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ST. CLARE OF ASSISI CATHOLIC PARISH
Rectory: 1918 Paulding Avenue Bronx, New York 10462
Church: 1027 Rhinelander Avenue Bronx, New York 10461 Phone:
718- 863-8974
Fax: 718-931-6909 www.stclarebronx.org •
[email protected]
December 6, 2020
SUNDAY MASS Saturday Vigil: 5:30pm
Sunday: 7am, 9am, 11:00am, 1pm 10am Vietnamese Mass in Msgr.
Raimondo Hall:
once a month as announced
MONDAY– SATURDAY MASS: 8:30AM HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION: As
announced
CIVIC HOLIDAYS: 8:30am
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Saturday: 11:00am to 12 Noon
Confessions will be heard at other times upon request.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM 2:15pm on designated Sundays
Contact us for an Interview and Preparation Session.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Contact us at least six months in
advance.
Please do not decide on a Reception date and time until you
first consult with us.
ROSARY FOR VOCATIONS
Wednesdays: 8:30 am
VISITS TO THE HOMEBOUND Inform us about our sick and the
elderly.
MINISTRIES Altar Servers
Choir Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Folk Group Lectors
Nursing Home Team Ushers
SPIRITUAL PROGRAMS
Bible Study Book Club
Couples for Christ Our Lady of Guadalupe Society
Our Lady of La Vang Society San Pedro Calungsod Society
San Silverio Committee “Lord, Teach Me To Pray” Women’s and
Men’s Groups
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
YOUTH ACTIVITIES Cub, Boy and Girl Scouts
Basketball, Bowling, Cheerleaders and Volleyball
PASTORAL STAFF: Father Salvatore DeStefano, Pastor Father Roger
Kwan, Parochial Vicar
Assisted by the Priests of the Jesuit Community Rev. Mr. Peter
Genares, Deacon
Eva Sze, Music Director
TRUSTEES Lajos Janny and Susan Schoepp
RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Ellen Capellan and Anne Leone,
Secretaries
Monday thru Friday: 10:00am-6:00pm Saturday: 9:00am-6:00pm
Sunday: 9:00am-3:00pm
SAINT CLARE REGIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL
1911 Hone Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. 10461 Office-718-892-4080
Fax-718-239-1007
Mrs. Theresa Bivona, Principal [email protected]
www.stclareofassisischool.org
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM 1925 Hone Avenue, Bronx, NY
10461
718-829-9624 Mrs. Diane Darienzo, Director
[email protected] Tuesday: 3:30pm & 6:30pm
Wednesday: 3:30pm
SAINT CLARE OF ASSISI CONVENT & CHAPEL 1925 Hone Ave, Bronx,
N.Y. 10461
SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS
Home School Association
ORGANIZATIONS Altar Guild
Buildings and Grounds Finance Council
Holy Name Society “Making All Things New” Cluster Team
Parish Council Pro-Life Group
Senior Citizens
TWELVE STEP GROUPS Alcoholics Anonymous Gamblers Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous
Visit www.stclarebronx.org And click Give Online.
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SAT December 5, Vigil, Second Sunday of Advent 5:30 pm Franco
Zicarelli+ SUN, December 6, Second Sunday of Advent 7:00 am For the
People of the Parish 9:00 am Marie Lippiello+ 11:00 am Luis Murphy+
1:00 pm Jan Wykowski+, Ana Gentile+, Jona Berkovitz+ (Shared Mass)
MON December 7, Saint Ambrose 8:30 am Carlo & Ersilia Esposito+
7:30 pm Domenico Cipollone+ TUE December 8, Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8:30 am Hermann Karnbaum+ 7:30 pm
Leticia Checoura & Mario Cadiz+ WED December 9, Saint Juan
Diego 8:30 am Emilia Pirraglia+ THURS December 10 8:30 am John Dave
& Parents+ FRI December 11 8:30 am Anna Cinese+ SAT December 12
8:30 am Marshawn Potts+ SAT December 12 Vigil, Third Sunday of
Advent 5:30 pm Giovanni Fata+ SUN, December 13, Third Sunday of
Advent 7:00 am For the People of the Parish 9:00 am Antonia Artuso+
11:00 am Josephine & Stanley Ruffo+ 1:00 pm Maria Romano+
ST. CLARE’S PRO-LIFE GROUP THOUGHT OF THE WEEK:
“The moral gravity of procured abortion is apparent in
all its truth if we recognize that we are dealing with
murder...the one eliminated is a human being at the
very beginning of life.”
