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“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become”- St. Clare

Pentecost Sunday Served By Rev. Peter Glabik ----------------------------------------Pastor Rev. Thomas Fitzgerald --------------------Parochial Vicar Janet Castillo-----------------------------------------Secretary

Trustees Mr. Tom Felipe

May is the Month of Mary: Pray the Rosary!

Celebrations of the Eucharist Saturday---------------------------------------------------------------5:00 pm Sunday---------------------------------8:00am, 10:00 am, & 12:00 noon Confession------------------------------------------Saturday 4pm-4:40pm Mass during the week… Monday thru Friday Divine Mercy Chapel---------------------8:30 am Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament following the 8:30 am Mass on Friday with morning prayer (Liturgy of the Hours) Holy Days of Obligation-------Check schedule listed inside bulletin Office Hours-----------------------------------------Mon-Thurs 9am-3pm

Closed for lunch 12noon-1pm

PENTECOST SUNDAY

“AND THEY WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.”

-ACTS 2:4

SAINT CLARE PARISH • CLIFTON, NJ Pentecost Sunday • May 20th, 2018

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Celebration of the Eucharist

MONDAY, MAY 21

8:30 AM DOMINICK & FLORENCE RENDENNA _____________________________________________ TUESDAY, MAY 22 8:30 AM ANDREW BLASKEWICZ _____________________________________________ WEDNESDAY, MAY 23 8:30 AM JODY MONTAGUE _____________________________________________ THURSDAY, MAY 24 8:30 AM GENEVIEVE BLASKEWICZ JODY MONTAGUE _____________________________________________ FRIDAY, MAY 25 8:30 AM ROBERT JUNNY ANGEL H. GARCIA _____________________________________________ SATURDAY, MAY 26 5:00 PM HENRY AND KASIA GAWEDA _____________________________________________ SUNDAY, MAY 27 8:00 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 10:00 AM BRIGIDO & TRANQUILINA DAVID 12:00 PM AIDA ASINJO; MICHAEL COPLAY

Total Collection: 4,563.00

Ascension Thursday: 930.00

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Memorials for the Week

Altar Bread & Wine is offered this week in memory of… PEOPLE OF THE PARISH

Altar Candles burn this week in memory of… MISSED OPPORTUNITY

Sanctuary Candle burns this week in memory of… SOULS OF PURGATORY

Divine Mercy Chapel Candle burns this week in memory of… PEOPLE OF THE PARISH

Memorial Opportunities are available:

Contact the Office at 973-777-9313

PENTECOST SUNDAY First Reading: Acts 2:1-11 During the Feast of Pentecost, tongues of fire came to rest on the heads of the disciples and they were filled with the Holy Spirit. Each disciple began speaking in a different language and were understood by people from many different regions who were amazed at what they had witnessed. Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 Paul explains that we are all members of one body. We have all been baptized in one Spirit and although numerous, we are one through Christ. Gospel: John 20:19-23 John describes Jesus’ first visit to the disciples after his resurrection. He gave them the Holy Spirit and the power to forgive other people or hold them responsible for their actions.

SAINT CLARE PARISH • CLIFTON, NJ Pentecost Sunday • May 20th, 2018

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PENTECOST SUNDAY: By: Rev. William J. Reilly

“Jesus stood up and exclaimed; ‘Let anyone who thirsts come to Me and drink. As Scripture says: Rivers of living water will flow from within him who believes in Me.’ He said this in reference to the Spirit that those who came to believe were to receive.” The great event in Jerusalem, marked by wind, noise and fire, was a moment of fulfillment and at the same time of beginning for the life of the church. The signs and wonders of Pentecost are so familiar surrounding the radical change which took place in the upper room. Jesus speaks to us today, leading me to ask myself: Do I thirst for the Lord? When we are thirsty we long for a drink, for refreshment, to be renewed. The reading from John, who always speaks about belief and believers, reminds me to pray ‘Come Holy Spirit’ in the events of my daily life. I am thirsty for the Lord, yes or no. The Spirit is part of my family life, of my home and work. The Spirit leads and guides me, but only if I ask and give in. Speaking of thirst, remember the words on the lips of Jesus at Calvary, ‘I thirst’. He thirsts still for you and for your Spirit filled life.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION: “If any person may have been abused by any priest, they should immediately contact their local County Prosecutor’s Office and the Diocese’s Victims Assistance Coordinator: Peggy Zanello at 973-879-1489. You may also be in touch with either of the Diocesan Response Officers: Rev. Msgr. James T. Mahoney, Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, 973-777-8818 Ext. 205 or Sister Joan Daniel Healy, S.C.C., Chancellor/Delegate for Religious, 973-777-8818 Ext. 248. The entire text of the Policy of the Diocese of Paterson in Response to Complaints of Sexual Abuse is available on the diocesan Website: www.patersondiocese.org.”

DUE TODAY: LAST WEEK WE HAD THE PARISH RE-COMMITMENT OR NEW PARISHIONER FORM IN THE BULLETIN. PLEASE FILL OUT AND

RETURN AS SOON AS THIS WEEKEND! THANK YOU!

SAINT CLARE PARISH • CLIFTON, NJ Pentecost Sunday • May 20th, 2018

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MINISTRY SCHEDULE MAY 26/27 5:00 PM 8:00 AM 10:00 AM 12:00 NOON

EUCHARISTIC MINISTER (H)

KATHLEEN NEUBAUER STELLA BEDNARZ

MARIA NUBLA CAROLINE ONG

EILEEN HARRISON CHICHI ONWUCHEKWA

ROBERT PRIMAMORE CHRISTINE VARGAS

LECTOR JOHN NEUBAUER ELIZABETH ACEVEDO GERARD WAKSMUNDSKI JESSICA LIM

ALTAR SERVERS

ANDREW D’AMATO SEAN SANDBERG

GEORGE, GERARD, & KAITLYN HEMMER

LORNA & NEIL HARVEY JUSTIN MARTINEZ

ROSALIN MENDEZ JONATHAN AVANCENA

*May-August 2018 Ministry Schedules now available in the Sacristy, Parish Office, and online at www.saintclarenj.com/ministry-schedules.

LECTOR & EUCHARISTIC MINISTER TRAINING

JUNE 2: FOLLOWING THE 5PM MASS

JUNE 3: FOLLOWING THE 10AM MASS

* DATES CHANGED DUE TO HOLIDAY WEEKEND! *

NEW MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN IN THIS TRAINING AND BECOME MINISTERS OF FIRST HOLY COMMUNION AND/OR LECTORS

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SAINT CLARE PARISH • CLIFTON, NJ Pentecost Sunday • May 20th, 2018

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