Important Dates to Celebrate Our Faith and Community -- 1. Pentecost Festival – Next Sunday, June 5 ...It is so great to see that many of you already got your tickets for our amazing festival on this great feast of the Holy Spirit. We are blessed to have a wide variety of parishioners from different countries around the world. They will making foods from their native homelands to share with us at the various booths set up. We also have some great entertainment lined up to enjoy during the lunch. Stop by the table ... READ MORE

From Our Liturgy & Music Director...I want to extend an invitation to everyone—yes, each person in the parish!—to become a part of our liturgical ministry program. Serving in a liturgical ministry is a great way to deepen your participation in and understanding of the Sunday Mass. In two weeks, we will celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost. Commitment cards will be turned in that weekend as we recall ...READ MORE

Come Celebrate the Holy Spirit in our Parish - I want to encourage each of you to join your fellow parishioners for our annual Parish Pentecost Festival on Sunday, June 5. For those who are new to the parish or have never been before, this is a super fun, great food and music event to celebrate the Spirit of Pentecost and the diverse ethnicities within our own parish. Tickets are on sale after Mass this weekend and next weekend – just $5 per person or $15 per family. There will be a variety of food booths representing the different ethnic backgrounds of our own parishioners. Taste homemade food samples from Italy, Vietnam, Mexico, Poland, Germany, the Philippines, and more, or enjoy...READ MORE

Gratitude for our Mothers...How wonderful that the tradition of “Mother’s Day” falls in the Easter Season and in the month of May, when we have special devotions to our Blessed Mother Mary. As we celebrate the new life that the Risen Christ bestowed on the world through His Resurrection, so, too, do we give thanks to God for how our mothers reveal God’s unconditional love.

Welcome Bishop McGovern! Please join us Monday night for Mass and to pray for our young people as they receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. Bishop McGovern will be here for this special night and I encourage all parishioners to come and witness the outpouring of the Spirit upon our youth. Even if you do not have one of your own family members receiving the sacrament that night, it is an opportunity to come and pray for ALL young people...READ MORE

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WeShare, our online giving provider, will be upgraded on May 3. When you login, using your current email address and password, you will see the new landing page. Improvements to the platform include: ... READ MORE

Join us for a St. Clare Young Adult Initiative “How To” Series to help parents, family members, ministry leaders, and parishioners better engage with, accompany, and bring young adults home. Free books are available in the gathering space or the parish office. Session 1: Understanding the Situation Thursday, April 21, 6:30-8:30pm; ...READ MORE

HOPE FOR THE JOURNEY - Wednesday, May 18 at 2:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall and 7:00 p.m. in 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, encouragement, suggested reading, and to walk this journey with you...READ MORE

Happy Easter! I want to thank everyone who helped make the holy days of the Triduum and Easter Sunday so special. Wow, there were so many parishioners involved! Let me try to name a few at the risk of missing someone. Of course, we can always use help in each of the areas listed below, so let us know which one you want to be a part of!...READ MORE

A Blessed Easter to You! Praise God for the many signs of Christ’s Resurrection here at St. Clare! Our parish offers a special “welcome home!” to all those among us this weekend who are ‘coming back’ to the Church and the Holy Eucharist. I pray that if you have been away for a while, the Holy Spirit will touch your heart with a renewed commitment to return here every Sunday to ...READ MORE

Altar Sodality will meet on Monday, April 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. All women of the parish are invited to join us.

Monday, April 25, 6:30-8:00 pm, Fellowship Hall -Learn about the Church’s definition of marriage, the difference between divorce and annulment, what is involved in the annulment process in the Church, and how an annulment can bring great healing. Contact Matt Flynn (mattflynn@stclarechurch.org, 618-632-3562) with questions or for information about babysitting for the event.

SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 6-9pm - St. Clare Parish Pavilion & Fire Pit Join other young adults for a bonfire to celebrate the Easter Season and enjoy the spring weather! **Please bring a camp chair if you have one. **Food and Beverages provided. **If there is rain, we will meet in the parish fellowship hall instead (and not have a fire).

NOW REGISTERING!! THE GOOD SHEPHERD PRESCHOOL FOR 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR: Preschool -PreK student Registration Packets Are Now Available.  Please contact Mrs. Sherri Hertzler (Director) for sign up information for this event and tuition information at 618-726-6532 or sherri.hertzler@saintclareschool.org.  ...READ MORE

Baptism Class - Sunday, April 24 at 1:30 p.m. - Meeting Room 3 -For parents that have not attended a Baptism Class at St. Clare and wish to have their child baptized here. Please call the parish office if you plan to attend!

SENIORS MEETING - MONDAY, APRIL 11 - 6:30 PM IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL - “Let’s Make a Deal” Game Night...Appetizers will be served. All seniors are invited! New members are welcomed!

How Will You Make This a HOLY Week? ​​​​​​​Like many religious holidays, Easter has become for many people simply a ‘family/social time’ to get together with relatives or take a mini-vacation with the kids out of school. Part of this is due to people’s crazy schedules they have created which do not allow for much family time during ‘ordinary time.’ I’m just asking the question: “How can you ...READ MORE

Tyrone Sanford Memorial Scholarship---Only for students attending a Catholic high school in fall 2022. St. Clare Parish is accepting applications for the Tyrone Sanford Memorial Scholarship for Catholic high school education. To honor the memory of her late brother, former St. Clare Parish School of Religion Confirmation catechist Simone Wheeler is funding the scholarship for a student ...READ MORE

VEILING THE CROSS...Sacrament of Healing and Grace: Be sure to come this Thursday, April 7 at 7:00 p.m., for confession and receive God’s healing grace…to set us free of our past and full of light for Easter. We will have 10 priests available. Tradition of Veiling the Cross and Statues: The custom of veiling the Cross and statues from the 9th Century ...READ MORE