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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.
Our Lady, Star of the Sea Marblehead, Massachusetts 01945
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday: 4:00 PM Sunday: 7:30, 9:00 and 11:00 AM Holy Days: As announced Daily Mass: 9:00 AM—Monday, Tuesday Wednesday & Friday CONFESSIONS: Saturdays: 3:00 - 3:45 PM Also upon request, at any reasonable time. BAPTISM: To make arrangements for Baptism and Baptismal Catechesis, please contact the rectory at (781) 631-0086 - Mon - Fri 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. WEDDINGS: 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. NEWS DEADLINE: All items for the Parish Bulle-tin must be at the Rectory in writing no later than Monday at 10:00 AM. NEW PARISHIONERS ARE MOST WELCOME Please make yourselves known to us at the Rectory. We want to know you. [email protected]
PARISH STAFF
Rev. Michael L. Steele, Pastor
Deacon John E. “Joe” Whipple
Rev. Philip Des Rosiers, Weekend Assistant
Mary J. Pagliarulo, Director of Music & Liturgy / Director of Religious Education (DRE) Erica Corrigan, Religious Education Assistant
Jean Ranger, Parish Secretary
Katherine Tanner, Church Bulletin Editor
PARISH RECTORY: 85 Atlantic Avenue (781) 631-0086
Fax: (781) 631-5668
OFFICE HOURS: Mon - Thurs: 9:00—3:00
Fri: 9:00—12:00
Sat: 12:30—4:00
PARISH CENTER/ RELIGIOUS ED. OFFICE: 80 Atlantic Avenue (781) 631-8340 PARISH WEBSITE: www.staroftheseamarblehead.org
PARISH EMAIL:
Religious Education
Religious Education Schedule There will be no Religious Education classes on January 21, 2019 due to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Religious Education Registration Kick-off for Religious Education Registration for 2019-2020 is Sunday, March 17 in the Parish Center following the 9:00AM Family Liturgy.
We will celebrate a Saint Patrick’s Day Social featuring traditional Irish Step Dancers from the O’Shea-Chaplin Academy of Irish Dance of Melrose, Beverly Chapter.
All are invited to attend this spirited family event and partake in delicious refreshments such as Irish soda bread and shamrock cookies.
Religious Education Registration forms will be available on March 17 in the Parish Center, Rectory, and online at Our Lady, Star of the Sea’s website under Religious Education. Please know that we will be accepting cash, checks and credit/debit cards.
Save The Dates for 2019 Grade 2 Parent Meetings — Sunday, April 7 at 2:00 PM and Tuesday, April 9 at 7:00 PM.
Animals Go to Reconciliation — Sunday, April 28
First Communion Celebration — Saturday, May 11 Two groups of students will celebrate their First Communion at the Masses on May 11, at 10:00AM and 1:00PM.
On Sunday, May 12, Mother’s Day, all First Communion students will return for the May procession and the crowning of the Blessed Mother in the Grotto. More details to come.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Religious Education at [email protected].
January 20, 2019
COFFEE Today, there will be no Coffee following the 9:00 AM Mass due to the Holiday weekend. We will resume Coffee & Donuts next Sunday.
WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday January 26 4:00 PM Father Steele
Sunday January 27 7:30 AM Father Steele 9:00 AM Father Steele 11:00 AM Father Steele
Sunday, January 13 Offertory Collection: $9,510.17
UPCOMING MEETING There will be a Parish Finance meeting on Monday, January 28 at 7:30 PM—8:30 PM in the Rectory.
MASS SCHEDULE Saturday January 19 4:00 PM Mary T. O’Shea Steele Memorial Mass Sunday January 20 7:30 AM Richard and Lucy Fitzgerald Memorial Mass
9:00 AM Harold F. Rivet 3rd Anniversary Memorial Mass 11:00 AM Reverend John Fitzgerald Memorial Mass
Monday January 21 9:00 AM Sister Agnes Melley, CSJ, Memorial Mass Tuesday January 22 9:00 AM Doris DeVeau Birthday Memorial Mass Wednesday January 23 9:00 AM Thursday January 24 9:00 AM NO MASS Friday January 25 9:00 AM Saturday January 26 4:00 PM Mary and Frank Murphy Memorial Mass Sunday January 27 7:30 AM
9:00 AM James E. Coppola Memorial Mass 11:00 AM Gertrude and Francis Duffy Memorial Mass
WE SHARE 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 through We Share by visiting our website at www.staroftheseamarblehead.org.
