SSAINT CLARE CHURCH“We become what we love and who we love shapes

what we become.” - St. Clare

Saint Clare R.C. Church

“We Come to Pray...We Leave to Serve”

Monday — Friday: 8:30am *Temporarily in the Church

Saturday: 4:00pm Sunday: 9am and 11am

Confession Saturday: 3:00-3:45pm

Monday — Thursday: 9am—Noon Friday: Closed

*Temporarily Closed due to the Covid-19 Emergency

69 Allwood Road—Cli on, NJ 07014

Phone: (973)777-9313 Fax: (973)777-6945

Website: SaintClareNJ.com Email: office@saintclarenj.com

Facebook: SaintClareNJ

Rev. Peter Glabik, Pastor Rev. Thomas Fitzgerald, Parochial Vicar

Gerard Palladino, Director of Music Liturgical Assistant for Special Liturgies

Bulle n Editor Local Youth Protec on/Safe Environ. Coordinator

3rd Sunday of Lent March 7, 2021

SAINT CLARE PARISH • CLIFTON, NJ 3rd SUNDAY OF LENT

MONDAY — MARCH 8, 2021 (St. John of God)

8:30am +HENRY DOUGHERTY

TUESDAY — MARCH 9, 2021 (St. Frances of Rome)

8:30am -HOLY FAMILY (Thanksgiving/Well Being)

WEDNESDAY — MARCH 10, 2021 8:30am +DAVID CHAN

+ALEJANDRO TOPACIO

THURSDAY — MARCH 11, 2021 8:30am +ANTHONY, GENEVIEVE and

ANDREW BLASKEWICZ+ALEJANDRO TOPACIO

FRIDAY — MARCH 12, 2021 7:00pm -BARBARA ZIGNORSKI

+SIMPLICIO B. NAEL, SR.

SATURDAY — MARCH 13, 2021 4:00pm +DR. JESUS EVANGELISTA

+GIROLAMA & SALVATORECORRIERI

SUNDAY — MARCH 14, 2021 (4th SUNDAY OF LENT)

9:00am +PRO POPULO

11:00am -CESAR ONG+ANTHONY GRIMALDI

Altar Bread & Wine PRO POPULO Altar Candles

PRO POPULO Sanctuary Candle

PRO POPULO Divine Mercy Chapel

PRO POPULO St. Clare Candle PRO POPULO

St. Francis Candle PRO POPULO

St. Joseph Candle URSINO RODRIGUEZ

Memorial Opportunities are available : Contact the Office at 973-777-9313

Altar Bread & Wine: $25 dona on All Candles: $15 dona on each

Did you know…... Weekly memorials for our candles at the altar, Blessed Sacrament and Ss Francis, Clare and Joseph are available; additionally our bread and wine. Memorials can be made for both the living and the dead, in thanksgiving, for special needs, birthdays and anniversaries. Your participation helps us de-fray the cost, please pray over this and consider a memorial.

2021 MASS BOOK NOW OPEN Please email your request(s) to: Of ice@SaintClareNJ.com with the proper spelling of each Mass Intention. ($20.00 Dona-

tion) We will no longer honor last minute mass intentions. Please plan at least two weeks in advance for a Mass request. Also note that some days are illing up so they may not always be available. If you are in need of a Mass card, you will be required to pick up from the parish of ice mailbox located outside the main of ice. If you do not have email, you may submit your Mass request along with the donation via handwritten note. Please know that you must write clearly and answer the questions listed above. MARCH ENVELOPE SCHEDULE

March 7 -Regular Collec on-Make Up Corona Virus 2020

March 14 -Regular Collec on-Debt Reduc on

March 21 -Regular Collec on

March 28 -Regular Collec on-Maintenance and Repair

Easter Flowers can be placed in any week

Thank you for your generosity

SAINT CLARE PARISH • CLIFTON, NJ 3rd SUNDAY OF LENT

MINISTRY SCHEDULE—March 13/14 4:00 PM 9:00 AM 11:00 AM

EUCHARISTIC MINISTER (H)

