St. Clare of Assisi Roman Catholic Church 19606 Calla Way, Santa Clarita, CA 91351 • Rev. Olin Mayfield, Pastor • Rev. Malcolm Ambrose, Associate • Deacon Antonio Arana Welcome to Our Parish! Mailing Address 27341 Camp Plenty Road Santa Clarita, CA 91351-2645 Parish Office Phone (661) 252-3353 Fax (661) 252-1539 Office Hours Monday: 1:30pm - 5:00pm Tues-Fri: 9am - 12:30pm & 1:30pm - 5:00pm CLOSED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Visit Our Website! www.st-clare.org Email Us! [email protected] Reconciliation By appointment please contact the parish office MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil: 7:00pm (Spanish) Sunday : 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am, 6:00pm (English) (1:00pm Bilingual) Weekday Masses (LIVE STREAM): Mon - Sat 9:00am Saturday Vigil: 5pm (English) Saturday 7:00pm (Spanish) **Holy Day Schedules will be Announced** MISSION STATEMENT In accord with St. Clare, our patron saint, this March 21st, 2021 community strives: · To respond to her challenge to be lovers of our souls and the souls of all others. · To always be eager to observe what we have promised the Lord through our profession of faith. · To accomplish all of this in the presence of the Lord. Page 2 Saint Clare Parish March 21st, 2021 Ministries and Services Parish Office .................................. 661-252-3353 Filipino Ministry Office Admin./Web & Bulletin .............. Caroline Furtado Light of Christ Feast….………....Alfe Brimon 818-645-1192 Office Assistant ........................................ Margaret Waggoner Support Ministries & Services Bookkeeper ......................................................... Eileen Wittwer ACCW………………….……………..Dee Johnson 661-993-4728 Facilities Manager........................................... Nancy Fishwick Altar Society………...….…………..Alma Rivera 661-713-3301 Finance Council ..................................Les McClafferty-Helley Armed Forces Prayer Ministry….Martine 661-298-0714 Primary Religious Education ........ 661-252-6950 Battered Woman’s Hotline…………………….661-259-4357 [email protected] Sep., Divorced, Widowed Support Group……………………. DRE ......................................................... Nancy Nazarian-Medina Jocelyn 661-259-4104 RE Registrar ........................................................... Amie Travers Legion Of Mary…...…….….....Lourdes Owen 661-210-9251 Spanish R.E ..................................................................... Dora Baez Jr. Legion Of Mary…….……......Marilou Puse 661-993-4611 Sunday Pre-School ............................................. Janet Weidner The Sower…………[email protected] [email protected] Catholic Social Teaching Secondary Religious Education….661-298-8627 Detention Ministry…….Aurora Montejano 661-252-4053 [email protected] Family Promise………………….Karen Mapes 661-251-3211 Confirmation/Youth Ministry………...…….Janet Valadez Lifeline (Pregnancy Hotline) ………………...661-255-0082 Mission Circle…………………...Claire Salleng 661-877-1618 RCIA................................. Gary & Shelly Smith 661-252-4683 Adult Confirmation .................. Jose Arvizu 661-714-6837 Knights of Columbus Bible/Book Study… Gary & Shelly Smith 661-252-4683 Grand Knight …………….……... Patrick Blazek 661-714-4371 Mass Ministries [email protected] Follow us on Facebook: KofC Saint Clare Parish Altar Servers .................. Monica Broderick 661-513-0245 Eucharistic Ministers ............ Sue Hoefflin 661-252-0845 Scouting Lectors ......................................... Sarah Hamor 661-424-9488 Boy Scouts………………………….....Bill Hamor 661- 424-9488 [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Music ................................................ Mark Nilan 818-359-0299 Cub Scouts……. ………….….…... Sarah Hamor 661-424-9488 Children’s Choir ..................... Sarah Hamor 661-424-9488 Lilly Hernandez 818-284-3852 Ushers ........................................ Tony Tersigni 661-478-7407 Comunidad Hispana Hospitality ......................... Jeanette Killough 661-251-0563 Coordinadora…………….…………..Dora Baez 661-299-6593 Library ................................................................................................... Quinceañera….…… …...……Monica Herrera 818-585-4333 Engaged & Marriage Ministries Matrimonios…Dcn. Antonio y Anita Arana 661-250-9480 Engaged Encounter .... Jerry & Bev Heyer 888-267-3660 Adoración Nocturna………..Ernesto Orona 661-803-8549 Wedding Hostess .............. Mary Broderick 661-298-7341 Asociación Guadalupana..Librada Blanco 661-481-6117 Marriage Encounter .............. Anthony & Lynn Fernandez Grupo de Oración……...Manuel Villanueva 661-575-7468 818-383-6399 Lectores………………………...Gabriela Padilla 661-904-5541 Retrouvaile (Help For Troubled Marriages) Ministerio de Alabanza…...Antonio Lopez 661-250-4975 ………… Spanish 818-367-4198 or English 800-470-2230 Platicas–bautismal...Sylvia y Jose Villegas 818-802-0634 Natural Fam. Planning .................. Pablo & Veronica Gaeta Ministros de Eucaristía…….