The underground work is largely completed. The asphalt team has moved in to begin grading and setting elevations for the new asphalt and cement work to come. We have been blessed with good weather and look forward to making a lot of progress this week. If all goes well we hope to be putting down asphalt the last week of September.

The Rectory Parking Lot recently had new asphalt installed and new cement was poured along Charlevoix to complete the driveway apron and repair areas in front of the flagpole. Fr. Andrew is happy to have his garage back and a place to safely store his car. The completion of this small lot provides a glimmer of hope that our big lot is soon to follow. The underground team will be wrapping up their storm water detention system installation this week. We look forward to the paving team’s arrival to prepare the lot asphalt installation.

The Main parking lot remains closed to all parking. The Carport remains available for drop-off. Please continue to park on Whittier, Verheyden’s, and on area side streets. Please observe all parking signs. Please continue to walk, ride bikes if you are able. Great job St. Clare family on your cooperation during these early weeks of construction. We are making progress!

The Main parking lot remains closed to all parking. The Carport remains available for drop-off. Please continue to park on Whittier, Verheyden’s, and on area side streets. Please observe all parking signs. Please continue to walk, ride bikes if you are able. Great job St. Clare family on your cooperation during these early weeks of construction. We are making progress!

The Main parking lot remains closed to all parking. The Carport remains available for drop-off. Please continue to park on Whittier, Verheyden’s, and on area side streets. Please observe all parking signs. Please continue to walk, ride bikes if you are able. Great job St. Clare family on your cooperation during these early weeks of construction. We are making progress! All old asphalt and cement have been removed. The new water main has been installed and connected. The water detention system and storm water piping will begin to be installed this week.

The Main parking lot remains closed to all parking. The Carport remains available for drop-off. Please continue to park on Whittier, Verheyden’s, and on area side streets. Please continue to walk, ride bikes if you are able. Great job St. Clare family on your cooperation during these early weeks of construction.

We expect major activity this week, so the entire Parish lot is closed to parking. We still expect to allow drop-off under the Carport for handicap entry. Please use Whittier Road, Verheyden’s Parking Lot, and area side streets for all parking needs...

The Parking lot paving replacement and water detention project is officially underway. Final details are being worked out between designers and contractors. We will provide updates as new information becomes available. We hope to provide access to the Austin Portico and the elevator for most of the project. Parking will be moved...

St. Clare Christian Service Commission is organizing a team activity at Detroit Abloom on Saturday June 10 from 9:30 until Noon to perform a clean up project in their gardens. We are looking for a few parishioners to join us on this community project. The address is 248 Manistique St., Detroit 48215. The location is just a couple of blocks from Alter and Jefferson. Bring your own work gloves and a water bottle. Tools will be provided

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity teaches us that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit cannot be understood apart from their unity. To be in a relationship with God is to enter a relationship with all that God is and all that God does. To know what that is - we look to Jesus, his words, deeds, action, and mission he left for his disciples. Blessed are we to be chosen to be witnesses to it all. Come Holy Spirit with your sevenfold gifts and help us to give witness to that truth in words and deeds. Come Holy Spirit.

Participate in Orange Weekend: We are all aware of the danger associated with gun violence. It touches us deeply to see and hear about the young life lost to the senseless killing. What was once a random act of violence has now become part of the social fabric of our society. It no longer happens somewhere else it is happening in all of our back yards. The first weekend of June is Wear Orange Awareness Weekend whose mission is to honor victims, support survivors, and educate the community. Orange ribbons are available on the tables at the entrances for anyone to take and wear next week. On June 1st at 6:30 pm the Ewald Library will host a panel discussion on gun violence. All are welcome.

We Celebrate Memorial Day this weekend by remembering to pray for those who gave the ultimate gift of life in service to our country. The weekend is also the unofficial beginning of the summer season with parades, ceremonies, special sales, and the opening of summer cottages and all the activities the warm weather encourages. We are blessed to live in a country where freedom is second nature, while so many in the world do not. Please join us as we give thanks and honor this national holiday with a special Mass on Monday at 9 am. All are welcome.

Easter Sunday crowns the Holy Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter) celebration and begins a new period within the liturgical year. In this time, we discover a deeper meaning of Easter. The forty days of Lent give way to fifty days of celebrating with joy and hope singing Alleluia to Christ’s resurrection.

The St. Clare Choose Life Committee is hosting a Baby Bottle Drive the next two weekends, Feb. 25-26 and March 4-5, to support Pregnancy Aid. Help us support Pregnancy Aid and their mission to assist women with prenatal care including free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, material aid, emotional and educational support.

Greetings St. Clare Family, I hope you had a blessed and safe week. Thank you for signing up for the St. Leo’s Lunch Project. Please continue to call or email if you have questions or trouble with Flocknote. We still have many items available to be donated and kitchen volunteers needed for weeks three and six. This Lenten Parish project requires many hands and kind hearts to make it a success. We can do this together. Let’s be the light!

This week we acknowledge, highlight, and celebrate all of our students, parents, school staff and administration who comprise our St. Clare School Community. We open our week long celebration with Sunday Mass on January 29th at 11am. We are proud of our school and its achievements over more than 90 years!

Did you pick up a Saint book from last week? Whom did you choose to imitate or learn from this week?

Our parish hall is moving closer to completion with a completely new look and a fully functional kitchen. This renovation will be instrumental in allowing us to better serve our parish, school and the surrounding community. Over the years, the space has been referred to as the parish hall, social hall, basement, downstairs and perhaps even other names. The question is, should we give it a name?

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. On Thursday, February 2, 2023 we will have a special Mass in the morning at 8 am and evening at 7 pm to bless the candles that you use at home during your prayer time. Please bring your candles if you wish them to be blessed.

Today is traditionally called Gaudete Sunday, from the Latin entrance antiphon prescribed for this Sunday. As we move to the second part of Advent there is this sense of joyful expectation, an awareness that what God promised is coming to its fulfilment. Like Mary and John the Baptist, we are curious that what we see and hear really comes from God. And, like them, we Christians, lead our lives waiting patiently while actively striving to prepare a way for Christ into our lives and into the lives of others.