Watch The Lord of the Rings - August 14—The Two Towers; September 11—The Return of the King - 6 p.m. in Meeting Room 3. All Movie Nights are BYOB (bring your own beverage, beer, soda, etc.) and BYOC (bring your own cash) delivery food will be purchased by attendees

Crazy 8s Amazing Race for all 7th and 8th graders. Sunday, Aug. 15 - 6-7:30 p.m. St. Clare Garden Pavilion Bring a friend from any parish or any church.

Faith and Poverty: A Biblical Response - Ready to learn about how the Church approaches the issue of poverty from a Biblical perspective? Join our Just Faith reading and discussion group this Fall. Just Faith is an 8-9 week program that includes some reading, 1.5 hour weekly sessions which include prayer and discussion, and a field trip/service opportunity...READ MORE

Calling All High School Youth: As you head back to class, do you know how valuable you are? Come discover what God wants for you -- His masterpiece! "What are You Worth?" A Special Back to School Youth Night led by Youth Group Assistant Leader Joey Lusk - Sunday, Aug. 8 from 6-8 pm at St. Clare Fellowship Hall. Special program and snacks; open to all high school youth from any parish or any church.

VBS Thank You!!! This past week, our parish hosted our annual Vacation Bible School for the children. I am inspired by how many of our youth helped in leadership roles for the younger children (K5th grade). Our Faith Formation Director, Jane Dotson, always does a great job keeping our youth involved and training them to be leaders in sharing their own faith. Two things come to mind for all of us to remember and practice: READ MORE

Grief Support Group - Wednesday August 18 - 2:00 p.m. Fellowship Hall and 7:00 p.m. Meeting Room 3. Hope for the Journey is for anyone that has experienced the loss of a loved one, recent or not. We meet for prayer, suggested reading, encouragement and to walk this journey with you... READ MORE

REGISTER BY AUGUST 5! Registration for the 2021-22 St. Clare Parish School of Religion is now open. PSR is for students entering grades K-8 this fall and who do not attend St. Clare Catholic School...READ MORE

Tuesday, August 3rd: 8 a.m. to Noon and 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. St. Clare School "Packet Pick-up" in the school cafeteria for all families with students registered in school and new student registration....READ MORE

Beauty and Gratitude! For those who are relatively new to our parish, here at St. Clare we have two campuses. Here, where we gather on our beautiful 20-acre hill for our weekly worship and minis[1]tries, and our other buildings are in downtown O’Fallon, which include the rectory, our great school, prayer garden, Oktoberfest field, and school chapel. The school chapel was our previous parish church, serving us since 1890...READ MORE

Volunteers Needed! I want to introduce you to a new ministry opportunity in our diocese that I strongly encourage you to please consider! Catholic Urban Programs “Hub Foods” is CUP’s all-new client choice food pantry program. Twenty-four volunteers are needed to staff the pantry on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Volunteers are asked to...READ MORE

Our next Baptism Class will be held on Sunday, August 8 at 1:30 in the Meeting Rm #3. This class is for parents that are expecting their first child or have not attended a Baptism class at St. Clare Parish. Please call the parish office at 618-632-3562 to register.

The Good Shepherd Preschool is now enrolling students ages 3-5 years. This Catholic preschool offers professionally certified educators specializing in early childhood education and development in a warm, inviting environment. Small class sizes are conducive to 1 on 1 instruction with a foundation for quality Catholic education through prayer, song and play... READ MORE

Book Giveaway - July 24-25 we will have a free book giveaway in the Gathering Space following each Mass. Please take as many books as you would like for yourself or your family and friends.

Oktoberfest planning meeting Sunday, July 18 7:30 p.m. Choir Room for all booth captains and co-captains Want to help as a co-captain? Join us at the meeting or contact Tom Knaust at stclareoktoberfest@gmail.com or 618-541-0379 St. Clare Oktoberfest is Saturday, Sept. 25, 3-11 p.m. Join our team and help us bring the fun back for the entire community! We need a few more booth co-captains...READ MORE

Pope Francis has established the 4th Sunday of July (July 25th this year) as a day to celebrate grandparents and the elderly. This is especially important this year when the elderly have been so isolated, but Pope Francis reminds us that the elderly have been a more and more isolated portion of our population for years...READ MORE

Over the past 4 years, St. Clare has been participating in the Young Adult Initiative (YAI) out of St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in Indiana. We have received training, funds, resources, and much more, helping equip our parish to be better able to engage ...READ MORE

Wednesday, July 21 from 3:00-7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. To schedule an appointment...READ MORE

Thank you! Last year, we were able to send an additional $10,000 to our sister parish to help during this pandemic, including for food to keep families from starving. Out of the many people that money has helped, our sister parish has sent us stories about three families so that we can have a better idea of how our contributions are being used...READ MORE

The Gift of Freedom - As Catholics, this weekend is the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, which helps us keep our focus on the scriptures even as we celebrate the day of our country’s independence. Interestingly, we are challenged to keep a...READ MORE

A Eucharistic Life of Gratitude… The highlight of my past week, besides celebrating Mass with you, was on Monday night when our Stewardship Team hosted an appreciation night for our ministry leaders. About 45 volunteer leaders attended from a wide variety of ministries on a beautiful summer night over drinks and light dinner at the “O’Fallon Station” venue in downtown. It was a night for our Stewardship group and me to primarily THANK our leaders who help ...READ MORE