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our Religious Education 2nd Grade Sunday class celebrated Three Kings Day with a special craft. Each student wrote on paper, and placed inside a box, 3 gifts they would give to Jesus: one gift for baby Jesus, one for Jesus as an adult, and one gift that God gave them that they want Jesus to have (love, faith, courage, etc.).
FR. STEELE’S REFLECTION: “Everyone serves the good wine first, and then when
people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now.”
John 2: 1-11 From politics to real life They were at the same rally — but for different reasons. Joe Weidknecht was there, wearing the signature Make America Great Again baseball cap, to support the president he believed in. Amina Amdeen was a student at the Univer-sity of Texas. A Muslim, she wears the traditional hajib. She was at the rally to protest administration policies. At one point, Amina saw this guy, Joe, surrounded by a group of angry, threatening marchers, who were all wearing masks. One grabbed Joe's Make America Great Again hat and was about to set it on fire. As Amina describes it, something "snapped inside of me because I wear a Muslim hajib. And I've been in situations where people tried to snatch it off my head." Amina rushed to-ward Joe, screaming at his attackers to leave him alone. She tried, unsuccessfully, to rescue Joe's hat. The incident gave the two a chance to talk about their lives and discovered that they had much in common: Amina was born in Baghdad and moved to the United States when she was ten; as a Muslim girl in Middle School, she stood out in almost every way you can. Joe was home-schooled as a youngster and found the transition to public high school difficult and isolating. His political views have cost him friends, as well. Joe says, "I don't think we could be any further apart as people. An yet, it was just kind of this common that's-not-OK moment." Amina is "genuinely the only Muslim person I know. It's not that I've actively avoided [others], it's just, I've never been in a position where I can interact for an extended period of time." Until their unexpected meeting, Joe says his view of the Muslim community was based on what he saw on the news. Amina response: "I feel like a lot of times in the media you don't see the normal Muslims, the ones who listen to classic rock, like I do. You don't meet that Muslim . . . I'd like for this [moment] to encourage other people to engage in more conversations with people you don't agree with."
[NPR StoryCorps, September 28, 2018.]
In a unexpected time and place, two very different people experience a new insight and understanding of the other’s life. They become much more than the stereotypes and labels which others assign to them. They have gone from the “water” of anger and distrust to the “new wine” of empathy and respect. Jesus’ changing simple water into choice wine is a fitting first sign of what Jesus has been sent by God to do: to transform our world from the brokenness of sin and the deadness of despair into God’s banquet table of generosity, hope and healing. In Christ, the “watered-down wine” of fear and self-centeredness is replaced with the “new wine” of compassion and gratitude for the life God has given us, of honor and respect for every human being as a child of God, of the justice, mercy and peace of God, the Host of the great Wedding Feast.
The 2019 Holy Hour for Life Monday, January 21
3:30PM—4:30PM
As the nation prepares to mark the 46th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision, Our Lady, Star of the Sea Parish is preparing to unite Catholics in prayer to witness to the sacredness of human life. Please join
us in the Main Church for an hour of Eucharistic Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.
Grand Annual Appeal THANK YOU SO MUCH! — We sincerely appreciate your generosity and continued support of Our Lady, Star of the Sea Parish.
Your donations to date, $103,935.00, amount to 58% of our goal of $180,000. The Grand Annual helps to balance our budget, to support our many parish ministries and programs, and to preserve the exquisite beauty of our Church and property. Envelopes are available in Church pews & Church exits. Donations can be placed in the Offertory Collection or sent to the Rectory at 85 Atlantic Ave, Marblehead, MA 01945.
To survivors in the Archdiocese of Boston who struggle to process their pain, we encourage you to contact Vivian Soper, Director of the Archdiocese’s Office of Pastoral Support and Child Protection, at 617-746-5985.
Archdiocese of Boston Office of Pastoral Support & Child Protection
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C / 20th January 2019
‘Your words are Spirit, Lord, and they are life.’
We begin the Sundays of Ordinary Time in Year C with readings that remind us of God’s eternal relationship of love for his people. The imagery of a wedding as a symbol of that everlasting bond is used in both the First Reading and the Gospel. In the First Reading, The Prophet Isaiah paints a poetic picture of how the Jewish people in exile will be delivered from their suffering. God delights in his people and the intimacy of that love is compared to the way that a bridegroom rejoices in his bride. This relationship of rejoicing is mirrored in the way that the Psalmist describes his love for God. In the Second Reading, the Church in Corinth hears how God’s Spirit of love is at work in each of them, in very different ways. There are many gifts and talents in the community, but they are united in this one Spirit. Paul would later teach the Corinthians that Christ is married to the Church. This first Gospel reading of Ordinary Time is from the Gospel of John. The wedding at Cana sets the scene for the beginning of Jesus’ ministry in the world. This passage is full of symbolic meaning. Although the scene is a wedding, the imagery is not of Jesus as bridegroom, but as a guest who brings new wine to the wedding feast. He will fulfill the promises of the old prophets. Later he will become the bridegroom who rejoices in his bride, the Church. Let us pray that we will be drawn into a deeper rela-tionship with the God who rejoices in each one of us.
