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Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time November 16, 2014

Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton, of Belleville

We, the people of St. Clare Catholic Parish, In the Diocese of Belleville, are called by God in baptism to be disciples of Jesus Christ. Centered in the Eucharist, and strengthened by the gifts of the Holy Spirit, we strive to live the Gospel and further the reign of God. We do this by creating a vibrant faith community, by actively promoting justice and evangelization, and by using our gifts in the service of God’s people, to give God glory and reverence all of Creation.

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 5:00 p.m. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Nursery service during the 10:30 Mass.

BAPTISM—Preparation classes for parents are offered every other month for infant baptism. Call the Parish Office to sign up. Adults wishing to be baptized should also call the Office.

RECONCILIATION—Saturdays 3:30 until 4:30 p.m. or by appointment. Community celebrations are also offered every Advent and Lent.

MATRIMONY—Contact Pastor a year prior.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK—Communal celebrations St. Clare of Assisi, Pray for Us! twice a year, or by appointment.

St. Clare of Assisi ST. CLARE SCHOOL 632-6327 1411 Cross Street 214 West Third Street, O’Fallon, IL O’Fallon, IL 62269 Milissa Faust Principal 618/ 632-3562 Gloria Schmidt Secretary 618/ 632-9036 (fax) Eileen Yahl Accountant www.stclarechurch.org MT. CALVARY CEMETERY 632-7631 Fr. Jim Deiters Pastor Jim Deschesne Sexton Dennis Vander Ven Deacon Marcia Fix Parish Secretary PARISH TRUSTEES Jamae Shubirg Administrative Assistant Michael Crupe Shirley Seipp Business Manager John Harter Facilities Manager John Dempsey Sr. Carolyn McWatters Liturgy & Music Director Tom Docter Accompanist ST. VINCENT DEPAUL 632-4270 Jane Dotson Family Faith Formation Emergency Assistance

From Our Pastor... Coming Home...

“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord...” is the best quote from Scripture and our Blessed Mother that comes to mind to ‘sum up’ my past four months of sabbacal rest. Your prayers for me truly made a November 15 November 20 difference as daily I felt the Holy Spirit invigorang my heart, mind, Sandy Giger Nona Morgan Dwyer Priscilla Boeving and body. Now, aer this graced me of rest and renewal, I am quite Julie Miller Rick Thoman excited to return with even greater dedicaon and zeal to serve you Chad Gross Vonda Walker and celebrate the sacraments with you. Stacey Owens Eric Schmitt Dan Seiffert Nicole Buechler Having had so much opportunity for self-reflecon and me in prayer, Jordan Clary Blaine O’Brien I realize more than ever how much I love being a priest and being your pastor. Interesngly, this realizaon came to me most clearly in this November 16 November 21 Mark K. Walsh Lisa Murphy resul me of simply being a ‘human,’ without being ‘in charge’ of an- Daniel Mongeon Crystal Zwilling ything or rushing from one event to the next. In a sense it was a sab- Tara Sill Nathan Lampe bacal of ‘being,’ of mindfulness of God’s beauty, mercy, and Chad Truran Mark Way grace. I’ve learned to slow down a bit. I hope I can bring some of that Audrey Stutsman Spirit’s peacefulness into my ministry with you. Ava Taylor November 22 Hayden Barrett Frank Kuca To be honest, I have not prayed this much since I le the semi- Sophie Murphy Mary Ann Seipp nary! And I realize how much I want to nurture that sense of prayer- Toni Stanton November 17 Tami Ratajczyk fulness in our parish, with less ‘doing’ and more me with God. We James Miller Kerry Kennedy already have a great prayer life at St. Clare. I simply want to help each Brenda Leon Kim Bagby parishioner to discover new ways to enjoy more quiet me with Hernan Serrano Michael Ferguson God...in the midst of all the ‘busy-ness’ around us. John Sullivan Rebecca Thomas Shelley LePere Robby Aguilar As you can imagine, these past two months in Australia have been Jackie Burke Danielle Mongeon quite different from the earlier poron of my sabbacal me spent in Dan Netemeyer Eva Bow