...Pope St. John Paul II “The Gospel of Life”
HOW MUCH TO GIVE ...FOR GOD LOVES A PERSON WHO GIVES
CHEERFULLY.”
(2 Corinthians 9:7)
On the weekend of November 22nd you contributed $3,240.00 in the
Regular Parish Collection.
You may also drop off your envelopes at the Rectory through the
mail slot in the door.
Thank you for your sacrificial offerings of gratitude!
OBLIGATION
The obligation to attend Sunday Mass remains suspended until
further notice. If you are uncomfortable attending Mass, please
by all means it is ok to stay home.
HOLY ADORATION
This year during the season of Advent, we will have Adoration
on
Saturdays from 12pm to 3pm.
Beginning on Saturday, December 5th and
continuing on December 12th and December 19th the
Blessed Sacrament will be exposed from 12pm to 3pm.
Come spend some time with our Lord
*Please note that the church will be closed at 3pm and
reopen at 5pm for the vigil Mass.
CELEBREMOS LA FIESTA DE
NUESTRA SENORA DE GUADALUPE
SABADO 12 de DICIEMBRE A LAS 4:00PM
MISA EN ESPAÑOL y INGLES
Acompáñanos
Invita a tus amigos y vecinos
CELEBRATE THE FEAST
OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12th
AT 4:00 PM
MASS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH
Join us Invite your friends and neighbors
Saint Clare of Assisi Church
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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
From outer space, the United States must seem peculiarly aglow
these nights: we have
strung lights on every tree within reach. Sometimes, even
tietacks and earrings
twinkle with “micro lights.” Clearly, something is afoot: there
is a deep-down
yearning for the world to change. Yet, John the Baptist would
probably be unplugging most of these lights if he had the chance.
In today’s Gospel he turns people away from his
baptism of repentance. “Give some evidence that you mean to
reform!” he cries.
What meaning do our holiday lights convey for you? In the deep
and dark countryside, a single candle glowing in a window can be
seen for miles. It signals welcome and readiness’ it is a beacon
guiding strangers to the door, a token of a warm hearth, a loving
embrace, a sign that those who have placed the candle
are awake and waiting. This year, set the timers aside, and each
night as you light the candles in your windows, pray:
“May Christ find an eager welcome here. May this household be
filled with the light of his word.” One candle at a time, our
faith community can reclaim the meaning of the lights of Advent
hope
WE HAVE RESUMED OUR REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE.
ST. CLARE OF ASSISI: DAILY MASS—8:30AM
SUNDAY MASS—5:30PM (SAT) VIGIL 7AM, 9AM, 11AM, & 1PM
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER DAILY MASS—7:30AM
SUNDAY MASS—4PM (SAT) VIGIL 8AM, 10AM & 12 NOON
Social Distancing protocols and wearing masks are required.
CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE…
It is amazing how fast this strange year has flown by. Not to
mention all
the protocols and adjustments we have made like social
distancing, wearing masks and constant hand washing. All to
keep each other safe and healthy.
We even had no Masses for a couple of months and as of the
printing of this bulletin, the obligation to attend Sunday Mass
remains suspended.
With that being said we must think about and plan for the
upcoming Christmas Masses. Due to the pandemic and the
social distancing guidelines we will be making a few adjustments
to our Mass schedule for Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day.
For Christmas Eve we will still have the 4pm Mass and Midnight
Mass. Due to the current infection rate ,we estimate that we will
only be able to accommodate 125 parishioners at
each Mass. Therefore, we will give out tickets for these Masses
starting on December 15th. You may stop by the Rectory from 10am to
2pm to pick up tickets and receive a
pew assignment. To ensure fairness we must limit the tickets to
a maximum of 5 tickets per envelope number. We will ask you for
your envelope number when you pick up the tickets.
