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SAINTT CLAREE OFF ASSISII PARISHHNovemberr 28,, 20211LOVEE GOD,, SERVEE GOD:: EVERYTHINGG ISS INN THAT.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,I have two recurring dreams. I guess they are kind of nightmares. One is that I am hos ng a big Mass at my church anda bunch of priests and bishops are there and I am running around anxiously making sure everything is set up. I run outof me. Mass is star ng. The opening hymn begins, and I don't have my vestments on. I run hurriedly to the vestmentcloset and I can't find any. I finally find one, go out into the Sanctuary and realize that I am wearing the wrong color!This is when I usually wake up all sweaty and breathing heavy. The other dream I have, I’ve had for a long me. It involves looking for a classroom and not being able to find it. I can't find it because I haven't been to the class all semester. When I finally find it, I realize that the teacher is giving the final exam. I don't even know what the subject is. Ihaven't cracked the book all year, and now I have to take this test! Again, I wake up pan ng and swea ng.As we begin Advent this week, the Gospel reminds us that, in the end, we will all stand before the Son of Man. "Thedays are coming" the Prophet Jeremiah tells us in the First Reading. How does that make you feel? The fact that therewill be trials and tribula ons and that we will stand before the Son of Man? I'm not going to lie. In some ways it makesme feel like I do in my recurring dreams. Am I prepared? Have I done enough? Do I have the right color on? Will I beable to find the right room? And I start pan ng and swea ng.The thing is, what we have been hearing in our Readings for the last few weeks, the apocalyp c language, the comingend, the final test, it is all true. It will come for each of us, and then for all of us. But before we get all sweaty and anxious, lets remember two things.First, in the Second Reading, St. Paul tells the Thessalonians, and us, that we know the answers to the test! St. Paulsays, "you received from us how you should conduct yourselves to please God." So in essence, St. Paul is saying thatthe final exam is open book, open note, you can use your phone! Don't let the "anxie es of daily life" as Jesus says inthe Gospel, distract you. You will have a test, but you know theanswers and it is open book. Don't be afraid.Second, think about who is giving this final test. Don't get mewrong, Jesus will judge us. What we do and the way we livema ers. He is not a pushover. But He is Jesus.His Mercy endures forever. He is Jesus.He loves you so much He dies for you.He is Jesus. He loves us so much He became one of us.The baby in the manger that we so long for.He is Emmanuel.He is God with us.So as we begin our Advent, understand that we arepreparing for a test. One that will surely come.s.But it is an open book test and it is being given by Jesus.Stay awake. Raise your heads. Don't let this me bethe same as the rest of the year. It isn't. Prepare yourhearts for Christmas and prepare your hearts forthe end. Don't be afraid. We have all that we need.Peace and Love,Fr. Ma
DateSaturday,November 27Sunday,November 281st SundayofAdventTimeLocationIntentionOffered By4:00 PMSt. WendelinRuth EtzelMary Helen Sanderson5:30 PMMaterDolorosaRobert ZanellaGeorge & Cathy Rodgers7:00 AMSt. Wendelin8:15 AMMaterDolorosaAnthony & Helen FelloSue Fraley9:30 AMSt. JosephDiane NeffBob & Norma MillerSheila & JeffFamily10:30 AM St. WendelinFor the Parishioners of Saint Clare of AssisiMonday, November 2912:00 PMMaterDolorosaDeceased of the Legion of MaryLegion of MaryTuesday, November 308:00 AMSt. WendelinRose Marie SnyderBob & Barb KarenbauerPaul MillerJim & Joan SpaffordHer Husband, FrankSt. Andrew, ApostleWednesday,December 110:00 AM