St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church 1411 Cross Street

O’Fallon, IL 62269 618/ 632-3562

www.stclarechurch.org

Fr. Jim Deiters Pastor Dennis Vander Ven Deacon Marcia Fix Parish Secretary Jamae Shubirg Administrative Assistant Ed Seipp Business Manager Patrick Jurgensmeyer Facilities Manager Stephen Eros Music and Liturgy Director Jane Dotson Family Faith Formation Matt Flynn Adult Faith and Mission

ST. CLARE SCHOOL 632-6327

214 West Third Street, O’Fallon, IL Clarice McKay Principal

MT. CALVARY CEMETERY 632-3562

Jim Deschesne, Sexton

PARISH TRUSTEES

Michael Crupe

John Dempsey

ST. VINCENT DEPAUL 632-4270

Emergency Assistance

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 30, 2017

From Our Pastor...

August 1 (continued) Chris Walling Domingo Ramirez Amy Muschler Daphne Murphy Mary Gutridge August 2 Bill Musser Dorette Arbogast Johnathon Roman Sally Crippen Tayleur Stephens Clarissa Pavao Tyler Schottel Katy Thoman Tina Thoman Sammi Siville Sophine Huber Gabriela Cotto Maya Bialick August 3 JoAnn Melesky Katherine Mountford Lynn Shambro Allen Raber Joshua Walker Gina Gallagher Madeline Homrig August 4 Percy Menzies Sharon Andell Michael Bennett Lawrence Mank Dave Cutter Alexis Clary Sophia Chappell Kaylee Burgess August 5 Kimberly Naegele Jim Williamson Jeffrey Banker Greg Distler Michael Fulton Ian Taylor Elliot Stolle

July 29 Mary Lugge Shirley Seipp Caron Proffer James Mackey Kenda Wunder Jerry Schoendienst Chad O’Neil Andy Hawkins Cole Arnold Nikki Mastroianni Hayden Duong Isabella Roman Keythan Santiago July 30 Reece Jackson Anne Crowe Jill Pendegrass Jnana Coffey Krissy Greene David Link Jack Eberhart Baylor Herbert Jonah Brown July 31 Walter Parker Paul Garrett Beth Albrecht Joseph Repp Warren Berry Erin Cerbie Shayna Hemesath Blaine Stolle August 1 Sharon Rambo Stan Kombrink Linda Bovich Jeffrey Lauber Michael Yost Jim Eilers Nora Aguilar Shelley Mank Carolos Fernandez Rick Girard Dennis Crain

Our Patroness St. Clare

The feast of St. Clare is

on August 11. We will officially celebrate our Patroness Feast on the weekend

of August 12-13

with refreshments after each Mass, and on Sunday, the 13th

we will have our big Open House for the whole community to come and take tours of our church.

We also celebrate our Patroness by joining with our own Poor Clare Nuns who provide a most beautiful Novena

to St. Clare the nine days leading up to the feast. Please notice the schedule in this bulletin and join our

dear Sisters in prayer for at least one of the nights. I am so honored to be the presider for

the novena on Thursday, August 3.

Our parish continues to pray for the David and Christina Bereda Family on the tragic loss of two of their three children, Brennan and Finley, in a fatal car accident last week. Their son, Jorden is in stable condition. I brought your loving pray-ers with me as I attended the funeral this Saturday morning at Ascension Church in Kettering, Ohio. Fr. Jim Deiters

New to Our Parish? Welcome to our newcomers! Been around for awhile but didn’t sign up yet? Its never too late to register as a parishioner. We are delighted to have you attend Mass at St. Clare of Assisi and join our parish at any time. You will be able to receive our monthly e-newsletter and our parish news-letter and other mailings.

Sign up on line at www.stclarechurch.org/join or pick up a packet from the registration table in the Gathering Space or at the month-ly Coffee & Donuts. If you fill out a paper form, please return it to an usher or the parish office. Thank you and again,

Welcome to St. Clare of Assisi.

Please pray for the sick, their loved ones and caregivers: Jennifer R. Barajas, Wray Barr, Joyce Correale, Rita Ferreri, Randy Fultz, Sharon Gage, Tom Giger, Jean Green, Hannah Grubof‐ski, Allison Hartmire, Rita Haukapp, Margaret Heinke, Jessica Holmes, Liz Klingler, Dawn Papproth Kuhn, Abelina Leon, Mary Lugge, Lucy Mixen, Nona Morgan, Pauline Puttmann, Dale Reeser, Grace Regutti, David Rice, Megan Saldanha, Madelean Sanford, Rosa Garcia, Craig Seipp, Mary Ann Seipp, Donna Sparks, Lee Strayhorn, Betty Tomasovich, Jake Van Hook, Jenny Vogt, Patricia Weiler, Steve Wells, Ralph Wottowa, Doris Zink Please call the parish office if you have a family member that is homebound or in the hospital. Please pray for our military families, especially those deployed and separated from loved ones.