Europe. I look forward to sharing the highlights with you in the near Madeline Hoover November 23 future through homily stories and parish gatherings. November 18 Stanley Buechler Carolyn Vogt Ronnie Cortez I am so very grateful to our parish staff and volunteer leaders who Jeff Wagner Susan Pruneau- have kept the parish running smoothly and prayerfully during my Julie Netemeyer Rutledge ‘sabbath rest’ me. It shows how visible the Holy Spirit IS in each and Kelly Scire Nicholas Espolt every bapzed person! Chris Cooley Vanessa Garcia Eric Yost Brandon Whyte I really look forward to celebrang my first weekend back with you on Alexandria Garza Thomas Schwartz November 22-23, for the great feast of Christ the King. Lauren Bergfeld Amelia Wohlgemuth Isabel Garrett God’s Peace, Holly Kalmer

Fr. Jim Deiters November 19 Chris Lee Julie Schwartz Ann Millikin Recent Death Brandy Koory Shirley Bonn, Mother of Paul (Kathy) Bonn and Grandmother of Evan Totsch Emily Yost. May she enjoy the love and mercy of Jesus and rest in Ezra Clary His heavenly peace. We connue to pray for all who are mourning the death of a family member and loved one.

MASS INTENTIONS Next Weekend November 22/23

Cantors Saturday, November 15 Saturday 5:00 pm Donna Kloustermeyer Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 p.m. Harry & Margaret Durkin Sunday 8:30 am John Gomez 10:30 am Sister Carolyn Wilfred and Ruth Benhoff Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Sunday, November 16 Saturday 5:00 pm Michael DeCarpentry, Jack & Patti Leisure, Carl Lurk Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Nancy Karrigan, Brigid & Katelyn Sternberg, Lucy Mixen 8:30 a.m. Walter & Adeline Geiger Jim Calandro, Shirley Suski*, Sella Roman*, April Leo* 10:30 a.m. For Our Parish Makayla Saltmarsh*

Monday, November 17 Sunday 8:30 am Ken & Jeanne Smith, Ely Gillespie, Betty Deschesne Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious Debbie Cavese, Percy Menzies, Judy Lemansky 12:00 p.m. Tom and Harrie Mosely Mark O’Connor, James Carroll, Jane Holba* Jim, Pennie & Sarah Pavlisin*

Tuesday, November 18 Sunday 10:30 am Gina Beal, Jane Dotson, Stephanie Chambers Weekday 8:30 a.m. Mass in School Chapel Mary Anne Burroughs, Margaret Andrasko, Kitty Luehrs Mark Arbogast, James Hopper, Kathy Sjoquist Wednesday, November 19 Mandi Huelsmann*, Lea Bautz*, Laura Jines* Marjorie Hines* Weekday No Mass Lectors Saturday 5:00 pm Ellen Gravlin & Dennis Holdener Thursday, November 20 Sunday 8:30 am Simone Wheeler & Kathy DeVan Weekday Sunday 10:30 am Patty Klingelhoefer & Deb Torres 8:30 a.m. Mass in School Chapel Servers Friday, November 21 Saturday 5:00 pm Josh & Kyle Zimmerman, Cassidy Lurk, Alyssa Thoman The Presentaon of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday 8:30 am Tyler Stanton, Natalie Bak, Jacob & Jordan Nguyen 7:30 a.m. Florian and Myrtle Beuckman 10:30 am Sarah Arbogast, Alyssa Faigal Thomas Jackson, Victoria Day Saturday, November 22 Ushers Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Saturday 5:00 pm Don Gravlin, John Boysha, Zakharie Stoll 5:00 p.m. Ted, Stephanie and James Bohnak Michael & Carole Dowling Bennett, Bruce Rackers

Sunday, November 23 Sunday 8:30 am Walt Leninsky, Jim Hendricks, Pat Jurgensmeyer Ryan Luechtefeld, Mark Huller, Doug Gross Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 8:30 a.m. Cletus Becherer Sunday 10:30 am Jason Holzum, Tyler McDaniel, John Meise 10:30 a.m. Russell V. Thoman, Sr. Mark Stevens, Roy Rogge, Paulo D’Amico Gift Bearers Saturday 5:00 pm Winnie, Heather & Anya Kenney Sunday 8:30 am Chris, Maggie, Brooklyn & Noah Artime 10:30 am Blaine, Debbie & Spencer Phillips