St. Wendelin7:00 PMMaterDolorosaMeryl FuginiThursday, December 28:00 AMSt. WendelinHerman NeffFriday, December 312:00 PMSt. JosephJames SnyderRon & Carlie SaelerSaturday,December 44:00 PMSt. WendelinJoseph StephensonStephenson FamilySt. John Damascene, Priestand Doctor of the Church5:30 PMMaterDolorosaMr. & Mrs. Frank WeilandFamily7:00 AMSt. WendelinRaymond NeffBe y & Trudy Neff8:15 AMMaterDolorosaPatrick E. NeffDick & Shirley Ra gan9:30 AMSt. JosephMary Louise O’DonnellAnna McGill & FamilyGino PascaziSheri, Maria & GinoSt. Francis Xavier, PriestSunday,December 52nd SundayofAdvent10:30 AM St. WendelinDorothy Cra
Saint Clare of Assisi ParishSt. Joseph864 Chicora Rd., Chicora, PA 16025Mater Dolorosa409 North Main St., Chicora, PA 16025St. Wendelin210 St. Wendelin Rd., Butler, PA 16002Offices for ALL Clergy and Staff are located at :Saint Clare Parish Administra ve Center864 Chicora Road, Chicora, PA 16025724-445-3713Fax: 724-607-1183Office Hours: Monday-Friday- 9am-NoonPARISH WEBSITE: www.saintclareparish.comDue to the early submission date of the bulle n, thecollec on totals for November 20 & 21 will be published in next week’s bulle n. Thank you.Saint Clare of Assisi Clergy and StaffFather Ma McClain, Pastormmcclain@diopi .orgFather Ward Stakem, Senior Parochial Vicarfrward@sain rancisparish.netFather Lou Pascazi, Senior Parochial Vicarfrlou@saintclareparish.comFather Jim Kurtz, Senior Parochial Vicarfrjim@sain rancisparish.netBarb Boltz, Parish Administra ve Assistant & Facili es Schedulerbarb@saintclareparish.comMartha Birch, Parish Accountantmartha@saintclareparish.comNicole Karenbauer, Parish Administra ve Assistant, SchoolAccountant, Safe Environment Coordinatornicole@saintclareparish.comSue Fraley, Director of Evangeliza on,Youth & Young Adult Ministrysue@saintclareparish.comVince Ritzert, Director of Musicmusicdirector@saintclareparish.comVince Houpt, Music Minister/SJPhoupt@saintclareparish.comA reminder of the upcoming early Adam Murray, Director of Digital Mediaadam@saintclareparish.comsubmission dates for the weekly bulle n. If you haveJenn Stahoviak, Bulle n & Website Editorany informa on to be published in any of the bullecommunica ons@saintclareparish.comn dates listed below, please have the informa onto Jenn at communica ons@saintclareparish.comAudra Brown, Director of Religious Educa ondre@saintclareparish.comby 10 am on the dates specified.December 12th bulle n due Fri., December 3rdDecember 19th bulle n due Fri., December 10thDecember 26th bulle n due Wed., December 15thJanuary 2nd bulle n due Wed., December 22ndThank you for your coopera on!JoLynn Clouse, St. Wendelin School Principalstwend@zoominternet.netLinda Green & Kit Lanier, Parish Recep sh.comBulle n & Website Informa onBulle n submission deadline is Tuesdays at 10:00am.Contact Jenn at communica ons@saintclareparish.comAll Sacrament & Facili es SchedulingContact Barb at 724-445-3713 Ext 4 oremail barb@saintclareparish.comSt. Wendelin School211 St. Wendelin Rd., Butler, PA 16002724-285-4986 email: stwend@zoominternet.netSaint Clare Prayer ListFor ALL Prayer List updates, call Fran Parker @ 724-445-7421Cemetery InquiriesContact North Regional Office, 2636 Ellwood Road,New Castle, PA 16101, 724-323-0033, cpca@cpca-pgh.org