OUR LADY, STAR OF THE SEA FEBRUARY FOOD DRIVE AND
SOUP-ER BOWL SUNDAY
Once again, our parish will be supplying the Food Pantry during the month of February. Volunteers will be handing out shopping bags, labeled with specific food items, following all weekend Masses during the month of February.
Please purchase the food items listed on your bags, then return your bags to the Church or Parish Center.
New this year, we’ll also be collecting cans of soup at all Masses during the weekend of the Super Bowl, February 3. When shopping for your parties, please don’t forget to purchase some soups for our very own Soup-er Bowl.
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Inclement Weather Plan For the safety of all, there will be no weekday Masses celebrated on days when the public schools in Marblehead are delayed or closed.
We received a very gracious letter from Frances Troutman, Director of Catholic Charities North, who deeply appreciated the many gifts and gift cards which were donated to our Christmas Tree
project benefitting needy families on the North Shore. She wrote: “The happiness and joy that our clients and their children feel when even their smallest wishes come true is priceless. Thank you for helping us spread Christmas joy on the North Shore this year.”
The Collect Almighty ever-living God, who govern all things, both in heaven and on earth, mercifully hear the pleading of your people and bestow your peace on our times.
We received a very gracious note from Janet Parker of the Marblehead Food Pantry thanking Father Steele and Our Lady, Star of the Sea Parish.
“It is your generosity and caring in providing space for us and the support of your helpful staff that enables us to offer our services and meet the challenges of these needs.
We, and all those we serve, are grateful for your ongoing support, and wish all of you peace, hope, and health in the New Year ahead.”
All the best, Janet Parker
Christmas 2018 Flower List
Morgan & Percival Richard Jean & Edward O'Connor Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Pescatore
Ralph Pescatore, Jr. Teresa Deranian John & Nora Russick
Romeo & Louise Santeusanio Helmi Seppa The Sedo & Fisher Families
Ann Ventola Richard Castucci June Smith
John & Alice Collins José Carreiro Vita & Salvey Sotera
Mary & John Cronin Con & Mary O'Neill Philomena Clark
Raymond & Gertrude McDonald Raymond MacDonald Daniel & Jennie McDonald
Florence & William Oliveira Earl & Hedwig Larson Lucy Picozzi
Joanna Dellagona Rosario & Rosalia Cutietta Frances Gennaco
Harriet Trites Christian & David DeLorenzo Josephine Palmisano
Albert Potier William & Ellen Parker David & Eleanor Toomey
Harry & Celia Parker John & Nora Henderson Michael H. Malamud, M.D.
Angelo & Lena Melagrano Walter & Madeline Jerolmon Robert Schaeffner, Sr.
Michael H. Malamud, Sr. Claire & Charlie Newall The Shea & Dever Families
Anne Eaton Marge & Harold Rivet John C. Raimo
Charles Raimo Christopher Raimo The Ditzler Family
John Costello Betty & James Heffrin Joe, Anna, & AJ Trustey
Timothy J. Kelly Katherine Byrne Barbara Capellotti
Sara & Smitty Smith Robert G. Graves Rita Ann McElligott Derleth
Sophia D. Mahoney Sante Poles Bob, Misty & Pauline
Nancy Luke Zimmerman Elizabeth Fahy The DiPoli Family
The Theriault Family The Suter, Sorino & Loring Thorn Families The McGovern Family
Luca Giuliani Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Ryan Mr. Richard Jones
Mr. Steve Siden Mr. & Mrs. Jean Siden Ms. Mary Noone
John J. Schlueter Jay & Donna Campise The Bott Family
The Penny Family The Powers Family The Catarius Family
Eleanor Dalzell Robert Penney Patience Penney
Marguerite and John Penney Jelly Bean Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Casey
Helen & Vincent Strout Anthony & Matthew Ventresca Daniel Fye
John W. Newhall James Rose Margaret Hitscherich
Tony Del Vento Tim Delehaunty Louis Aspy
Anthony Ventresca John Foley Irving & Frances Russell
Rosa F. Blandura Christine Pace Matt & Margaret O'Leary
Aidan O'Dwyer Niall Daly James Carcerano
Richard Charbonnier Ernest Wilkins Nancy Zeuli
