Pregnancy Aid Bottle Drive: A “Bottle Drive” to support our local Pregnancy Aid organization will be coming in February. Your donations will support their services to help young women through their pregnancies. We planning for the following dates: February 17-28, 2022. Detailed articles coming soon.

Are you signed up for Formed.org? You can find so many great programs for you, your family, the children. Just go to formed.org and enter St. Clare of Montefalco Church. Take a look around. Invite a friend or two for coffee or tea and share faith together. God will like it if you do and…so will Sr. Kathy

Today on the first Sunday of 2022, we commemorate the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord. Epiphany means "MANIFESTATION," referring to the appearance of Jesus. The significance of this day is not just the arrival of the magi, but the coming of the visitors from the east to adore the newborn King

A sincere thank you to everyone who participated in the 2021 Giving Tree Project. We had a marvelous turnout of donations of wonderful gifts and gift cards for our six area organizations. Considering the continued challenges during this COVID-19 pandemic, they were all delighted that we were still able to support their efforts to keep our most vulnerable warm and fed. We had many of our stay at home parishioners send in gifts from Amazon or dropped off packages at the Parish Office. Thank you for helping us continue to provide assistance to our friends and neighbors in need.

Give the gift of life! Please note we have had to cancel our usual January blood drive due to continued construction in the Social Hall. If we learn of another opportunity to give blood in our area we will share it with you. You may always contact the Red Cross at 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

Following Gaudete Sunday, we continue with the joyful theme on this last Sunday of Advent. Not only because we light the fourth candle on our advent wreath, but because two beautiful women, who trusted the Lord’s messengers, point us toward the Christmas and Salvation story. That is our story. God’s Spirit is at work in us too. God’s word becomes flesh in us and through us. Mary and Elizabeth are two major figures of the nativity narrative who respond with joy and trust. We can do the same. Be Bold be Holy Be Catholic.

Our next Christian Service activity, the Giving Tree Project, will roll out next weekend with small Christmas trees and gift tags for suggested gifts to the organizations we support each year. We will also have the Wish Lists on our St. Clare website. Our gifts support local warming centers, senior centers and social service agencies assisting our most needy.

To respond in faith to the challenges we face and to take the necessary steps to better equip our parish communities for the mission outlined in Unleash the Gospel, the Archdiocese is dividing all parishes into groups called “Families of Parishes” creating a new structure and leadership...

Our third Small Acts of Kindness project supports our Veterans receiving care at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit. These men and women sacrificed so much for our country. We are excited to launch this project to help our local VA Medical Center to assist our area veterans. Thank you for your donations thus far. We really appreciate your support!

If you have a Student Preparing for the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Holy Communion our first gathering will be December 5. Please make a real effort to get to church or at least be viewing the Sunday Mass on Facebook or website. Feel free to invite the child’s God parents and locate the child’s baptismal candle or purchase one from the Religious Education Office for $3.

Our country, state and city continue to be affected by the Covid-19 virus, particularly the Delta variant which is more highly contagious. At this point we know that our children and the un-vaccinated are the most vulnerable and waning antibodies in our older and compromised populations have led to recommending a booster vaccine shot. We are fast approaching the cold and flu season as well. Following the recommendation of the CDC, Wayne County, and AOD we are asking parishioners...

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We are in search of students, grades 3-12, to join the St. Clare of Montefalco Altar Servers team for the following week-end Masses: Saturday @ 4:00 pm and Sunday @ 9:00 & 11:00 am.

The Knights of Columbus Council 12479 will be conducting our annual REVERSE RAFFLE on Saturday, September 11. The revenue raised from this fundraiser allows us to continue the Knights' activities for our St. Clare Church, School and Parish Community as well as our organization's financial obligations for 2021-2022.

The Christian Service Commission encourages you to support our Capuchins as they plan for their Capuchin Soup Kitchen Telethon on October 5, 2021. Due to the pandemic, they will not hold their traditional SOCK Dinner and Signature Drive but instead ask you to donate online and through mail. We are grateful for the amazing services they offer to the community and appreciate their support of St. Clare Parish when they fill in for masses for Fr. Andrew.

The Catholic Services Appeal supports 170 ministries, programs, and services that benefit the faithful in Southeast Michigan. This archdiocesan-wide campaign communicates that the local Church extends beyond our parish borders. This collaborative campaign is a way to demonstrate the unity of the larger Church and to fund these vital programs without simply increasing the diocesan assessment of parish offertories. But if we don’t reach our goal, the parish account of St Clare will have to pay the difference.

If you would like your loved one who is buried at Mt. Elliott Cemetery remembered during our prayer service on August 15, 2021, please stop by the table near the Family Room or at the back of the Church and add their name to the list. We will gather at Mt. Elliott at 3:00 p.m. to pray for them and all the deceased of our parish on our Cemetery Sunday celebration day.

I would like to thank the 94 parish families who have donated to the 2021 Catholic Services Appeal. Because of the pandemic last year CSA was delayed several months. CSA 2021 has come right on the heels of last year’s Appeal. We are 2 months into it and quite off target from previous years at this point. If we all do our part to contribute to the CSA we could make the goal without a burden to anyone.

As we celebrate Independence Day with Mass this weekend, fireworks, BBQs, and summer outings we also reflect on our countries’ 245 years of history, the significance of the creation of a new nation based on a universal idea. This weekend let’s offer prayers for justice and peace, that we all strive to be the witness to Christ in our city, country and beyond. Happy Fourth of July.

Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron was ordained a bishop on July 9, 1996. As the Archdiocese of Detroit prepares to celebrate his milestone anniversary, I would like to, on behalf of our parish community congratulate and extended best wishes to our spiritual shepherd. Archbishop, thank you for your vocation, ministry and pastoral leadership in our Archdiocese. Ad multos Annos!