Week of November 28, 2021Sunday: Jer 33:14-16/1 Thes3:12—4:2/Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14[1b]/Lk 21:25-28, 34-36Monday: Is 2:1-5/Ps 122:1-2, 3-4b,4cd-5, 6-7, 8-9/Mt 8:5-11Tuesday: Rom 10:9-18/Ps 19:8, 9,10, 11 [10]/Mt 4:18-22Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a/Ps 23:13a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [6cd]/Mt 15:29-37Thursday: Is 26:1-6/Ps 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a [26a]/Mt 7:21,24-27Friday: Is 29:17-24/Ps 27:1, 4, 1314 [1a]/Mt 9:27-31Saturday: Is 30:19-21, 23-26/Ps147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [cf. Is 30:18d]/Mt9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8Next Sunday: Bar 5:1-9/Ps 126:12, 2-3, 4-5, 6 [3]/Phil 1:4-6, 8-11/Lk 3:1-6WS2021 Giving Tree for residents of Quality Life Services(Chicora Medical Center), are in the ves bules atSt. Joseph and Mater Dolorosa Churches. If youwould like to help give some joy to a resident,please take a tag and sign the sheet. Gi ideas willbe on the tag. All gi s need to be returned back tothe Church ves bule or dropped off at the St. Clare Office at 864 Chicora Road. Please a ach the original tag to the gi . As always thankyou for your con nued support of this project. Any ques ons pleasecall Martha Birch 724-445-3713 ext. 5.Our next Bible Study will be Saturday, December 4th atMater Dolorosa Hall from 10:15-11:45 am. Anyone iswelcome to a end.Stop by Mater Dolorosa Church Hall next Sunday, December 5th from9 am -2 pm for a fundraiser to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Founda on. The event will include a basket raffle, 50/50, visitfrom Santa, and refreshments. The event is hosted by parishioner Andrew Callihan, for his Na onal Honor Societysenior project. Please stop in to support Andrewand the JDRF! If you are interested in dona ng abasket or item for the raffle, please call or textAndrew at 724-679-4478. Hope to see you all!Don’t forget your St. Clare 2022 Lo ery Calendars! Thenew year is coming fast, and they make great stockingstuffers! Pick one up in the back of Church. The cost is 20 each and the money can be turned in with the completed stub from the calendar. Ticket stubs and paymentcan be mailed or dropped off at the Administra veOffice, dropped in the collec on basket or in the lockboxes located at each church. Contact the office with ques ons!Are you using FORMED?offers thousands of movies, children’s programs, e-books, audio, parish programsand studies direct to your browser, mobile or connecteddevice. It’s Simple & Totally Free!Go to: Formed.org/signupEnter: Zip code 16025Select: I belong to a parishClick: St. Clare and St. Francis ParishEnter: Your email and You’re In!
HAPPY ADVENT!!This week’sSt. Wendelin SchoolStudent of the Week is:Colemann Clouse!!Coleman has a ended theschool since Preschool and iscurrently in Ms. Ahlgren’sThird Grade Classroom. He isthe youngest in his family, hehas two sisters, Casey thatgraduated last year from St.Wendelin, and Campbell whois in the Seventh grade thisyear. At school, Colemanloves Art class because heenjoys drawing. Coleman hasan inquiring mind and isalways asking ques ons! Hehas an upbeat personalitythat spreads posi vity to hispeers. Outside of school, heenjoys par cipa ng inbaseball, soccer, basketball,and an archery league. Heenjoys a mul tude of sports,and he has earned awards inmost of them. He also shothis first buck this year duringarchery season with hisDad! When Coleman growsup, he would like to becomean engineer. Congratula onsto this week’s St. WendelinSchool Student of the Week,Colemann Clouse!! Do you remember playing hide and seek whenyou were a child? That familiar phrase, “readyor not, here I come?”. In our Scriptures overthe past few weeks, we have heard about being ready for Our Lord to come.Advent is a me to focus on Jesus and a meto reconcile with God. Give yourselves me as a family to slow down andreflect during this season of prepara on. If we “seek” God and examineour lives according to His Word, we will be er understand our faults andfailings, so we can then be able to properly prepare our hearts and mindsfor the Na vity of the Lord. Advent is a me of HOPE, PEACE, JOY, andLOVE. Meditate on the readings through Advent to truly enjoy the feast ofChristmas. It is never too late to make this an Advent tradi on in yourhome. Each week of Advent has