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 [email protected]
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
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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.