Hello St Clare,

It is about a new beginning. In the Church we start a new liturgical year. We are entering the beautiful season of Advent -- one of the most enchanting times of the year. The hopes and joys are on the horizon with the much-anticipated family gatherings, long awaited visits.

That said, this is not Christmas yet. Contrary to the commercial message and setup, we are still awaiting. The proper decorations are Advent wreath, Advent calendar… As you plan to send Christmas wishes to your family and friends, I encourage you to look for a religious meaningful card that speak about Saviour born among us. Not snowman, not reindeer, no holiday season greetings. Let’s share our faith by wishing and reminding each other the true purpose of this time!

As we switch to a new Sunday Missal, please discard the old one properly with your recycle paper, at home. Some people bring it to church, but we have no use for them and neither is there a special way to dispose it other than recycling. Thank you.

Please stay tuned about upcoming Penitential Services, here at St. Clare and in the surrounding parishes. Prepare the way for the Lord!

Fr. Maciej

BEWARE OF SCAM EMAIL

There is a scam email going around in Fr. Maciej's name saying that he would like you to handle a request discreetly, asking for cash or gift cards. THIS IS A SCAM. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL FR. MACIEJ ASK YOU TO BUY GIFT CARDS OR GIVE HIM CASH. If you receive one of these, please delete it immediately.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday to Friday

9am to 12pm

1pm to 3pm

The parish office is closed on statutory holidays.

CHRISTMAS

Saturday, December 24

5:00pm

10:00pm

Sunday, December 25

8:30am

11:00am

2:00pm (Spanish)

No 5:00pm Mass

NEW YEAR

Saturday, December 31

5:00pm

Sunday, January 1

8:30am

11:00am

2:00pm (Spanish)

No 5:00pm Mass

Thank you to the 292 families who have already made a gift to this year’s Project Advance. They represent 27% of our parishioners. From their contributions we have raised $145,630 of which $86,230 will be returned to St. Clare’s.

These funds, raised from Project Advance, will be used to pay down our mortgage and for special projects such as the upgrade to the sound system in the church.   

It is not too late to make a gift. Every gift no matter the size will make a difference in our community. Please consider making a gift today to Project Advance.

You can give online at projectadvance.ca, by phone at 604-683-0281 ext. 50323, or with our volunteers who will be in the lobby this weekend to help you. You can also make your donation in-person at our parish office.

If you have any questions regarding donations already made or tax receipts please email donations@rcav.org

Thank you so much for your support.

Assigning of envelopes is computerized, based on envelopes usage in the last year. If you were not assigned envelopes and would like one, please contact the parish office at request@stclare.ca or 604-941-4800. We will gladly arrange a box for you.

NEW FOR 2023!!! Donors who are on monthly Pre-Authorized Payment through the parish have been assigned SECOND COLLECTIONS ONLY envelopes. These will also be available for pick up in the church lobby.

People who have had health issues or near-death experiences generally have a greater appreciation for each day being a gift from God. The rest of us usually take for granted that we will be around tomorrow. But when you start to look at each day as a gift, you realize all the little miracles that happen daily and you begin to see God’s active presence in your life. You grow in gratitude, each day, for all that we have been given.

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SUNDAY MASSES

Saturday (Mass of Anticipation)  5:00pm

Sunday  8:30am, 11:00am and 5:00pm

        6:30pm (Spanish)

DAILY MASSES 

Monday through Saturday at 9:00am

Morning Office/Breviary at 8:30am from Monday through Saturday. Everyone is welcome to join in.

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LIVESTREAMING SCHEDULE

We will continue to live stream our masses on both FACEBOOK (Link) and on YOUTUBE (Link) as follows:

Daily Masses Monday through Friday at 9:00am

Weekend Mass at 5:00pm on Saturdays

All of these are posted on YouTube and Facebook and can be watched either live or after the livestreaming has ended. If you haven't already, please subscribe to our YouTube page and don't forget to "Like Us". These simple moves makes us easier to find on the web.

You can participate in all of our online masses by clicking on the links provided above or by going to our website, www.stclare.ca and clicking on the link provided.

We have connected a very limited number of sound receivers to our sound system for people with serious difficulty in hearing. These can be used with either our headphones or your own personal headphones. If you are interested, please call the office at 604-941-4800 or email stclareofassisi@shaw.ca These are the same ones that we had in the hall.

Please contact the parish office to make arrangements for

baptisms, weddings, funerals and other Sacraments.

Monday through Saturday

8:45am (before morning Mass)

9:30am (after morning Mass, until last penitent)

No registration or appointment is necessary.



Confessions are heard in the Children's Room (by the washrooms on the east side of the church) NOT in the confessional.