To accommodate an increase in attendance at the Christmas Day
Masses, we will offer two extra Masses. Regular social
distancing protocols, including the wearing of masks, will
remain in effect for all Masses
. Christmas Day Masses will be as follows: 8am, 9am, 10am, 11am,
12pm and 1pm.
Please note there will NOT be a 7am Mass.
You are also welcomed to attend Mass at Saint Francis
Xavier.
The schedule there will be: Christmas Eve—4pm & 10pm
ADVENT CONCERT
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2020
3PM
Come spend an afternoon listening to beautiful Christmas
music.
Pieces by Handel, Haydn and Torelli as well as hymn and carol
arrangements will be performed.
After the stressful year we have had, it would be nice to
sit and relax listening to beautiful music in a beautiful
peaceful setting, St. Clare of Assisi Church.
Social Distancing protocols and wearing masks are required.
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REST IN PEACE Eternal Peace Grant Unto Them, O Lord
Gary Frank Belviso Joseph Cardile
Giuseppe Cartella Angeles & Antonio Cintron
Mary & Cesidio Cugini Maryann Cugini & Monica Erdman
Gaetano & Amilia D’Arco Ronald Darminio
Rose & Paul DeFonzo Dellamonica Family
Gennaro & Elizabeth DiPalma Robert & Margaret Engel
Joseph, Ines & Michael Falcone & Rachel Panza Furgiuele
Family
Joseph, Gloria & Thomas Galasso Carlo & Marco
Gardini
Robert & Elizabeth Haughney Anthony Leone
Palladino Family Guiditta & Enazio Mazzella
Francesco Mucciacciaro Dora, Rita & Gennaro Nardiello
Gildo Paganussi Italo “Norman” & Adelaide “Ida” Peduzzi
Helen & Martin Reilly Edward & Theresa Rossi
Chester Rywalt Bob Salerno Aidan Silitch
PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED PARISH CLERGY AND
CONSECRATED RELIGIOUS Fr. Robert Aufieri Fr. Frank Bassett
Msgr. Francis Cagnina, P.A. Fr. Anthony D’Antonio Fr. Leonard
DiFalco
Fr. George Giammarino Fr. Richard Gorman
Fr. Robert Macchietto Msgr. Louis Mazza
Deacon James Oakes Msgr. Joseph Raimondo
Sr. Josephine Stabile, OBT Fr. Vincent Tagliente
OUR SCRIPTURE READING AT MASS
THIS WEEKEND
The Book of the Prophet Isaiah Chap 40, Verses 1-5, 9-11
The rugged land shall be made a plain; the rough country, a
broad valley.
The Second Letter of Saint Peter
Chap 3, Verses 8-14 Conduct yourselves in holiness, hastening
the
coming of the day of God.
The Gospel of Mark Chap 1, Verses 1-8
I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the
Holy Spirit.
Dear Brothers and Sisters, “Comfort, give comfort to my people,
says your God” (Isaiah 40:1). Advent is a season of expectant joy
and hope. Thanks be to God, with the development of three promising
vaccines, we can finally say that we are beginning to see the light
at the end of the tunnel. No one could have imagined that the
course of this pandemic would have dragged on for so many months.
But, just because we are starting to see some light doesn’t mean we
should let our guard down in observing social distancing, mask
wearing and personal hygiene. Together we not only protect
ourselves, but also in a spirit of fraternal charity help to
protect others, especially the vulnerable. During these past few
months, many of us have been unable to celebrate those yearly
traditions: birthdays, baby showers, weddings, First Holy
Communions, graduations, etc. Without a doubt, we have all
experienced some degree of loneliness or isolation during these
months in which we have been unable to see so many friends and
family. Hang in there just a little while more. Things are moving
in the right direction. During this Advent season of hopeful
self-reflection, let us prepare to make room in our hearts for the
coming of Christ and for the celebration of the true meaning of
Christmas: God’s nearness to us. Even when we don’t feel it
emotionally, our faith reminds us that Christ is present among us
in our suffering and isolation. Just hang in there a little while
longer and let us keep one another and our healthcare workers in
our prayers.
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