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, July 29 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 p.m. William Jurgensmeyer 60th Wedding Anniversary of John and Elsa Boysha Sunday, July 30 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 a.m. Cletus Becherer 10:30 a.m. Robert Braswell Herman Deiters Monday, July 31 Saint Igna us of Loyola, Priest 12:00 p.m. Special Inten on Tuesday, August 1 Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 7:30 a.m. Lucille Kombrink Wednesday, August 2 No Mass Weekday, Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop; Saint Peter Julian Eymard, Priest Thursday, August 3 Weekday 12:00 p.m. Michael DeCarpentry First Friday, August 4 Saint John Vianney, Priest 7:30 a.m. Rosalinda Mariles Saturday, August 5 The Transfigura on of the Lord 5:00 p.m. Bill and Gerry Munie Sunday, August 6 The Transfigura on of the Lord 8:30 a.m. Bill Waeltz and Jim Schoen 10:30 a.m. For Our Parish *Eucharis c Adora on following Mass Un l 11:40 a.m. Monday, August 7

Readings of the Week July 31—August 6 Monday: Ex 32:15-24, 30-34; Ps 106:19-23; Mt 13:31-35 Tuesday: Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28; Ps 103:6-13; Mt 13:36-43 Wednesday: Ex 34:29-35; Ps 99:5-7, 9; Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42 Thursday: Ex 40:16-21, 34-38; Ps 84:3-6a, 8a, 11; Mt 13:47-53 Friday: Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37; Ps 81:3-6, 10-11ab; Mt 13:54-58 Saturday: Lv 25:1, 8-17; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 7-8; Mt 14:1-12 Sunday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Mt 17:1-9

Next Weekend: August 5/6

Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion Saturday 5:00 Nancy Buttimer, Dennis Holdener, Nancy Karrigan Shirley Suski, Margaret Andrasko, Jorge Avila Jim & Barbara Calandro, Jessica Kalmer, Barb Kenney Carl Lurk, Len Ratajczyk, Sella Roman

Sunday 8:30 Ashley Brown, Maggie O’Loughlin, Kathy DeVan, Kevin & Linda Rademacher, John Gomez Peggy Haselhorst, Jim, Pennie, Hannah & Sarah Pavlisin Sharon Ripplinger

Sunday 10:30 Suzanne Huffines, Dominic & Rena Sabatino, Kitty Luehrs Michele Taylor, Ksana Blalick, Steve Bovich, Toni Stanton Stephanie Chambers, Mandi Huelsmann, Tanja Ramsby Patty Klingelhoefer, Anne Shambro Readers Saturday 5:00 Jamie Eros & Faith Rackers Sunday 8:30 Percy & Judy Menzies 10:30 Paulette Roberg & Kathy Sjoquist

Servers Saturday 5:00 Cassidy Lurk, Natalie Spain, Ryan Voss 8:30 Isaac Hubbard, Anya & Heather Kenney 10:30 Drew Ferguson, Isabella Ponciroli, Ava Taylor Ushers Saturday 5:00 Theresa Bevers, John Boysha, Su Holmes Richie Meile, Ken Kenney, Scott Voss

Sunday 8:30 Dennis Collins, Jim Hendricks, Mark Huller Mike Lafferty, Walt Leninsky, Craig Sewell

Sunday 10:30 Matt Chambers, Brian Huelsmann, Tyler McDaniel Debbie Oitker, Zakharie Stoll, James Taylor

Gift Bearers Saturday 5:00 Doug, Vicki, Anna, Elyse & Nicholas Flath Sunday 8:30 Jeff, Susan, Evan, Marin & Lauren Price 10:30 Joe, Heather, Hanna & Gretchen Ertel

Greeters Saturday 5:00 Rose Brennan, Yvonne Earley, Rosaemarie Jones 8:30 Muriel Barber, Jim & Corrine Wright 10:30 Anne Shambro, Connor, Kirstie, Holden & Mariah Chapple

Sound Board Saturday 5:00 David Schmitz Sunday 8:30 Jacob Nguyen 10:30 Colby Mank

Bread Bakers Sherry D’Amico, Amy Short

Children’s Word Saturday 5:00 Sunday 8:30 Judy Lemansky & Megan Blair 10:30 Barb Smith & Hunter Barr

Nursery Kim Huber & Alexis Cotto

Voca on Corner Every day Jesus asks us, “Who is the center of your life?” Are you living under My rule or under yours? If we live under our own rule it can move us to ignore our weaknesses as we take all the credit for our good-ness. Of course, it is humbling to say, “Jesus I want You to be the center of my life.” Yet the more we begin each day by praying these words, the more we will find ourselves filled with an incredible peace. We will also find every thought and every action under Jesus’ rule so that we can give Him glory. Let us treat Him like the royal Guest that He is and allow Him to guide us in tending His flock towards eternal life.” The Word Among Us, July 2016, pg.80.

