Kelly Koepenick, Beth Kruger, Teresa Laeorre, Lynn Lenards, Michael Lighthart, Mark Mandell, Jodi Novak, Devenny Mazell, Audrey McCants, Frank McCudden, John McDermott, Marie McManus, Samantha Merritt, Jane Millar , Stephanie Miller , Jerry Mixson, Leon Moore, Carol Morris, Danny Newman, Sarah Nicksa, Anthony Notte, Jim O’Dare, Diane & Tom Oltorik, Jacquelyn Osbourne, Anne Owens, Christian Owens, Jasper Owens, Mike Paul, Ellen Paveldciki, Michael Poe, Ellen Pruitt, Gina Puckhaber, Kit Regnery, Jon Richardson, Mark Riley, John Robertson, Jr., Henry Roth, Peggy Sams, John Santos, Nancy Schaaf, Mary Ann Shinners, Karen Shivers, D. Simanaitis, George St. George, Nick Strable, Kay Tener, George Thompson, Shelby Todd, “Billy” Topping, Gerri Urbanic, Colleen Valdivia, Pauline Viette, Will White, McGregor White, Harold Wilkin, William & Ann C. Williams, Gwen Wise, Mark Woodward, and all those in nursing homes.

Especially: Kayla Airaghi, Cindy Anderson, Brian Ard, Diane Bax, William Bennett, Marie Daniels-Betts, Steven Black, Bob Brown, Jr, Lisa Cain, Janet Carlier, Kathy Chambers, Deborah Christensen, Bethanne Clark, Larry Connell, Bailey Cole & Chris Crowley, James Patrick Crowley, Norm Dandaran, Lynn Daniels, Barry Darwent, Joan Delaney, Carol DeLisio, Laura Delvac, Roland DeVita, Debra Thomas Donnelly, Jakob Duchesneau, Michael Duesterbeck, Mac Dunbar, Marianne Ezman, Joyce Fernando, Mary Ferrara, Cambell Fretz, Fred Figge, Pauline Flanagan, David Fortiere, Eldon Freeman, Marie Furlano, Susan Gladden, Jane, Gina & Sara Galasso, Susan Gilbert, Michele Greb, Ken Grismore, Michelle Gudelski, Patricia Hall, Roy Hawkins, Steely Hawkins, Jack Hawkins, Jayne Helm, Nancy Hinchey, Mary Hodgin, Tim & Debbie Hoppman, Joe Houdek, Don Howie, Milean Humplik, Joan Ikemoto, Billie James, Jennifer Johnson, Thomas Kakassy, Gina Kimbrel, Doris King, Thomas Kakassy,

MARRIAGE We are unable to accommodate all of the requests for weddings at Stella Maris. To marry here, at least one party to the marriage should be an active parishioner, regularly attending Mass for one year before asking to schedule a wedding. As Catholics, we believe that God has a plan for marriage. Cohabitation before marriage is not part of God’s plan and decreases the chances of success in maintaining a permanent union. Cohabitating couples should separate and live apart before requesting the Sacrament of Matrimony. More information is available from the parish office regarding guidelines for weddings and parishioner status. Diocesan policy requires at least six months’ notice before setting a wedding date.

SACRAMENTAL POLICY In order to receive First Holy Communion or Confirmation, students in Grades 2 and 8 must attend TWO FULL YEARS of religious instructions if they are NOT in our Catholic School system. No more than THREE (3) classes can be missed during the year of sacramental preparation.

The facilities and services of Stella Maris Parish are available to its active members. This includes use of the Church for Baptisms, Weddings, and other sacramental events and includes parishioner status in our parochial schools. Active membership is determined by three things: being registered in the parish for a sufficient period of time, faithful attendance at Mass on Sundays and Holy Days, and the use of the envelope system in support of the parish. N.B. If you are attending Stella Maris but not receiving envelopes, then you are not registered. Please call the Parish Office for registration information.

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THE SICK IN OUR PARISH

If anyone wishes to receive Communion and is unable to come to Mass, call Jason Vaughan at 843-883-3044.

NURSERY

Nursery is in the parish hall, and is open on Saturdays 5:00 - 6:30pm, and on Sundays 7:30am - 12:30pm, and at 5:00pm for the 5:30pm Latin Mass.

BAPTISM

The next Baptism class is scheduled for Wednesday, February 20th, at 5:30pm, for parents only in the parish hall library. Please call the office at 843-883-3108 if you plan to attend.

