ST MARY STAR OF THE SEA

PARISH

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN

ORDINARY TIME

AUGUST 4, 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)

I recently received a letter from the

Bishop regarding the 2013 Capital Campaign of the Diocese. In it he noted that the campaign as a whole went over the goal although some parishes who met their goal have, over the ensuing years, not had the pledges honored completely. Understanding that circumstances of life change, he decided to forgive the obligation of $2,899 that we were short. He also asked me to share this information with you and express his gratitude for your continued support. So, we thank the Bishop for this forgiveness and for his understanding.

Secondly, this weekend we celebrate one of our parish feasts. I always want to learn about the patron of the parish when I move there, and initially thought that our parish didn’t have a particular day that was celebrated for our patrons, even with having two churches. But after some further investigation, thank you Google, I found that the Feast of St. Mary Star of the Sea is September 27th and the Feast of the Most Holy Savior is the Sunday closest to August 6th, the Feast of the Transfiguration; this year it falls on today, August 4th.

I’m interested in how we will celebrate these feasts in the future. From a cursory look, in places where these two feasts are celebrated there are special Masses, processions, and meals (there’s even a starfish cookie to make for Mary, Star of the Sea). I don’t want to make a change regarding these days this year, but please let me know what you think we should do for the future. One option is to celebrate the feasts on their proper days, the other is to transfer them to the closest Sunday, which in the case of the Feast of the Most Holy Savior is done automatically.

So, once again, please let me know what you

think about celebrating our parish feasts in the coming years and a blessed Feast of the Most Holy Savior to you all.

In Christ, Fr. Solomon

Readings for the week of August 4, 2019

Sunday: Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23/Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17 [1]/Col 3:1-5, 9-11/Lk 12:13-21 Monday: Nm 11:4b-15/Ps 81:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 [2a]/Mt 14:13-21 Tuesday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9 [1a and 9a]/2 Pt 1:16-19/Lk 9:28b-36 Wednesday: Nm 13:1-2, 25--14:1, 26a-29a, 34-35/Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-22, 23 [4a]/Mt 15:21-28 Thursday: Nm 20:1-13/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 [8]/Mt 16:13-23 Friday: Dt 4:32-40/Ps 77:12-13, 14-15, 16 and 21 [12a]/Mt 16:24-28 Saturday: 2 Cor 9:6-10/Ps 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9 [5]/Jn 12:24-26 Next Sunday: Wis 18:6-9/Ps 33:1, 12, 18-19, 20-22 [12b]/Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 or 11:1-2, 8-12/Lk 12:32-48 or 12:35-40

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Lk 12:34).

From the Administrator’s Desk…….

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Please be sure to mark your calendar that our next Parish Breakfast will be Sunday, August 18th. We hope you can join us. Now, we have a little homework

for you. Your Kitchen Crew will be getting together to start planning our Dinner Schedule and Bazaar Menu. If there is something that you liked or would like us to con-sider doing, please let us know by emailing Donna at office@stmarystaroftheseaocmd.com. Thanks.

Listen to Catholic Forum every Saturday morning at 11:00 on Relevant Ra-dio 640. Next Saturday, August 10

th, tune in to

learn about “The 99”, a new evangelism program from Ascension, when Mark Hart, a twenty-five year veteran of Catholic ministry is the guest. After it airs, listen online anytime at www.cdow.org/CatholicForum, or search “Catholic Forum” on Apple, Spo-tify, or iHeartRadio podcasts. For photos, information re-garding upcoming guests, links and more, “Like” Catholic Forum on Facebook at www.facebook.com/catholicforum.

Yes, it is that time of year again when our children start getting ready to return to school. Please remember that there are many families that need our help and we are able to help them through the Worcester

Gold Program. Inserted in the bulletin is a letter from Gold as well as a list of items needed for the students. We will have a drop off box in the parish center lobby that you can drop the items off at your convenience. Thank you.

Your elves would like to thank you for

all that you have brought it for the ba-

zaar. Just to remind you that we are

accepting gently used household

items including linens, toys and even Christmas Items.

Please we ask that you do not bring us electronics. We

are accepting Jewelry as well. Also know that the craf-

ters have taken the month of August off and we hope to

see you all in September.

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time -- August 4, 2019 If simplicity of life and the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience especially attract you, dis-

cover that life as a priest, deacon, sister or brother. Call Fr. Norm Carroll 302-573-3113 voca-tions@cdow.org.

This week we welcomed a few

new volunteers. Welcome and

thank you! We hope you had a

nice time earning money for your

parish and meeting lots of nice

people. We are almost there my

friends. As of Thursday, July 25th, we have $18,000. in

the bank with is very close to paying the motorcycle off.

Also, please keep an eye out for the mail as we are

sending out our families raffle tickets. We appreciate

your sending them back as soon as possible. If you

would like to give it a try please sign up at https://

signup.com/go/iZbjGBQ or just give donna a call at the

office 410-289-0652.

