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St. Brendan's Catholic Church
245 Dory Passage Clearwater, FL 33767 (727) 443-5485 | Fax: (727) 442-5896 |
Mass Times:
Saturday: 4:30 p.m. Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m. |
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Upcoming events; (Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for current information!)
February 19th and 26th - 2 p.m. - Two week movie series, discussion February 25 - 5 p.m. - Msgr. Mulligan hall - Navigator's Club meeting February 26 - 8:30 a.m. Mass to 2:30 p.m., CCW Day of reflection February 27 - 12 noon - Stations of the Cross March 1 - 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. - CCW Blood drive, free pancake breakfast provided by Navigators to all who donate blood March 1 - After all Masses - Pancake breakfast March 5 - 9:30 a.m. - Cancer support group March 6 - 12 noon - Stations of the Cross March 7 - St. Patrick's Day dance |
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Welcome to St. Brendan's Catholic Church located in lovely Clearwater, FL.
We hope you find spiritual refreshment and a faith home here in our community. We are a vibrant, active parish focused on growing in our relationship with Jesus Christ and helping others know the love and mercy of our Savior. New to Clearwater or St. Brendan's? Please pick up a new parishioner registration form at the entrances to the church or from our parish office. We look forward to getting to know you. Community is a gift - relationships create a connection and spiritual nourishment through unity in the Body of Christ. We need your contribution of unique gifts and talents to help us grow and live as disciples of Christ. Are you a visitor or seasonal resident? We welcome and strongly encourage your participation in every facet of parish life: faith formation, ministries, and social activities. We can benefit from your prayers, talents, and charisms as well. Explore this website and get to know the thriving community of St. Brendan's. May the peace of Christ be with you, whether this is a visit or relocation to our beaches and parish. |
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Pope Francis quote of the week:
Excerpt from Homily of February 18, 2015: ...And this is precisely the message of today’s Gospel. In the passage from Matthew, Jesus reviews the three works of piety required by the Mosaic law: almsgiving, prayer and fasting. And he distinguishes the external act from the interior, from that weeping from one’s heart. Over time, these provisions had been encased in the rust of an external formalism, or even changed into a sign of social superiority. Jesus highlights a common temptation in these three works, which may be summarized in hypocrisy (he names it three times): “Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen my them.... When give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do.... When you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray … that they may be seen by men.... When you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites” (Mt 6:1,2,5,16). You know, brothers, that hypocrites do not know how to weep, they have forgotten how to weep, they do not ask for the gift of tears. When we do something good, almost instinctively the desire arises within us to be respected and admired for the good deed, to obtain some satisfaction. Jesus invites us to do these works without any ostentation, and to trust only in the reward of the Father “who sees in secret” (Mt 6:4,6,18). Dear brothers and sisters, the Lord never ceases to have mercy on us, and he desires once again to offer us his forgiveness — we all need it — by inviting us to return to him with a new heart, purified from evil, purified by tears, in order to share in his joy... |
