Our Lady, Star of the Sea

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2 Our Lady, Star of the Sea Marblehead, Massachusetts We see our community as one moved by Faith, led by Hope and united in Charity, seeking, as a caring family, to walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ by reaching out in welcome to all: the young, the old, the stranger, and the neighbor. We commit ourselves to helping and healing, to feeding the hungry, to visiting the sick, and to consoling the bereaved as Jesus commanded in the gospels. MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 4:00 PM 7:30, 9:00 and 11:00 AM Sunday: Holy Days: As announced. 9:00 AM Monday, Tuesday Daily Mass: Wednesday & Friday PARISH STAFF Rev. Michael L. Steele, Pastor Deacon John E. Joe Whipple Rev. Philip Des Rosiers, Weekend Assistant CONFESSIONS: Saturdays: 3:00-3:45 PM Mary J. Pagliarulo, Director of Music & Liturgy / Director of Religious Education (DRE) Also upon request, at any reasonable time. Julie Earp, Religious Education Assistant BAPTISM: To make arrangements for Baptism and Jean Ranger, Parish Secretary Baptismal Catechesis, please contact the rectory at (781) Mon - Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Maureen Merrigan, Church Bulletin Editor WEDDINGS: PARISH RECTORY: By personal appointment with a priest, six to eight months prior to the date desired. SICK AND SHUT-INS: Priests and Eucharistic Ministers are available to bring Holy Communion to the home. Please call the Rectory. (781) Fax: OFFICE HOURS: NEW PARISHIONERS ARE MOST WELCOME Please make yourselves known to us at the Rectory. We want to know you. (781) Mon - Fri 9:00-3:00 Sat. 12:30-4:00 PARISH CENTER/ RELIGIOUS ED. OFFICE: 80 Atlantic Avenue (781) NEWS DEADLINE: All items for the Parish Bulletin must be at the Rectory in writing no later than Monday at 10:00 AM. 85 Atlantic Avenue PARISH WEBSITE: PARISH sosrectory@verizon.net

3 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 21, 2015 MASS SCHEDULE Saturday June 20 4:00 PM Dr. John H. Leary Memorial Mass Sunday June 21 7:30 AM Special Intention 9:00 AM Special Intention 11:00 AM Special Intention Monday June 22 9:00 AM Paul Nagle Memorial Mass Tuesday June 23 9:00 AM Special Intention Wednesday June 24 9:00 AM Westby Rogers Memorial Mass Thursday June 25 9:00 AM NO MASS Friday June 26 9:00 AM Special Intention Saturday June 27 4:00 PM Carl Pierce 4 th Anniversary Memorial Mass Sunday June 28 7:30 AM Special Intention 9:00 AM Barbara J. Buckley Memorial Mass 11:00 AM Special Intention WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday June 27 4:00 PM Fr. O Keefe Sunday June 28 7:30 AM Fr. O Keefe 9:00 AM Fr. O Keefe 11:00 AM Fr. Des Rosiers (Deacon Joe preaching) PARISH PAY THE PREFERRED METHOD OF GIVING We offer this alternative to parishioners of Our Lady, Star of the Sea. You have the option of making your weekly offering to our parish at the following website Offertory Collection Sunday, June 14: $11, Religious Education Registration: Registration will continue after the 9:00 Family Liturgy in the Parish Center until June 21st except for Memorial Day weekend. You can also download a form from our website and mail it in to the Parish Center, or drop it off at your convenience classes will be as follows: Sunday: (following the Family Liturgy Mass) 10:00AM to 11:00AM (Grades 1 through 10) Tuesday: 3:00PM to 4:00PM (Grades 1 through 6) 6:00PM 7:30PM (Grades 6 through 10) [every other week] Wednesday: 3:00PM to 4:00PM (Grades 1 through 8) 4:30PM to 5:30PM (Grades 1 through 6) Registration fees will be: $ child $ children $ or more children Registration forms should be completed for all students, including children attending Private School, Parochial School or Boarding School. Boarding School Students should make arrangements with the Religious Education Office regarding a summer program. Summer Session for Boarding & Private School Students Only The summer session has been scheduled for the first week of August. If you have not already contacted the Office of Religious Education, please call to enroll your child (781) th Grade Parochial Students Religious Education Enrollment Required for Confirmation If your child is in the 10 th grade and attends a parochial school, they are still required to enroll in Religious Education at Our Lady, Star of the Sea for this important year of preparation. This is required for Confirmation. Please call the Office of Religious Education if you have any questions (781) Confirmation 2015 The Sacrament of Confirmation will be held at Our Lady, Star of the Sea on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 11:00AM. The Very Reverend Gerard Petringa will be celebrating the Eucharist. Confirmation Rehearsal Thursday, November 12, at 7:00PM in the Church (Both candidates and their sponsors should attend.) Confirmation Retreat Sunday, September 13 immediately following the 11:00AM Mass. The Retreat will end at 6:00PM. Lunch will be served. Vacation Bible School Vacation Bible School is full. We are looking forward to a great week learning about Nazareth, where Jesus was a kid. Enrollees will be receiving an with more detailed information the week before camp begins. First Communion Photos are ready. Please link to for Group I and for Group II SUMMER REMINDER We hope you will continue to join us at the Family Liturgy throughout the summer. If your child would like to help with the Prayers of the Faithful, please contact the Religious Education Office. Also, if your child (Grade 4 and up) would like to be an altar server, we will be training this summer. Please see us after Mass.

