Hello St Clare,

I hope you are well rested and ready to start a new “school year” of our regular activities and programs. After two years of some turbulent experiences with the pandemic, we all hope that this is behind us and we can go back to what we like to do and value in our lives.

It is my deep wish that we can see the return of all our parish groups and programs. I also hope that you will be interested to participate and/or volunteer!

Check out our bulletin announcements for more details.

Fr. Maciej  

BEWARE OF SCAM EMAIL

It has come to my attention that there is a scam email coming out in my name saying that I would like you to handle a request discreetly. THIS IS A SCAM. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL I ASK YOU TO BUY GIFT CARDS OR GIVE ME 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.

PROJECT ADVANCE - 2022

As 2022 unfolds, let us pause to recall that together we are the one Body of Christ. Thanks to your support, Project Advance makes possible the many ministries and programs that bring us together, further our evangelizing mission, and build spaces for worship and learning.

Our Annual Appeal ensures and strengthens the Church’s mission and outreach. As always, once the goal for our parish of $59,400 is met, all additional funds raised will be directed back to paying down our mortgage or other special projects as required. You can learn more and donate at projectadvance.ca

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 Saturday

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.

Monday through Saturday

8:45am (before morning Mass)

9:30am (after morning Mass)

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.

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.

Second Collections - When there is a Second Collection, one of the collection boxes at the back will be specifically labeled for the that collection. Envelopes should be clearly marked and can be put in either box but cash donations in the Second Collection box will be passed on for that purpose. 

This year’s Healing and Reconciliation Collection will take place on the weekend of September 10/11. Funds from this collection will directly support local projects focused on healing and education. Special donation envelopes will be available in the church on the weekend of September 10/11.

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.

The boxes of Sunday Envelopes for 2022 have been issued. If you would like to pick up your box of envelopes, please send us an email or phone the parish office to make arrangements.

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.

We invite you to “COME and SEE”, and enjoy, discover, the what, why, who, when, where, and how of the Bible for our lives, as a gift, a blessing, as grace from God! It is the ‘story’ of Jesus the Christ; it is also ‘your story’ too; “Come and See.”

What do you need? Bring your Bible, and be open each week to the Holy Spirit through the pages and verses and chapters of the Bible; the Inspired Word of God! We will be reading, praying, and sharing on, the “Acts of the Apostles”, written during an important time in Christianity immediately following the Ascension of Jesus our Lord into Heaven who promised to send the Holy Spirit for us! If you have NO experience as such of the Bible, you are welcome! If you have a little or a lot of experience of the Bible, you are welcome! There is NO FEE, no books, bring your Bible. And remember, Jesus already “paid the ‘fee’ for us, on the Cross.” We are Redeemed and Saved, now enjoy finding out more about how to enjoy and safeguard our redemption and salvation; “COME and SEE.”

Contact me any time, Matthew, biblemondaystc@gmail.com 

Just a reminder that PREP starts on September 14, 2022 this year, with an Opening Mass at 7 PM, where your child will meet their teachers and receive their textbooks. If your child is attending public school, they should be registered for religious educational classes.

If you have not registered yet, please be aware that due to space limitations we are limited to the number of students we can accommodate per class.

All teachers are volunteers and work in teams either teaching, co-teaching or assisting. This year, we are short one teacher so we welcome anyone who has heard God calling them to this opportunity to teach our faith to the children.

St. Clare’s PREP (Parish Religious Education Program) is held every Wednesday night from 6:30 to 7:45 at St Clare Parish Center. The classes are offered to children from grades one to seven.

The Coordinator is Marna . All inquiries should be addressed to Marna at stclareprep@gmail.com.

Come visit us in the entrance to the church on the weekend of September 24/25 before and after every Mass. We will be sponsoring a unique fundraising event. 80% of proceeds will be sent to assistance for Ukrainian refugees and 20% will help continue the Prayer Shawl Ministry. More details to come in the next bulletin. 

