Celebrate the Holy Spirit in our Parish! Save the Date!! Sunday, May 28 following the 10:30 Mass. I want to encourage each of you to save the date and be a part of our annual Parish Pentecost Festival on Sunday, May 28. 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 go on sale after Mass next weekend ...READ MORE

Guatemala Good News! This past Tuesday night, the group of us who were on the recent mission trip to our Sister Parish in Guatemala, presented photos and stories of all the great things our financial support and prayers are accomplishing there. A few highlights are: 1. Scholarship Students – we are able to sponsor 30 students this year, helping young people in need finish their high school years. One great ‘success story’ is Juan Jose, who went on to become an attorney and stayed in the area helping others in need. (see photo)

Happy Easter! I want to thank everyone who helped make the holy days of the Triduum and Easter Sunday so special. Wow, rough estimates show that over 250 parishioners volunteered in making it so prayerful and beautiful! Let me try to name a few at the risk of missing someone....READ MORE

Read the April 2023 issue of the Diocesan newsletter, "The Belleville Deacon"

A Happy and Blessed Easter to You! Praise God for the many signs of Christ’s Resurrection here at St. Clare! I see it in the lives of our parishioners who continue to grow spiritually and live their faith at home and in the community by their words and actions. During these next seven weeks of Easter may each of us seek out ways that we can be people of the Resurrection in what we say and do that ‘gives life’ to others. Our parish offers a special welcome to all those among us this weekend who are ‘coming back’ to the Church for Easter. I pray that if you have been away for a while, the Holy Spirit will touch your heart with a renewed commitment ...READ MORE

CLASS SUMMARY: We visited Saint Meinrad Monastery in Indiana and finished study on the Holy Trinity. We learned about how the early Church struggled with defining the identity of Jesus Christ. For example, there was significant debate on whether Jesus was created by God and perhaps divine but still less than God. Ultimately, the debate and divine guidance led to ...READ MORE