ST. CLARE CONNECTION
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
THIS WEEKEND!
SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH
MEN'S GROUP
BBQ & SOCIAL
SEPTEMBER 8
Following 5PM Mass
Meet at the pavilion by the garden.
RSVP to Mike Howk at mike.howk@gmail.com
 BYOB beer or soda. (Fellowship Hall if rain.)
OKTOBERFEST 2018
It’s just THREE weeks away!

German Dinner • Funnel Cakes • Spiral Spuds • Hamburgers • Brats • Hot Dogs • 5K Run and Kids’ Fun Run • Beer & Wine Gardens • Music • Bingo • Basket Raffle • Silent Auction • Raffle Tickets • Cake Wheel • Poker • Big Six Wheel • Pull Tabs • Kids’ Games & Inflatables • Horse Rides • Face Painting • Snow Cones • I Dood It

New attractions: Escape Room • Corn Hole • 9 Square in the Air • Giant Jenga
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT ST. CLARE PARISH!
ST. CLARE SENIORS MEETING
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Come for Pizza! Our special guest this month will be
Barbara Kaye...portraying Dolly Madison! Please join us!
GUATEMALA TRIP
Interested in learning more about or seeing our sister parish? 
We will travel there January 2-9, 2019. Approximate cost is $1,000 (varies based on airfare). See the bulletin board for more details, and contact Laura Polillo, lpacmt@gmail.com, with any questions or to express interest by Sept. 16.
ALTAR SODALITY
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
All women of the parish are invited to join the new season of Altar Sodality on Monday, September 17th at 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall for our potluck dinner and meeting. Fried chicken will be provided, board members will provide dessert and members bring a side dish to share. Our entertainment will be bunco, which we are still learning to play. Please bring $5.00 to be used toward prizes. Come and join us for food, fellowship and fun.
You’re Invited to Join The Cornerstone Catholic Scripture Study!
A Catholic Bible study group that will lead you on a faith journey that can transform your heart and mind. Join us as we journey through the exciting Book of Revelation where we will see spectacular visions of Heaven and colorful signs and symbols. Set aside your fears and you will find compelling reasons to embrace hope through courage and patient endurance and be led to God's promise to "make all things new." Meetings are held in St. Clare Church Fellowship Hall beginning on September 19 at 9:30 a.m.
All new members must attend the visitor’s session on September 19
For more details, please call Kristy at 618-402-0885.
ENCOUNTERS WITH HOPE
NEW DISCUSSION GROUP!
First meeting: Thursday, September 20
6:30—8 p.m. in the Library
*Struggling with finding hope in our world?
*Had an encounter with poverty, injustice, suffering or social sin?
*Questioning how to make sense of it all?
Come to Encounters with Hope, a new discussion group for people with questions about and experiences with poverty, injustice and social sin. Conversations will be guided by Deacon John Gomez and Matt Flynn.
FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
Sept 9 Meeting 6—7:30 p.m. Youth Room/Gym
Sept 16 Bonfire 6—8 p.m. Garden Pavilion
(southwest corner of church parking lot)
Sept 23 Meeting 6—7:30 p.m. Youth Room
Sept 29 Youth help with snow cones & face painting at OKtoberfest from 3—11

High School Youth from any parish or any faith are welcome! It’s a great time to meet on Sunday nights in the Youth Room in the lower level (enter through the middle doors).