“Love God, serve God, everything is in that”

165 E . SP R IN GF I E LD ROAD ● S T. C LA I R , MO 63077 636-629-0315 † Fax: 636-629-2327 † www.stclarecatholic.org † Parish358@archstl.org

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Saint Clare

May 19, 2019 — 5th Sunday of Easter

Confessions Saturday 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Eucharistic Exposition Thursday 8:30 AM - 2:40 PM

Benediction Thursday 2:40 PM

Prayer Chain Contacts Joyce Willis 629-2573 or

Sherry Reed 629-7535

Mass Times Saturday 4:30 PM

Sunday 8:00 AM

10:30 AM

Monday — Friday 8:00 AM

LATIN MASS First Friday of each month at 8:00 AM

PARISH

INFORMATION

Fr. Eric Kunz, Pastor

Deacon Harvey Dubbs

Deacon TJ Wild

WELCOME

A warm welcome to all who have come to worship with us. If you are visiting, we are honored by your presence.

If you are interested in becoming a member, please call the rectory. Our Parish serves the needs of this

community in many ways. We offer preparation for Sacraments, education for children and adults, social

activities, assistance to those in difficulty, comfort to the sick and those who mourn a loss.

If we can be of service, please let us know. We hope you will come again soon.

For your convenience, we have blue “Let Us Know” cards in back of church.

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St. Clare Purgatorial Society

Perpetual Masses are offered the 1st Monday of

the month as well as a special Mass each

November. The donation is $30 and you

receive a certificate of inclusion.

Contact the parish office at 629-0315 for

more information.

ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL Donation Report

Although the pledge cards are not available in back of church, there is still time

to make your pledge and help our parish reach our goal and make a contribu-

tion to the many worthwhile organizations in the archdiocese. Our own parish

has been the recipient of help several times when we were in need. Remember

the Catholic Church is the largest charitable organization in the world and we

can show our faith and love for others through our gifts of money, actions and

prayer.

If you picked up your card and have not yet returned it, you can place it in the

collection basket or call either Joyce Willis @ 636-667-1933 or the parish office

@ 636-629-0315 and let us know how much you can pledge. All gifts, whether

thousands of dollars or as small as $5.00 is put to good use to help others. We also

have put "In-Pew" pledge envelopes in the pews to help make the process

even easier for you. If you will take care of this as soon as possible it will be

greatly appreciated and will save the parish time and money when we do not

have to send you a reminder letter.

Report Detail (as of May 10)

2019 Published Goal $17,930

New Donor Goal 13

Total To Date $ 5,795

Total Parishioners Base 232

Returned to Date 44

# New Donors 8

#Increased Contributions 18

Net Increase $ 680

#Maintained Contributions 14

#Decreased Contributions 5

Net Decrease $ 165

Signed Refusal Cards Returned 7

Pledges Percent 16%

Prior Year Pledges Percent 39%

Cards Returned Percent 19%

Matching Gifts Cards Returned 0

Matching Gift Total 0

Please pray about what you can do to help build the Church!

MESSENGERS OF FATIMA

FREE MEAL

Tuesday, May 21st

KC Hall

5:00 pm

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PARISH NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

PICNIC

VOLUNTEERS

NEEDED!

The first meeting to organize a

steering committee was held this

past week. The committee has

requested that if you chaired an

event last year, please let them

know if you are volunteering

again for this year. That will help

determine the scope of this

year’s Picnic.

If you have never volunteered

before but would like to get

involved, please contact the

parish office at 629-0315. A big

thank you to those that volunteer

every year and help make the

picnic a success!

Picnic — August 17th

Don’t Forget the Knights Of Columbus Breakfast Sunday, May 19th

7:00 AM — 11:00 AM at the K of C Hall

All You Can Eat ! Includes: Scrambled eggs, deep-dish omelet, biscuits, home-made sausage gravy,

fried diced potatoes, locally made sausage, ham, bacon, French toast, pancakes, cinnamon rolls,

mixed fruit or fresh fruit, coffee, milk and orange juice. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus

Memorial Day Mass

Monday, May 27th

St. Clare Cemetery

Please join us for our annual Memorial Day Mass at 9:00 am.

Note: there will be no 8:00 am Mass

Afterwards, there will be a continental

(pastries) breakfast social at the KC Hall.

If you can bring something to share,

it would be appreciated.

Ladies Sodality Quilt Raffle

& Bake Sale

Memorial Day Weekend

Take your chance on a Queen size quilt.

$1 donation or 6 for $5.00.

There will also be a bake sale! If you would like to

donate a bake sale item, please bring it with you.

Drawing for Quilt will be awarded

after the 10:30 am Mass on Sunday,

May 26th.

