Join us for VBS THIS Summer - Totally Catholic True North
Trusting Jesus in a Wild World!
June 9th-13th, 9am-Noon
Click here to register your children
PreK (4 by 9/30/25) to those just completing 6th Grade
Click here to contact Lori Mascia for interview to volunteer.


Click here to download a printable version of our May Calendar
Start Preparing for Sunday!
4th Sunday of Easter ~ Mother's Day!
Happy Mothers Day to all mothers and those who fill that role in our lives!
“My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.
No one can take them out of my hand.
John 10:27-28 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051125.cfm
Resources for Children & Families

Click here for a list of links for adults, families, teens & children to spend more time in the Word of God
Habemus Papam! We Have a Pope!
God Bless Pope Leo XIV!

Elevated May 8, 2025
First American Pope!
69 years old, from Chicago!
Click here or here for more info

Click here to download free Holy Heroes "Habemus Papam!" decorations, activities, coloring page and more...
May is the Month of Mary

Click here for Praying the Hail Mary Line by Line, by Pat Gohn, Editor Catechist Magazine
Click here to Pray the Rosary
Click here for a short video from Catholic Central
Watch the feature film, Mary of Nazareth https://watch.formed.org/videos/mary-of-nazareth
Click here for our virtual May Crowning of Mary (A special thank you to the Guritza family):

Please stop by our statue of Mary this month & say a Hail Mary, a rosary, or leave a flower for Our Blessed Mother.
Click here for May Crowning ideas
Download the pdf: Marian Consecration for Little Souls by Dennis Girard from @CatholicFormed https://watch.formed.org/marian-consecration-for-little-souls-by-dennis-girard


Click here to download Holy Heroes Mary coloring page
Pray the Divine Mercy Novena

The Divine Mercy Novena: Use pamphlet sent home with faith formation children or Click here for Divine Mercy Chaplet Novena Pamphlet
We give thanks for all those in Faith Formation 2024-2025 here at Saint Clare and pray for God's continued blessing and protection for our children, families and catechists!

“The family is the fundamental cell of society,
where we learn to live with others despite our differences and to belong to one another;
it is also the place where parents pass on the faith to their children.”
Evangellii Gaudium (Joy of the Gospel) #66. Pope Francis.
Click here for Summer Registration Parent Letter
Register NOW for 2024-2025
NOW is the time to register your child for 2024-2025 faith formation
Especially those first graders in public school who need to start faith formation and religious education to prepare to make their First Confession and receive their First Holy Communion.
Grades 7 & 8/9 Tuesday evenings, 7:15-8:30pm
Grades PreK – 6 Saturday mornings, 9-10:15am
Faith Formation for Adults with Special Needs
The Church of Saint Clare is proud to offer faith formation for adult(s 18 & older) with disabilities.
Do you know an adult who would like an opportunity to develop their religious faith?
Please encourage them to sign up so that they can begin to participate more fully in our Church community.
We look forward to celebrating the richness of the gifts that persons with disabilities have to offer.
Saint Clare Adult Special Education runs Wednesday evenings from 7-8pm.
Contact Barb Heisler at 440-221-7808 or jbheisler@gmail.com or Lori Mascia at lmascia.stclare@att.net
The definitive aim of catechesis is to put people not only in touch,
but in communion, in intimacy, with Jesus Christ.
~ Pope Saint John Paul II, Catechesis in our Time, Catechesi Tradendae, 5
Faith Formation PSR
2023-2024
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Grades Pre-K to 6
Saturdays, 9-10:15am
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Jr .High Confirmation Prep
Tuesday, 7:15-8:30pm
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Volunteer Opportunity
Calling All Disciples!
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Catechesis from Greek means to “echo” our faith. Please join us in praying for our catechists and pray for those who God is calling to join us in this ministry. “Jesus did not call volunteers to do a job but he called disciples to answer God’s call of service to God and the Church” (Pope Francis, Symposium on Catechesis, July 2017). Do you feel called to join our faith formation team? If so, please contact Lori Mascia lmascia.stclare@att.net


Ways to Pray with your Family

The Divine Mercy Novena: Use pamphlet sent home with faith formation children or Click here for Divine Mercy Chaplet Novena Pamphlet
Click here to sign up for daily email reminders from Pray More Novenas
We encourage you and your family to pray/read the bible each day!
Click here for links to help you include The Word of God in your daily life
On August 11th we celebrated our patroness, Saint Clare
For more on Clare see: https://franciscanmedia.org/saint-clare-of-assisi/
Or watch Clare and Francis filmed on location https://watch.formed.org/clare-and-francis FREE on FORMED for St. Clare parishioners

Click here for a picture of the complete stained glass window designed and executed by Douglas Phillips and here for its description researched by Reverend John Valencheck and photographed by Matt Mascia.