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St. Clare 62 Crandall Ave.
Westerly, RI 02891
MASS SCHEDULE
Weekday Mass: 8 AM Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:30 PM
Sunday Mass: 9 AM Holy Days: DAY 8 AM
VIGIL 6 PM
WATCH HILL CHAPEL
Last weekend of June through Sunday of Labor Day
Sunday Mass 8:30 AM ONLY
St. Vincent de Paul 5 Church St.
Bradford, RI 02808
MASS SCHEDULE
No weekday Masses Saturday Vigil Mass: 4 PM Sunday Mass: 10:30 AM
No Holy Day Masses
PARISH OFFICE All mail for both Parishes
4 Saint Clare Way Westerly, RI 02891
Monday to Friday
from 8 AM to 2 PM
Phone 401-348-8765 Fax 401-315-5273
Email [email protected]
Website: stclarewesterly.com
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION stclarewesterly.com
PARISH STAFF
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
Mrs. Rose Slusarczyk
Religious Education Coordinator
Westerly, Rhode Island
NEW PARISHIONERS
Welcome! Please register with the parish by contacting the Parish Office at 401-348-8765 or on our website;
stclarewesterly.com.
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 by appointment.
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
Couples planning to marry should contact the Parish Office 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 Office.
PARISH CHOIR
The choir, under the direction of Parish Organist & Music Director Bruce Coon, meets for rehearsal on
Thursday nights at 5 PM in the choir loft.
Rev. Peter J. D’Ambrosia Pastor / Administrator
Rev. Kenneth J. Suibielski, Pastor Emeritus, St. Clare
Rev. Mr. Stephen Cote, Deacon
Rev. Mr. John McGregor, Deacon
Rev. Mr. Costa Adamopoulos, Deacon
Rev. Mr. Carl LaFleur, Deacon (Retired)
St. Vincent de Paul Bradford, Rhode Island
St. Clare Church
Weekly Bulletins Emailed To You!
Visit www.jspaluch.com/bulletinsubscribe.aspx ,
type in the zip code and click on St. Clare Church.
It requires you to fill out the email information. Now you’re ready to start
receiving your bulletin via email.
Keep in mind, the emailed version will not have our stuffed inserts.
"The primary moral judgment on candidates and their positions is to be made in the light of their concern for protecting human life from conception to natural death." -Cardinal Francis George
ProLife Across America
Pregnant & in need of help? Know someone who is?
Help get the pregnancy or post-abortive support you need by calling our hotline now at 1-800-366-7773 or contact us online.
All calls are completely confidential and are answered by trained professionals who can help educate, provide facts and counseling. Before making a life-changing decision, contact us.
St. Vincent de Paul
E-Giving with VANCO
St. Vincent de Paul currently uses WeShare for electronic giving, this will ending as of May 30, 2020.
St. Clare has been with VANCO for many years. This layout
is easy to sign up, very user friendly, cost effective and convenient.
If you are currently e-giving through WeShare, please call the
St. Clare parish office at 401-348-8765 to get started.
St. Clare/St. Vincent de Paul Website stclarewesterly.com
The parish website contains informational links, updated bulletins and so much more!
Go onto stclarewesterly.com and check it out!
St. Vincent de Paul Society
With people out of work due to Covid 19, the St. Vincent de Paul Society needs your help more
now than ever.
The St. Vincent de Paul Society’s members reach out to the most vulnerable in our community by providing person to person services to those in
need. This often includes making direct payments to landlords, utility and bio-fuel companies; providing other miscellaneous
necessities; and by supplying food through our food pantry. The Society is continually in need of
donations to continue its services.
If you would like to make a donation, checks can be mailed to:
St. Vincent de Paul Society P.O. Box 1014, Westerly, RI 02891
God Bless You
A sincere thank you to everyone supporting the church, your kindness is an inspiration. Donations and regular offerings have been coming in from families and local organizations.
These times are hard for everyone and harder for some, we just have to keep our faith and pray for those
who are in desperate need and those who are infected.
A Message From Fr. Peter J. D’Ambrosia
John 14:1-12 I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. Dear Friends, I hope you are well and are reading and reflecting on the Word of God for Mass each day. If we do not spend some time each day trying to understand what Jesus is asking of us then we have to honestly ask ourselves how much we love Him and want to be close to Him as the Eucharist signifies; being one “body” with Jesus and one “body” with one another, His Church. Just as Jesus is a King, in as much as He has a Kingdom, so too is it true that we are only really connected to Him as we are all active subjects who participate in His Kingdom, the Church. We can’t belong to and be one with the King unless we belong to and are one with His Kingdom, the Church. This Unity is mentioned often in the scriptures as we find in the example of John 17. Jn. 17:19-21 19 And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth. 20 “I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. It is this “oneness” with Jesus and His Church that the Holy Eucharist Banquet signifies. In the wonderful Gospel this last weekend (5th Sunday of Easter), Jesus gives an abundance of food for thought. I will briefly share with you my thoughts on Jesus’ statement, “Jesus said to him,“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” Frank Sinatra, did it “my way” but for the Christian there is no “my way” (or the highway) it is only Jesus Way. Your way and mine is of no importance to God. We say “thy will be done” in the Our Father, but these are just words and do not always necessarily reflect my thoughts, words and actions. Only those who follow Jesus as the Way and do all that He does will see God. This means that there is the earnest desire within my heart to have the love, forgiveness, mercy and peace of Jesus within me at all times and especially during times of suffering. We have to remember that the carrying of the cross is an important and necessary part of the Way. Some people are actually wayward, living out their lives as Catholics, but their hearts are far from Him and His people. His Way is to offer Himself for others completely, giving His all for those He loves, “so as to be one”. Those who follow their own way, think, feel and act in ways that suit their own agenda which has nothing to do with Jesus’ Way but rather brings division and misery to Jesus and His Church. The second is the Truth. Only Jesus is truly good because He is God. The one Truth can only come from the perfect goodness of God. Jesus tells us the Truth All the time (“and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free”John 8:32). For example, whenever we are good, generous, loving and forgiving, Jesus tells us. Whenever we are sinful and selfish, which is really a daily challenge, Jesus will tells us. Only a person who really loves Jesus will want to listen to Him all day long, as did Mary, the sister of Martha, hearing how we can be more deeply one with him and his people and how we need to change (repent), in order to grow in perfection. The problem with the Truth is that many ignore it or are superficial in their acceptance or ownership of it. When we don’t embrace the Truth, we live a lie. 1 Jn 1:10 If we say, “We have not sinned,” we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
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Continued from last page Envelope Box Sets
St. Clare & St. Vincent de Paul envelopes are here! A blurb was in the bulletin the beginning of the year regarding the change from bi-monthly to annually.