ADORATION CHAPEL

The Adoration Chapel is accessible 7 days a week. Entrance to the Adoration Chapel is open between 8am and 6pm.  

Pre-Authorized Payments

We offer a Pre-Authorized Payment (PAP) plan which you can sign up for by completing the form at Pre-Authorized Form and returning it with a void cheque to the parish office. Pre-authorized payments are withdrawn directly from your bank account on the 1st day of the month.

Please remember to sign the back as it is invalid without a signature. You may seal the completed form in an envelope marked Pre-Authorized Payment and drop it in the donation box located in the church, mail it or bring it to the parish office. The form must be in the office by the 20th of the month in order for it to be effective on the following 1st of the month.

Donations at Church

If you wish to continue to make your donation at mass, please note that we will not be passing around the collection baskets at this time. Please leave your donation to the church in one of the boxes at the back of the church either when you enter or when you leave.

If you would like a box of Sunday envelopes, contact the parish office.

Second Collections - When there is a Second Collection, a collection box at the back of the church will be specifically labeled for the that collection.

The next second collection is on the weekend of December 4 for Youth Ministry. This collection is to support various youth programs in the Archdiocese.

UKRAINIAN SUPPORT - We will continue to leave a donation box beside the Ukrainian flag in the lobby as they will need continued support. If you have any loose change or bills please consider making a donation. Thank you.

ADVERTISERS IN OUR BULLETIN

There is an advertiser section at the bottom of today's bulletin. Please support these businesses as they support your parish. Clicking on their ad will take you to their web page.

If you are interested in advertising your company in our bulletin, please contact the office at stclareofassisi@shaw.ca or call 604-941-4800.

Limited number of tickets will be available for sale a the door!

Take one of the Colour Tags or Gift Certificate Envelopes off the Advent tree.

• Purchase the gift and place the gift in a gift bag and attach the original colour tag to the gift.
• Place the Gift Certificate (or cash/cheque) in the gift certficate envelope provided in the box under the Advent tree.

Remember to bring the gift and/or gift certificate by the date indicated on the colour tag. This is Important as it will be delivered to the recipient at an event organized by the group to which they belong near the date specified.

If you have any questions or if you would like to sponsor a family in need, please email Sharon at gilliscardella@gmail.com.

Parishioners are invited to attend an Advent Retreat hosted by the St. Clare of Assisi Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order. It will be held in the St. Clare Parish Centre basement on Saturday, Nov. 26 at 10am. Brother Michael Perras, OFM will be giving a talk via zoom called 'Pregnant with the Divine'. Refreshments will be served. 

The Epiphany Sacred Arts Guild will be having a sale of sacred art on Saturday, December 10 and Sunday December 11 in the church foyer after all Masses.

Original art, quality prints both framed and unframed, cards and rosaries will be on sale. Sacred art supports your prayers life and keeps alive the 2000 year visual art tradition of the Catholic Church. Payments in cash, cheques or e-transfers are accepted.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

Thank you for purchasing perogies and Advent candles from the CWL!

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

Proceeds from the Pancake Breakfast go to our School Breakfast Program, Coats for Kids and other Knights' programs.

YOU CAN BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE!

By pressing the PURCHASE ONLINE button, a portion of the proceeds will return to our council.

For information on the Knights of Columbus please visit our websites: kofc.org and kofcbc.org

If you are interested in becoming a Knight please email Mike at knights@stclare.ca or call him at 604 760 9035.

“Come and See”…observe…listen…share…participate if comfortable, and enjoy the Word of God in The Holy Bible. Open to all…no, little or a lot of experience but looking to spend time understanding Gods Plan for you as revealed in the Bible by the Holy Spirit. Check it out; Come and See. 

Contact Matthew biblemondaystc@gmail.com, 6047542762. 

“Come and See”…check it out…enjoy conversation as if on a walk with Jesus 

and the Apostles. All informal, flowing, open, friendly, and using a verse, or a 

Psalm, or a chapter, or a Book of the Bible to start the conversation each week.

Come and listen, or talk, and simply enjoy good conversation about your Faith.

Contact Matthew bibleportage@gmail.com, 6047542762

The Legion of Mary Praesidium, Mary Mother of the Church, is now meeting in person every Thursday from 9:45am to 11am at St. Francis Room of the Parish Centre.

To join as active or auxiliary member, please call Ofelia Estrada at (604)240-9101 or Lourdes Cabael at (778)986-7516.

Food for Thought . . . and for the Soul

Pope Pius XI instituted the Solemnity of Christ the King on December 11, 1925 in his encyclical Quas Primas. At that time he saw the rise of atheistic communism and secularism as a direct result of man’s turning away from Christ’s sovereignty, and man’s denying of the authority of Christ’s Church. This result was “disorder” or a move away from the Divine Order. The Feast of Christ the King was set on the last Sunday in October. After the Second Vatican Council, the calendar reforms of 1969 moved the date of the Feast of Christ the King to the last Sunday before the next liturgical year’s Advent.