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PARISH NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

PARISH SCRIP CARD PROGRAM —

Many selections are available. See our

updated list in back of church and place your

order. Use it to pay for your purchase and earn

the parish a percent as well!

Don’t forget that we have some in stock for

immediate pickup. More information on our

order form on the last page of this bulletin.

Other Parish Activities . . . . . . . . . . .

Trivia — Friday, June 7th, Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic

Church, Soulard, MO. MC for the evening will be

Mike Roberts. $20/pp for tables of 8. Doors open at

6:15 pm, trivia starts at 7:00 pm. For more

information and to purchase tickets, contact

Donna Hobart at 314-780-3870. Event to be held in

the Franklin Room at 816 Allen Ave.

Rosary River 5K Run/Walk — Saturday, June 8th, SSM

Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Fund. Event to

be held at Frontier Park in St. Charles MO. 5K is $20

(includes a t-shirt) or $15 for the 1 mile which also

includes a t-shirt. Contact Tammy Buehler for

information 314-691-1774.

Picnic — Sunday, June 9th. St. Anne Parish, French

Village, MO. Hours are from 11:00 am until 5:00 pm.

Serving Kettle Beef & Fried Chicken Dinners with

Liver Dumplings. Adults $10, Child 6—12 $5, and

under 6 free. There will be music, games, a country

store, raffles and quilt/cash bingo.

Parish Office Manager

St. Ignatius Parish is looking for a part time Parish

Office Manager. We are looking for someone that is

able to multi-task, have excellent organization skills

and knowledge of QuickBooks and Excel. The office

manager duties and responsibilities would be

answering calls, emails, filing, preparing weekly parish

bulletins, schedule events, order supplies, record

sacraments at the parish, prepare contracts for

faculty, send out tuition statements, update

website, Facebook posts, and maintain confidenti-

ality in all matters . The office manager will be working

with an accountant with budget and accounts

receivable and account payable. Applicants must

complete the Safe Environment Program offered

through the Archdiocese. Please send resume to

Fr. Steve Robeson at 19127 Mill Rd., Marthasville, MO

63357 or email pastor@saintig.com

Is God Calling You? Parish Missionary Disciples: 10 month training open to

individuals as well as parish teams

Learn how to: Pray more effectively and teach another

to pray; share the Gospel with another; Share personal

testimony; accompany others on their Catholic

Discipleship journey

Time: 9:30am to 2:30pm

Dates: 8/10/19, 9/24/19, 10/12/19, 11/2/19, 12/7/19,

1/11/20, 2/8/20, 3/14/20, 4/4/20, and 5/2/20

For more information please call Julie Bostick 314-792-

7180 or email juliebostick@arcshstl.org

The monthly Deanery Pro-Life Holy Hour will be

held on Monday, May 27, 2019 at 7 pm at

Our Lady of Lourdes Adoration Chapel,

Washington, MO with prayers and Benediction for

Respect for Life, offering reparation for 70 million

babies killed by abortion, and that America will

once again protect the lives of the unborn. Come

join us as we pray for God’s forgiveness for the evil

that lurks throughout our society.

Messengers of Fatima

Annual ‘Fatima Days’ Celebration

June 20th — 23rd

Save the Date!

“Mary’s Immaculate Heart

Will Triumph”

Pontifical Mass Celebrated by

Archbishop Carlson on Saturday, June 22nd

at 8:00 pm in Honor of Our Lady Fatima

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THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH

DATE EVENT TIME

Mon 05/20 Mass 8:00 am

Tues 05/21 Mass Finance Meeting (Church Bsmt)

8:00 am 6:30 pm

Wed 05/22 Mass 8:00 am

Thurs 05/23 Mass 8:00 am

Fri 05/24 Mass 8:00 am

Sat 05/25 Confessions Mass

3:30 pm 4:30 pm

Sun

05/26 Mass Mass

8:00 am 10:30 am

LITURGICAL MINISTERS - MAY 25TH & 26TH

DATE SERVERS LECTORS EUCHARISTIC GIFT BEARERS

05/25

4:30 pm

Gary Papin

CeCe Demaris Sheria Yancey

Pat Gebken

Sheria Yancey Volunteers

05/26

8:00 am

Br. Michael

Cole Horton

Wyatt Horton Chad Horton

Matt Horst

Pat Gebken

Chad Horton

Family

05/26

10:30 am Wild Family

Children Karen Jones

Karen Jones

Michelle Geatley

David Schreck

Family

05/26Collection Counters: Janet Lindemann, Teri O’Brien, Anna Grasso

Readings For The Week

Monday: Acts 14:5-18/Ps 115:1-2, 3-4, 15-16 [1ab]/Jn

14:21-26

Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28/Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 21 [cf.

