ST. CLARE CONNECTION
DECEMBER 21, 2018
THIS WEEKEND
DECEMBER 22/23
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday - 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
DIOCESE OF BELLEVILLE
CLICK HERE or go to our website to read an important statement from the Diocese of Belleville in response to the recent Illinois Attorney General update on the investigation of the Catholic Church.
CHRISTMAS
We would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and blessed holiday season. We give thanks this Christmas for you and for the opportunity to serve the Church. May Jesus’ birth bring you hope, peace and joy this Christmas season.
Celebrate each day of the whole Christmas Season with this calendar from The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Let each day draw you deeper into the meaning of the Incarnation.
OUR GIFT TO YOU!
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
New Year’s Eve Eucharistic Adoration
Monday, December 31
From 11:00 PM until 12:30 AM

Mass on New Years Day
Tuesday, January 1 at 10:00 AM

Ring in the New Year in the silence of Jesus’ presence in the Blessed Sacrament. On this holy day, the Solemnity of Mary, we pray for peace in our families, communities and for our world, for the Church, the sanctity of all life, for an increase in vocations to the priesthood
and religious life. Deacon Dennis will lead communal prayer from 11:50 pm - 12:10 am

Our next monthly 24-hour Eucharistic Adoration will be JANUARY 13/14.
ONLINE SIGN UPS for January 13/14 are now available.
AN EPIPHANY CELEBRATION!