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ST MARY STAR OF THE SEA
PARISH
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME
JUNE 30, 2019
Mission Statement
We the people of St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Ocean City,
Maryland,
want to respond to God’s love for us by doing His will, to live
the Gospel of
Jesus Christ and to love each other as Jesus loved us. In this
way, He can live, as
Risen Lord, in our midst and attract all people to the Father.
As part of the Church, we
want to be a “Home and School of Communion” where, through the
celebration and
living out the Sacraments, and various ministries, each member
can live in unity as a
child of God, building up the Kingdom of God until Jesus will
come again in glory.
MASS SCHEDULE
ST. MARY STAR OF THE SEA CHURCH
(CLOSED FOR THE RENOVATIONS)
HOLY SAVIOR CHURCH
SUNDAY 7AM, 8:30AM & 10AM
MONDAY – THURSDAY AT 8:30AM
SATURDAY VIGIL AT 5:15PM
CONFESSIONS AT 4:15-5:00PM
BETHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
5PM—THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER
“Above all, put on love, that is, the bond of perfection.” (Col.
3:14)
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Hello to all parishioners and welcome to those
visiting. This is my first weekend at St. Mary Star of the
Sea/Holy Savior and I’m excited to be here. Below is a short
autobiography so that you can get to know me better.
I am the middle child of seven born in
Alexandria, Virginia. At the age of two I moved to Wilmington,
St. John the Beloved parish, where I have lived ever since. I
attended grade school at St. Matthew’s as well Seton Home Study
School and Aquinas Academy. For the first two years of high school
I attended Aquinas Academy and then homeschooled again for the last
two years. I graduated from Seton Hall’s College Seminary, St.
Andrew’s Hall in South Orange, NJ and then was sent to the
Pontifical North American College in Rome for four years where I
earned an S.T.B. in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian
University and an M.A. in Dogma from the Pontifical University of
St. Thomas Aquinas in the City (Angelicum). I was ordained on June
18th, 2011, by Bishop Malooly and was assigned to Immaculate
Conception/St. Jude’s Parish in Elkton and North East, MD. After
three years I was moved to St. Francis de Sales/Holy Redeemer in
Salisbury and Delmar, MD where I spent another three years until my
move to Holy Cross, Dover and Immaculate Conception, Marydel for
one year until my move to St. Edmond’s in Rehoboth Beach. After one
year I was assigned here.
I am very excited to be at this parish and look
forward to meeting everyone. I ask that you keep me in your
prayers and know that you are in mine. And please be patient, it
takes me a while to learn names :) In Christ,
Fr. Solomon
Readings for the week of June 30, 2019 Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:16b,
19-21/Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 [cf. 5a]/Gal 5:1, 13-18/Lk
9:51-62 Monday: Gn 18:16-33/Ps 103:1b-2, 3-4, 8-9, 10-11 [8a]/Mt
8:18-22 Tuesday: Gn 19:15-29/Ps 26:2-3, 9-10, 11-12 [3a]/Mt 8:23-27
Wednesday: Eph 2:19-22/Ps 117:1bc, 2 [Mk 16:15]/Jn 20:24-29
Thursday: Gn 22:1b-19/Ps 115:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 [9]/Mt 9:1-8
Friday: Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67/Ps 106:1b-2, 3-4a, 4b-5
[1b]/Mt 9:9-13 Saturday: Gn 27:1-5, 15-29/Ps 135:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6
[3a]/Mt 9:14-17 Next Sunday: Is 66:10-14c/Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16,
20 [1]/Gal 6:14-18/Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 or 10:1-9
“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
and
you will be my witnesses.” (Acts 1:8)
From the Administrator’s Desk…….
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THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME “And the result? Gifts will
circulate, because love generates more love. Joy will be
multiplied, since ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’
(Acts 20:35)” This is exactly what happened to Vergence, a little
girl from Congo. “On my way to school, I was really hungry,” she
shared. “Then I met my uncle, who gave me money to buy a sandwich,
but a little further on I saw a very poor man. I immediately
thought of giving him the money. My friend told me not to do it.