12]Jn 14:27-31a

Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6/Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5 [cf.

1]/Jn 15:1-8

Thursday: Acts 15:7-21/Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 10 [3]/Jn

15:9-11

Friday: Acts 15:22-31/Ps 57:8-9, 10 and 12 [10a]/Jn

15:12-17

Saturday: Acts 16:1-10/Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 5 [2a]/Jn

15:18-21

May 18th — May 26th

WEEKEND, MAY 18TH & MAY 19TH

SAT. 4:30 PM † PEOPLE OF THE PARISH SUN. 8:00 AM † NELLIE SIESS

10:30 AM † EDGAR HAGEDORN

MONDAY, MAY 20TH

8:00 AM † TIM DAVIS — HEALTH

TUESDAY, MAY 21ST

8:00 AM † OSCAR F. GEBKEN

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22ND

8:00 AM † REV. JOHN P. COMMER

THURSDAY, MAY 23RD

8:00 AM † MSGR. WILLIAM A. DRENNAN

FRIDAY, MAY 24TH

8:00 AM † ERIC JEZIERSKI

WEEKEND, MAY 25TH & MAY 26TH

SAT. 4:30 PM † DARLYNE TIPOLT SUN. 8:00 AM † PEOPLE OF THE PARISH

10:30 AM † VIRGINIA LINDEMANN

PLEASE PRAY FOR

OUR MILITARY MEMBERS Please remember in your prayers

the following military personnel:

SGT Drew Alsop — US Army, Erin Arent — US Navy, Jeff Arent — U.S. Marines, SGT Jamie Bucher—USAF,

Jason Burton — US Navy, Scott Daugherty, Coty DeClue — USAF,

SGT Cameron Earley — US Army, SGT Tyler Earley — US Army,

Clay Fisher — US Marines, James Taylor Gragg — USAF, SPC Tyler Grogan — US Army,

Matthew Martin — US Navy, Logan Moore — USAF, Monty Perkins, And Andrew Snodgrass — US Navy.

WE PRAY FOR OUR LOVED ONES May God Provide Health and

Comfort to:

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March Roberta Charboneau,

Richard Ottomeier, Jim Charboneau, Marvin Nevills,

Joe Reed, John Starbuck and John Evans.

April Joan Osterkamp, Shelly Hinson, Nichole Hinson,

Elena Vance, Gordon Friend,

Charlotte Hagedorn, Tiffany Shults, Debbie Clark,

Jackie Windler, Tim Davis, Dillion Shadrick,

Wendy Peters, John Vogelgesang,

Lori Mayer and Sandy Stecher.

Week of May 12th

Offertory Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,159.00 Loose Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.16 Total Money For Operating Capital $ 3,226.16 Restricted Funds

Parish Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00 Building Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 Total $ 51.00

Monthly Offertory Total To Date: $ 8,876.01

May Collection Goal: $ 14,000.00

Thanks be to God for the generosity of our Parishioners!

“I give you a new commandment: love one

another. As I have loved you, so you also should

love one another." —John 13:34

It is easy to love someone when they love you

back. But it takes strength and courage to love

someone when we feel unappreciated, used or

feel our opinion doesn’t matter. It takes courage to

“love my neighbor” when he may be someone I

don’t like, someone I don’t know or someone that

doesn’t look like me.

May Issac Costello, Angie Hagedorn, Michelle Richards,

Maggie Hopkins, Joann Haynes,

Alberta Kindel, Gordon Monk, Claude Friend,

Sharon Schuermann, and Sharon Havin.

“Where your treasure is, there

your heart will be also.” - Luke 12:34

A bequest is a specific provision in your will or living

trust, leaving money or other assets to a person or

institution. If you would like to bequeath money or

other assets to your church, contact your parish office

or the Archdiocese.

EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP - RECOGNIZE GOD IN

YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS

I was recently reading an article about the real

aspects of true love. The psychologist writing the

piece said that many people hide behind the words "I

love you." They can start believing that if they say it

enough times, it simply becomes true.

Jesus claimed that the world would know his disciples

by the fact that they loved one another. In the

Church, we speak of loving one another quite

frequently. I hope that someone can tell that I am a

disciple of Jesus by the way I love others. However,

that hope is something I have to keep in the center of

my mind because I fear too often that I speak more

of love than act out of love.

As Christians, we can find ourselves hiding behind our

words. History, unfortunately, has shown us that our

witness of action has not always been profound

enough. The world will surely know whom it is we serve

if we love like Jesus, we act like Jesus, and we serve

others like Jesus. Our stewardship will bear witness to

the transforming power of Jesus Christ, and we will

bring others to him. Our love will be an instrument of

our evangelization. Our words will become true, not

because we said them enough, but because they

are true.

-Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS

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