Providing for the financial needs of our parish
Our parish continues to incur expenses for such items as electricity, heating, repairs, insurance, etc. Although our financial statements show a very solid financial position for our parish, we can very quickly deplete our resources without access to our regular collections.  If you are in a position to do so, we invite you to support our parish financially and on a regular basis.

The following options are available for donating to our parish:

1) By obtaining a parish collection envelope box through our parish office, which can be dropped off during Mass or sent in the mail.  The parish will produce a tax receipt for any donations made using it:

Registration Form – St. Clement Parish

2) Through a monthly direct transfer from your bank account to the parish bank account (Pre-Authorized Giving). The form used to initiate PAD is attached below.  If you would like to use this process for your donations please complete the form and mail (or drop it off) to the parish office. If you do not wish to continue this method of giving, it can be terminated upon written notice to the parish.  The parish will produce a tax receipt for any donations made using PAD:

PAD–Authorization Form–rev

3) Using your credit card by going to the St. Clement Parish Web Page stclement-ottawa.org and clicking “Donate to the Parish” link and filling out the required form at the link below.  Regular donations using this credit card method can be cancelled at any time at canadahelps.org.  Canada Helps itself will send you the tax receipt :

Credit Card donations to St. Clement Parish

4) E-Transfers: The parish can now accept Interac e-transfer payments if you provide the following email to your bank:  .  The answer to the question that you provide the bank when you create the transfer must be “Clement“.  You must specify the reason of the payment in the comment area when you create the transfer.  Please be sure to provide your full name and address.  The parish will then be able to provide a tax receipt.

5) Donations of Securities and Mutual Funds may also be donated using the link below:  Canada Helps will send you the tax receipt:

Securities & Mutual Funds – Canada Helps

Thank you to those already using one of these options for your donations.  You can be assured that the confidential personal information you provide, particularly for online giving, will be kept in a secure place in our parish office.

If you have any questions or require further information please contact our parish secretary, at 613-565-9656 or email

In Christo,

Fr. Erik Deprey, FSSP
Pastor

Today’s Readings:

https://www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl
(*choose your preferred language at the bottom, then click ‘Sancta Missa‘)

Livestreams (Sundays and Major Feasts) :
https://www.youtube.com/@st.clementsparishparoisses8409/streams

Today’s Divine Office Prayers (i.e. Matins, Lauds, etc) : 
https://www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/horas/officium.pl

You will find more general information on the project itself here:

https://www.saintclement.ca/about

The Real Estate Committee of the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall met and passed a motion allowing our parish to continue to the Design Development phase of our Parish Hall project with the Architect. The approval of the Design Development phase is an important step forward in the architectural design process.  We would like to thank the Archdiocese for their continued support and encouragement. 

It needs to be emphasized that your pledges are essential to the process of securing a good mortgage with the Archdiocese, something we hope to work out as soon as possible.  So if you have not yet made your pledges, we encourage you to do so now. Our electronic form can be submitted using the following link:

https://www.saintclement.ca/pledge.

Alternatively, you may print off the form using the PDF link below and submit it with the Sunday Collection:

Parish Hall Pledge Form EN FR (PDF)

Or to make a donation now, use the link below:

https://www.saintclement.ca/donate

We have received $631,102 in pledges and donations so far.

This is 77% of our goal which is a good start. However, we need to build on this momentum. May God reward you for keeping this parish need between your gas and electric bill.

We appreciate the support from those who have contributed to the campaign so far. Initially, our pledge drive was seeking pledges for 2023, 2024 and 2025; however, since the pledge drive started late in 2023, we are adding 2026 to the pledge period. 

If you have any questions or require additional information regarding either the parish hall project and/or the capital campaign, contact John Fennelly @ 613-867-0144 or send an email to .

