Abundance ...One of God’s many attributes is “abundance,” along with love, mercy, beauty, creativity, etc. When we do acts of abundance, we are participating in God’s Life; what a privilege when we find opportunities to give and live abundantly. I want to express gratitude for those of you who live out this virtue of abundance in the way you give your time and financial support for our parish and the bigger Church. Some ongoing acts of generosity and abundance here in our midst are:...READ MORE

Happy Thanksgiving! In my daily morning prayer, after various psalms, scriptures, and prayers, I always take silent time simply to sit in quiet gratitude. While I can count endless things/persons for which to be grateful, I simply let gratitude flow out of my heart to God for the blessings too numerous to name. Just to name a few things in my heart that keep me extra grateful this year: ...READ MORE

Part of our sound system upgrades is a new listening assistance system. The best way to connect to it is with your smartphone. First, connect to our St. Clare Church Guest Wi-Fi network, then download the Listen Everywhere App. When you open the app, it will detect our listening assistance system. Select that and the sound will play to your hearing aid via Bluetooth connection. ...READ MORE

Gratitude… In my daily morning prayers, in expressing to God my gratitude for all of His blessings, I always take time to reflect on how this parish of St. Clare is such a blessing to me (and our diocese). This past week, a beautiful brochure was mailed to our parishioners with a central theme of gratitude. Our staff created this brief photographic snapshot of our parish’s spiritual and social life as well as our budget for the year (July 2022-June 2023)...READ MORE

Gratitude – A Way of Life...Last Saturday, our parish hosted a prayer-retreat day for women centered around the practice of gratitude. I was so pleased to greet almost 50 women that morning over breakfast and thank them for making time for such a prayerful day. I especially want to thank Kristy Hettenhausen and her lead team members –Lena Hunt, Ellen Gravlin, Joanie Burke, Patricia Sims, Angie Leonelli, Denise Moffett, Laura Michelfelder, Judy Menzies and Toni Stanton… who created this unique experience for women to reflect on and share their experiences of God’s blessings in their life – powerful..READ MORE

Presented by our children's choirs and the youth of our parish. Saturday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m.

Gratitude for our Ministry Leaders - St. Clare Parish is blessed with many generous volunteers who chair and/or lead our wide variety of ministries. Our parish staff and I are so grateful for the ways they help organize our many volunteers who sign up for these ministries. One set of leaders I want to acknowledge is our Parish Pastoral Council. We meet 5 times a year for visionary conversations about the strengths and growth opportunities for our parish. I often ask them valuable questions such as “What else can our parish be doing to serve the poor?” and “How are we doing at keeping Jesus’ Mission as our priority?” I also share with them important reports from our staff, school, and finance council...READ MORE