(by FrJoseph S Benitez aka justmehomely)

If you wish to book a Mass Intention please email the office at stclareofassisi@shaw.ca giving the name of the person, whether it is for a living or deceased person, who it is from and if you have any preferences for the day of the week, a weekend mass or specific date. We will try to book your mass intention as close to the request as possible.  Please note that there may be rare, unforeseen situations when your scheduled date may be changed without notice.

The suggested offering for a mass intention is not less than $10 and can be brought to the office, mailed to 1320 Johnson Street, Coquitlam, V3B 4T5 or dropped in the collection box in the church. Please DO NOT use a collection envelope but put it in a regular envelope clearly marked for what it is for. This offering will go to the priest who says the mass, not to the church.

If you are unable to use email, mass intentions may be phoned in at 604-941-4800.

We are able to accept multiple Mass intentions on Fridays. For all other days, we can schedule only one Mass intention per day.

Please pray for the sick of our Parish

Noah Zanatta, Bob Roy, Loni Cain, Brendan Pace, Gracienda Ramos, Brian Stewart, Catherine Dunne, Lucy Chase, Doreen Allyen, Tyson Ward, Nora Arroyal, Christopher Brown, Joan McDonald, Annabella Cirko, Frank Matchett, Kelly Durkin, Jason Kendall, Bill Clendinning, Chris Mah, Lydia Guzman, Angelo Visentin, June Cross, Katelyn Boudewyn, Karen Morris, Ramon Montecillo, Janice Caine, Nadine Classen, Leanne Theiss, Sierra Osborne, Sebastien Robillard, Sandra Diersch, Lori Dennis, Mazoe Kaufman, Cindy Mazerolle-Kass, Anna Figura, Ed Garcia, Viray Family, Walter Banke, Etheen Lowry, Elizabeth Teixeira, Reema Ferreira, Terry McDonald, Andrew De Boda, Hari Vijay, Peggy Maas, Chad Galitzky, Al Trotter, Pat Dizy, Brett Lawrence, Norman Schuster, Brenda Haines, John Bergen, Laud Vidal, Rick Empey, Dan Arseneault, Addie Jamieson, Jean-Yves Duret, Valerie Ng and all recipients of St. Clare’s Prayer Shawls.

The Poor Clare sisters are praying for our parish and would be happy to take your personal prayer requests by mail or telephone. For vocation inquiries, send an email to callclaremissbc@telus.net

Contact these parishes directly for possible changes in their schedule.

If you are interested in joining us or would like to know more about Mothers Prayers, please contact Thelma Rose at (604) 464-3383 or by email at glenthel@shaw.ca

For more information, please visit: www.mothersprayers.org or https://stclare.ca/parish-life/faith-formation/mothers-prayer/

Controller, Finance Office

The Controller is a senior member of the finance team and is responsible for all areas relating to general accounting & financial reporting, participates in safeguarding Archdiocesan assets, and is accountable for payroll administration. This function also provides support to the Chief Financial Officer, the Archdiocesan Curia, and provides information and support to parishes and schools. 

Communications Coordinator

The Communications Office is seeking a full-time Coordinator who will oversee the digital outreach of the Catholic Church in Vancouver. Part writer, part content creator, part social media manager, the Coordinator will manage email campaigns, social media, and websites. The Coordinator will be responsible for the digital outreach of ministries and sub-brands such as The B.C. Catholic, Behold, Proclaim, Gardens of Gethsemani, Project Advance, and the Archbishop of Vancouver. The Communications Coordinator will assist the Director with key messaging and clearly communicate to the public and the media.

Digital Marketing Specialist

The Communications Office is seeking a full-time Digital Marketing Specialist to advance the strategic goals of the local Catholic Church through email, social media, and other digital marketing strategies. The Digital Marketing Specialist will design and execute cross-channel campaigns for various archdiocesan offices and ministries and grow the digital reach of the Archdiocese.

Administrative Assistant, Ministries & Outreach

The Ministries and Outreach Office is looking for a seasoned administrative professional to provide exceptional support to Coordinator(s) and Project Manager(s) for the successful execution of projects and events as well as the ongoing maintenance of effective programming. This position plays an essential role in the evangelization mission of the church by supporting program development that helps to form true disciples of Jesus Christ. 

The Archdiocese of Vancouver is blessed to be made up of a committed core of individuals who are eager to serve in ministry. If you feel called to be a part of this team, additional employment opportunities may be viewed at at rcav.org/jobs

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