St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church

Here's the bulletin/newsletter announcement regarding the upcoming Altar Sodality Christmas party: The Altar Sodality Christmas party will be on Monday, December 20 at 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Please bring hors d'oeuvres, finger foods, chips/dips, snacks or desserts to share. Bring a wrapped $5.00 gift if you wish to participate in our gift exchange game. We will also be collecting items for the St. Vincent de Paul welcome baskets (spatulas, everyday dish towels, regular size coffee cups and hand can openers). Do not wrap these items. All women of the parish are invited to join us.

A new limited edition Christmas ornament featuring St. Francis of Assisi will debut this weekend!!   This year’s ornament is the 14th in a series of collectors’ ornaments featuring the art and architecture of our church. Proceeds benefit the parish’s building fund. The ornaments will be sold for $10 each after Mass. Front: St. Francis of Assisi image from the crucifix hanging above the altar--Back: "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace." -St. Francis of Assisi

A Feast of God’s Grace This Wednesday! On Wednesday this week, we will celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. I call it a ‘feast of God surprising humanity’ in the way God chose to come into our world through a woman’s body. God surprised the world by selecting Mary of Nazareth to become the first ‘tabernacle’ of His Presence and Grace. ...READ MORE

Quiet on Cross Street Adoration this Tuesday, November 30, from 6-7 p.m. will be dedicated to a national prayer campaign to promote the right to life for pre-born babies. On December 1, the Supreme Court will hear the Dobbs v. Jackson case. In 2018, Mississippi enacted the Gestational Age Act, which bans all abortions after 15 weeks, which is much earlier ...READ MORE

Advent: New Year Possibilities… This weekend, we begin a ‘new year’ with the season of Advent, which gives us the opportunity to think about our ‘discipleship successes’ of the past year and what we want to do differently with our faith and prayer life for the new year. Use this week to set some “new year” personal goals; and for those who are raising children in the Catholic faith ...READ MORE

Alternative Giving Every year, St. Clare is proud to promote some alternative giving options to help reinforce Christ’s humility and self-gift in becoming human for us and as an alternative to the consumerism that often keeps us from focusing on Jesus during Advent and Christmas. Christmas is about the gift of God's Son to the world in order to reveal His completely unconditional ...READ MORE

Discover how the Nursery (ages 6 months-4 years old) and Children's Liturgy of the Word (ages 4 until they receive First Communion) care for children and help them learn more about our faith during Mass. We hope to expand these ministries. Find out what we need... READ MORE

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. It is a day when our secular world does for one day what we do every day around the Altar as Catholics – give thanks to God! Please join us for Mass on Thanksgiving at 9:00 a.m. We often count all the things that we don’t have, comparing our lives to those around us who may seem to have more. As Christians and stewards of all that God has given to us...READ MORE