St. Clare Lenten Communal Reconciliation Service -Thursday, March 21 at 7:00 p.m. -An Examination of Conscience based on the 10 Commandments: 1. I am the Lord your God: you shall not have strange Gods before Me. Have I treated people, events or things as more important than God? 2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. Have my words, actively or passively, put down God, the Church, the Pope or other people? 3. Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day. Do I go to Mass every ...READ MORE

A Great Christmas Gift for Yourself and Others: A GOOD CONFESSION! Please make time for our Parish Reconciliation Service this Thursday, December 14. Nine other priests will be here for individual confessions. I want to strongly encourage you to join us for this great sacrament that many of us shy away from for various reasons. Perhaps it has been many years and you don’t know ‘where to start’ with a confession. We provide a simple worship aid with the “Act of Contrition” prayer so you do not need to worry about the ‘how to.’...READ MORE

Sacrament of Freedom (Confession)... When I teach about the value of going to confession, I often talk about the real ‘freedom’ that the sacrament offers. We underestimate the burden that guilt and shame cause on our heart and mind. God can’t stand seeing us weighed down…so Jesus’ main message was often about God’s forgiveness. This Thursday evening, 7:00 PM, we will have 10 priests here to offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation…to help you allow God to “set you free.” It is a new liturgical year…and in this sacrament, God gives us a new opportunity to be freed from the past and fill us with the grace to change sinful habits. Logistics: For those who are “coming back” to the sacrament or new to the form called “Communal Reconciliation,” we start in the church ...READ MORE