Welcome to our parish! As pastor, I hope we can enrich your experience as much as you enrich ours. Fr. David Ruby Masses for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary-(A Holy Day of Obligation) Tuesday, August 15 8 am Sister Bay 12 Noon-Egg Harbor 3 pm-washington Island 7 pm-fish Creek Monday, August 14 Morning Prayer-8:00 am-fc Stella Maris Book Club-10:00 am-sb AA Meeting-8:00 pm-sb Tuesday, August 15 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mass-8:00 am-sb Scripture Class-8:30 am-sb Mass-12 noon-eh Bridge Club-12 noon-eh (basement) Pray the Rosary-12 noon-bh Mass-3:00 pm-wi Stewardship Meeting-6:00 pm-sb Mass-7:00 pm-fc Wednesday, August 16 Cantor Practice-2:00 pm-fc Docksology-7:30 pm-anderson Dock-Ephraim Thursday, August 17 St. Michael s Altar Society Meeting-1:00 pm-jp Stella Maris CCW-6:30 pm-eh Friday, August 18 Bridge Club-8:00 am-eh (basement) Meeting Christ in Prayer-8:30 am-bh Pray with the Pastor-8:45 am-bh Wedding Rehearsal-5:30 pm-bh Saturday, August 19 Wedding-2:00 pm-bh Sunday, August 20 Dedication of Stella Maris Painting-12:00 noon-jp Anna Rogalska-Enrique Garcia September 2, 2017-2:00 pm-baileys Harbor For Online Giving to our parish, please go to www.stellamarisparish.com and click on Giving to the Parish Electronically on the front page. Stella Maris Mission Statement Stella Maris Catholic Parish prayerfully unites people in the love of Jesus guided by our patron, Mary. Stella Maris Vision Statement We invite all to journey as disciples. By sharing the Gospel, responding to Jesus' love and the gifts God has given us, we welcome all to grow in faith and in our parish life. Website: www.stellamarisparish.com Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time-August 13, 2017
2 Welcome to Stella Maris in Baileys Harbor, Egg Harbor, Fish Creek, Jacksonport, Sister Bay & Washington Island Recently, I was visiting with a seventeen-year-old man from outside our parish who has been dealing with autism which started when he was little. I was very impressed by him when I first talked to him before mass a few years ago and he told me about his great accomplishments in the field of electrical engineering. Now, he is planning to attend a university and major precisely in that field. I am confident that he will do well even though he has some issues that he really struggles with. If all of us are honest, we all have our issues we struggle with that can keep us from our goals. They can also be honestly faced, handled, so that they do not keep us from our future calling. As I was talking to him, I not only wanted to support him and help him as much as I could but I also wanted him to help me to understand myself and grow. I told him how someone once accused me of being autistic in some way and asked him his opinion on the matter. On a scale of 1-100, how autistic was I? I told him that I thought 15% but he guessed 35%. Health & Wellness NOTES FROM THE NURSE: CATARACTS What are Cataracts? A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of your eye. For people who have cataracts, seeing through cloudy lenses is a bit like looking through a frosty or fogged-up window. As a cataract progresses, more of the lens becomes cloudy. When the entire lens is white, the cataract is called a "ripe" or "mature" and causes severe vision problems. Delaying surgery until cataracts are ripe or mature is neither recommended nor needed. What Causes Cataracts? They develop when protein builds up in the lens of your eye and makes it cloudy. This keeps light from passing through clearly. It can cause you to lose some of your eyesight. What Are the Symptoms? Cataracts usually form slowly. You may not know you have them until they start to block light. Then you might notice cloudy, blurry, foggy or filmy vision, nearsightedness, changes in the way you see color, problems driving at night or with glare during the day or trouble with eye glasses or contact lenses not working well. What s the Treatment? Sometimes your vision can be corrected with glasses or contacts. If it can t and cataracts are a problem in your daily life, you may need cataract surgery. The surgery is done on an outpatient basis and it s usually very successful. The surgeon will remove your lens and replace it with a man-made one. More than 95% of people who have this done say they can see better afterward. Plan now to attend the next CHIP (Community Health Information Program) on August 27 at 4 pm at First Baptist Church in Sister Bay, TO SEE OR NOT TO SEE when Dr. Paul Filar of Peninsula Vision Care speaks to us about Cataracts -- preventive measures, treatment options, surgery and more. (Taken from WEB MD) Dear Fellow Parishioners I thought that his diagnosis was very interesting. He said that in listening to my homilies, he noticed a basic pattern that I use as well as how during the whole