…...Jose Erazo 661-964-7801 818-994-2110 Encuentro Matrimonial…………….…Pedro y Edith Espitia Funerals (Arranged Through Parish Office) 661-250-9431 Bereavement Ministry .. …..Parish Office 661-252-3353 Monaguillos………………………...Luis Rincon 661-645-9419 Baptisms Pre-Baptism Class……...….....Parish Office 661-252-3353 PARISH REGISTRATION: HOLY COMMUNION—HOSPITAL/HOME, & SICK VISITS: You must be registered and participating in our parish community, in order for our priests to better serve you, For Holy Communion, please contact the parish office during especially at the time of baptism, marriage, or a funeral. office hours. Forms are available in the front vestibule, side entrances In case of hospitalization, please inform the admissions office of the church, and at the parish office during regular office that you are Catholic so that they will notify us. In case of an hours. emergency or death in the family, a priest can be reached 24 MARRIAGE: hours a day. Call the parish office anytime for an emergency The bride and/or groom must be registered and actively pager number. participating in the parish for at least three months. Then a six-month preparation program is required. Please call the office for further information. 5th Sunday of Lent Saint Clare Parish Page 3 ST. CLARE NEWS ST. CLARE UPDATED 5th Sunday Of Lent FIRST READING - Jer 31:31-34 The days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers the day I took them by the hand to lead INDOOR & LIVESTREAM Weekday MASSES them forth from the land of Egypt; for they broke my covenant, and I had to show myself their master, says the LORD. But this is the covenant that Monday to Saturday—9:00am Weekday Mass in English I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD. I will Communion is distributed after the Mass from 9:30am to place my law within them and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, 10:00am, please sign up online if you plan on attending the indoor and they shall be my people. No longer will they have need to teach their friends and relatives how to know the LORD. All, from least to greatest, 9:00am weekday Mass which is also livestreamed. _______________________________________________________________________________ shall know me, says the LORD, for I will forgive their evildoing and re- Our Sunday Vigil Mass is Livestreamed on Saturday at 5:00pm member their sin no more. (English). Communion is distributed after the Livestream Mass RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 51:3- from 6:00pm to 6:30pm in the plaza area 4, 12-13, 14-15 R. Create a clean heart in me, O God. SUNDAY MASSES Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; in the greatness of your 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am and 6:00pm in English compassion wipe out my offense. Thor- 1:00pm (Bi-Lingual) oughly wash me from my guilt and of my All Masses are held outdoor in the plaza except for the sin cleanse me. 7:00am and 6:00pm Masses which is held inside the Church. R. Create a clean heart in me, O God. Mask and social distancing are still required at all our Masses. A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me. Cast PLEASE SIGN UP FOR MASS. me not out from your presence, and Click the Masses tab on the parish website your Holy Spirit take not from me. www.st-clare.org to sign up. R. Create a clean heart in me, O God. There is no seating in the plaza area for the outdoor Masses, Give me back the joy of your salvation, and a willing spirit sustain in me. I will feel free to bring a chair and an umbrella for shade. teach transgressors your ways, and Our SPANISH MASS is celebrated outdoor in the plaza area sinners shall return to you. R. Create a clean heart in me, O God. and will also be livestreamed every Saturday at 7:00pm SECOND READING - Heb 5:7-9 HOLY HOUR—Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament In the days when Christ Jesus was in the flesh, he offered prayers and Monday TO Friday—7:00pm to 8:00pm supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save INSIDE THE CHURCH him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered; and when he was Communion will be offered after Benediction at 8:00pm made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him. PRIVATE PRAYERS The Church is open for Private Prayers in the morning from GOSPEL - JN 12:20-33 7:00am to 8:00am—Monday to Friday Some Greeks who had come to worship at the Passover Feast came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee,