What a week we had: Polish Muslims on Saturday, Notre Dame Glee Club on Monday and Polish Oratorium over the weekend . Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate our faith, community and good music. This music though different in styles and charms but was great for our souls and spirits. Thank you to all who organize these events and invited these artists.

I hope everyone enjoys the awesome day we have. How is your week going? Chaos, appointments, places to go, meetings to attend or just relaxation – all of these are opportunity to get into conversation with God – to say a prayer. As this was the topic of the last Sunday Gospel.

Consider joining us to serve Christ’s poor and needy in our community. The St. Clare St. Vincent de Paul Conference is looking for men and women interested in sharing their time and talent in our mission to help others. Recalling the words of Jesus from the Gospels, “What you do for the least of my brothers you do unto me,” the SVDP team works ...

Hello everyone! How is your week going? How about that journal and that stuff of being Bold and Catholic?

Our Religious Education Classes are off to a great start. We are looking forward to a great year of fellowship, faith building, community outreach, and of telling our Jesus Story.

As the cold weather settles in and you start to look for a jacket or dust off your winter coat please begin to consider what coats or boots you may no longer be using and can donate to our Nov. 2-3 Boots and Coats collection.

Sunday, October 6th was National Life Chain Sunday. People across the nation stood vigil from 2 to 3:30 pm to remind the nation of the continuing tragedy of legalized abortion. There were Life Chains at about 50 locations around Detroit. The purpose of Life Chains is to remind the larger community that the legal abortion is still “law-of-the-land” and that many are suffering. Not only are babies being killed but the women and men involved are scarred by their participation in the act of abortion. In the past 40 years, over 55 Million babies have been killed,

Sunday, October 20th, the Catholic Church around the world will observe World Mission Sunday. This annual observance was instituted in 1926. Every year since then, the universal Church dedicates the month of October to reflection on and prayer for the missions.

Hello everyone. I hope your week is going well and last night's Tigers win brought smile to your faces. I would like to post my midweek pastoral note: Do you remember last Sundays' Gospel story? :)

Parents of children in grades 3, 4 and 5 who will participate in the St. Clare Athletic Program this year or in the future need to be in attendance at The Play Like a Champion Program on Wednesday, October 16th. It will begin at 6:30 in the Mr. B room in the Sweeney Center.

Thank you St. Clare for making the 29th Annual Book Sale a success—raising over $32,000 for the school. We are especially thankful for our dedicated group of volunteers that helped with book sorting and children’s books. A special thank you to Sharon Keelan, Deanne Meythaler, Rose Regner, Dolores Serra, Rose Marie Stieber, Chee Chee Williams, Katie Weber, and Evelyn Barlow.