St. Mary Star of The Sea R.C. Church

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1 St. Mary Star of The Sea R.C. Church 467 Court Street, Brooklyn, New York Tel Fax Serving the faithful of Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, and all South Brooklyn Since 1851 All are welcome to pray with us! Our Mission: We, the faithful of St. Mary Star of the Sea, joyfully continue the mission begun in We share in Christ s ministry by proclaiming the Gospel in our thoughts, words, and deeds seeking to spread the Good News of salvation under the loving care of our Blessed Mother. Since we live in challenging times of new possibilities, we as stewards pledge to strive to provide for the spiritual and temporal needs of our people. As the stars guide the ships at sea, we seek to be a welcoming beacon of prayer and community to all who come that they find a home for their hearts and comfort for their souls. Parish Staff Fr. Chris Cashman - Pastor Mrs. Debra Russo - Administrative Assistant Mr. Robert Magee - Organist/Cantor Mrs. Sylvia ScottoDiClemente - Rectory Assistant Mr. Jack Pattison - Maintenance/Sacristan Be part Our Sacramental Celebrations Mass Monday to Thursday: 9:30 AM Saturday: 5:30 PM Sunday: 10:00 AM Holy Days: Times will be announced Baptism Parents should call the Rectory for an appointment and to learn the date of the next Baptism. A copy of the birth certificate and attendance at our Baptism Preparation class are required. Baptism is celebrated on several Sundays during the year at 11:00 AM. Reconciliation/Confession Saturdays-4:30PM 5:00PM (And when mutually convenient for you and Fr. Chris) Marriage Couples wishing to marry must contact Fr. Cashman at least six months prior to the date they desire. Log on to for complete information about marriage preparation in the Diocese. Anointing of the Sick Anyone seriously ill may ask for this Sacrament of Healing. You may also request prayers and visits to homebound/ill parishioners. All who regularly worship here with us should be properly registered. We strongly encourage everyone to use our weekly envelope system. We depend upon your Hours are: Monday - Thursday Fridays Let us fill the Season of Lent with acts of Mercy! Evenings & Saturdays Sundays & Holidays The Rectory Office 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM By Appointment Only Office Is Closed Please always call for an appointment during Rectory Office Hours. Thank you!

2 St. Mary Star of The Sea Brooklyn Let s all try to be better followers of Christ and live this Lent as a time of prayer, penance, fasting, and works of charity and mercy! Please come be part of the many occasions we are offering to receive God s grace during this time of repentance/renewal. Stations of the Cross- Wednesday Feb. 24th, March 9th & 23rd at 7:30 pm. Discussing our Faith answering your questions on Wed., March 2nd in the Parish Center with coffee & cake, 7:30 8:30 pm. Please feel free to submit questions now by dropping them in a poor box or the collection. A Day of Eucharistic Adoration- On Wednesday, March 16th, our Church will remain open after the 9:30am Mass all day for you to come spend quiet time before the Blessed Sacrament. The day will end with Benediction at 7:30pm. Reconciliation Monday- March 21st Confession will be available for several hours, probably from 4 8pm. Come receive God s sacramental forgiveness and healing. I strongly encourage you to make every effort to avail yourself of these very unique occasions to receive God s grace. Ashes were only the beginning Please stay with Christ and your fellow parishioners as we journey from the dust of Ash Wednesday, into Holy Week, right up to the glory of Easter! Are you still looking for something to give up for Lent? This may be the best list I have ever seen! It s not to late, it s never to late to give up these things: Give up resentment and become more forgiving. Give up hatred and return good for evil. Give up complaining and be more grateful. Give up pessimism and become more hopeful. Give up worry and become more trusting. Give up anger and become more patient. Give up pettiness and become more noble. Give up gloom and become more joyful. Give up doubt and turn to God. from the St. Jude Facebook page posted on February 11, 2016 The Generations of Faith Campaign is going very, very well! If you still have not picked up your Generations of Faith packet, please pick it up as you leave Church TODAY. Two volunteers will be at the center Church doors to distribute the packets. I kindly ask that you carefully consider your pledge it is payable over 5 years, on your schedule. Please do not contribute to the Campaign if it will affect your weekly envelope donations. We must at least stay at our present giving level. Please remember, I did not authorize any mailing, in my name, about this so if you got one of them - THROW IT OUT! Everyone who received that mailing should have received a letter of explanation/apology from Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello. I ask that EVERYONE PLEASE return their completed pledge page, even if you are unable to pledge, by Sunday, March 6th! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Rob Magee would love to have a choir for the Easter Vigil. If you are interested, please speak with Rob TODAY. Rehearsals will be on SUNDAYS right after the 10 am Mass for no more than 1 hour beginning NEXT WEEK, Feb. 28th. There will be only 3 rehearsals. Please only sign up if you will be able to attend all 3 rehearsals. We want everyone to be well prepared. Thank you! We need more parishioners to volunteer to serve as Lectors or Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. The next training session will be on Saturday, April 30th at St. Rita s Parish School Building, 260 Shepherd Ave., Brooklyn 11208, from 9am to 3:30pm. Please consider becoming a minister and contact the Rectory by April 5th! WE NEED YOU!

