New Year’s Blessings - One of the top signs of a being a Dynamic Catholic is GRATITUDE. Making it a daily practice to be more aware of God’s blessings in our life is rooted in scripture. Gratitude is also a great way to counter our usual thoughts about all the things we ‘don’t have’ or wish were different. For the New Year, try and begin each day with thanking God for everything in your life. And every night, end the day with a prayer of naming 3-5 ways that God blessed your life that day...READ MORE
CLASS SUMMARY: For November & December, we studied Canon Law or what might be called the “legal system” of the Catholic Church. We covered areas of Canon Law history, theological background for Law, obligations of the Christian faithful and the valid celebration and reception of the Sacraments. A special emphasis was given to areas related …
Merry Christmas! Our parish staff and I express a special welcome to all visitors and all those in our midst who have been away and are ‘coming home’ for Christmas. It is always encouraging to see the church so full for Christmas and I hope and pray that those who are ‘returning to Church’ today will be inspired to join us every Sunday as we all seek to keep God and Sunday Mass as our top priority each week. Special thanks to all of our parishioners who are here so faithfully each weekend to worship God and support your parish. St. Clare Parish is a place of Christ’s light and hope. Especially in our broken world, we as a parish will continue to...READ MORE
Our Welcoming Parish…especially for Christmas. I am always grateful for each of you who go out of your way to continue to make our parish a welcoming place for people. Each weekend we have more and more people either visiting for the first time or coming to join us as new members. Thanks to each of you who make an extra effort to introduce yourself to someone whom you have not met before. This need of hospitality is especially true for next weekend at our Christmas Masses when many extra folks will be joining us for the liturgies...READ MORE
Women of St. Clare Parish...JOIN US as we share our experiences with the book Set the World on Fire: A 4-Week Personal Retreat with the Female Doctors of the Church. What do St. Theresa of Lisieux, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Catherine of Siena, and St. Hildegard of Bingen have in common? While their lives spanned eight centuries and they lived with different struggles and temptations, they all choose to ...READ MORE
Sacrament of Freedom (Confession)... When I teach about the value of going to confession, I often talk about the real ‘freedom’ that the sacrament offers. We underestimate the burden that guilt and shame cause on our heart and mind. God can’t stand seeing us weighed down…so Jesus’ main message was often about God’s forgiveness. This Thursday evening, 7:00 PM, we will have 10 priests here to offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation…to help you allow God to “set you free.” It is a new liturgical year…and in this sacrament, God gives us a new opportunity to be freed from the past and fill us with the grace to change sinful habits. Logistics: For those who are “coming back” to the sacrament or new to the form called “Communal Reconciliation,” we start in the church ...READ MORE