homily I loop back to an original thought, plan, or foundation. He also mentioned that I use comfort gestures often, specifically citing one of them. I helped him by adding that I tend to see the world in a very binary way and push to make it work that way. I also tend to push matters until I find the answer that I think is necessary with people and in situations whether it is liked or not. I value radical honesty whether it works well with people or not. I have not always done well with people or in social situations because I do act in these ways. I also do not always have patience for people s pettiness or irrational behavior when working toward a goal. Overall, I have embraced for a while that I have never been a very good people person since I would always prefer to sit with a good book or write a good paper or simply think about how everything is supposed to be coming together in the world, with God and our Christian community. (I have worked on being better with people skills in many ways.) I do enjoy talking about it in teaching and preaching though. A few years ago, it would have been difficult for me to admit much of what I have been talking about but it has become so much easier as I have become more mature and comfortable with myself. Growing spiritually is about a greater comfort with oneself. To be better spiritually, one must grow in self-knowledge and selfacceptance while coming to know God and allow God to work in our lives in the way that we need God to work. It is difficult to know how we need God to work if we do not know ourselves, especially our weaknesses and inadequacies, our problems and difficulties. I feel God working more as I realize how much I cannot work as well as I thought and that is empowering! In Christ s love, Fr. Dave Ruby, Pastor Stella Maris Council of Catholic Women Our Stella Maris Council of Catholic Women (CCW) invites all ladies of the parish whether full time, seasonal or visitors to join us as a member or just to come to one of our meetings to meet other women from all over the parish and share in our goals. We are affiliated with the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the National Council of Catholic Women. There are many aspects to this group including opportunities for leadership, fundraising, hospitality, prayer, spirituality, community, education, service and friendship. We participate in many projects supporting the parish. We attend events such as an annual Diocesan convention or assembly, Day of Enlightenment; a Marian Day Devotion. Programs under the leadership of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the National Council of Catholic Women provide gospel values to the needs of the church and society via commissions pertaining to spirituality, leadership, legislation and service. Respect Life Committee Our Stella Maris Respect Life committee mission statement says: As human persons created in the image and likeness of God, we understand life to be a fundamental right of inestimable worth; we invite all to embrace and defend respect for human dignity and the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death through prayer, awareness, education and action. This means we support the celebration, education and choice of life in some of the most difficult life circumstances with the dying, elderly, sick, disabled, mentally challenged, infertile, pregnant mothers, capital punishment, stem cell research and assisted suicide prevention. Please contact Monica Mutchler at (262) 617-8098 or at m_mutchler@yahoo.com to learn more!
OUR ANNUAL SEMINARIAN COLLECTION is underway. By now, you have received a letter from Bishop Ricken inviting you to take part in the vocation mission. Please return the pledge card through the mail, or donate online at www.catholicfoundationgb.org/give. Whatever you are able to give, is greatly appreciated. SCRIPTURE CLASS-After a long break, we will finally have our Scripture Class again. All are welcome. The meeting place is Tuesday mornings, after the 8:00 am Mass at our Sister Bay site. RESPECT LIFE- God loves us, treats us with respect and asks us to do the same with others. No one should ever be treated callously or carelessly, everyone should be cherished and protected! Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Chairman, USCCB Committee on Pro -Life Activities THE AUGUST FOOD item being collected is beans for the CARE 24/7 Food Pantry, a ministry of Stella Maris. Donations can be left at the Fish Creek or Baileys Harbor sites. ON CARE FOR THE COMMON HOME-Avoid sudden starts and stops when driving. Carpool. Drive the speed limit. FLYING SOLO-After Mass on the weekend, how about extending your time in prayer and song to God by joining the Flying Solo Society at the Cowboy Church of Door County at 10:00 am, Sunday, August 13. This one-hour service takes place in the Tidball Horse Barn located at 12376 Timberline Road in Ellison Bay. After the service, we ll head for lunch at the Shoreline restaurant 12747 Hwy 42 in Gills Rock. Whether you come for the service or just lunch, please call Becky Nash at (920) 421-3332 to reserve Parish Life & Upcoming Events Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 13, 2017 3 your spot. PLEASE JOIN US for the Second Annual Jinx Olson Memorial at St. Mary of the Lake Cemetery at noon on Tuesday, August 15th. Bring your rosary, sandwich and chair; we ll have sides, desserts and beverages. Any questions, call Beckie at (920) 839-2903. CCW is having a pie sale the weekend of August 19 and 20. We will be selling whole pies after the 4:00 pm Mass in Fish Creek and the 10:00 am Mass in Sister Bay. We need your help. We will need donated pies dropped off in Sister Bay Saturday afternoon or anytime one hour before Mass in Fish Creek or Sister Bay. Please bring a pie to help make this a successful event. CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY-parish members wishing to make a donation of new clothing, knitted wear or diapers for Christ Child, may drop them off at the parish office. Questions, please call Sarah Anschutz at (920) 743-6087. JOIN DR. PAUL FILAR, PENINSULA VISION CARE in Sturgeon Bay, for the Community Health Information Program, "TO SEE OR NOT TO SEE!" to be presented at The First Baptist Church, Sister Bay, on August 27, at 4:00 pm. This program is sponsored by Northern Door Health & Wellness Ministry. THANK YOU for saving your cancelled postages stamps these last few years. It was a nice, simple project but now this project is cancelled. I just heard from the Salvatorian Mission Warehouse in New Holstein that there is no longer a person collecting the stamps so this project has run it s course. Please remove the stamp containers from each church site. Georgia Beutler
5 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time-August 13, 2017 Worship and Music Column Welcome to all who worship with us at Stella Maris Parish! In order to fully participate in our liturgy, please know that our hymns are posted on the hymn boards and are found in our hymnbooks or in our blue worship guide. The Mass we are singing is found in the blue worship guide and the revised psalms are found in the white psalm guides. Our Stella Maris Docks-ology Ecumenical Sunset Service is THIS Wednesday, August 16 th at 7:30 pm at the Anderson Dock in Ephraim. Our parish is so blessed to have been invited to participate in this summer service ever since it began in 2011 and this year, we close out the 2017 season with our service: In God, Everyone Belongs! Please come to pray, sing, enjoy and thank God for all of God s beauty at the dock next to Eagle Harbor as the sun sets and we are provided with the gift of a gorgeous sunset! Thank you and God bless you, Kathy Sedan, Worship & Music Minister Job Opportunity Worship & Music Minister Stella Maris Parish is accepting applications for a Worship & Music Minister who is an active Catholic and has knowledge of worship and liturgical music. This position requires travel between multiple sites and a flexible work schedule including weekends and evenings. The Worship and Music Minister is a salaried position with employee benefits. This position reports to the pastor. Requirements include a Bachelor s Degree in Music and EMMAUS Certification or equivalent. Please submit your resume, references and salary history to: Stella Maris Parish PO Box 49 (7710 State Highway 42) Egg Harbor WI 54209 Liturgies of the Week Saturday, August 12-Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Fish Creek 4:00 pm-dr Nick & Dorothy Blotti Sister Bay 5:00 pm-ah Sam Reda Egg Harbor 6:00 pm-dr Bill, Millie & Tom Sawyer Sunday, August 13-Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Egg Harbor 7:00 am-rb Family of Gabriel & Ione Biemeret Baileys Harbor 8:00 am-dr Margaret & Orin Hanson and Nelda & Gilbert Schorer Fish Creek 9:00 am-ah Jim Sargent Sister Bay 10:00 am-dr Kenan Bunda Jacksonport 11:00 am-ah Sarah Lasee Washington Island 1:00 pm-dr Members of Stella Maris Monday, August 14-St. Maximilian Kolbe, Priest & Martyr Fish Creek 8:00 am Morning Prayer Tuesday, August 15-The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sister Bay 8:00 am-dr Ray & Tere Frelk Egg Harbor 12:00 pm-ah Chuck Richard Washington Island 3:00 pm-dr Thomas E. Wigdale Fish Creek 7:00 pm-dr Jonathan Joe Cole Wednesday, August 16 Egg Harbor 8:00 am-dr Thomas Norman Duemling Thursday, August 17 Sister Bay 8:00 am-dr Judy Anschutz Friday, August 18 Baileys Harbor 8:00 am-dr Pamela Goss Saturday, August 19-Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Fish Creek 4:00 pm-dr Natalie Marcon Sister Bay 5:00 pm-ah Don TeVoert Egg Harbor 6:00 pm-dr Judy Anschutz Sunday, August 