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

The Book Club will meet again on Monday, August 22, at noon

in the Parish Center.

We will be discussing

The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson

and on

Monday, September 19, Once We Were Brothers

by Ronald Balson

Be sure to bring a bag lunch. All are welcome to join.

Congratulations are offered to John & Catherine Bates

on the Baptism of their daughter,

Allison Rose Bates, who was baptized on July 31, 2016.

We welcome her to the St. Clare

Catholic community.

Be the change you wish to see.

Global website www.summerofpeace.net

Local website www.summerofpeace2016.ord

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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.

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, we 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

Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary Monday, August 15, 2016

Not a day of holy obligation this year.

Congratulations to the winners of the Clam Cake and Chowder dinners. Susan & Gary Latz won dinner for 4

Linda Urso won dinner for 2 Mr. & Mrs. James Angelo won dinner for 1

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 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. 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 determined at a later date.

• 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, September 6, 2016.

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.

St. Clare Helping Hands Ministry

The Helping Hands Ministry has been preparing and serving a monthly meal to the Westerly

WARM Shelter since 2006.

If your family or neighbors would like to join together to prepare a monthly meal, the Helping Hands members will happily walk

you through the process.

This outreach to our neighbors in need is always greatly appreciated.

If you are interested in this call to discipleship,

please call Mary at 401-348-8091. God bless.

Mission Thank You

The Religious Teachers Filippini wishes to thank Fr. Ken and the St. Clare families for your

generosity and warm hospitality on our recent Mission Appeal. Your donations will be distributed to our foreign missions throughout the world. Once

again, thank you so kindly for your continued prayer and be assured of our prayers.

Monday - 8/8/16 Server - Masucci

Lector - Brockmann Eucharistic Minister

Visgilio-Trainor

Tuesday - 8/9/16 Server - Murphy

Lector - Burns-Fusaro Eucharistic Minister Azzinaro-Azzinaro

Wednesday - 8/10/16 Server - Murphy

Lector - Davidson Eucharistic Minister Azzinaro-Azzinaro

Thursday – 8/11/16 Server - G. Schackner

Lector - Gordon Eucharistic Minister

Brockmann-Burke

Friday - 8/12/16 Server - G. Schackner

Lector - Holland Eucharistic Minister

Brockmann-Burke

Lay Minister Daily Mass Schedule for August 8 through 12

Altar Server Schedule

Sat. - August 13- 5 PM CB - Peter Fiore

IB -

Sun. - August 14 - 8 AM CB - Ryan Brinton IB - Emily Britton

Sun. - August 14 - 10 AM CB - Nathaniel Ober

IB -

Private Homes A - Celeste Santilli B - Greg Avedisian

Nursing Homes WHM - Dawn LaFleur

Saturday August 13 5 PM Mass Lectors - Terri Gervasini & Pat Murphy Tabernacle - Eucharist - Carol Piezzo Cup 1 - Steve McAllister Cup 2 - Marianne McAllister Baptistry - Eucharist - Ellie Cote Cup - Betty Britton Sunday August 14 8 AM Mass Lectors - Joyce Wazer & Paul Meyer Tabernacle - Eucharist - Jim Maloney Cup 1 - Barbara Bliven Cup 2 - Roseann Sisco Baptistry - Eucharist - Alice Chudecki Cup - Alice Visgilio Sunday August 14 10 AM Mass Lectors - Peg Nolan & Austin Murphy Tabernacle - Eucharist - Betty Waters Cup 1 - Peter Bellone Cup 2 - Anne Pearce Baptistry - Eucharist - Mark Gordon Cup - Camilla Gordon

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Daily Readings

Communion to the Sick

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Mass at the Watch Hill Chapel

Sunday, August 14, 8:30 AM Mass

Lector - Deb Pendola

Organ -Cup - June Hartford-Alley

Center - Eucharist - Anne Holland

Pulpit -Cup - Jerry Holland

Far Side Aisle Eucharist - Marilyn Brockmann

Side Aisle - Cup - Judy Beale

Monday, August 8 St. Dominic, Priest 8:00 AM +Peter Angelo by his parents Tuesday, August 9 Weekday/St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin & Martyr 8:00 AM +Shirley DiGangi-Ritacco by Mark & Monica DiGangi Wednesday, August 10 St. Lawrence, Deacon & Martyr 8:00 AM +Mary, John & Lynn Hughes by Joan & Paul Meyer Thursday, August 11 St. Clare, Virgin 8:00 AM For the People of St. Clare Following the Mass, The St. Clare Feast Breakfast in the Parish Center Friday, August 12 Weekday/St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious 8:00 AM +Frank Risica by P. McKinney & E. W arzecha Saturday, August 13 The Vigil of the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 PM +Matilda & Herman Brockmann by Marilyn & Bob Brockmann Sunday, August 14 The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM +Mary Wlodkowski & Rev. Walter J. Pilecki by Peter & Marianne Nardone WHC 8:30 AM +Susan McCaffery by Joe & Joan Patton 10:00 AM +Alphonse Murano by the Cherenzia girls

Monday: Ez 1:2-5, 24-28c; Ps 148:1-2, 11-14; Mt 17:22-27

Tuesday: Ez 2:8 — 3:4; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14

Wednesday: 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-9; Jn 12:24-26

Thursday: Ez 12:1-12; Ps 78:56-59, 61-62: Mt 18:21 — 19:1

Friday: Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63

Saturday: Ez 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Mt 19:13-15

Sunday: Jer 38:4-6, 8-10; Ps 40:2-4, 18; Heb 12:1-4; Lk 12:49-53