But I said to myself: I will find food tomorrow, but will he? So I
gave him my sandwich money, and I was very happy.” “You received
without payment; give without payment.” Gospel logic is that we
always receive in order to share, never to accumulate for
ourselves. It is also an invitation for us to recognize what we
have received: energy, talents, skills and material goods, and put
them at the service of others. According to the economist Luigino
Bruni, “Gratuitousness, meaning ‘unconditional giving,’ is an
atti-tude that can accompany any act. It is not that something
needs to be ‘free of charge’; quite the opposite, because
gra-tuitousness does not mean that something costs nothing. Rather
it represents an infinite cost, to which we can only respond by
doing the same ourselves.” Therefore, giving freely overcomes the
logic of the market, of consumerism and individualism and opens us
up to reciprocity, to social relations, to a sense of family, a new
culture of giving. Our experience confirms that selfless love is a
real challenge, but one that has positive and unexpected social
consequences. This is what happened in the Philippines, through a
project that began in 1983. At the time, the country’s
socio-political situation was very difficult, and many people were
seeking positive solutions.
A group of young people decided to contribute in a different
way: they opened their closets and removed every-thing they no
longer needed. They sold it all and, with the small amount raised,
they opened a social center called Bu-kas Palad, which means “with
open hands.”
The Gospel sentence that inspired them was: “You received
without payment; give without payment” (Mt 10:8). Some doctors
joined, offering their professional ser-vices without wanting
anything in return, and there were many others who opened their
hearts, their hands, their homes. That was how a wide-ranging
social action devel-oped helping the poorest people. It still
offers various types of services in several cities in the
Philippines today. How-ever, the most important goal achieved over
the years is that of enabling those who receive help to free
themselves from enslavement to poverty. In fact, they rediscover
their dignity as people and thus build relationships of esteem and
solidarity. Their exam-ple and commitment help many others to
escape from pov-erty and take on responsibilities for a new way of
life for themselves and their families, their neighborhood and
com-munities, and for the world. Letizia Magri © 2019 by Living
City of the Focolare Movement, Inc.
“You received without payment; give without pay-ment” (Mt 10:8).
In Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus addresses these powerful words to his
followers, to those he “sends out.” He had per-sonally encountered
a lost and suffering humanity and felt compassion for them. That is
why, through the Apostles, Jesus wanted to extend his work of
salvation, healing and liberation. They had gathered around him,
heard his words and received a mission and purpose for their lives;
and so they set out to bear witness to God’s love for every person.
“You received without payment; give without payment.” But what did
they receive “without payment” that they ought to give back?
Through Jesus’ life, in his words, deeds and choices made, the
Apostles experienced the mercy of God. Despite their weaknesses and
limitations, they received the new law of love, of mutual
acceptance. Above all, they received the gift that God wants to
give to all: himself, his companionship along life’s journey, his
light to help guide their choices. These priceless gifts, which are
worth far beyond our ability to repay, are given freely and
unconditionally. The Apostles and all Christians have been freely
given these gifts, so that they can then become channels of these
same gifts for every person they meet each day.
“You received without payment; give without pay-ment.” In the
October 2006 Word of Life, Chiara Lubich wrote: “Throughout the
Gospel, Jesus invites his disciples to give: to ‘give to the poor’
(Mk 10:21), ‘… to the one who asks … to one who wants to borrow’
(Mt 5:42). ‘If anyone wants … your tunic, hand them your cloak as
well’ (Mt 5:40); to give without payment. Jesus was the first to
give, restoring health to the sick, forgiving sinners and giving
his life for all. “To counteract our instinct to hoard, Jesus calls
for generosity; to overcome our inclination to worry about our
needs, he shifts the focus to our neighbors, and instead of the
culture of having, he teaches the culture of giving. “This month’s
Word of Life can help us rediscover the value of everything we do.