Subscribe to our Flocknote email for periodic updates and information on the parish schedule, news and events using the link below:

https://stclementparish.flocknote.com/

The latest bulletins can be found below :

2026-03-01 Dominica Secunda in Quadragesima

2026-02-22-Dominica Prima in Quadragesima

PRAY THE ROSARY WITH Fr. Deprey, Fr. Breton, and Fr. Debow  (in English or Latin!) : 

Our Latin Rosary Prayers can be downloaded here for printing:
Latin Rosary Prayers

ENGLISH:

LATIN:

Many of us may be seeking new ways of spiritually preparing ourselves and our family for the challenges of daily life. The state of the world and of the Church sometimes trouble us too. To weather this storm, we must stay close to Our Lady. We should offer sacrifices and penances through her, for the liberty and exaltation of Holy Mother the Church. One concrete way to do this is to sign up for the Marie Reine du Canada pilgrimage which was founded by St. Clement parishioners 22 years ago. Taking place on Labour Day weekend, it is a 100km walk in the footsteps of the Canadian martyrs, along the St. Lawrence river, to the miraculous shrine of Our Lady of the Cape. Much like the famous Chartres pilgrimage in France, there is daily Mass and confession in beautiful Quebecois churches, as well as sung rosaries and hymns, joyful folk songs, and much camaraderie. Pilgrims hold flags, support one another, and peacefully witness to the one true Faith to local residents. If you are not able to walk, you can still participate by being a worker pilgrim. This is a very affordable weekend full of prayerful work for heavenly merit! More information below.

The First Saturday Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary was first mentioned by Our Lady of Fatima on July 13, 1917. 

Please download the pamphlet at the link below for more detailed information on how to participate !

5 First Sat Pamphlet (PDF)

FORMED is a Catholic resource with thousands of Catholic movies, programs, audio recordings, and e-books.  Through your donations we have been blessed to have been able to offer a one-year subscription accessible to all parishioners.

https://watch.formed.org/browse

There are 3 ways to access our parish subscription:

1)  Click on this link using your computer and follow the prompts.  Choose St. Clement Parish and indicate your email address.  The rest is self-explanatory:  https://signup.formed.org/

2) Download the app to your smart TV (search “Formed, Catholic”.  Formed is usable on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, and Chromecast. (note:  you will need to first register at  formed.org/signup before logging into the app).

3)  Download the Formed app to your mobile device (iOS or Android) via App Store or Google Play Store.

We are grateful for the donations which made this one-year subscription possible !  If everyone contributed just $20 toward this service, we could continue offering it on a yearly basis. 

Your donation can simply be placed in the Sunday collection, earmarked “Formed”. Or you could do the same using our Canada Helps online platform under the “Weekly Offering” link, by adding a comment that it would be for “Formed subscription”:

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/st-clements-parishla-paroisse-st-clement/

Thank-you and God Bless!

In Christo,
Fr. Erik Deprey, FSSP

The Confraternity of St. Peter is spread throughout the world, and is divided into three regions: The English-Speaking Region, the French-Speaking Region and the German-Speaking Region. For more information on these regions and the Confraternity in general, please visit the international website at :

https://www.fssp.org/en/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter.

Members pray a decade of the Rosary and the Confraternity Prayer each day for the intentions of the Confraternity.

Enroll in the Confraternity online.

Or print and mail this enrollment form:

Confraternity Enrollment Form and Prayers.

For the most recent information on our Bookstore and Gift Shop, please refer to the link below:

https://stclement-ottawa.org/en/bookstore/

St. Clements has several hand missals for the Traditional Mass available in our bookstore, in English-Latin and in French-Latin.  These may be purchased in our bookstore on Sundays before & after Masses.   We also have smaller missals for children and several used missals at reduced prices .

In English:

The Roman Catholic Daily Missal (Angelus Press)

Features include: 1,980 pages, all liturgical texts in Latin and English, all readings both in Latin & English (Douay-Rheims), music of the Ordinary in Gregorian notation, gilt edges, five liturgically-coloured ribbons, sewn binding, rounded back with durable, and leather-like gold embossed flexible cover.