Greeters Weekly Readings for November 17-23 Saturday 5:00 pm Jeanne Haukapp, Lee & Anne Crowe Sunday 8:30 am Jomary, Jolie, Gianna & Zamiel Chenet Monday: Rv 1:1-4; 2:1-5; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 18:35-43 10:30 am Tom Knaust, Margie Carthy, Gustavo & Alexis Cotto Tuesday: Rv 3:1-6, 14-22; Ps 15:2-5; Lk 19:1-10, or, (for the memorial of the Dedicaon) Sound Board Acts 28:11-16, 30-31; Ps 98:1-6; Mt 14:22-33 Saturday 5:00 pm Dylan Lurk Wednesday: Rv 4:1-11; Ps 150:1b-6; Lk 19:11-28 8:30 am Gary Borges 10:30 am Jim Colombo Thursday: Rv 5:1-10; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 19:41-44 Friday: Rv 10:8-11; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Bread Bakers Tanja Ramsby, Shelly Mank, Dannette Kinsella Lk 19:45-48 Saturday: Rv 11:4-12; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Lk 20:27-40 Children’s Word Sunday: Ez 34:11-12, 15-17; Ps 23:1-3, 5-6; Saturday 5:00 pm Lucy Ueda & Sophia Cherry Sunday 8:30 am Pat Vollmer & Sophie Wilkerson 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28; Mt 25:31-46 10:30 am Heather Ertel & Sarah Dotson

Nursery Megan & Maddie Blair

Please pray for the sick, their loved ones and caregivers; may they never lose sight of the love of God… Jennifer R. Barajas, Wray Barr, Alex Brown, Joe Burroughs, Shirley Carroll, Joan Cavins, Luke Claxton, George Covington, Lori Dalton, June Dean, Dennis & Delores Dumstorff, Rita Ferreri, Matthew Garcia, Mildred Gerardi, Mike and Linda Gilkerson, Hannah Grubofski, Patricia Gundlach, Rita Haukapp, Jessica Holmes, Boston Johnson, Rosemarie Jones, Pauline Keller, Dan Kimutis, Dawn Papproth Kuhn, Virginia Leninsky, Abelina Leon, Vincent Lepes, Mary Lugge, John Molnar, Mary Molnar, Nona Morgan, Helen Murphy, Margaret Nettles, Katie Paulochk, Thomas Peters, Doris Prosser, Madelean Sanford, Michael Schmitz, Craig Seipp, Dick Seipp, Diane Gettis-Simmons, Betty & Jean Stogner, Michelle Strube, Pat Thompson, Betty Tomasovich, Noah Turner, Jake Van Hook, Stephen Wells, Virginia Woods, Norman Wright Please pray for our military men and women, especially those deployed, and their families that remain at home. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Stewardship MEMORIAL MASS Thursday, November 20 at 7 p.m. St. Nicholas Church Share God’s Gifts

You have been given wonderful gis The O’Fallon Knights of Columbus Council 4239 will cele- from God...Will you share them? brate a Memorial Mass in remembrance of all deceased Brother Knights and Ladies Auxiliary members who have Come Visit a Parish Life Ministry this Month during our Mini passed away in the last year. Please come pray with us as Ministry Fair aer Mass on November 22/23 in the Fellowship we remember our fallen brothers and sisters who have Hall. This is a great way to learn more about making a differ- been such a big part of our lives and organizaons over the ence—reaching out to people in need and offering care and years. All Brother Knights, Ladies and families are invited support. Refreshments will be served Saturday night and the to aend. A recepon will follow the Mass. Hospitality Commiee will host our monthly Coffee and Do- nuts Sunday. ADVENT REFLECTIONS Circle of Healing and Hope-Bereavement Commiee St. Clare WITH FR. ROBERT BARRON Circle of Healing and Hope exists to reach out to people who are grieving significant losses, especially the death of a loved one, in an effort to help them find healing and hope. Contact Prepare for the Christmas Season Laura Jines at 541-9680 for more informaon. with Fr. Robert Barron’s daily spiritu- al reflecons all through Advent by Training for Ministers to the Homebound Meeng has been signing up now at hp://adventreflecons.com. postponed to Tuesday, November 18 from 7—9:00 p.m. One Tradionally, Advent has been a me for quiet prayer of the important ministries of any parish is that of taking com- and contemplaon in preparaon for the Birth of Christ. munion to those who are homebound or in nursing home or Recapture the Advent spirit for a few moments each day hospital sengs. This serves to honor the suffering they en- as you read Fr. Barron’s short reflecons. dure and to maintain their connecons with the parish, as well as offering them the wonderful strengthening, healing power of the Eucharist. If you would like to be trained for this very NEXT CHAPTER important ministry, please nofy Sister Carolyn at 632-3562 or Separated/Divorced Support Group [email protected]. Of the Belleville Catholic Diocese