Due to recent conditions, envelopes can be picked
up in the parish office by appointment. Please call 401-348-8765 Ext. 3, Monday through
Wednesday to schedule your pick up time.
FACE MASKS Do you need a face mask?
Would you like to sew face masks?
St. Clare & St. Pius X have teamed up to make and provide face masks to those in need.
Masks are available in the parish office at St. Clare or in the church at St. Pius X.
All masks are free, we ask that you limit them 2 per person.
Jn 8:44 You belong to your father the devil and you willingly carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies. 1 Jn 2:3–5 3 The way we may be sure † that we know him is to keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoever keeps his word, the love of God is truly perfected in him. This is the way we may know that we are in union with him: 1 Jn 4:20–21 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God † whom he has not seen. 21 This is the commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. And the last is the Life. Following the Way and the Truth are required in order to obtain the Life with Jesus now and forever. You no doubt noticed how following the Way and the Truth attach us to Jesus at all times. This longing for Him, this closeness to Him, this dependence on Him is what leads to everlasting Life with Him. With God’s Blessing+ Fr. Peter
“PUSHED” OUT ON MISSION There is a delightful character in the original Dr. Dolittle Tales called the “Pushmi-Pullyu.” It is a beast with two identical halves, with a head at each end. No matter which direction the beast walks, one end is the “push me” and the other is the “pull you.” Today’s feast is a bit like that in the life of the church. In the book of the Acts of the Apostles, it is the ascension of Christ that calls for the Holy Spirit, which consequently sends or “pushes” the church out on its mission. This is the message that we hear from the angels today as they tell the friends of Jesus not to look up into the clouds, but to get busy. It is the message of Jesus himself in Matthew’s Gospel, as he sends them out to baptize. He also tells them, “I am with you always, until the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). And it is this message, confident in faith that Jesus has ascended to shouts of joy, that “pulls” us along to our final destiny. The life of the faithful disciple, sent into the world on mission, will one day know the same risen, ascended glory.
The St. Clare & St. Vincent de Paul Parish Office will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2020 in
observance of Memorial Day. God bless, stay safe & pray.
The Seventh Sunday of Easter Sunday, May 24, 2020
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Monday, May 25 - Memorial Day Easter Weekday/St. Bede the Venerable, Priest & Doctor of the Church; St. Gregory VII, Pope; St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Virgin 8 AM + Irene Dunn by daughter Christine Tuesday, May 26 St. Philip Neri, Priest 8 AM +Angie & Arthur Smith by Estelle Misto Wednesday, May 27 Easter Weekday/St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop 8 AM +Mary & Joe Romanella by Jim & Patty Romanella Thursday, May 28 Easter Weekday 8 AM +Ellen Warzcha by her husband Ted Friday, May 29 Easter Weekday 8 AM +Arthur Pignataro by his Sister & Family Saturday, May 30 The Vigil of Pentecost 4 PM SVDP + For the People of St. Vincent de Paul & St. Clare 5:30 PM + John J. Gagnon by his wife Patricia Sunday, May 31 Pentecost Sunday 9 AM + Doris Frechette by the Brockmann Family 10:30 AM SVDP + Special Intention
Links & Leads
Below are some links and leads to check out online.
Our Lady of La Salette https://lasaletteattleboroshrine.org/
Enders Island, Mystic www.endersisland.org
The Diocese of Providence www.dioceseofprovidence.org
Intro to the Rosary for Children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6luelJ_GGas&feature=youtu.be
Rhode Island Department of Health
www.health.ri.gov
Churches: The state is targeting allowing
in-person faith services the weekend of May 30th.
Guidelines will be available on ReopeningRI.com later this week.
Help is available for people living in quarantine or isolation due to
COVID-19. Visit www.RIDelivers.com
[ridelivers.com]
People with general, non-medical questions about COVID-19 can visit www.health.ri.gov/covid,
write to RIDOH.COVID19Questions
@health.ri.gov, or call 401-222-8022. This is the
COVID-19 Hotline that RIDOH has available to the public.
Church Bells Continue to Ring in Solidarity on Sunday Mornings
As a sign of faith, unity, and hope in these uncertain mes, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin has asked all Catholic churches across the diocese
to ring their bells for five minutes every Sunday morning at 9 AM un l the novel coronavirus pandemic is over.