In French:

Missel Quotidien Complet (Éditions Ste-Madeleine)

Entièrement recomposé et conforme au code des rubriques du bienheureux Jean XXIII, ce missel latin-français comprend, avec l’Imprimatur de l’archevêque d’Avignon, Mgr Jean-Pierre Cattenoz, l’année liturgique au complet.

The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter is a Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical right, that is, a community of priests who do not take religious vows, but who work together for a common mission in the Catholic Church, under the authority of the Holy See. The mission of the Fraternity is two-fold: first, the formation and sanctification of priests, and secondly, the care of souls and pastoral activities in the service of the Church. The Fraternity of St. Peter accomplishes this mission using the liturgical books in force in 1962, as specified in its decree of erection in 1988, confirmed by a decree of Pope Francis dated February 11, 2022.

The Fraternity was founded on July 18, 1988 at the Abbey of Hauterive (Switzerland) by a dozen priests and a score of seminarians. Shortly after the Fraternity’s foundation and following upon a request by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Bishop Josef Stimpfle of Augsburg, Germany granted the Fraternity a home in Wigratzbad, a Marian shrine in Bavaria. It is here that the European seminary of the Fraternity is currently found, and which is the mother-house of the community. The General House, on the other hand, is situated in Fribourg, Switzerland. There are currently almost 387 priests and 182 seminarians in the Fraternity.

Detailed information on the history and mission of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter can be found here:  https://www.fssp.org/en/

Of particular interest are the documents of our foundation, which can be accessed here:
https://www.fssp.org/en/presentation-2/documents/

The Fraternity of St. Peter currently operates two international houses of formation: the original formation house in Wigratzbad, Germany, and the other in Denton, Nebraska, U.S.A.  The Fraternity has organized its seminary training in accordance with the Church’s norms on priestly formation, including a year of more intense spiritual preparation before entering the cycles of philosophy (2 years) and theology (4 years).  By fostering a balanced life of prayer, study, community life, and personal discipline, care is taken to cultivate human maturity and to acquire the spirit of the Gospel, in close union with Christ.  The spiritual life in the houses is centered on the sacrifice of the Mass.  Special attention is paid to the faithful observance of the “liturgical and disciplinary traditions” according to the dispositions of the Motu proprio Ecclesia Dei adflicta of July 2, 1988, which is at the origin of the Fraternity’s foundation (see Constitutions, art. 8).  The Philosophical and theological studies are founded on the principles and the method of Saint Thomas Aquinas (see Constitutions, Art. 10).

Once seminary studies are finished, members of the Fraternity take care to continue their formation by sessions and personal studies.

The members of the Fraternity are sent out to serve the faithful throughout the world in apostolates, which are entrusted to them by local bishop and are in conformity with its particular charism. Today the Fraternity serves in four continents (complete list of our houses and apostolates).  The priests live in small communities and work to spread the Gospel by caring for souls in parishes; through the education of youth (schools, camps and youth groups); and in organizing conferences, catechism courses, pilgrimages retreats, and other activities.

Copies of Faithful in All Generations, A history of Saint Clement Parish, 1968-2018, published to mark the parish’s 50^th anniversary, are available in both English and French for $45 in the parish bookstore.  A book review can be found here:

http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2019/02/faithful-in-all-generations-history-of.html

Faithful in All Generations chronicles the story of the birth and development of Saint Clement Parish from its uncertain beginnings in the late 1960s up until recent events of the past year.

In addition to being generously illustrated by photos, the history is supplemented by notes to accompany the texts and copies of important documents relating to critical periods in the parish’s establishment, including one long feared lost.

The work of volunteer contributors, many of whom are parishioners of Saint Clement, the history has received the endorsement of high-profile Roman Catholic leaders: Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura; Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, a founding faculty member of Wyoming Catholic College, a prolific writer and composer of sacred music and Leo Darroch, President of Foederatio Internationalis Una Voce from 2007 to 2013.