July 22/23 Tithe: $21,397.00 New Church: $ 2,285.00

“One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; Another withholds what he should give, And only suffers want.” Proverbs 11:24

You Did It For Me 82 year old Jeannie came to the US in 1989 on a VISA status. She worked as a housekeeper for three decades. Years ago a lawyer told Jeannie that he could help her gain citizenship. He charged $2500. Jeannie paid, but she never heard from the lawyer again. Jeannie was afraid of being deported. One Sunday, she read in a church bulletin that Catholic Charities had an im-migration services office. She made an appoint-ment. The case manager explained everything and walked Jeannie through the whole citizenship application process. Today she is a citizen. Catholic Charities provided immigration services to 323,151 clients in 2015. To learn more, visit www.CatholicCharitiesUSA.org

RESPECT LIFE CORNER

Caring for Loved Ones at Life’s End - An old Irish proverb says, “It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.” Indeed, we are created to depend upon one another and walk together in suffering. When family members or friends approach life’s end, we may not know how best to “shelter” them.

Learn, Act, Connect, Pray: Accompanying a loved one in his or her last days is enormously important work, but we do not need to fear our own limitations. Your own quiet, patient presence can provide important support. As you enter into this season with your friend or family member, ask God to accompany both of you.

Eucharistic Adoration Next Weekend!

Sunday, August 6 after 10:30 Mass until

11:40am Monday, August 7 With Benediction and Mass at 12:00 Noon

Eucharistic Adoration in front of the Blessed Sacrament is second only to receiving Jesus in the Eucharist at Mass. Come and share some

quality time with Jesus, giving Him your burdens and worries so you

can be fully open to know just how much He loves you and wants to

help you know the perfect plan He has for your life. Sign-up sheets are on the table in the Gathering Space for those who can commit to an hour. If you come during the nighttime hours between 8:00pm Sunday – 7:00am Monday, please contact the parish office 632-3562 for the keypad door code. All are Welcome!

NEW TESTEMENT BIBLE STUDY Gospel and Letters of John

Tuesdays, August 8—November 28 14 Sessions

7—8:30 in Church Library To register contact the parish office

at 632-3562 by July 25 Suggested cost for materials $20

Bridges Ignatian Spirituality Retreat

If you are interested in receiving the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, please attend an Information session at St. Nicholas

Good Shepherd Spirituality Center Thursday, Aug. 3 at 10:00 a.m. The retreat starts in mid Sept 2017 and will meet on

Thursday mornings through early May 2018. If you cannot attend the session or would like more information, go to:

www.bridgesfoundation.org or call Cindy at 618-741-8075

The Poor Clare Nuns of the Monastery of Our Lady of Mercy, Belleville, Illinois

Invite you to join with us in prayer to our Seraphic Mother and Foundress during

The Solemn Novena in honor of St. Clare of Assisi August 2—10 at the Poor Clare Monastery

300 North 60th Street, Belleville, IL

St. Clare of Assisi: Our Guide in the Garden of Prayer

The evening schedule will include: 7:00 p.m. Solemn Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Followed by night prayers and Compline 7:30 p.m. The Novena Service Concluding with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

You are welcome to mail (300 North 60th St., Belleville, IL 62223) or telephone (618-235-4407) or bring the petitions you wish to be remembered during these nine days of prayer. The traditional St. Clare’s Bread will be blessed on the final night of the novena and also after the Mass on our Holy Mother’s Solemnity which will be offered in our chapel on Friday, August 11 at 8:00 a.m.

Wednesday, August 2 The Gathering of the Heart (Recollection)

Thursday, August 3 The Holy Spirit, the Master of the Garden

Friday, August 4 Words Life Kindling (Vocal Prayer)

Saturday, August 5 Prayer with the Word and in the Word (Scriptural Prayer)

Sunday, August 6 Living to Make Intercession (Prayer of Petition and Intercession)

Monday, August 7 Approaching the Lord with Praise and Thanksgiving

Tuesday, August 8 Turn Now Ten Times the More! (Distractions and Prayer)

Wednesday, August 9 The Prayer of Love and Silence (Adoration and Contemplation)

Thursday, August 10 The Fountain in the Garden (The Eucharist: Source and Summit of Prayer)

July 30 Youth Group Zoo Trip Carpool from Church 5-8 p.m. Bring spending money for a soft Drink and snack or meal at zoo.