a specific color of candle to light and prayer to pray with it. Light one candle of your Advent Wreath and pray forHOPE: We believe in you, Lord. We know that you canhelp us to love and respect each other more. You areour Light, the Light that overcomes darkness.Come, Lord Jesus!Amen.Sunday, November 28th: No Faith Forma onReminder, our Family Faith Forma on Day is Sunday, December 12th from9-10:15 a.m. in St. Wendelin Hall. All families of students grades K-5 areto a end. You may invite a grandparent to join your child if you wouldlike. Check your emails.The Giving Angel Tree is inCatholic Iden tythe ves bule of St. WenProgram Family Linkdelin. Parishioners can selectThis Week’s Virtue: HOPEan angel from the tree andpurchase items for a child in Hope is the virtue that enablesneed. Please note on theus to trust in God’s promise tosheet provided what tagsshare his life with us forever; ityou have selected. Wrapped items willmakes us confident in God’sneed to be returned to the tree by Friday,love and care for us.December 17th. If you know of any child inneed, please reach out to the office ASAP.St. Clare & St. Francis youth are having acombined gathering to kickoff Advent!Sunday, November 28th, from 5:30-8pm in the Youth Group room at St.Mary’s in Herman. All youth grades 9-12 welcome, join us for faith, fun andfellowship. Email or message Sue Fraley with any ques ons.
Saint Wendelin hosts the Community Dinner at St. Paulin Butler on Tuesday, December 21. If you are interestedin volunteering, call or text Gina at 724-991-7967, by December 20. Volunteers are needed from 3-6:30pm topack and distribute the carry out dinners. You will have tobe "buzzed in" the main entrance at the St. Paul Churchoffice. This dinner is the last one from the CatholicChurches before Christmas and we make it fes ve for patrons, celebra ng the Na vity of Our Lord. 2022 Confirma on Candidates: this is a great opportunity to earn service hours! Community dinners are a Corporal Work ofMercy shared among Catholic churches and their ministries around Butler.Blue Army invites anyone for the Rosary after 8am Massat St. Paul Church on December 4th. Meeting to follow inthe Collins Room. DVD will be shown: Pray: The story ofFather Patrick Peyton; also 15 min. meditation on theRosary, and business meeting. All are welcome!Christmas Bake Sale & Pancake Breakfast -Our Lady’sRosary Makers of Butler will be having a bake sale duringthe December 12th pancake breakfast at St. Michael theArchangel School Hall from 8:00am to 12:00pm. If you’dlike to donate, please bring your baked goods to the schoolhall on Saturday, December 11th between 9:00am and1:00pm. You do not need to plate your cookies, we will doit for you. Please mark any baked goods that have nuts.All donations are welcomed. The proceeds from this bakesale will be used to purchase our supplies for our missionrosaries. Thank you for supporting our ministry.Hunters Sharing the Harvest is Pennsylvania’s venisondona on program for hunters who share their extra venison via a statewide network of par cipa ng butchers tofood pantries and community assistance centers acrossPennsylvania. HSH has distributed nearly 2 million poundsof donated venison since 1991. Last year, Butler Countyhunters donated 15,421 pounds of venison to our foodproviders, enough to feed 60,000 people. Monetary dona ons are also welcome to help with processing andprepara on. For a complete list of food providers accep ng venison and par cipa ng meat processors, visitwww.sharedeer.org, or contact the local Butler CountyCoordinator, Tom Rossman at 724.283.0449.HOPE AND HEALING ARE POSSIBLE!!!For those struggling with addic on or substance abuse,for their families and for those who have lost loved onesto the disease of addic on and overdose.We come together in prayer!PLEASE