Making Holy Week HOLY - Like many religious holidays, for many people, Easter has simply become a vacation with the kids out of school. Part of this is due to people’s crazy schedules they have created, with little time to focus on the most important days of our ChristianCatholic calendar – the Triduum. In the insert, you can read and learn about these three Holy Days which help us stay centered on the core of who we are as Christian Catholics. Do all you can to make all three of these holy days since they are all ‘connected’ to each other...READ MORE
Pray the Novena to the Divine Mercy starting on Good Friday, April 7, 2023. Pray at home or join others at St. Clare of Assisi Parish in O’Fallon (at 2:30pm Good Friday with Stations of the Cross at 3:00pm) and for the next 8 days at 3:00pm...READ MORE
If you would like your college student to receive a care package from the parish for finals, send the student’s name, address and date of finals to [email protected] by April 10.
Three Important Items to Share with You: 1. Great News - Bishop McGovern has announced that, starting Holy Thursday, we will return to offering the option of drinking the Precious Blood of Jesus at Mass to everyone. Of course, it is optional to drink from the chalice, so if you have any fear of this, know you are receiving the ‘fullness’ of Jesus’ Body and Blood in the consecrated Host. 2. Guatemala Mission Trip - We had a Spirit-filled week of visiting ... READ MORE
Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl Campaign - Each Lent, CRS Rice Bowl is a staple on the table of Catholic families here and across the United States who put their faith into action through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. But what exactly is CRS Rice Bowl? CRS Rice Bowl is the Lenten program of Catholic Relief Services, the official relief and development agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Beginning in 1975 in parishes in Allentown, Pennsylvania, nearly 13,000 Catholic parishes and schools across the U.S. participated in ...READ MORE
Guatemala Mission Trip - This Tuesday, I will be leading a group of eight parishioners on a pilgrimage to our Sister Parish in Guatemala for one week. Outside of the ‘covid years,’ we try and take a group down every year and then pay for several members from there to visit us every other year so we can continue to learn from each other and build a spiritual bond. The primary goal of these visits is to ... READ MORE
Signs of Reverence in Church - Since many people have asked about the how, where, and when of bowing in church, let me give a brief overview so we are all on the same page. GOAL: Showing reverence to God, the Eucharist, and what we believe. 1. Bowing — two primary ways to bow a) Profound bow (bend at the waist) - made during the Creed at the words that commemorate the Incarnation of Jesus. We also make a profound bow to the Altar. b) Head bow (made at the neck) - we make a simple bow of the head to the Consecrated Host ...READ MORE