshop Next session March 8 at 7 PM

Join us for a Lenten exploration of Pope Francis’s encyclical letter, “Laudato Si: On Care For Our Common Home.” In this landmark and controversial document the Holy Father challenges us to adopt an “integral ecology” that joins “concern for nature, justice for the poor, commitment to society and interior peace.” We will read and discuss Laudato Si Tuesday evening. The next session will be on March 8 at 7 PM in the Parish Center. Copies of the encyclical will be provided. The Saint Clare Church Hospitality Ministry presents

An Irish Celebration

a Celebration of Saint Patrick's Day Thursday, March 17, 2016 12 noon in the Parish Center. Come join us for lunch. Enjoy a corned beef sandwich on rye with mustard, cole slaw, pickles and chips. For dessert, mint chocolate chip ice cream and cookies. Then enjoy an Irish sing-a-long followed by a movie Leap Y ear

Leap Year is a 2010 American romantic comedy film about a woman who heads to Ireland to ask her boyfriend to accept her wedding proposal on leap day, when tradition supposedly holds that men cannot refuse a woman's proposal for marriage. 100 minutes.

Be sure and wear a bit o' the green. Please call Pat at 401-348-8349 if you plan on attending. Suggested donation: $5.00 Hope to see you there!

St. Clare Stewardship Ministry Corner • The Stewardship Ministry meetings are held on a monthly basis in the lower rectory at 6:45 PM. The next meeting will be held on March 29. 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 [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 April 20, 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 April 7, 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, April 5, 2016.

Nonperishable Food Collection

Saturday and Sunday, March 5 & 6 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.

The Saint Clare The next meeting will be held on Monday, March 7. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout and Rediscover Catholicism by Michael Kelly This meeting will be held at noon in the Parish Center. All are welcome to join the lively discussions. Be sure to bring your lunch.

A SUNDAY FOR REJOICING Today’s Gospel story of the prodigal son is a favorite of many. We can identify with all the major figures and their crisscross of emotions. The father’s initial grief over his young son’s avarice is turned to relief at his return. The son’s grief over his loss of fortune, family, and friends is turned to delirious joy at the sight of his father. We understand the eldest son’s bewilderment over his father’s generosity. For the older son, virtue seems not to be its own reward. For all his honorable toil and loyalty, there seems to be no celebration. The father, however, is prodigal in his forgiveness and mercy. He expects the same generosity from his older son. He wants all to rejoice when the lost one is found. This is a Sunday for rejoicing. It’s time to pause, consider, and encourage one another. We are the prodigal children heading home. We are the elder siblings waiting with the eager Father, who scans the horizon. In Christ Jesus we are reconciled to the Father and one another. In his death and resurrection we have passed over. We are a new creation. In this we rejoice.

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Lay Minister Daily Mass Schedule for March 7 through 11

The Fourth Sunday of Lent Sunday, March 6, 2016 Monday, March 7 Lenten Weekday/Saints Perpetua & Felicity, Martyrs 8:00 AM +Peter Ruisi by L inda & George Schack ner

Tuesday - 3/8/16 Server - Masucci Lector - Murphy Eucharistic Minister Schackner-Schackner

Weekly Mass Intentions

Tuesday, March 8 Lenten Weekday/St. John of God, Religious 8:00 AM +James Vetelino by his fam ily Wednesday, March 9 Lenten Weekday/St. Frances of Rome, Religious 8:00 AM +Filomena Vetelino by her fam ily Followed by Stations of the Cross Thursday, March 10 Lenten Weekday 8:00 AM +Andrew Dowd by L inda & George Schack ner Friday, March 11 - Abstinence Lenten Weekday 8:00 AM +Irene & Clara Kozaka by Christine Davidson Saturday, March 12 The Vigil of the Fifth Sunday of Lent 5:00 PM +Irene Dunn by her daughter Christine

Lay Minister Schedule for March 12 & 13

Sunday, March 13 — Daylight Savings Time Begins The Fifth Sunday of Lent 8:00 AM +Joan N. Niles Kampfe & Anne Niles by Fred K am pfe 10:00 AM +Rose & Frank Manfred, Lolly Miceli & Clara Travers by the Manfred family

Saturday March 12 5 PM Mass Lectors - Tom Liguori & Madeline Labriola Tabernacle - Eucharist - Ellie Cote Cup 1 - Carol Piezzo Cup 2 - Betty Britton Baptistry - Eucharist - Steve McAllister Cup - Marianne McAllister Sunday March 13 8 AM Mass Lectors - James Crowley & Betsy Serra Tabernacle - Eucharist - Roseann Sisco Cup 1 - Alice Chudecki Cup 2 - Alice Visgilio Baptistry - Eucharist - Bob Sylvestre Cup - Mary Capalbo Sunday March 13 10 AM Mass Lectors - Bob Nist & Pam Salimeno Tabernacle - Eucharist - Camilla Gordon Cup 1 - Mark Gordon Cup 2 - Marianne McGregor Baptistry - Eucharist - June Hartford-Alley Cup - Tr ish DeWolf

Monday - 3/7/16 Server - Masucci Lector - Myszka Eucharistic Minister Schackner-Schackner

Daily Readings

Monday: Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 46, 11-13b; Jn 4:43-54 Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:23, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16 Wednesday: Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18; Jn 5:17 -30 Thursday: Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106:19 -23; Jn 5:31-47 Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Saturday: Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53 Sunday: Is 43:16-21; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:1-11;

Wednesday - 3/9/16 Server - Murphy Lector - Serra Eucharistic Minister Burke-Sylvestre Thursday –3/10/16 Server - Murphy Lector - Slusarczyk Eucharistic Minister Burke-Sylvestre Friday - 3/11/16 Server - Crowley Lector - Swain Eucharistic Minister Schwager-Schwager

Altar Server Schedule Sat. - March 12 - 5 PM CB - Peter Fiore IB - Andrew Fiore Sun. - March 13 - 8 AM CB - Devin Kazarian IB - Brayden Kazarian Sun. - March 13 - 10 AM CB - Katelyn Laudone IB - Lila Pinto

Communion to the Sick Private Homes A - June Hartford-Alley B - Celeste Santilli Nursing Homes WHM - TBD