JOIN US FOR ROSARY AND SPECIAL INTERCESSIONS -TUESDAYS: Dec 7th, 14th and 28th - 2:30 to3:30pm and Dec 21st – 7-8pmABBA’S HOUSE, 320 W. MAIN ST., SAXONBURG, 16056informaƟon: patomaszewski@zoominternet.netRegistra on is open for the diocesan-wide DiscoveringChrist training on December 3-4 at St. John NeumannParish. The gathering will be in person, with a virtualop on available. This is a phenomenal opportunity tobuild an evangeliza on team to serve your parish usingthe ChristLife process. This training is appropriate forboth those who are new to ChristLife or experienced,and will provide the proper ming for launching anevent at your parish in Lent. Even if you are uncertainabout implemen ng ChristLife in your parish, you mays ll send individuals to par cipate as you con nue discernment. Scholarships are available to cover costs ofmeals and other expenses for local implementa on. Anominal fee of 15.00/person for the December training is requested to offset meals. For more informa onand to register, please visit www.diopi .org/christlifeWinter Discernment Retreat: You, Child, Will Be CalledProphet of the Most HighThe world offers you mediocrity. Christ offers you heroism and sainthood. If you are a man between the agesof 18 and 35, you are invited to come to the WinterDiscernment Retreat to grow in your bap smal call andto discern your voca on. The retreat takes place from7:00 pm on Friday, December 10 to 12:00 pm on Sunday, December 12, 2021 at Our Lady of Mt. CarmelCamp and Retreat Center in Volant, PA. Voca ons Director Fr. Ken Marlovits will lead the retreat, assisted bydiocesan seminarians.You will have the opportunity to hear insights and reflec ons to aid you in your discernment and empoweryou to become the man God is calling you to be. Therewill be daily Mass with adora on of the Blessed Sacrament and confession available. Come to enjoy goodfood, good mes, and solid fraternity. For more informa on and to register, visit: pghpriest.comThe Prayer Blanket Ministry of St. Francis is continuingto make beautiful comfort blankets for those in need ofprayer and comfort. We are now happily supplyingblankets to all six churches in our two Parishes. We useyards and yards of ribbon to wrap our blankets and arenow in need of ribbon. We would appreciate any donations of 2 1/2” wired ribbon. Donations may be droppedoff at St. Clare officeat 864 Chicora Road,Chicora. Thank youfor your generosityKeep up to date on the happenings around theDiocese, check out theonline version of thePi sburgh Catholic atwww.diopi .org
Please join us at this historic moment in praying for the end of abortion!On December 1st, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in theDobbs vs. Jackson case. The outcome of this case could overturn thegravely unjust ruling in Roe vs. Wade, which legalized abortion nearly five decades ago. How YOU can help: Spend time with our Lord in Eucharistic Adoration at a nearbyadoration chapel, pleading for justice from the King of Kings! 40 Days for Life will be holding a “40 Hours for Life” prayervigil in front of Planned Parenthood from 7:00 am on Tuesday, November 30th through 11:00 pm onWednesday, December 1st to coincide with the date of the Supreme Court’s deliberation on this important case. Join us as we offer our sacrificial prayers and witness on the sidewalk, pleading for God todeliver us from this unjust law. Sign up for a time by emailing Jen at pghsaland365@gmail.com, ornbruni@40daysforlifepgh.com.
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Dolorosa Anthony & Helen Fello Sue Fraley 9:30 AM St. Joseph Diane Neff Bob & Norma Miller 10:30 AM St. Wendelin Sheila & Jeff Family Monday, November 29 12:00 PM Mater Dolorosa Deceased of the Legion of Mary Legion of Mary Tuesday, November 30 St. Andrew, Apostle 8:00 AM St. Wendel
