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

“LOVE, BY ITS NATURE, IS COMMUNICATIONS.” –Pope Francis

The Office of Communications shares the Good News in our diocese every day through the internet, social media, diocesan newspaper, cable television and much more.

• Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/dioprov/) https://www.facebook.com/bishoptobin/ Mobile app is free and can be downloaded on the Apple Store or Google Play • Twitter (www.twitter.com/ricatholic) • YouTube (www.youtube.com/dioceseprov) • News and more on the user-friendly diocesan web site, (www.dioceseofprovidence.org) • Locally produced Catholic television programs airing on the Rhode Island Catholic Hour on

Tuesdays at 9 AM and 9 PM on Cable TV (Cox Ch. 14, Verizon Ch. 33 and Full Ch. 14) • The diocesan newspaper, RI Catholic (www.thericatholic.com; www.facebook.com/catholicri) • Free monthly electronic newsletter (send an email to join: enews@dioceseofprovidence.org)

Collaborative broadcast and print efforts with parishes and agencies sharing their “good news” public relations support for parishes and agencies.

Your generous donation will help us Connect Your World with God’s Word! Thank you!

Up To $10,000

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Westerly, Rhode Island

Tickets on sale July & August after all Masses or by contacting the Parish Office at 401-348-8765 or email stclareri2@cox.net

Purchase your tickets before August 1 and become eligible to win Clam Fritters & Chowder Dinner for 4, Dinner for 2, or Dinner for 1

on September 2nd at the St. Clare Fritters & Chowder Event! Need not be present to win *Estimated prize amount, based on the sale of 400 tickets. Winner receives 50% of ticket sales.

St. Clare Parish Center Fundraiser No purchase necessary to be eligible to win

Only 400 tickets will be sold! One winner could win a cash prize of up to $10,000!*

Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 6:30 PM

in the St. Clare Parish Center during the Clam Fritters & Chowder Event.

(62 Crandall Avenue, Westerly, RI)

St. Clare Stewardship Ministry Corner

• The Stewardship Ministry will meet on Monday, September 25, @ 7 PM in the lower rectory. All are invited.

• 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. The next meeting will be on June 21 in the class room 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, July 6. 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. *JUNE MEETING CANCELLED, NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED.

Weekday Readings

On Monday, July 10 we will be discussing

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd.

Meetings are held at noon in the St. Clare Parish Center.

Be sure to bring a bag lunch and join in the lively

discussions. All are welcome.

Before Our Mind’s Eye At the heart of today’s solemnity is a eucharistic procession, held in many parishes, that calls to mind the procession of Holy Thursday, yet has a purpose different from the somber adoration in the night watch. In the late Middle Ages, a procession through the city with the Blessed Sacrament was an occasion of heartfelt joy and great emotion. In a time when people seldom approached the altar to receive Holy Communion, the procession through the streets, past homes and workplaces, was a vibrant reminder that Christ was with them as a dear companion and guide. Every year on this day, a joyful procession winds through the streets of Rome from the Lateran cathedral. A few years ago, Pope John Paul II, deeply moved at the sight of the throng accompanying the sacred host, said that we ought to feel profoundly united with the faithful everywhere in the world at such a moment. “Before our mind’s eye all the Churches of the world, from East to West, from North to South, are present.” Originally this feast was on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but after the calendar reform of 1970, its title was expanded from “Corpus Christi” to “The Body and Blood of Christ” and in the United States it was moved to the Sunday after Trinity Sunday. Even though Easter season ended two weeks ago, this beautiful feast is aglow with Easter light.

Monday: 2 Cor 6:1-10; Ps 98:1, 2b, 3-4; Mt 5:38-42

Tuesday: 2 Cor 8:1-9; Ps 146:2, 5-9a; Mt 5:43-48

Wednesday 2 Cor 9:6-11; Ps 112:1bc-4, 9; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

Thursday: 2 Cor 11:1-11; Ps 111:1b-4, 7-8; Mt 6:7-15

Friday: Dt 7:6-11; Ps 103:1-4, 6-8, 10; 1 Jn 4:7-16; Mt 11:25-30

Saturday: Jer 1:4-10; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; 1 Pt 1:8-12; Lk 1:5-17

Sunday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35;

Monday - 6/19/17 Server - G. Schackner Lector - S. Azzinaro

Eucharistic Minister Martone-Maloney

Tuesday - 6/20/17 Server - G. Schackner Lector - Brockmann

Eucharistic Minister Martone-Maloney

Wednesday - 6/21/17 Server - L. Schackner Lector - Burns-Fusaro Eucharistic Minister

LaFleur-LaFleur

Thursday – 6/22/17 Server - L. Schackner

Lector - Crowley Eucharistic Minister

LaFleur-LaFleur

Friday - 6/23/17 Server - Masucci Lector - Davidson

Eucharistic Minister Visgilio-Gagnon

Lay Minister Daily Mass Schedule for June 19 - 23

Altar Server Schedule

Sat. - June 24 - 5 PM CB - Turo

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Sun. –June 25- 8 AM CB - Charles Morrison

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Sun. –June 25 - 10AM CB - Michael Slusarczyk

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Private Homes A - Bob Nist

B – Celeste Santilli

Nursing Home WHM

- June Hartford-Alley

Saturday June 24 5 PM Mass Lectors - Angela Smith & Neil Collins Tabernacle - Eucharist - Carol Piezzo Cup 1 - Steve McAllister Cup 2 - Marianne McAllister Baptistry - Eucharist - Margo Sisco Cup - Ellie Cote Sunday June 25 8 AM Mass Lectors –Nancy Burns-Fusaro & Sam Fusaro Tabernacle - Eucharist - Alice Visgilio Cup 1 - Pat McKinney Cup 2 - Jerry McKinney Baptistry - Eucharist - Carol Azzinaro Cup - Sam Azzinaro Sunday June 25 10 AM Mass Lectors - Emily Slusarczyk & Joe Walker Tabernacle - Eucharist - Greg Avedisian Cup 1 - June Hartford-Alley Cup 2 - TBD Baptistry - Eucharist - Carl Slusarczyk Cup - Rose Slusarczyk

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Monday, June 19 Weekday/Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time/St. Romuald, Abbott 8:00 AM +Stanley & Barbara Gondek by Elizabeth & Stephen Dauphinais

Tuesday, June 20 Weekday 8:00 AM +Corinne Bickerstaffe by the Bickerstaffe & Meyer families Wednesday, June 21 St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious 8:00 AM +Louis Misto by his wife & family Thursday, June 22 Weekday/St. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop; Saints John Fisher, Bishop & Thomas More, Martyrs 8:00 AM +Rose Brennan by P. McKinney & E. W arzecha Friday, June 23 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 8:00 AM +Michael Renzi by his wife Eileen Saturday, June 24 Vigil of the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 PM +Joanne L. Barber by her husband John Sunday, June 25 The Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM +Michael J. Dumsar by Bob & Roberta Alessio 8:30 AM—WHC +Kevin Brockmann & Sean O’Neil by Marilyn & Bob Brockmann 10:00 AM +Lillian Cappuccio by Bob & Terri Gervasini 11:15 AM Baptism of Hazel Ryan King

Mass at the Watch Hill Chapel

Sunday, June 25, 8:30 AM Mass

Lector - Bob Brockmann

Organ -Cup - Jim Maloney

Center - Eucharist - Marilyn Brockmann

Pulpit -Cup - Mary Capalbo

Far Side Aisle Eucharist - Joe Abbott

Side Aisle - Cup - Sandra Abbott

FATHERHOOD

Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him

father! —Lydia M. Child