ALTAR FLOWERS

Altar flowers this week are in memory of Jane Herns

5th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME February 9th – February 16th

Sat., Feb. 9th 5:30pm Mass lFrances Hattersleyl Sun., Feb. 10th 8:00am Mass l Fred Scott, Jr.l 9:30am Mass (c) lAgnes Mueller Thomasl 9:30am Mass (h) lAlice Doudl 11:30am Mass lJerry, Michael & Jason Grismorel 5:30pm Latin Mass For the People Mon., Feb. 11th 6:30pm Mass lEthel Henryl 7:00pm Miraculous Medal Novena Tues., Feb. 12th 8:00am Mass Ints. Deacon Gus Suarez Wed., Feb. 13th 8:00am Mass Ints. Deacon Ed Long Thurs., Feb. 14th 6:30pm Mass Ints. George Wilson Fri. Feb. 15th 8:00am Mass lBette & Joe Griffithl Sat. Feb. 16th 4:15 – 5:00pm CONFESSIONS

TODAY’S SCHDULE

February 9th – 10th

EX. MIN. HOLY COMMUNION LECTORS HOST FAMILIES

5:30pm Michael Molony & Paul Heinauer Don & Carol Black Winnie Van Meir 8:00am Sandra & Warren Tawes Bill Shoemaker Gene & Gretchen Budig 9:30am (c) Micki O’Connell & Charles Way, Jr. Boy Scouts Teri Colby 9:30am (h) Anthony Stith & Don Smith Boy Scouts Nancy Wiemann 11:30am Helena Bastian & Matt Story Roc & Amy Robison Christine Story

SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK

February 16th – 17th

EX. MIN. HOLY COMMUNION LECTORS HOST FAMILIES

5:30pm Christen Hall & Jon Tirpak Jon & Angie Tirpak Michael Molony 8:00am Delores Schweitzer Stephen Blanchard Mickey & Berry McMahon Clydie DeBrux 9:30am (c) Pat Rodriguez Vince Sottile Jim & Mary Ann Mackey 9:30am (h) Anthony Stith & Garen McDowell Elizabeth, Lukas & Nancy Wiemann Francesca Marquis 11:30am Teri Colby & Marty Fosberry Roland & June Richard Helena Bastian

MONEY MATTERS

Last week’s Sunday collection amounted to $20,328.80

Stella Maris

Roman Catholic Church

We welcome all visitors who have come to worship God with us today. And we hope that your visit is safe and enjoyable.

1204 Middle Street, P.O. Box 280 Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482

Rev. Msgr. Lawrence B. McInerny, J.C.L. Pastor Rev. Antony Gaspar, PhD Parochial Vicar Mr. Jason Vaughan, MA, MS Deacon, Pastoral Associate & D.R.E. Mr. John Byrnes School President Mrs. Susan Splendido School Principal Mrs. Ann Thompson, LMSW Registration, Counseling & Activities Mrs. Elizabeth Bolchoz Sanford Youth Minister Mr. Huey Waldon Director of Liturgical Music Mr. Stephen M. Collins Associate Musician Mrs. Winnie Van Meir Secretary to the Pastor

Parish Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9:00-4:00; Friday, 9:00-Noon

Parish Office 843-883-3108 Fax 843-883-3160 Jason Vaughan 843-883-3044 Ann Thompson 843-607-0135

Diocesan Office of Child Protection Services 843-261-0430 Diocesan Victim Assistance Minister 843-856-0748

St. Vincent De Paul Society Help Line: 843-814-1229 Furniture Donation Pick-up: 843-416-7126

Parish Website: stellamarischurch.org

FORMED WEBSITE: formed.org/register (Access Code: R8ZH23)

5th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

February 10, 2019

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK My dear people, In the week to come, we look forward to Valentine’s Day on Thursday and our Women’s Club’s Valentine Fete on Friday. Also on Thursday, Gloria Purvis, a convert to Catholicism and Catholic apologist who is a native of Charleston, will speak at Bishop England High School in support of the establishment of a Catholic FM radio station at Bishop England. As always, I encourage support for Catholic radio in South Carolina and I encourage you to listen as well. I, for one, tremendously appreciate the break from the constant news coverage of politics. Not unexpectedly, many of you tell me your hopes and needs in the form of prayer requests. And I want you to know they are taken seriously. Typically, I try to say a prayer for an intention as soon as I walk off from a conversation. I find this helps me remember the intention later. Ours is far from a perfect world and there is much to pray for. Recently, it came to me that we are probably missing out on some of the means of grace. Specifically, I was thinking of the Monday night Miraculous Medal Novena. In a private revelation to St. Catherine Laboure, Our Lady revealed the medal and it was originally called the medal of the Immaculate Conception. Not long after the medal was struck, there were many conversions and miracles attributed to this devotion that it began to be called the Miraculous Medal. Some may scoff but we know that Our Lord did not hesitate to use matter from the creation as He redeemed our fallen world. Water became wine, spittle was mixed with earth, fish and bread were multiplied, bread became His Body, wine became His blood. In the image of Our Lady on the medal, there are rays emanating from her fingers, some are long and go all the way to the edge of the image; some are short. Our Lady told St. Catherine Laboure that the short ones represent the graces that are available, but never sought or utilized. As we continue to honor each other’s prayer requests, I encourage those with special and urgent needs to consider making the Miraculous Medal novena by attending for nine weeks. The word novena is based on the Latin for nine and could be nine days, weeks, even hours, in which there is prayer. Thanks for your inquiries about the move into the rectory addition. Like me, it’s slow. I want to get rid of things before moving into the new quarters because, like most people, if I don’t discard them now and move them … well you probably know how that goes. Father McInerny

PARISH NEWS AND ACTIVITIES

UPDATING PARISH “SICK LIST”

Please note: We are going to be updating our list of people who are on our “sick list” on a monthly basis. Please let us know if someone should remain on the list by calling the office at 843-883-3108.

