MARRIAGE PREPARATION CLASS

 

The next marriage preparation class will be on Friday, October 15th & Saturday, October 16th, 2010. If you are planning to marry within the next nine months in our Church, you need to attend this class. 

 

WELCOME VISITORS

& NEW PARISHIONERS

 

 

          Welcome to Saint Mary Star of the Sea Church.

We welcome your contributions for the vast needs of our Church, School, and Parish. You are welcome to pray in the historic grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Stations of the Cross Garden, and to adore the Blessed Sacrament in the Divine Mercy Chapel. If you are a new parishioner, you are invited to stop by the Rectory to register and let us know how we may be of service to you.

                                                  

                      MASS INTENTIONS

                          OF THE WEEK

Saturday, July 24

 

7:30am– For all those affected from natural disasters 

6:00pm– Steve Hayes+-Orchidea Ilacqua & Family

                   Gustavo E. Parra+-”Cookie”

                   Happy Birthday Alan Torriello

 

Sunday,  July 25

7:30am–Nancy Toppino+-Frank Toppino

                   Henry Haskins+-Linda & Family               

 9:00am–Juanita Hall+-Cheryle Estenoce

                   Nancy Toppino+-Frank Toppino

                   Butch Albury+-Dotti Albury

10:30am–Oscar Solano Jr+-Elizabeth Solano &                                                                                                  Family

                   Nancy Toppino+-Frank Toppino

                   Keith Bahnemann+-Nathan & Deniece Eden

12:00pm–People of the Parish

                   Edward Shindle+-David & Lorie

                                                                                Kandstrand

                   Bernardo Moscoso+-Belkis Moscoso

                                   

Monday, July 26

7:30am– Raymond Roberts (Special Intention)                                                                                  Leona & Rollins

                   Billy M. Ruth & Carol Kerns+-Leona &                                                                                              Rollins

Tuesday, July 27

7:30am–   Don O’Brien+-Andrea Monson

                   Gudrun Starcken+-Donna & Jean

Wednesday, July 28

7:30am– Carl Weekley+-Ana Weekley 

Thursday, July 29

7:30am– Joseph Cherniak+-Heather Burt 

Friday, July 30

7:30am–Billy Marshall+-Violet Pita

 

Saturday, July 31

7:30am– For the conversion of sinners

6:00pm– Steve Hayes+-Orchidea Ilacqua & Family

                   In Thanksgiving and Healing

 The Church Sanctuary Lamp is reserved

in loving memory of

 

 MARY & ANTONIO ARENCIBA

 By Gladys, James & grandchildren

  from July 25th thru August 7th 2010

DAILY  MASS  READINGS

Mon. 7/26– Jer 13:1-11; Mt 13:31-35

Tues. 7/27– Jer 14:17-22; Mt 13:36-43

Wed. 7/28– Jer 15:10-16; Mt 13:44-46

Thurs. 7/29– Jer 18:1-6; Jn 11:19-27

Fri. 7/30– Jer 26:1-9; Mt 13:54-58

Sat. 7/31– Jer 26:11-16, 24; Mt 14:1-12

          THE FIRST PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION
     (ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA,

          AS PARAPHRASED BY DAVID L. FLEMING, S.J.)

 

St. Ignatius begins his Spiritual Exercises with The First Principle and Foundation. While not typically thought of as a prayer, it still contains much that is worth reflecting on. 

The Goal of our life is to live with God forever.
God, who loves us, gave us life.
Our own response of love allows God's life
to flow into us without limit.

All the things in this world are gifts from God,
presented to us so that we can know God more easily
and make a return of love more readily.
As a result, we appreciate and use all these gifts of God
insofar as they help us to develop as loving persons.
But if any of these gifts become the center of our lives,
they displace God and so hinder our growth toward our goal.

In everyday life, then, we must hold ourselves in balance
before all of these created gifts insofar as we have a choice
and are not bound by some obligation.
We should not fix our desires on health or sickness,
wealth or poverty, success or failure, a long life or a short one.
For everything has the potential of calling forth in us
a deeper response to our life in God.

Our only desire and our one choice should be this:
I want and I choose what better leads to God's deepening his life in me.

(Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, Feast Day is July 31.

Saint Mary Star of the Sea has been influenced deeply by this spirituality through the generous service of the Jesuits from the founding of the

Parish until the  late 1970’s and again most recently by the presence of

Fr. Seamus Ward, S. J.)

 

BEREAVEMENT MEETINGS

 

Grief support meetings are available to you every

Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Renewal Center.