Are you recently divorced or separated? Have you been College Care Packages Snacks and candy are needed to mail in in a long term relaonship that has ended? Join us to find care packages for college students studying for finals. Contact support and fellowship with others who are or have been the parish office or [email protected] to let us know there. This is a me for returning to your roots, reinforc- you can donate and bring your item (labeled college care) to ing your goodness and worth, and reinvenng your life Fellowship Hall kitchen November 29-30. Help assemble on and future. You are not alone! December 1 from 5—6 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Next Chapter meets at Corpus Chris Parish Center at 206 Rasp Street in Shiloh Every Tuesday, yes every Tuesday, Thanksgiving Day Volunteers Needed The St. Vincent de Paul from 7—8:30 p.m. Youth Conferences are gearing up for their Annual Thanksgiv- ing Day Dinner. The Dinner will be held at St. Luke’s Parish Hall on Thanksgiving Day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. They are asking TUNE IN TO CATHOLIC RADIO each parish to provide four twenty pound, cooked, de-boned AM 1080 WRYT/FM 90.3 and sliced turkeys for the dinner. The turkeys should be taken to St. Luke’s Parish Hall between 4—6 p.m. on Wednesday. They are also asking St. Clare Parish to contribute sugar free Sunday and All Souls Day, November 1/2 jello for the day. They ask that the prepared jello be brought to St. Luke’s Parish Hall around 9:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day. Tithe……………………….$14,238.00

Please do NOT put any nuts or pork in the dishes that you pre- New Church……………...$7,260.00 pare. If you would like to volunteer, please call the parish office. For quesons, please call Kathy Roylance at 235-1095 “One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; or Joan Winkelmann/John O’Neill at 581-0979. Another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.” Proverbs 11:24 MARK:

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Women’s Renewal Weekend: Just for Women Prefer MP3 Format? Or looking for a CD or Book that’s not on our kiosk? Go to our parish website www.stclarechurch.org and click on the blue Lighthouse Logo on the parish main page to shop the store or place an individual order. Saturday, February 14 at 8 a.m. Automacally embedded in the link is our parish Promoon Code 103244. unl Sunday, February 15 at 3 p.m. With the promoon code, Lighthouse will automacally donate 10% of your purchase back to our parish! Immerse yourself in this life-changing retreat, Or, to see what tles we have on our kiosk, you can click on the link below the blue which features personal and group prayer, Lighthouse logo. stories of God’s acon in the lives of other If there is a certain CD or book you have listened to or read, please let us women, fellowship, food, fun, Eucharist and know what you liked about it! We would like to publish your comments in Reconciliaon. future bullen announcements. Register with Arlene Cruz Peel at 420-4072 or [email protected] by February 8. If you have listened to or read any Lighthouse CDs or books, we’d love to hear your comments...just look for the “comments” secon on the kiosk. PSR Youth Group Schedule

Nov. 16 NCYC Meeting for Parish School Students and Parents 6—7 p.m. Choir Room. Meeting to follow 7-7:30 p.m. in Youth Room of Religion Nov. 23 Meeting 6—7:30 p.m. Youth Room

www.stclarechurch.org Nov. 30 No Meeting—Thanksgiving Holiday

Youth Room in Basement of Parish Office CLASSES MEET All are welcome any time. No registration needed! 10:30—11:40 on Sundays St. Clare School, 214 West Third Street The Event of a Lifetime! Nov. 16 PSR Class (except Grade 2) Nov. 23 PSR Class National Catholic Youth Conference Nov. 30 NO PSR—Thanksgiving Holiday November 19-22, 2015 in Indianapolis Dec. 7 PSR Class (3rd Grade Soup Kitchen) For Youth in grades 9-12 next fall Dec. 14 PSR Class Dec. 21 NO PSR—Christmas Break Dec. 28 NO PSR—Christmas Break

