Westerly, Rhode Island

Worldwide Marriage Encounter

Today’s Gospel reading may sound a bit harsh at first, but it is meant to wake us up to the fact that God must be first place in our lives if we are to be disciples of

Christ. Find out how to live out God’s design for your marriage.

Strengthen, renew, and rekindle your marriage sacrament by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend on October 22 through 23

and December 2 through 4.

For more information call Steve and Michelle O’Leary at 1-800-710-WWME, visit our webpage at www.wwme.org, or at https://www.facebook.com/Wwmema

Together, we are making marriages,

families and our Church stronger and healthier.

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

will meet again on Monday, September 19, at noon

in the Parish Center.

We will be discussing

The Summer Before The War and

Once We Were Brothers by Ronald Balson

Be sure to bring a bag lunch.

All are welcome to join.

Westerly High School Student Activity Fund

The Tower Street Community Center is still in need of your help. If you missed the chance to bring the requested supplies, but still wish to help, monetary donations

can be sent to:

WHS Student Activity Fund c/o Steve DePerry

93 Tower St. Westerly, RI 02891

Please put CE#88 on the memo line.

Thank you for your support and may God bless you and your families.

A Prayer for Our Parish Travelers O Almight and mercif l God, commission your angels to g ide and protect our t avelers and to be their companions om their depar re until their ret r ; to walk alongside and keep them safe while on their jour ey. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

AA meets every Thursday night from 6 to 7 PM in the St. Clare

Parish Center.

Bereavement Fellowship Breakfast

There will not be a fellowship breakfast this month. It will resume

the last Friday in September.

This event is held on the last Friday of every month at 9:30 AM at the Cooked Goose, located on Watch Hill Road, Westerly.

Men and women of all ages who have lost their loved ones are welcome.

Be the change you wish to see.

Global website www.summerofpeace.net

Local website www.summerofpeace2016.ord

OF Knights of Columbus

Pasta and Meatball Dinner

Tuesday, September 20, 5 PM to 7 PM at the Westerly Senior Center

Menu Pasta & Meatballs, Salad, Dessert, Beverages

Tickets Adults $10 Children under 12 years old $5

Family of 3 or more $25

To purchase your tickets, call George Routhier at 401-596-0095.

Proceeds to benefit St. Pius X School

The Parish Office will be closed on

Monday, September 5, In observance of

Labor Day.

Columbiettes Auxiliary of Narragansett Council #21

Looking for new members!

The Columbiettes are a group of Catholic women dedicated to our Patroness Saints:

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Teresa, the Little Flower

and St. Joan of Arc.

Columbiettes support our community by donations to local organizations to help families

and individuals in need.

Any Catholic woman from the age of 17 or older is encouraged to join.

For more information, contact Deb Hobba at 401-207-8792

or Dorothea Tedaldi at 401-596-3319.

September 4, 2016

St. Clare Stewardship Ministry Corner

• The Stewardship Ministry meeting will be held on Monday, October 24, 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 September 21, 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.

Nonperishable Food Collection

Saturday and Sunday, September 3 & 4

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.

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.

9/11 Memorial Faure Requiem Community Sing

Sunday, September 11, 2016 United Church of Stonington,

67 Main Street in Stonington Boro.

Doors open at 7 PM

Listen to the local talent of Jurate Svediate: Soprano John Broduer: Baritone

Joseph Ripla: Organ Dr. Dara Blackstone: Conductor

Suggested donation $15. Open to everyone.

School is Back in Session Prayer for Students

Father, as our children return back to school and go off to college,

we ask You to bless and keep them; make your face shine upon them and be gracious to them; and lift Your countenance upon

them and give them Your peace and Your prosperity. Amen

Monday - 9/5/16 Server - Masucci Lector - LaFleur

Eucharistic Minister Visgilio-Brockmann

Tuesday - 9/6/16 Server - Murphy Lector - Masucci

Eucharistic Minister Visgilio-Brockmann

Wednesday - 9/7/16 Server - Murphy Lector - Myszka

Eucharistic Minister Azzinaro-Azzinaro

Thursday – 9/8/16 Server - Slusarczyk

Lector - Murphy Eucharistic Minister Azzinaro-Azzinaro

Friday - 9/9/16 Server - Slusarczyk

Lector - Swain Eucharistic Minister

Burke-Gagnon

Lay Minister Daily Mass Schedule for September 5 through 9

Altar Server Schedule

Sat. - Sept. 10- 5 PM CB - Nick Turo

IB -

Sun. - Sept. 11 - 8 AM CB - Ryan Brinton IB - Emily Brinton

Sun. - Sept. 11 - 10 AM CB - Douglas Sockbeson

IB -

Private Homes A - Barbara Bartkiewicz

B - Celeste Santilli

Nursing Homes WHM - Barbara Wright

Saturday September 10 5 PM Mass Lectors - Madeline Labriola & Neil Collins Tabernacle - Eucharist - Deb Cass Cup 1 - Rick Cass Cup 2 - Allan Martone Baptistry - Eucharist - Christine Martone Cup - Betty Britton Sunday September 11 8 AM Mass Lectors - Tammy O’Brien & Paul Meyer Tabernacle - Eucharist - Alice Visgilio Cup 1 - Lorraine Devault Cup 2 - Bob Sylvestre Baptistry - Eucharist - Lynda Nappi Cup - Alice Chudecki Sunday September 11 10 AM Mass Lectors - Carol Krause-Ferraioli & Bob Nist Tabernacle - Eucharist - Greg Avedisian Cup 1 - June Hartford-Alley Cup 2 - Marilyn Brockmann Baptistry - Eucharist - Mark Gordon Cup - Peter Bellone Lay

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Monday, September 5 Labor Day Parish office closed Saint Theresa of Calcutta, Religious 8:00 AM +Judy Horton by Neil & Catherine Collins Tuesday, September 6 Weekday 8:00 AM +Emily Scott by her husband Gil Wednesday, September 7 Weekday 8:00 AM +Barbara Gondek by Steve & Elizabeth Duphinais Thursday, September 8 The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8:00 AM +James Allen by the St. Clare Helping Hands Ministry Friday, September 9 St. Peter Claver, Priest 8:00 AM +Bridget Healy by the Healy family Saturday, September 10 The Vigil of the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 PM +Tom & Joyce Ahern by their family Sunday, September 11 The Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM +Rose Gagliardi by Diann Izzi 10:00 AM +Ferris S. Bookataub & Michael J. Giorno by their families

Monday: 1 Cor 5:1-8; Ps 5:5-7, 12; Lk 6:6-11,

Tuesday: 1 Cor 6:1-11; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 6:12-19

Wednesday: 1 Cor 7:25-31; Ps 45:11-12, 14-17; Lk 6:20-26

Thursday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 [18-23]

Friday: 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22b-27; Ps 84:3-6, 12; Lk 6:39-42

Saturday: 1 Cor 10:14-22; Ps 116:12-13, 17-18; Lk 6:43-49

Sunday: Ex 32:7-11, 13-14; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19; 1 Tm 1:12-17; Lk 15:1-32 [1-10]