Thank You VBS Volunteers! Thank you to the parents and grandparents who brought their children to our Vacation Bible School this past week. The fun-filled learning event teaches children ages 4-10 wonderful Bible stories centered on a different theme each year. As they rotate through the various centers, they learn more about those Bible stories through games, crafts, music, recreation and prayer. Even the snacks follow each day’s theme. It really is an exciting week, which these children always remember!...READ MORE

St. Clare Parish Centers Itself in the Holy Eucharist...On this annual feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, Catholics around the world renew their commitment to our belief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. In a world of skepticism and secular doubts about ‘reality,’ we have an opportunity to boast to others about the most “real” gift that God has given to us – the Body of Christ to eat so that we can be filled with God’s Love and Mercy...READ MORE

ST CLARE CATHOLIC MEN'S GROUP Please join other St. Clare men this month as we gather to help the Poor Clare nuns maintain the grounds at their Monastery. We will meet at 8:15 a.m. Sat. June 11 at the Monastery, 300 N. 60th St., Belleville, to say the rosary and will begin grounds work at 8:45 a.m. and be done NLT 12:00. .. READ MORE

Pentecost leads us to the Eucharist… Praise God for the amazing feast of Pentecost last Sunday that so many of our parishioners helped make happen! I can’t say thanks enough to all of those who gave so much of their time and talent for the Pentecost Festival:  The Hospitality Committee, led by Jaclyn Gross, and our amazing “set-up crew” were there most of Saturday and all day Sunday doing the prep, serving, cleaning up and taking down....READ MORE

From Pentecost to “Corpus Christi” ...an ongoing Solemnity! This great feast of the Holy Spirit challenges us to become more AWARE of all the ways God’s Holy Spirit of Love is active in our lives, sustaining and carrying us through life…toward heaven. The primary way that God wants to renew us and get inside of us with His Spirit of Love and Peace is through the Holy Eucharist. Thus, we have a great Catholic Tradition of a Eucharistic Procession of ‘showing’ the Eucharistic Body of Christ to the world by processing through the streets with the Sacred Host in a monstrance, asking the Lord to bless our town and country with God’s Mercy and Peace. This feast and procession...READ MORE

HOPE FOR THE JOURNEY - Wednesday, June 15 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

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

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