First Reconciliation Luncheon Come find out about this amazing event for Sunday, November 16 our parish youth and 23,000 other youth!! 12—2:00 St. Clare School Cafeteria NCYC Informaon Meeng For students preparing for First Reconciliation on For Youth and parents December 13 and all parents or guardians. Free babysitting for siblings by RSVP to 632-3562 or Sunday, November 16 at 6 p.m. [email protected] two weeks in advance. Church Choir Room First Reconciliation Date is Saturday, December 13 (behind area where choir sings) at 10:00 a.m. in the St. Clare School Chapel For informaon, contact Karen Jalbert at 610-9149 College Student Care Packages or Jane Dotson at 632-3562 or [email protected] St. Clare Parish will send college care packages to our college students to encourage them during finals again this year. Please send the name of your college student, the date finals begin and his/her address to the parish office or email to Youth Talk Time [email protected] by November 21. With Bishop Braxton Wednesday, December 10 at 6:45 pm Crazy 8’s “Thinksgiving” St. Nicholas Gym Totally Trivia All High School Youth Invited... Sunday, Nov. 16 from 5—7 p.m. Diocese of Belleville Bishop Fellowship Hall has invited area high school youth from St. Clare, St. Nicholas and Corpus Christi parishes For all students in 7th & 8th grade! to come talk with him about our faith. Any parish...Any faith...Bring your friends! Please come and represent your parish! ALTAR ANGELS Nov 22: Connie Garre, Cathy Sweeney and Carol Williamson Give Us This Day ALTAR SODALITY MEETING Monday, November 17 at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Subscripon Renewal Time! Hall. All women of the parish are invited to join us as we fondly remember our members who have passed away this year. Refreshments provided by our members Please note! If you would like to sub- accepng the cake mix challenge, come see what they’ve created!! scribe to or renew your current sub- scripon, now is the me! Please e-mail, SENIORS UPCOMING EVENTS! call or stop by the parish office in the Saturday, December 6 Special Holiday Experience! We’ll travel to Springfield IL to next coming weeks, to fill out a form. tour the Chiara Center for the Navity Fesval! Transportaon cost is $5. We will We receive a bulk rate, so please renew depart St. Clare Parking lot at 9 a.m. sharp; Tour at 11:00 a.m. and lunch on your as soon as possible. own at a local restaurant. Any quesons, call Joan Cavins at 632-3178. Our deadline is November 18. Next Meeng is Monday, December 8 Look forward to being entertained by musi- cian Dave Sheppard!!

AN EVENING OF ADULT FAITH FORMATION “We Dare To Say…” What does the

Our Father really mean? The prayer that Jesus gave us…”What does each peƟƟon really pray for? How can we call God “Father”? How does it connect to the Eucha- rist? Where did various “versions” and “addiƟons” come from? An evening of learn- ing, reflecng, discussion and prayer on Thursday, November 20 in the Cathedral Undercro from 7—8:30 p.m. All are welcome! Pre-Advent Book Sale

FIRST ANNUAL COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DAY MEAL on November 27 at Faith On the Feast of Christ the King, Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 520 East Highway 50 in O’Fallon from 11 a.m. to November 22/23, St. Clare will have 1:30 p.m. Thanksgiving meal, Desserts, Drinks free of charge. Sponsored by Cizens its semi-annual Spiritual book sale. for O’Fallon Community Thanksgiving Meal. There will be many books and pamphlets for both children and adults CORPUS CHRISTI PRESENTS...A WINTER’S AIRE Concert and Wine Tasng Event to inspire and assist your spiritual with Silent Aucon to benefit “Project Orphan” on Sunday, December 7 at 7:00 p.m. growth. Please plan to take a few in the Corpus Chris Parish Center, 205 Rasp Street in Shiloh. Tickets are $20 and minutes to browse our selecons and includes food, wine and entertainment featuring a performance by The Webster find the right choice. Books also make university Chamber Singers. For reservaons, please call 632-7614. wonderful Christmas gis!

ST. CLARE SCHOOL NEWS… Each year the 8th grade class takes a trip to in May. To help fund the trip, the students will be selling raffle ckets aer Mass for three weekends beginning Saturday night, November 15th. MONDAY MOMS! Please stop by the table in the gathering space to purchase Faith Based Study & Prayer your cket(s). Each raffle chance is $5.00 or 5 ckets for Activities, Support Group, $20.00. The drawing will take place on Saturday, December Play Time

6th at noon following the school’s Santa’s Fun Shop. Win St. Clare Church Nursery one of two mini Christmas trees each containing $350.00 2nd and 4th Mondays each Month worth of gi cards from Outback Steakhouse, Schnucks, 9:30—11 a.m. Target, Wehrenberg Theaters, Cracker Barrel, Kohl's, Macy's, Marshalls, Old Navy, For more information, Sports Authority and Starbucks. Thank you for supporng St. Clare School! call Stephanie at 573-424-6733