Suspended Until Further Notice

Suspended Until Further Notice Suspended Until Further Notice

LECTOR John Neubauer Elizabeth Acevedo Michael LaRosa

ALTAR SERVERS

Suspended Until Further Notice

Suspended Until Further Notice Suspended Until Further Notice

Palm Sunday Saturday 4pm

Sunday 9am and 11 am Holy Thursday Mass of The Lord’s Supper

7pm

Good Friday 3pm: Passion, Veneration and

Holy Communion 7pm: Stations of the Cross

Holy Saturday 8pm: The Great Vigil NO 4pm Mass

Easter Sunday9am and 11 am

Golden Anniversary Mass for

2020 Did you celebrate your 50th Wed-

ding Anniversary in 2020? If your were married in 1970, the Diocese of Paterson invites you to celebrate your 50th wed-ding anniversary Mass to be offered at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, NJ. Bishop Sweeney will serve as the main celebrant on this joyous occa-sion to be held:

Sunday, April 25th, 2021 at 3:30pm

Arrangements can be made by picking up a registration form after mass in the sacristy. The deadline to register in Thursday April 8th. You will receive additional information from the Office of Family Life once your registration has been processed.

SAINT CLARE PARISH • CLIFTON, NJ 3rd SUNDAY OF LENT

PASCHAL CANDLE SPONSORSHIP 2021

The Paschal Candle is the first candle to be lit from the “new fire” at the Great Vigil of Easter. It represents the “Light of Christ, dispelling the darkness of death. The candle is used throughout the Easter Season as well as during Baptisms and Funerals.

The design of this year’s candle will commemorate The Year of St. Joseph.

Please consider remembering a loved one this Easter with their name on the Paschal Candle Sponsor List.

$100 Per Name or $150 Per Family Name

Please print clearly!

Name____________________________

Phone Number_____________________

Envelope Number___________________

Dedicated for the following Name(s)

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Prayer to Saint Joseph To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in

our tribulation, and having implored the help of your most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also.

Through that charity which bound you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the paternal love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you graciously to re-gard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has pur-chased by his Blood, and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities.

O most watchful guardian of the Holy Fam-ily, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ; O most loving father, ward off from us every conta-gion of error and corrupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be kind to us and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of dark-ness.

As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril, so now protect God's Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversi-ty; shield, too, each one of us by your constant pro-tection, so that, supported by your example and your aid, we may be able to live piously, to die in holiness, and to obtain eternal happiness in heav-en. Amen

St. Joseph Candle

In addi on to our weekly candle offerings, we are also offering the spe-cial St. Joseph Candle found in the Shrine during the Year of St. Joseph.

The offering for the candle is: $15.00

SAINT CLARE PARISH • CLIFTON, NJ 3rd SUNDAY OF LENT

Rice Bowls are available at the Bap-

tismal Font. Almsgiving is a good

way to help those less fortunate in our

world. More information is available

on the Catholic Relief Services web

M nd y L n February 22 to March 22 DIVINE MERCY CHAPEL

Confessions 7pm — 8:30pm with Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

F id y L n NO 8:30am MASS

7pm Mass with Stations of the Cross in the Church

L n Re la i n (1)The days of both Fast and Abstinence during Lent are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. If possi-

ble, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the "paschal fast" to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to cele-brate more readily His Resurrection. The other Fridays of Lent are days of Abstinence. On a day of Fast, on-ly one (1) full meal is permitted, and two (2) smaller meals, which, if added together, would not exceed the main meal in quantity. Those between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to fast. On a day of Abstinence, no meat may be eaten. Those who have reached the age of 14 are obliged by the law of abstinence. (2)The obli-gation to observe the laws of Fast and Abstinence “substantially,” or as a whole, is a serious obligation. (3)The Fridays of the year, outside of Lent, are designated as days of penance, but each individual may substi-tute for the traditional abstinence from meat some other practice of voluntary self-denial as penance. (4)The time for fulfilling the Pascal Precept (Easter Duty*) extends from the First Sunday of Lent, February 21, 2021, to The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, May 30, 2021.

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