4 FR. STEELE S REFLECTION: Jesus woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace! Be still! Mark 4: Underwater A mom and her eight-year-old son are staying at a Holiday Inn and were enjoying the heated pool, Kieran is happily gliding through the water like an otter, while Mom carefully wades in the shallow end. She has feared water since she was Kieran s age she couldn t trust her body to float; her anxious mind would not allow her to let go. When she would slip beneath the surface, she would breather in water and choke. So, over the years, she kept to the shore or pool edge. But, she also knew she was missing the freedom of swimming that so easily came to her friends, who leapt off docks and rode the ocean waves. Selfdoubt hardened into conviction. But today Kieran will not accept his mother s fear. They are the only two using the indoor pool this afternoon. Try to swim to me, Kieran says. Kieran had conquered a number of his own fears in his young life and today it s Mom s turn. The eight-year-old calmly and authoritatively coaxes her. It s not very far When I count to three, you start. OK? OK, she says. One, two, three. Go! But she doesn t move. Let s try it again, he says quietly with a confidence and maturity Mom has not heard in her son before. One, two, three! But she doesn t move. Let s try it again, he says quietly with a confidence and maturity Mom has not heard in her son before. One, two, three! After more false starts, Mom knows she must act. Mom tells the rest of the story: I suck in air, squeeze my eyes shut, and aim like a torpedo, into the murk. Beneath the surface, sound stops. I travel blind in this liquid world, surging forward, shoving water aside. I hold my breath until I cannot anymore. I burst up into the cool air. I don t see Kieran. I have glided right past him. I did it. I say unbelieving. Time slips off its track. Those childhood struggles, these minutes in the pool, the vision of my son s future the years swirl, bind to one another in new ways. My child has urged me past the old pain. Tears mix with the chlorinated dew on my smiling face. Kieran smiles too. Now, he says, try to go a little farther. I swim farther. I swim. [from Underwater by Kathleen Burge, The Boston Sunday Globe Magazine, April 19, 2015.] A mom finds new courage from her young son; an eight-yearold s overcoming his own fears inspires her to trust and discover a joy that fear alone has denied her. In our turbulent, whirlwind lives, we need to pay attention to the voice of Jesus speaking to us in the voices of encouragement and hope in our midst; we need to consciously call on the awakened Jesus to speak his word of wisdom and grace amid the roar of anger and mistrust that surrounds us. The voice of Jesus speaks to us in the encouragement and support of others calling us beyond the fears, misgivings and doubts that stop us from embracing life to the full, of realizing the grace of God s presence in our everyday lives, of daring to be the means of that grace for others. Grand Annual Appeal We continue to make major strides in donations to our Grand Annual Appeal. If you have not already given, we invite you to contribute to the Appeal which funds the major projects that maintain the beauty and magnificence of our Church and the state-of-the-art quality of our parish facilities. Please help us to increase the donations to date as we come so close to attaining our parish goal of $190, We thank you sincerely for your generosity and continued support of Our Lady, Star of the Sea Parish. Holy Father Peter s Pence Next week s second collection supports the Holy Father in providing emergency assistance to suffering people throughout the world. Contributions to The Peter s Pence Collection are given directly by the Holy Father to individuals who are suffering from immediate emergencies as a result of war, oppression and natural disasters. Please visit for more information. We have launched the 2015 Catholic Appeal at Our Lady, Star of the Sea. We invite you to prayerfully consider making a generous gift. The Catholic Appeal sustains over 50 ministries serving our parish and many people throughout the Archdiocese. These ministries support the hundreds of pastoral, charitable and educational programs here at Our Lady, Star of the Sea and across the Archdiocese. Pledge envelopes are available in the pews and at the Church exits. The pledge envelopes can be returned with the Offertory Collection. If you would like to make an online pledge, please visit Your contributions to date amount to $68, which represents 83% of our parish goal of $81, We thank you sincerely for your support of the Catholic Appeal through which we have the opportunity to join in the Church s universal work of care for those among us who are in need. COFFEE We will be gathering for coffee and donuts following the 9:00 AM Mass this Sunday in the Parish Center. This will be our final Sunday this season for coffee and donuts. Thinking about Preschool for the Fall? Seaside Nursery School, located within our Parish Hall, is currently registering students for the 2015 / 2016 school year. Call us for a tour 781/

5 Anna E. Kelly Scholarship Fund Our fourteen high school recipients of the Anna E. Kelly Scholarship Fund Youth Ministry Awards have submitted thoughtful essays on their witness to Jesus Christ through their ministry to Our Lady, Star of the Sea Parish community. We will share their inspirational words with you over the next several weeks. Sarah Cuffe Religious Education Sacred Heart University, Connecticut I have helped in many parish activities; pancake breakfast, St. Vincent de Paul clothing drive, and Bible Camp. During my days spent at the bible camp, I had a memorable time helping children gain knowledge about God while incorporating fun activities along the way. My favorite time however, has been teaching CCD. Religious Education has been an eye opening experience and has brought me closer to God while learning more about my faith. I started teaching in 9 th grade and have volunteered throughout my four years of High School. During my time teaching I have gained more knowledge about my religion and have learned the value of my faith, which is loyalty to God. I ve been able to pass my knowledge on to the younger generation and watch them grow each year. I have been able to engage them in activities relating to our faith and I have seen their knowledge and love increase as years moved on. I have learned that there is more to our faith than prayers and readings, but how to become a well rounded person and the importance of morals and values. I have had the great pleasure of being a part of a wonderful parish, and it has felt more like a family to me. Margaret Dever Religious Education Bates College During my high school years, I have been a CCD teacher for grades one and three. Additionally, I have been a volunteer counselor at Vacation Bible School for three years. Participating in these programs has allowed me both to teach about my faith but also learn about my faith. By teaching children about the Catholic faith, I have gained a new perspective on Christianity. By planning lessons and activities for CCD classes every week, I have learned new information about the saints and bible stories as well as ways to make these stories applicable to the everyday lives of my students. I have also gained a greater appreciation for teachers and the challenges they face in the classroom. Making sure every student was attentive and engaged in learning was a challenge. I m grateful for all that I have gained through sharing my faith as a part of the Star of the Sea religious education program and I am excited to continue to grow in my faith throughout college. Andrew Faria Altar Server Boston University My altar server career began all the way back in third grade. At the time, I really did not understand who God is or what Christianity really meant. I just liked the idea of being able to move around the altar. Moving around is frowned upon by those who sit in their pews, but it is an infectious disease in third graders. Altar serving was the perfect opportunity to fix that problem. However, above all, making a difference and helping others gave me great fulfillment and enthusiasm, even though I could not figure out why at the time. As I matured and my attention span grew, I began to figure out parts of my faith, which came as a result of my constant exposure to it as an altar server. I formed my identity of God and Jesus Christ because I was the closest listener to the priests and presenters. I saw meaning in the various offerings, song lyrics and rituals of our parish. They taught me of God s ways and how I can praise them in my life. Now, I could see God s importance and ubiquitous presence; I began to take honor in carrying the cross above my head every time I volunteered. It was important for me to not just accept my faith, but to act on it.

6 Training Session: New & Current Altar Servers There will be a training session for altar servers, new and current, on Tuesday, June 23, at 3:30PM in the Church. If you are unable to attend the session, please contact Deacon Joe or Mary Pagliarulo through the Religious Education Office at Memorial Gifts We invite you to remember your loved ones with a Memorial Gift to one of three funds established at Our Lady, Star of the Sea Church. Please contact Father Steele. The Memorial Scholarship Fund (awarded to outstanding high school seniors in our Religious Education program who have demonstrated service to their parish community during their four years of high school) The Restoration Fund (Capital projects [beyond the Grand Annual Appeal] which maintain the beauty and magnificence of our Church, e.g., the current Stained Glass Window project) The Christian Service Fund (Programs which reflect the Gospel of Jesus in their care and outreach to those in spiritual and/ or physical need in a spirit of respect for the dignity of all) Breakfast Sunday Sunday, July 26 Save the Date! Following all Masses on Sunday, July 26, we will be gathering in the Rose Garden for coffee and refreshments. Please join us! Capital Projects Your Grand Annual Dollars at Work! Stained Glass Window to be installed next week with an additional Stained Glass Window to be removed & repaired. Repair and Sealcoating of the Rectory Parking Lot & Parking Lot A