This might be household chores, factory work or farming. It might
be office admini-stration or school homework, or it might be our
civic, politi-cal or religious duties. Everything can be
transformed into attentive and thoughtful service for others. Love
will help us see others’ needs and show us how to respond
creatively and generously.
Focolare Word of Life—July 2019
“You received without payment; give without payment” (Mt
10:8).
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MASS INTENTIONS
Thanks to everyone’s hard work we are well on our way of paying
off the Motorcyle and then we start making profit for our parish!!!
It is definitely getting busier up on the boards and that is why we
need everyone’s to pitch in. We have openings ever week, es-
pecially Wednesday and Thursday and Saturday Eve-nings. You can
sign up at https://signupcom/go/iZbjGBQ or call the parish office
and we will get you set up. Let’s all work together to make this a
success!!
The Parish Office will be closed on July 4 & 5 for the
holiday.
June 29 Holy Savior Saturday 5:15pm Cindy & Robert Turcea
Bethany United Methodist Church 5:00pm Arline Hamel June 30 Sunday
Holy Savior 7:00am Parishioners 8:30a.m. Leon Laskey 10:00am Tom
McLaughlin
July 1 Monday 8:30am Ann Theresa Kennedy July 2 Tuesday 8:30am
Vincenzo Esposito July 3 Wednesday 8:30a.m. Mark Weber July 4
Thursday 8:30am Tom Beach July 5 Friday No Mass July 6 Holy Savior
Saturday 5:15pm Joseph Tramontozzi Bethany United Methodist Church
5:00pm Airella Stein June 23 Sunday Holy Savior 7:00am Parishioners
8:30a.m. Michael & Barbara Hinkle 10:00am William F. Danhardt,
Jr.
If you would like a Sanctuary Candle lit for the week for a
special intention or in memory of a loved one, please contact the
parish office. A donation of $10.00 is appreciated. The Can-dle
this week is in loving memory of Dorothy Tenaglia from Alan &
Sharon Rittmeyer.
If you would like to have flowers placed on the altar in honor
of a loved one, please contact the parish office
Baptisms are held on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month.
Please contact Rita Danhardt 410-289-7038 for additional
information.
We would like to thank our St Mary Star of the Sea
Family for their love & friendship given to us these
last
23 years. Each of you is etched in our heart.
Love & Prayers Always
John & Linda Glorioso
Dear parishioners and friends,
Just a quick and heartfelt Thank you for your kind mes-
sages, cards and gifts. I want to let you know that your
love is the greatest gift God has given me since I came
here. I keep you in my heart and prayers daily.
I also want to thank in a special way the parish staff. They
worked very hard as they kept me going as I was (trying
to) packing. They also helped me move my things to the
new parish. It was a wonderful “caravan.” I am so thankful
for they support and love. This parish is truly blessed to
have them.
I wish Fr Solomon the best! I know he will be welcomed
and loved by all of you. I know he will continue to bring
this
parish forward in doing God’s will.
In God’s Love, mine!
Fr Stanislao
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THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
From the desk of Mark J. Record, Principal…
2019 – 2020 School Year
July 17 Flynn/O’Hara Uniform Truck Sale
August 14 New Parent Orientation - 6:00 p.m.
August 15 Diocesan New Teacher Orientation
August 26 Diocesan Spirituality Day – Teachers Only
August 27-30 Orientation Days for School Faculty
August 29 Back to School Night 6:00 p.m.
September 2 Labor Day – School Closed
September 3 First Day of School for Students
September 12 8:30 Opening School Mass
September 20 12:10 Dismissal
October 11 12:10 Dismissal-Professional Development
for All Staff
October 14 Columbus Day – School Closed
October 24 Parent Conferences – 4:00-6:00 p.m.
October 25 12:10 Dismissal - Parent Conferences – 1:00
-6:00 p.m.