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

We seemed recently to go through a period of "feria after feria" (any weekday, Monday through Friday, on which no special ecclesiastical feast is celebrated). But in the forthcoming two weeks, the Catholic church makes up for that loss. September 8 is the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, then we have St John Chrysostom, Doctor of the early Greek church (Sep 13); The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, sign of salvation (Sep 14); Our Lady of Sorrows (Sep 15); St Cornelius (3rd century pope) paired with St Cyprian, (bishop of Carthage & theologian). And September continues in like manner. 

In the Spiritual Exercises, St Ignatius places before us a fundamental choice between the way of Lucifer and the way of Christ. The Meditation on the Two Standards offers us a means of imagining these two ways of life competing for our commitment.

Read "Give them exactly what they want" (Roger Dawson SJ)



Practices for the Pandemic: Meditation on the 2 Standards

(Fr Sparough SJ video 38m )

Sacraments at St. Clare

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 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.

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.

NEW FOR 2022 AND BEYOND : Due to the high demand for mass intentions we have obtained permission from Archbishop Miller to have multiple mass intentions on one day per week. As of January 2022 we will accept up to 10 mass intentions for Fridays. For all other days we will only book one mass, and we will honour mass intentions already booked.

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, Marcel Quaghebeur, Mazoe Kaufman, Cindy Mazerolle-Kass, Anna Figura, Ed Garcia, Viray Family, Walter Banke, Etheen Lowry, Elizabeth Teixeira, Reema Ferreira, Terry McDonald, Andrew De Boda, Maurice Quaghebeur, 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 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

Coordinator of Evangelization, St. Anthony's Parish, West Vancouver (Part-Time)

St. Anthony’s Parish (West Vancouver) is seeking a Coordinator of Evangelization who is dedicated to Jesus and whose mission is to foster conversion and growth in discipleship among our parishioners, develop a welcoming parish community, encourage and equip parishioners to evangelize by witness, word, and action, and enhance communication within and beyond the parish community. The Coordinator of Evangelization reports to the pastor and works collaboratively with the administrative assistant, Parish Leadership Team, other parish committees and ministries to plan and oversee evangelization and faith formation efforts within the parish, thus supporting the parish’s spiritual and pastoral mission. 

Youth Ministry Coordinator, St. Luke's Parish

St. Luke Parish is seeking a dynamic individual with a strong commitment to young people and the Roman Catholic faith to serve as coordinator for Youth Ministry. The youth ministry coordinator will be required to plan and implement comprehensive programming for youth in grades 6 - 12 as well as coordinate and facilitate human and other resources directed towards youth ministry. This is a paid part-time position of 10 hours per week that requires excellent interpersonal skills and involves working with adults and youth. Remuneration will be based on experience. 

CISVA General Application for Elementary School Teacher, Secondary School Teacher, Education Assistant

On an on-going basis, the Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese (CISVA) accepts teacher applications for grade levels K to 12. All Catholics, non-Catholics, new education grads, and experienced teachers from across Canada are strongly encouraged to apply. Our major hiring season is in March for the following school year, but we recommend that you begin the application process in advance as we receive an influx of applications.

Maintenance and Groundskeeper, St. Luke's Parish

St. Luke Parish, serving west Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, is seeking to hire a part-time maintenance / groundskeeper individual. The primary function of this position is to be responsible for many tasks that allow the Parish, surrounding buildings, and grounds to stay clean, safe, and attractive for parishioners, priests, and visitors. As well as, to perform minor repairs and other maintenance as required

Administrative Assistant, St. Patrick's Regional Secondary School

St. Patrick Regional Secondary is a Catholic, co-educational secondary school with 500 students from Grades 8 to 12. Located in Vancouver’s picturesque Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, the school is highly regarded for its rich spiritual life, excellent academics, world-renowned choirs and abundant co-curricular and extracurricular opportunities, outstanding athletics programs, and innovative educational practices of faculty who are committed to ensuring success for all learners.

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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