St. Clare 62 Crandall Ave.

Westerly, RI 02891

MASS SCHEDULE

Weekday Mass: 8 AM Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:30 PM

Sunday Mass: 9 AM Holy Days: DAY 8 AM

VIGIL 6 PM

WATCH HILL CHAPEL

Last weekend of June through Sunday of Labor Day

Sunday Mass 8:30 AM ONLY

St. Vincent de Paul 5 Church St.

Bradford, RI 02808

MASS SCHEDULE

No weekday Masses Saturday Vigil Mass: 4 PM Sunday Mass: 10:30 AM

No Holy Day Masses

PARISH OFFICE All mail for both Parishes

4 Saint Clare Way Westerly, RI 02891

Monday to Friday

from 8 AM to 2 PM

Phone 401-348-8765 Fax 401-315-5273

Email stclareri2@cox.net

Website: stclarewesterly.com

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION stclarewesterly.com

PARISH STAFF

Mrs. Jennifer O’Connor Parish Secretary

Ms. Alice Duffy Campus Manager

Mrs. Diana Huff Parish Accountant

Mr. Bruce Coon

Music Director

Mrs. Ellie Cote Marriage Coordinator

Mrs. Rose Slusarczyk

Religious Education Coordinator

Westerly, Rhode Island

NEW PARISHIONERS

Welcome! Please register with the parish by contacting the Parish Office at 401-348-8765 or on our website;

stclarewesterly.com.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

The schedule for the celebration of Baptism is arranged with the Pastor. (Baptisms are not celebrated during Lent.)

Please call the Parish Office after the child is born.

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE

Confession is offered by appointment.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY

Couples planning to marry should contact the Parish Office at 401-348-8765 at least one year before the wedding.

MINISTRY TO THE HOMEBOUND

The Eucharist will be brought to the home of any person permanently or temporarily homebound. Please contact the

Parish Office.

PARISH CHOIR

The choir, under the direction of Parish Organist & Music Director Bruce Coon, meets for rehearsal on

Thursday nights at 5 PM in the choir loft.

Rev. Peter J. D’Ambrosia Pastor / Administrator

Rev. Kenneth J. Suibielski, Pastor Emeritus, St. Clare

Rev. Mr. Stephen Cote, Deacon

Rev. Mr. John McGregor, Deacon

Rev. Mr. Costa Adamopoulos, Deacon

Rev. Mr. Carl LaFleur, Deacon (Retired)

St. Vincent de Paul Bradford, Rhode Island

St. Clare Church

Weekly Bulletins Emailed To You!

Visit www.jspaluch.com/bulletinsubscribe.aspx ,

type in the zip code and click on St. Clare Church.

It requires you to fill out the email information. Now you’re ready to start

receiving your bulletin via email.

Keep in mind, the emailed version will not have our stuffed inserts.

"The primary moral judgment on candidates and their positions is to be made in the light of their concern for protecting human life from conception to natural death." -Cardinal Francis George

ProLife Across America

Pregnant & in need of help? Know someone who is?

Help get the pregnancy or post-abortive support you need by calling our hotline now at 1-800-366-7773 or contact us online.

All calls are completely confidential and are answered by trained professionals who can help educate, provide facts and counseling. Before making a life-changing decision, contact us.

St. Vincent de Paul

E-Giving with VANCO

St. Vincent de Paul currently uses WeShare for electronic giving, this will ending as of May 30, 2020.

St. Clare has been with VANCO for many years. This layout

is easy to sign up, very user friendly, cost effective and convenient.

If you are currently e-giving through WeShare, please call the

St. Clare parish office at 401-348-8765 to get started.

St. Clare/St. Vincent de Paul Website stclarewesterly.com

The parish website contains informational links, updated bulletins and so much more!

Go onto stclarewesterly.com and check it out!

St. Vincent de Paul Society

With people out of work due to Covid 19, the St. Vincent de Paul Society needs your help more

now than ever.

The St. Vincent de Paul Society’s members reach out to the most vulnerable in our community by providing person to person services to those in

need. This often includes making direct payments to landlords, utility and bio-fuel companies; providing other miscellaneous

necessities; and by supplying food through our food pantry. The Society is continually in need of

donations to continue its services.

If you would like to make a donation, checks can be mailed to:

St. Vincent de Paul Society P.O. Box 1014, Westerly, RI 02891

God Bless You

A sincere thank you to everyone supporting the church, your kindness is an inspiration. Donations and regular offerings have been coming in from families and local organizations.

These times are hard for everyone and harder for some, we just have to keep our faith and pray for those

who are in desperate need and those who are infected.