VALENTINE FETE

The Stella Maris Women’s and Men’s Clubs are sponsoring a VALENTINE FETE, Friday, February 15th, 7:30-11:00. Join us in the Parish Hall for a festive evening, of catered food & drinks, a silent auction, and dancing fun with entertainer Ronnie Johnson. Tickets are $50/person, $80/couple. R.S.V.P. to stellamariswomen@yahoo.com. For more information contact Rosalea Donahue at rosaleavsd@aol.com or 843-886-5611. Final week-end for ticket sales at church. Committee needs to give number of guests to the caterer. This weekend is the deadline for ticket sales, but they can still be reserved by contacting Rosalea or the office.

STELLA MARIS HOST FAMILIES

Stella Maris parish is looking for people who would be interested in becoming a Host Family for our weekend Masses. Being a host family involves distributing worship sheets before Mass, (need to arrive about 15/20 minutes before Mass), bringing up the gifts during Mass, and handing out our church bulletins following Mass. For those interested, please contact Margaret Meys at 843-242-8138.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

Saint Vincent de Paul tax letters have been mailed. Please contact Kevin Rooney at 843-437-7283, if there are any questions or issues. Thank you for your generosity.

STELLAR SENIORS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 2019 (Stella Maris Senior Ministry for all parishioners who are 55 and older)

A free lunch and tour will be held at SouthBay on Tuesday, February 12th, at 11:30am. SouthBay is a new Retirement Community in Mount Pleasant. Seating is limited. RSVP to Karen at khr620@bellsouth.net or 843-209-4928 by Tuesday, February 5th, if you would like to attend. https://southbayatmountpleasant.com/

STELLA MARIS PARISH MEMBERSHIP

The parish envelope system

For those parishioners who have put their mail on a temporary hold, please be aware that the Post Office does NOT hold your parishioner donation envelope packets. They are returned to us and we, in turn, place them in the rear of the Church to be picked up. Please check to see if your packet might be there. Any questions, please call the parish office.

Please note: if you are attending Stella Maris but not receiving envelopes, then you are not registered. Please call the Parish Office during regular hours at 843-883-3108 for information about joining the parish

NEWS FROM OTHER SOURCES

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Are you interested in volunteering? Stella Maris will be sponsoring a build day for Habitat for Humanity on Saturday, March 23rd. No experience necessary. For details or to RSVP, please contact Ryan DeAntonio at 843-408-1227 or ryan.deantonio@gmail.com.

ALL CATHOLIC SINGLE ADULTS, AGE 50+

You are cordially invited join the Tri-County Catholic Fellowship Group on Saturday, February 23rd, for the 5:00pm Sunday Vigil Mass at St. Benedict Catholic Church, with dinner & fellowship to follow at 6:30pm at the Rusty Rudder, both in Mount Pleasant. If interested, please contact Mr. J. Shannon Hurley at 843-556-3578 and/or jshannonh@gmail.com to inquire or RSVP.

10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Bishop Guglielmone’s 10th Anniversary Celebration: Come celebrate Bishop Guglielmone’s 10th Anniversary as the Bishop of Charleston. Bishop Guglielmone will celebrate the 11:15am Solemn Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist on Sunday March 24th. A reception will follow on the Cathedral lawn. All are invited.

RACHEL’S VINEYARD RETREAT

Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats bring spiritual healing and strengthening of faith to individuals who have had or participated in an abortion. Join us on the journey to healing, peace and reconciliation this lent, March 15th – 17th, in Rock Hill, SC. For information and registration call Christy at 803-554-6088 or Kathy at 803-546-6010, or grace4healing@gmail.com.

MINI LENTEN RETREAT AT MEPKIN ABBEY

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2019

Sisters Gay Rowzie and Susan Schorsten will present a Mini Lenten Retreat, “A Time for Giving Up and Taking On” on Wednesday, March 13th , from 10:00am – 3:00pm. The retreat will be held in the Mepkin Abbey Library at 1098 Mepkin Abbey Rd, Moncks Corner. Register at mepkinabbey.org (Go to “book a lecture”). Cost is $10 which is payable at the door. Please bring a bag lunch

RHINE RIVER CRUISE

Join fellow parishioners on a Viking River Cruise through Holland, Germany, France, and Switzerland June 15th – 22nd, 2019. Highlights along the Rhine River: starting in Amsterdam, learn about how windmills in Holland work, visit mag-nificent cathedrals in Cologne and Speyer, Germany, and in Strasbourg, France. Take a walk thru Old Heidelberg and visit a cuckoo clock workshop in Breisach, Germany, the gateway to the Black Forest, then ending up in picturesque Basel, Switzerland. Cruise fares starting at $3,174. Air fare promotion from Charleston $599 round trip per person. Space is Limited. Contact Kathy at Bustos Travel 843-856-0027 for more information or to book.