November 26 Trimester 1 Ends
November 28-29 Thanksgiving Holiday – School Closed
December 11 Christmas Program
December 13 12:10 Dismissal - Professional Development
for All Staff
December 23-Jan 3 Christmas Holiday - School Closed Students
January 2 School Closed – Teacher Retreat Day
January 3 School Closed – Teacher Professional Development
January 6 School Resumes
January 17 12:10 Dismissal – Parent Conferences
January 20 Martin Luther King Holiday – School Closed
January 26 - February 1 Catholic Schools Week
January 31 Early Dismissal – Family Luncheon
February 17 Presidents Day – School Closed
February 26 Ash Wednesday
March 11 Trimester 2 Ends
March 19 Faculty Twilight Retreat Day – Faculty Only
March 27 12:10 Dismissal – Teacher Professional Development
April 8 12:10 Dismissal – Easter Break begins
April 9-17 Easter Break
April 20 School Reopens
May 22 12:10 Dismissal
May 27 Memorial Day – School Closed
June 7 8th Grade Closing Mass
June 12 Last Day of School for Students – Early Dismissal
June 17 Last Day of School for Teachers – Early Dismissal
The will of God…a very serious statement but I find for this
fourth of July weekend it is my food for thought!! We have so many
issues with our world and our coun-
try! I really spend a great deal of time praying to be able to
discern God’s will in my life. I am sometimes stubborn; I know you
find that hard to believe! Sometimes, I think I know what direction
I need to take but God has other plans! I often have to be taken by
the shoulders and redirected!! God very clearly directs me,
patiently, until it finally dawns on me! Likely, I think we often
wonder about the state of our world. It works the same way. God
gave us free will…we can choose to follow his will or not. I think
we often know God’s will but choose other directions. Maybe if we
all made an effort to discern God’s will we could make a huge
impact in our country and in turn our world!! What better way to
honor our founding fathers than to return the country to what they
envisioned…a place where God is worshipped and loved without
prejudice, hate or fear, where all lives are cherished, from
conception to natural death, and where family are cared for and
loved regardless of where they live! A place where He is invited in
to meet-ings, schools, lives, and decisions! We could truly be one
nation under God and live God’s will every day. I am proud to be an
American, always and I pray for God’s blessings on our Parish,
community, Our country and our world!!
God Bless you and God Bless America!
Reet
Can’t let a weekend go by without a VBS check in…We are still
looking for brown packaging paper, packaging tape, quikset
concrete, and yellow and orange (Light and dark) Table clothes
(Walmart and dollar store), sold at Lowes or Home Depot, dollar
tree foam board and poster board, cardboard boxes, paints primary
colors and anything bright! And of course, as always, glitter! If
you are able to donate anything we would be ex-tremely grateful Set
building and decorating will take place every Wednesday and
Thursday! 9 AM to 3 PM. Please free to join us!!
Please Register today
Ages ~ Participants Age 3 (Potty trained) to the end of 4
th grade!
Volunteers ~ Must have completed 4
th grade to adult
(all age adults, even and especially adult who act like kids!!!
Please join us!!) If you want to sign up you children or yourself
visit our website or go to
https://vbspro.events/p/events/stmaryvbs19
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THIRTY THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
PARISH OFFICE HOURS—SUMMER HOURS Monday - Thursday—9am to 3pm
Friday—9am to 12pm 410-289-0652 Fax: 410-289-1026 1705 Philadelphia
Avenue Ocean City, MD 21842 Website: Stmarystaroftheseaocmd.com
Facebook: Saint Mary Ocean City, MD Parish Pay: Automated Giving
1-866-727-4741 x 4 Parishpay.com
Pastor: Rev. Stanislao Esposito
[email protected]
Administrative Assistant: Mrs. Donna Santoni
[email protected]
Faith Formation: Mrs. Rita Danhardt
[email protected] 410-289-7038
Music Director: Mr. Jordan Pantalone
[email protected]
Facilities Manager: Mr. Tony Dicken
[email protected]
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