August 6 Youth Group 6—7:30 p.m.

August 13 Youth Group 6—7:30 p.m. August 13 Crazy 8’s in Fellowship Hall

August 20 Youth Group 6—7:30 p.m.

August 27 Youth Group 6—7:30 p.m. High School Youth Group meets in our new youth room in the lower level of St. Clare School. Enter through the middle doors of the school. No need to RSVP. Come any time and bring a friend from any parish or any faith!!

St. Clare Parish Parish School of Religion

(PSR) Register Now Online!

Or after all Masses this weekend

Registration fee is $65 for the first child and $55 for the second child until August 7.

Registration turned in after August 7 will be $90 for each child. Payment arrangements are

available and payments may be made later if arranged in advance.

Classes begin September 10 Contact Jane Dotson at janeadotson@yahoo.com

Or 632-3562 for more information

Parish Polo And

Tee-Shirts

Will be Distributed

after Masses this weekend

Raffle

Youth Group Summer Fun Raffle Support the Youth Group!! A chance to win gift cards

1st prize $425 in gift cards 2nd prize $275 in gift cards

Raffle tickets available after Mass or from any youth or adult going to NCYC. Help us get to National Catholic Youth Conference!

1 ticket $5 5 tickets $20 6 tickets $25 12 tickets $50

Drawing on August 13 at 2 p.m.

PSR TEACHERS MEETING SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 AT 9 A.M.

FELLOWSHIP HALL

NCYC FORMS AND ONLINE REGISTRATION ARE DUE BY Aug 27. Raffle ticket stubs and money are due by August 11.

ALTAR ANGELS AUGUST 5: Rose Brennan, Celerina Collins Ely Gillespie, Babe Papproth ST. CLARE SENIORS MEETING AUGUST 14 Our guest speaker will be Kim Johnson from Hospice of Southern Illinois. We will be serving a wonderful Italian Dinner! Our next ou ng is to Fairmont Race Track on August 29 . Please consider joining our Senior Group! Anyone 55 or older can join. We have a lot of fun with no work involved! Call Judy at 632-4074 to join or for more informa on. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI ANNUAL PICNIC SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 IN AVISTON! Serving Chicken and beef Dinner begins at 3:30 p.m. in the air condi oned hall. Bingo starts at 6:30 with every game for a beau-fitul quilt. Mass at 4 p.m. There will also be refreshments, raffles, bas-ket booth and games. Aviston is 7 miles north of Exit 34 or take the Aviston exit off new Route 50 to 2nd and Clinton Streets in Aviston. ST. JAMES SUMMER FESTIVAL, MILLSTADT IL August 5 from 3—? Polka Mass at 4, Chicken Dinner served at 3 in air-condi oned hall, Cash Bingo begins at 5:30. Quilt Cash Bingo at 6. Handicapped Park-ing. Booths, Raffles, Country Store, Kids Games & Music!

Young Adults Summer BBQ Monday, July 31 at 7 PM

At Fr. Jim’s House, 205 West 3rd Street

Please bring drinks (beer, soda, wine) or dessert

RSVP to Jay Davila at jaydavila08@gmail.com by July 24

Healing and Hope Novena to Our Lady of the Snows Saturday, July 29—Sunday, August 6 at 7:30 PM

National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate invite you to bring the crosses you bear to the altar during the 74th Annual Healing and Hope Novena. Come and find God’s healing and mercy. Join us for any or

all of these evenings as we seek God’s blessings through the intercession of Our Lady.

Each evening of the Novena will feature special preaching, music and prayers. Services will conclude with a candelight rosary procession.

Saturday, July 29 Living with Illness Mass will include Anointing of the Sick.

Sunday, July 30 Living through Caregiving

Monday, July 31 Living through Divorce

Tuesday, August 1 Living with Uncertainty

Wednesday, August 2 Living with Burdens

Thursday, August 3 Living with Grief

Friday, August 4 Living with Conflict

Saturday, August 5 Living with Distorted Self-Image Feast of Our Lady of the Snows

Sunday, August 6 Living Past Your Past: Moving Forward in Hope and Joy

Vitae Foundation’s Southern Illinois Pro Life Event

Thursday, August 17 Dinner & Program at 7 p.m.

Four Points by Sheraton 319 Fountains Parkway

Fairview Heights

Keynote Speaker Jason Scott Jones Film producer, author, activist and human

rights worker. He is the executive producer of the award winning pro-life movie,

“Bella” and the acclaimed pro-life short film, “Crescendo”. Author of “The Race to Save Our Century: and founder of Human

Rights Education Organization.