Remember, we have parking passes available so you

can park a few blocks away for no cost.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish Invites you to

The Blessing of the addition of

St. Mary Star of the Sea Church By Bishop Malooly

Thursday, August 15, 2019

3:00pm 208 Baltimore Street, OCMD

&

5pm Mass for the Feast of the Assumption and Procession for the Blessing of the Water

Holy Savior Church

Additional Mass for the Feast of the Assumption will be held at 8:30am at Holy

Savior Church

MASS INTENTIONS

Sharing the Gospel When you put Jesus first in your life, you will have every-thing you need. Having a lot of stuff won't really make you or God happy. God doesn't want you to keep your bless-ings to yourself. God wants you to share what he has given you. Be "rich" in only the things that God cares about. The closer you grow with God, the happier you will be. Prayer Dear God, help me to remember what is really important to you. Something to Draw Draw a picture of yourself giving one of your books away to someone who doesn't have any. Mission for the Week When you get home, pack three toys and three books to give to children without any. ©2008 - PO Box 510817, New Berlin, WI 53151-0817 - 1-800-950-9952 x2469 - LPiResourceCenter.com

August 3 Holy Savior Saturday 5:15pm Parishoners Bethany United Methodist Church 5:00pm Luther Loveless August 4 Sunday Holy Savior 7:00am Robert L. Creamer 8:30a.m. Patricia & Lugene Cleary 10:00am S.I. of Nancy Gardiner & Family

August 5 Monday 8:30am Michael Mackin August 6 Tuesday 8:30am Alberto Tapra August 7 Wednesday 8:30a.m. Vincenzo Esposito August 8 Thursday 8:30am Elwood Harman August 9 Friday No Mass August 10 Holy Savior Saturday 5:15pm S.I. of Chris Callanan Bethany United Methodist Church 5:00pm Sharon Mackin August 11 Sunday Holy Savior 7:00am Barbara Coughlin Herron 8:30a.m. Parishioners 10:00am Bernadine Huston

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. This week the candle is for special intentions of Jeff Bauer from Tricia & Peter Hughes.

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.

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

From the desk of Mark J. Record, Principal…

Mrs. Audrey Moshfeghian (“Mrs. M.”) has joined our staff as our new middle science and academic support teacher. Mrs. Moshfeghian holds Master’s Degrees in Human Genetics and Education from Johns Hopkins University and comes to our school from James M. Bennet High School in Wicomico County where she taught biology and chemistry for three years. Mrs. Carrie DiPietro has been hired to teach middle school social studies and 6th grade Integrated Language Arts. Mrs. Di Pietro is a recent graduate of Wilmington University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. Mrs. Christa Gunther has joined our staff as the new librarian. Mrs. Gunther holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and has served as a parent volunteer and substitute teacher at our school. Mrs. Sarah Silva has been hired as the second grade assistant. Mrs. Silva is new to our school and brings with her experience as a parent educator and facilitator of crisis intervention. Mrs. Michelle Lewis has been hired as a part-time assistant to our intermediate grades. Mrs. Lewis has served at our school as a parent volunteer and substitute teacher. She holds a degree from Johns Hopkins University in nursing and is currently part-time employed at Peninsula Regional Health System. Our goal is to provide the most highly qualified teaching and support staff. We are thankful to God for His gift of our current and new faculty and staff who will work tirelessly in our ministry of faith and academics during the 2019-2020 school year. Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School is currently accepting applications for enrollment for the 2019-2020 academic year. We offer Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 programs with a full or half day option. We also have availability in K through 8th grades. MBS is a STREAM school that emphasizes the intellectual, spiritual and physical development of every child. We offer before and after-care as well as bus service for our Delaware residents. Please contact Amanda Evans, Director of Admissions at 410-208-1600 or email at aevans@mbscs.org for more information or to schedule a tour.

Thank You Thank You!

Middle child as a camper this year as a leader We had the most wonderful week at Vacation Bible School this year!! We had the most awesome group of campers and a fantastic group of Leaders. It is truly a privilege for me to watch the whole program come together. Every year we have more children and thank God, more volunteers! Again, this year we had several leaders that have been campers in the past and this year, were old enough to lead, and did a remark-able job. One of the best parts of my role is that of observer! I watch to be sure all is going smoothly and no one needs a hand but that also gives me the opportunity to be a fly on the wall so to speak! At one point during the Dance and sing por-tion of the program we had the Blue shirts (Leaders) facing the white shirts (campers) to help each group learn the move-ments. I was so moved by the looks on our young campers faces, filled with love and admiration for the big kids that give o f t h e i r t i m e a n d t a l e n t .

They really form bonds and are sad when the week ends. As I said, this really touched my heart and I stood watching them and smiling. It wasn’t until I walked to the other side that I realized what was inspiring the love and admiration on the little faces. I looked into the faces of the leaders and the smiles were even bigger. Their faces shone with love, support and encouragement, I was overwhelmed. I know it is only a week each year but the joy and the love of Jesus that is experienced here is remark-able! I am truly grateful to all the adults (big Kids) that give of their time! I am also very humbled by the love and support of our entire parish family. If we need it, it arrives…whatever it is! The prayers, the encouragement….the loads of brown pa-per…we could not do it without you! So again I say, Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!! And God Bless you for helping our little Safari-er to follow the light of Christ Always! If you were not involved this year and are wishing you had been …there is always room for one more or two more or three, well you get the idea!! Everyone is welcome! It’s always a happy place! Next Year’s Theme

Rocky Railway: Jesus Power Pulls us Through! July 27 – 31, 2020 Save the Date!!!!

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

Parish Administrator: Rev. John Solomon pastor@stmarystaroftheseaocmd.com

Administrative Assistant: Mrs. Donna Santoni office@stmarystaroftheseaocmd.com

Faith Formation: Mrs. Rita Danhardt Religioused@stmarystaroftheseaocmd.com 410-289-7038

Music Director: Mr. Jordan Pantalone jspantalone1018@gmail.com

Facilities Manager: Mr. Tony Dicken maintenance@stmarystaroftheseaocmd.com

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME