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St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Parish ST. CLARE OF ASSISI CATHOLIC PARISH Rectory: 1918 Paulding Avenue Bronx, New York 10462 Church: 1027 Rhinelander Avenue Bronx, New York 10461 Phone: 718- 863-8974 Fax: 718-931-6909 www.stclarebronx.org • [email protected] March 15, 2020 His Holiness, Pope Francis Our Holy Father His Eminence, Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan Our Archbishop SUNDAY MASS PASTORAL STAFF: Saturday Vigil: 5:30pm Father Salvatore DeStefano, Pastor Sunday: 7am, 9am, 11:00am, 1pm Father Roger Kwan, Parochial Vicar 10am Vietnamese Mass in Msgr. Raimondo Hall: Assisted by the Priests of the Jesuit Community once a month as announced Rev. Mr. Peter Genares, Deacon MONDAY– SATURDAY MASS: 8:30AM Lloyd B. Thompkins, Director of Music HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION: As announced CIVIC HOLIDAYS: 8:30am TRUSTEES Geraldine Proto and Susan Schoepp SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Saturday: 11:00am to 12 Noon RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Confessions will be heard at other times upon request. Ellen Capellan and Anne Leone, Secretaries Monday thru Friday: 10:00am-6:00pm SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Saturday: 9:00am-6:00pm 2:15pm on designated Sundays Sunday: 9:00am-3:00pm Contact us for an Interview and Preparation Session. SAINT CLARE REGIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE 1911 Hone Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. 10461 Contact us at least six months in advance. Office-718-892-4080 Fax-718-239-1007 Please do not decide on a Reception date and time until Mrs. Theresa Bivona, Principal you first consult with us. [email protected] ROSARY FOR VOCATIONS www.stclareofassisischool.org Wednesdays: 8:30 am VISITS TO THE HOMEBOUND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM Inform us about our sick and the elderly. 1925 Hone Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461 718-829-9624 MINISTRIES Mrs. Diane Darienzo, Director Altar Servers Tuesday: 3:30pm & 6:30pm Choir Wednesday: 3:30pm Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Folk Group SAINT CLARE OF ASSISI CONVENT & CHAPEL Lectors 1925 Hone Ave, Bronx, N.Y. 10461 Nursing Home Team Ushers SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS Home School Association SPIRITUAL PROGRAMS Bible Study ORGANIZATIONS Book Club Altar Guild Couples for Christ Buildings and Grounds Our Lady of Guadalupe Society Finance Council Our Lady of La Vang Society Holy Name Society San Pedro Calungsod Society “Making All Things New” Cluster Team San Silverio Committee Parish Council “Lord, Teach Me To Pray” Women’s and Men’s Groups Pro-Life Group Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Senior Citizens YOUTH ACTIVITIES TWELVE STEP GROUPS Cub, Boy and Girl Scouts Alcoholics Anonymous Basketball, Bowling, Gamblers Anonymous Cheerleaders and Volleyball Overeaters Anonymous ST. CLARE’S PRO-LIFE GROUP THOUGHT OF THE WEEK: “In the proclamation of this Gospel of Life, we must not fear hostility or unpopularity, and we must refuse any SAT March 14, Vigil, Third Sunday of Lent compromise or ambiguity which might conform us to 5:30 pm Hugo Civetta+ the world’s way of thinking.” SUN, March 15, Third Sunday of Lent 7:00 am For the People of the Parish ...Pope Saint John Paul II 9:00 am Roslyn & Jerome Kaufman+ HOW MUCH TO GIVE ...FOR GOD LOVES A 11:00 am Deceased Members of the Geosits Family PERSON WHO GIVES CHEERFULLY.” 1:00 pm Alfredo Alessandro+ (2 Corinthians 9:7) MON March 16, On the weekend of March 1st you contributed 8:30am Eileen McHale+ $5,119.50 in the Regular Parish Collection and $1,332.00 in the Second Collection for the TUE March 17, Saint Patrick Parish Loan Reduction. 8:30 am Deceased members of the Harnett & Linehan Families Thank you for your sacrificial offerings of gratitude! WED March 18, Saint Cyril of Jerusalem 8:30 am Giuseppe Frabasile+ We are pleased to announce that once again BIG DEAL SUPERMARKET 1018 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx NY THURS March 19, Saint Joseph & 8:30 am Aidan Silitch+ THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY FRI March 20 Are teaming up for a “Lenten Fundraiser” 8:30 am Margaret Mazzella+ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SAT, March 21 From Friday, February 21st through 8:30 am Carmen Ayala+ Sunday, April 12th SAT March 21, Vigil, Fourth Sunday of Lent A percentage of all sales during this period will 5:30 pm Ralph Gianastasio+ be donated by Big Deal Supermarket to St. Clare of Assisi/St. Francis Xavier Parish SUN, March 22, Fourth Sunday of Lent It’s easy! After you pay, Just drop your sales 7:00 am For the People of the Parish receipt into the jar. That’s it. 9:00 am Alex Bellantese+ 11:00 am Leo & Antonette Santoro+ DELIVERY SERVICE AND PHONE ORDERS AVAILIABLE 1:00 pm Mamie & Peter Vitarelli+ (718) 824-7571 For phone orders, be sure to tell Big Deal to drop your sales receipt into the Jar. “Give and gifts will be given to you…”(Luke 6:38) COLD/FLU SEASON SOME PRECAUTIONS! In order to ensure the health and well-being of all, some precautions are advisable. Rest assured that the church is being thoroughly disinfected weekly from top to bottom. If you are sick or showing symptoms of a cold/flu, please remain at home for your own well-being and for the well-being of others in our parish family. There is no obligation to attend Mass if you are ill. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are to use the available hand sanitizer before entering the sanctuary to assist in the distribution of The Vigil Light Burning Holy Communion. As a general rule, close contact with This Week Is In Memory of others is best avoided. At the sign of peace, consider a kind Valentino, Posquina & Lino Armanini word, a bow, nod or a wave instead of shaking hands. Hand shaking is not required. Avoiding close contact with others will MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL go a long way in helping prevent the spread of the common cold/flu. Whenever possible, wash your hands with soap and Please pray for the soul of Maria Cimaglia warm water for at least 20 seconds as advised by health care who was buried from our Parish on March 6th professionals; this is the best defense in stopping the spread of germs. Eternal Peace Grant Unto Her, O Lord Thank you for your cooperation. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION On this Sunday, our attention is drawn to an enriched diet of scripture readings in the liturgy’s three-year cycle. Forty years ago, there was merely one set of readings for Sun, March 15 Sunday: two readings only, an Epistle, and a 2:15pm Baptisms (Church) Gospel. Each Sunday of the year had two readings, and they never varied from year to Tues, March 17 year. In the late 1960s, we received an 3:30pm Religious Education (School) enriched book of readings (a lectionary) keyed to a course of 7:30pm Folk Group Rehearsal (Raimondo Hall) readings over three years, named A, B, and C. The architects of this new plan realized that in Jesus’ time, it took three years Wed, March 18 to read through the Law and the Prophets completely in 3:30pm Religious Education (School) synagogue worship. With the renewed liturgy, our worship has embraced this same rhythm that Jesus experienced in Thurs, March 19 public prayer. 7:00pm Choir Rehearsal (Church) This year we are using the readings from Year B. The readings for Year A, however, are closely attuned to the Church’s work Fri, March 20 of preparing to celebrate baptism at Easter. When the worship 7:30pm Stations of the Cross (Church) assembly includes people in the final stages of preparation, the Year B readings will often be set aside in favor of the readings Sat, March 21 from Year A, which this week include the story of the woman at 11:00am Confessions (Church) the well. She is a fitting companion for those thirsting for living water. PRAYER FOR LENT I know that at times I will be troubled, I know that at times I will be belabored, LORD’S PRAYER I know that at times I will be disquieted, part of the penitential tone of Lent, But I believe that I will not be overcome we will not be singing the Our Father ...Saint Julian of Norwich LENTEN FRIDAY ABSTINENCE For those 14 years of age and older: On the Fridays of Lent we are to refrain from meat. CARDINAL SPELLMAN PLAYERS PROUDLY PRESENT… Please come out to support this great cast as they perform the timeless love story AIDA. Tickets on sale now for all three shows: March 27th, 28th & 29th I Call 718 881-8000 est. 231 or cardinalspellman.org Tickets are: $12.00, Greta Leka & Pashk Gjrini Student $10.00, Seniors $10.00 door $15.00 Rosemarie Conti & Joseph Cooney REST IN PEACE Dear Brothers and Sisters, Eternal Peace Grant Unto Them, O Lord Gary Frank Belviso This is not much of a Lenten meditation, but I’d like to put your Joseph Cardile minds at ease about something. By now, everyone knows about the Mary & Cesidio Cugini Coronavirus (COVID-19), which is being talked about all over the world. Maryann Cugini & Monica Erdman It seems that as more and more cases are being reported daily, panic and Gaetano & Amilia D’Arco anxiety grow. Ronald Darminio Rose & Paul DeFonzo First of all, I believe in facts over emotion. We get the name “Corona” virus because Corona means “crown” in Spanish, and the virus Dellamonica Family itself looks like a crown under a microscope. Gennaro & Elizabeth DiPalma Robert & Margaret Engel How exactly it spreads in not yet fully known, except that we know Joseph, Ines & Michael Falcone & Rachel Panza that when someone sneezes or coughs the respiratory droplets can enter Furgiuele Family another person’s lungs. Joseph, Gloria & Thomas Galasso Carlo & Marco Gardini It also appears that those who are at most risk are the elderly, Robert & Elizabeth Haughney whose immune systems aren’t as strong as a younger person’s.
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