3 SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT Youth Easter Art Contest : Students in grades 1-12, residing or studying in Brooklyn or Queens are invited to participate! Contest is organized by The Tablet and sponsored by the Archbishop John Hughes Knights of Columbus. This year s theme is CHRIST IS RISEN. For full details, see the flyer on our announcement board or call or visit Bishop Kearney s Entrance Exam March 12, th Grade students who missed the TACHS may sign up online for $25 Exam Student Sponsor Partners (SSP) - deadline March 15, 2016 Reduces Bishop Kearney s tuition to $80 a year for 8th grade students in public school from low-income families with a GPA between ss.pnyc.org There are candles available by our Blessed Mother and St. Anthony/St. Jude. If you are interested in purchasing a candle for your loved one/ones, please come into the Rectory during office hours. If you would like to have your child/ children s name published in our bulletin, please call Debbie 2 weeks in advance! If we want to be transformed by Christ, we must be willing to pay the price. Consider the main characters in today s Gospel account of the Transfiguration. Moses was engaged in a tremendous struggle to free his people from a pleasure principle. God brought them out of slavery in Egypt and gave them freedom. But they didn t want to carry the weight of freedom with all its burdensome moral choices. So they rebelled and wanted to return to the fleshpots of Egypt. They would have to live in slavery, but at least they would be more comfortable than they were out there in the desert. The freedom and life God wanted to give them was simply too costly, they felt. Self-sacrifice and discipline are the price we pay for creativity, personal growth and transformation. The greatest of our artists, poets, musicians and moral leaders give testimony to that fact! As we move through Lent toward Easter, have courage. Make the hard decisions. Move away from merely being comfortable and embrace the cost of discipleship. There will, of course, be many Herods and Pilates to judge you and mock you. But, if you are in Christ, then you must live his life and enter into the cost of growth, transformation and transcendence. The Collection for the weekend of February 14th was: $1, The record low temperatures kept many people home. For the 7 weekends of 2016, we are down more than $1,100.00! Please help us recover by bringing in your back envelopes! We need to average $2,300 each week. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

4 February 21, 2016 Non-Catholics are invited to join us in prayer. We kindly remind them not to come forward to receive Holy Communion. Catholics who are new to our Parish are asked to please introduce themselves to Fr. Chris after Mass. Registration may be done at the rectory during office hours or by dropping the parish membership form in the collection basket. Active parishioners are those who are registered, join us regularly for the celebration of the Mass and use the weekly donation envelopes. Only in this way can we issue documents attesting to Parish Membership and Catholic practice. PARISH MEMBERSHIP Name Address Zip Phone No. Check One: New Registration/Envelopes Change of Address What a way to honor your loved ones! Altar Candles, Bread & Wine and Sanctuary Lamp Memorial Gifts are available to be purchased throughout the year. Each intention will be memorialized for the entire week and announced in the bulletin for friends and family to pray for!

5 February 21, 2016 Saturday, February 20th 4:30PM - 5PM Confession 5:30PM Tess & Sal Donnarumma - The Family Sunday, Feb. 21st,2nd Sunday of Lent 10:00AM Connie Mennella Cousins Rachel ScottoDiClemente- Rose Barbera Anthony, Alfonse & Gabriel Peluso Lillian Ann Musto - Patrick & Patricia O Toole Monday, February 22nd, The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle 9:30AM Phil & Rosalia Barbera Family Tuesday, February 23rd 9:30AM John Carabetta- Mr. & Mrs. Charles Russo Wednesday, Feb. 24th 9:30AM Rachel ScottoDiClemente- Annette & Paul Bamundo 7:30PM Stations of the Cross Thursday, February 25th 9:30AM Recovery of Lucy Dioris - Jennie, Rose & Josie The Bread and Wine is offered this week at mass in memory of Rachel scottodiclemente requested by Mr. & Mrs. Angelo & Carmela Russo & Family. The sanctuary lamp burns this week in memory of Angelo Barbera requested by Wife, Rose. The altar candles burn this week in memory of all the members of our purgatorial society.