20-Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Egg Harbor 7:00 am-dr Paul Muckerman Baileys Harbor 8:00 am-ah Pamela Goss Fish Creek 9:00 am-dr Robert Sargent Sister Bay 10:00 am-ah Judy Erickson Jacksonport 11:00 am-dr Marion Orthober Washington Island 1:00 pm-ab Members of Stella Maris DR=Fr. David Ruby, AH=Fr. Art Heinze, RB=Fr. Robert Burnell, AB=Fr. Anthony Birdsall Readings for the Week of August 13 Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a/Ps 85:9-14/Rom 9:1-5/Mt 14:22-33 Monday: Dt 10:12-22/Ps 147:12-15, 19-20/Mt 17:22-27 Tuesday: Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2/Ps 132:6-7, Day: 9-10, 13-14/1 Cor 15:54b-57/Lk 11:27-28 Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Ps 45:10-12, 16/1 Cor 15:20-27/Lk 1:39-56 Wednesday: Dt 34:1-12/Ps 66:1-3a, 5, 8, 16-17/Mt 18:15-20 Thursday: Jos 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17/Ps 114:1-6/Mt 18:21-19:1 Friday: Jos 24:1-13/Ps 136:1-3, 16-18, 21-22, 24/Mt 9: 3-12 Saturday: Jos 24:14-29/Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-8, 11/Mt 19:13-15 Next Sunday: Is 56:1, 6-7/Ps 67:2-3, 5-6, 8/Rom 11:13-15, 29-32/Mt 15:21-28 Liturgical Publications Inc
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time-August 13, 2017 6 Pastor Reverend David Ruby pastorsm@dcwis.com Egg Harbor Office (920) 868-3241 PO Box 49, 7710 State Hwy 42, Egg Harbor, WI 54209 E-mail: churchoffice@dcwis.com Fax (920) 868-1481 Web site: www.stellamarisparish.com Office hours: (Mon-Fri) 8:00-12:00 & 12:30-4:30 Pastoral Associate Becky Nash pastoralchurch@dcwis.com (920) 421-3332 Worship and Music Minister Kathy Sedan worshipchurch@dcwis.com Bookkeeper/LoSEC (Local Safe Environment Coordinator) Jim Slomski bkchurch@dcwis.com Receptionist/Secretary/Bulletin Editor Lorie Orthober churchoffice@dcwis.com Normal Bulletin Deadline - Tuesday, 9am Faith Formation Coordinator-Linda Cummer cummerlinda@gmail.com (920) 421-2195 Faith Community Nurse-Bonnie Mirkiewicz nursesm@dcwis.com (920) 421-4997 Wedding Coordinator-Burnie Cerra ma8cer@aol.com (920)868-3393 Secretary Trustee-Michelle Piatek piatmch@aol.com Treasurer Trustee-Richard Dannhausen hrdannhausen@gmail.com Pastoral Team Leadership Chair-Paul Lisspliss@newwis.com Finance Council Chair-Peg Berezewski mberezewski@robertmorris.edu Deacon David Kowalski-inoiamdjk@yahoo.com Health & Wellness Committee livinghealthyisaprayer@gmail.com Parish Membership Stella Maris Parish is delighted when new people want to join our parish and gladly welcomes them into our faith community. Contact the parish office. Infant Baptism The baptism of new babies and young children revitalizes our faith community. Please contact the parish office to make arrangements for baptism. Adult Initiation The Catholic Church is always enriched whenever any adult chooses to be Catholic. Adults wishing to be baptized, or baptized adults wishing to be confirmed, the RCIA program is available. Reconciliation God s great mercy is something to be celebrated. Ritually we Catholics experience God s unconditional love in the sacrament of reconciliation. Our pastor is available for this sacrament on the 1st Thursday of the month from 5:00-6:00 pm at our Baileys Harbor site (except holidays) and by appointment. Sacrament of Matrimony A faith-filled wedding is a joyful time for the couple and the parish. Our parish wants to have all weddings here be the best possible. The couple must meet with the pastor before a date can be reserved. Please contact the parish office at least 12 months in advance to begin preparation. Ministry to the Sick Everyone needs extra compassion and care when his or her health is not at its best. As a parish, we try to meet that need. Communal anointing Masses take place twice yearly, with individual anointing done when requested. Parishioners in the hospital, nursing home or other institution are encouraged to notify the office to arrange for visits or communion. Devotions MORNING PRAYER: Monday-8:00 am, Fish Creek SCRIPTURE CLASS: Tuesday mornings after the 8:00 am Mass in Sister Bay. Please join us for a closer look and discussion on the Book of Revelations. Visitors are always welcome. ROSARY: Tuesday-Noon in Baileys Harbor. Rosary for Life-2nd Tuesday of month, Noon, Baileys Harbor RECONCILIATION: 1ST Thursday of the month from 5-6 pm in Baileys Harbor or by appointment. Please cut out this coupon and present it next time you Patronize One of our Advertisers. Thank You for advertising in the Stella Maris Parish church bulletin. I am patronizing your business because of it! Offertory Contributions August 5-6, 2017 Actual Budget Stewardship Envelopes $ 5,686.00 $ 7,000.00 ACH $ $ WeShare $ 415.00 $ 500.00 Offertory $ 9,620.00 $ 7,500.00 Totals $15,721.00 $15,000.00 2017/18 Actual YTD $110,037.00 2017/18 Budget YTD $ 99,250.00 2016/17 Actual YTD $101,424.00 Total Attendance last week 1,881