Note regarding current spam emails:
Please be aware of a recent SPAM email that is being sent under the name “Father. Jim Deiters” asking for you to email him. THIS IS SPAM. Please do not respond to it. In the future, never respond to an email from our parish office or staff member that might ask for help or money. If in doubt, call the parish office first.
Sorry for the inconvenience,
St. Clare Parish Staff
MAY 1, 2020
ST. CLARE CONNECTION
Pastoral Staff Videos
Please take a moment to watch a special video update from our pastoral staff!
May Devotions
Parking Lot Rosary – Tuesdays in May at 6:30 p.m.
Beginning next Tuesday, May 5th, we will gather weekly in the church parking lot and pray the rosary. Participants will be directed to park two spaces apart (ca. 18') for everyone's safety. Since we will be spread out, we will be able to roll down car windows and enjoy the weather. For those who are unable to attend, we will also be live streaming on our website - www.stclarechurch.org/live
May: The Month of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Go to our May Devotions website page for Rosary Resources and Suggested Videos to watch this month.
Guatemala Update
Using funds from St. Clare, our sister parish of Our Lord of Esquipulas in Guastatoya, Guatemala, has purchased beans and rice and separated them into bags for families in need of additional food at this time. Due to Coronavirus restrictions in Guatemala, they are unable to operate their parish soup kitchen, and people are in greater need due to the ongoing economic impact of Coronavirus. A nearby aldea (part of the neighboring parish) is quarantined, but, so far, there have been no confirmed cases in our sister parish. They are broadcasting Mass by internet, television, and radio and are keeping us in their prayers. They ask for our prayers for them as well, and for their new bishop, Padre Benedicto Moscoso Miranda, former pastor of our sister parish. Please use your Guatemala envelope or CLICK HERE to give online.
Building Update
Check our website weekly for building updates!
Donations Needed
Food & Hygiene Supplies Collection
for Catholic Charities

Hours in May:
Tuesday: 9 a.m.-noon and Thursday: 4-7 p.m.
Drop at the Boy Scout trailer at St. Clare Church parking lot, 1411 Cross St. O'Fallon

St. Clare Church will accept drop offs of urgently needed items for people served by Catholic Urban Programs during this challenging time. Items will be donated to Cosgrove's Kitchen and St. Vincent de Paul in East St. Louis.
New item request: Jeans

Live Stream Mass
Support
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ST. CLARE CHURCH!

HOW TO DONATE WHILE THERE ARE NO MASSES
Our parish continues to have expenses that need to be met, even without public Masses. There are several ways that you can continue donating to St. Clare Parish.

You can make your weekly offering online. Please consider setting up an online giving account to make your weekly offertory contribution.  Online giving is an easy, safe and convenient way to keep your offertory giving in support of our parish during this time of staying at home. Go to stclarechurch.weshareonline.org to get started.

You may also continue using your contributions envelopes by mailing to the parish office at 1411 Cross St., O’Fallon, IL 62269 or you can drop the donations off at the parish office. There is a black drop box on the parish office porch.
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