Envelope Box Sets

St. Clare & St. Vincent de Paul envelopes are here! A blurb was in the bulletin the beginning of the year regarding the change from bi-monthly to annually.

Due to recent conditions, envelopes can be picked

up in the parish office by appointment. Please call 401-348-8765 Ext. 3, Monday through

Wednesday to schedule your pick up time.

FACE MASKS Do you need a face mask?

Would you like to sew face masks?

St. Clare & St. Pius X have teamed up to make and provide face masks to those in need.

Masks are available in the parish office at St. Clare or in the church at St. Pius X.

All masks are free, we ask that you limit them 2 per person.

St. Clare & St. Vincent de Paul Churches Reopening Guidelines

1) Under no circumstances may anyone who manifests symptoms of any illness a end the public celebra on of Mass.

2) Only the side “courtyard doors of the church” will be open 15 minutes before Mass.

3) All people entering the church must sani ze their hands.

4) We can only admit a limited number of people into the church and so you must call for a reserva on. Reserva ons are on a first call, first accommodated basis. No excep ons. This includes weekday Masses as well. If one should not be allowed on one Sunday Mass due to capacity limits they may reserve for the next week. Only calls on Monday - Wednesday (9am-2pm) will be taken to reserve your place.

5) Each assigned seat can allow up to 3 people in the center pew sec on or 5 people in the side sec ons who are a family or household group. Your group must stay at the end of the pew near the aisle if you are sharing a center pew with another group.

6) You must remain masked (unless there are breathing concerns) and at a six foot distance from others who are not of your group. Note that the priest will not wear a mask during Mass but may during Holy Communion.

7) There are no missale es and hymnals in the pews.

8) Once the mass is ended, leave the way you came, masked and keeping a six foot distance.

9) You Tube video from Bishop Tobin on Reopening Guidelines. h ps://youtu.be/oTHmgsi83uc.

10) Use of the Parish Center is prohibited.

11) Lectors, Extraordinary Ministers, Altar Servers and Sacristans are not allowed un l further no ce. Communion Time

1) You may come up with your group to receive Holy Communion at the priests instruc on, bearing in mind that you keep at least six feet away from persons not of your group and wear your mask. You also need not receive Holy Communion.

2) You are highly encouraged to receive communion in the hand, keeping it flat without touching the priest’s hand. If you can only receive Holy Communion on the tongue, you must come a er all others have received.

3) Bow your head when responding “Amen” when you receive Holy Communion.

4) Consume the host only when you step away from the priest.

Pentecost Sunday Sunday, May 31, 2020

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Monday, June 1 The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church 8 AM + Donna Hockhausen by Fr. Peter D’Ambrosia Tuesday, June 2 Weekday/Saints Marcellinus & Peter 8 AM +Patricia O’Brien by Estelle Misto Wednesday, June 3 St. Charles Lwanga & Companions, Martyrs 8 AM +Arthur Smith by Bob & Gail Morse Thursday, June 4 Weekday 8 AM +David Joseph Minnis by Patricia Gagnon Friday, June 5 St. Boniface, Bishop & Martyr 8 AM +Elaine Lee by her Daughters Saturday, June 6 The Vigil of the Most Holy Trinity 4 PM SVDP + For the People of St. Vincent de Paul & St. Clare 5:30 PM + Dick Smith by his Family Sunday, June 7 The Most Holy Trinity 9 AM + Wilfred Frechette by the Brockmann Family 10:30 AM SVDP + Special Intention

Links & Leads

Below are some links and leads to check out online.

Our Lady of La Salette https://lasaletteattleboroshrine.org/

Enders Island, Mystic www.endersisland.org

The Diocese of Providence www.dioceseofprovidence.org

Intro to the Rosary for Children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6luelJ_GGas&feature=youtu.be

Rhode Island Department of Health

www.health.ri.gov

Churches: The state is targeting allowing

in-person faith services the weekend of May 30th.

Guidelines will be available on ReopeningRI.com later this week.

Help is available for people living in quarantine or isolation due to

COVID-19. Visit www.RIDelivers.com

[ridelivers.com]

People with general, non-medical questions about COVID-19 can visit www.health.ri.gov/covid,

write to RIDOH.COVID19Questions

@health.ri.gov, or call 401-222-8022. This is the

COVID-19 Hotline that RIDOH has available to the public.

Church Bells Continue to Ring in Solidarity on Sunday Mornings

As a sign of faith, unity, and hope in these uncertain mes, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin has asked all Catholic churches across the diocese

to ring their bells for five minutes every Sunday morning at 9 AM un l the novel coronavirus pandemic is over.