St. Mary Star of The Sea R.C. Church 467 Court Street, Brooklyn, New York 11231

Tel 718 625-2270 -Fax 718 624-9017

www.stmarystarbrooklyn.com

Serving the faithful of Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, and all South Brooklyn Since 1851

Our Mission: We, the faithful of St. Mary Star of the Sea, joy-fully continue the mission begun in 1851. 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 Father 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 www.pre-cana.org 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 vis-its to homebound/ill parishioners.

The Rectory Office Hours are:

Monday - Thursday ■ 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM ■ 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Fridays ■ 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Evenings & Saturdays ■ By Appointment Only Sundays & Holidays ■ Office Is Closed

Please always call for an appointment during Rectory Office Hours. Thank you!

All who regularly worship here should be properly registered. We strongly encourage

everyone to use our weekly envelope system. We depend upon your communal, spiritual,

and financial support. Thank you!

All are welcome to pray with us!

St. Mary Star of the Sea, Pray for us!

“Epiphany” comes from the Greek meaning "Manifestation". Today we celebrate the arrival of the Magi bearing gifts for the Christ Child. This is the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus. Only Matthew tells us this great story, so that we might see the light and know that the child these magi visited is the fulfillment of God’s promise to us… God’s promise of love and salvation! Jesus taught us that whenever we assist someone in need, we are assisting HIM! When you give a gift to a child or family that really needs your help… you are giving that gift to Our Lord. You reached out a big, very generous helping hand to the children and families of St. John’s Bread & Life. You gave so many wonderful, much needed gifts! We received the following letter:

December 16, 2015 Dear Parishioners,

I would like to thank all of you who participated and donated to make this year’s Sponsor a Family a success. I write this note, pleasantly tired from the hectic rush of the pre-holidays, deeply in awe of the generosity of individuals to those we serve, Your support allowed us to provide a Merry Christmas for over 2,000 families. Over the past year we served 800,000 meals, saw 5,000 individuals for much needed services, and distributed over 350,000 meals through our unique Digital Food Pantry. As we begin another year we continue the struggle and the mission of addressing those issues of poverty particularly as they apply to hunger. Pope Francis has reminded us, “that we are all in this together”. Thank you for remembering this. Gratefully, Anthony Butler Executive Director - St. John’s Bread & Life

St. Mary Star of The Sea Brooklyn

When last year’s Annual Catholic Ap-peal began, I made this promise to you, “ If we reach our Parish target of $40,000 actually donated, we will be able to make needed re-pairs to (and painting of) the Sanctuary of our Church. ” Our final totals for the ACA, that ended Dec. 31, 2015, were 98 parishioners (families/individuals) pledged the amount of $39, 505 … of this $39,030 was actually donat-ed. We fell $970.00 short of our desired goal. I thank all who donated! You did a won-derful job of supporting your Church. We may have missed the goal but I feel we were close enough so… right after the Christmas season, which ends next Sunday, the work begins! We’ll take down all the decorations and put away all the statues after Mass and finish on Monday. On Tuesday, John Tiedemann, Inc. comes in and scaffolds go up! The Tiedemann family has been painting our beautiful Church for decades. They repaired and painted her when the infamous “tarp” was finally removed. I have heard so much about that absurd tarp ( it could not possibly have kept the warm air from going up to the ceiling) but I have never seen a picture of it. Someone must have docu-mented that monstrosity with a photo; if you have one, please show it to me. I also used Tiedemann 8 years ago when I had the two wings of our Church fully repaired & painted. We will have the sanctuary walls re-paired and painted from the bottom of the win-dow sills down (all the way up to the ceiling would be way over budget). We will also have the walls over the two side altars repainted. The work will take approximately 10 days to 2 weeks. The cost will exceed the $21,776 we are getting back from the Diocese over their goal but our beautiful Church is WORTH IT!

There are many people to thank for cleaning and decorating our beautiful

Church for our Christmas celebrations, and so many other things that all went into making these past two weeks special. I am writing this on Tues-day Dec. 22nd; before the big night/day. I am col-lecting all the names of those who helped us. I will have a big thank you article in next week’s bulletin.

Have a great week!

St. Mary Star of the Sea, Please Bless and Protect the

Families and Children served by St. John’s Bread & Life!

The Epiphany of the Lord

Thank you to all the following Parishioners who gave so generously for the beautiful

flowers that adorn our Church. Here is list #2:

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Alliegro Ms. Prudence Barbera Mr. Jennie Bianco Mr. & Mrs. F. Bracco Mrs. Eleanor Cesaria Mrs. Dina Collela-Haines Ms. Paula Comi Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DeCarlo Mrs. Vera DiMeglio Mr. & Mrs. Brendan Dugan Mr. & Mrs. Charles Fiore Ms. Rosemarie Gibaldi Ms. Maryanne Hagenberg The Hudson Family Ms. Dorothy Iannuzzi Mary & Joan Jaccarino Mr. Salvatore Mazzucco Pat, Ray & Liam Mellon Ms. F. Messina Mr. & Mrs. Luis & Lizzette Muniz Mrs. J. Nardo Mrs. Monika Nyzio Ms. Kathleen Pakenham Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Pellegrino Ms. Andrea Raimondi Ms. Susan Salerno Mr. & Mrs. Brian Smith Ms. Lucy Torraco Mr. & Mrs. Jose Vargas

If you have not already done so, please pick up a copy of the January Minister schedule in the back of Church. Thank you for your loyal ministry to our Parish Family!

Pilgrimage to the Holy Land January 7-16, 2016

Travel with St. Joseph’s College Faculty Members: Sr. Grace Rowland, CSJ and Fr.

Francis Pizzarelli, SMM For a detailed brochure call Sr. Grace at 631 654 0199 or

email growland@sjcny.edu

LOOKING IN THE

RIGHT PLACES

“Appearances can be deceiving,” as the saying goes. As we cele-brate the epiphania, the “appearing” of the eternal Word of God on earth, this is still true. What rapturous foresight must have filled Isaiah as he wrote the words we hear today. How, for four hundred years, they must have filled the hearts of the people of Israel with hope for the day when God’s glory would shine on them. How deceived some must have felt when the glory of God came to them in the lowliest and humblest of human lives. We have many expectations about how the divine presence will appear among us. But we can also set ourselves up, through these expectations, to miss the divine glory when it truly appears. We get caught up in looking for the star, forgetting that the star is not the divine sign, the babe is. It may take a persistent journey for us to come up-on the true appearance of God’s glory in our lives: Jesus Christ.

This Bulletin had to be submitted on Dec. 23rd, so we are unable to report collection results.

Next week we will report your total donations for Christmas Flowers,

Catholic Charities, Christmas Mass, Remembrance, & My Christmas Gift to My Church. Please help us by bringing

in your back envelopes, so we can average $2,300 each week.

THANK YOU!

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.

JANUARY 3, 2016

PARISH MEMBERSHIP

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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!

Saturday, January 2nd 4:30PM - 5PM ♥Confession 5:30PM ♥Recovery of Theresa LoRusso—Doris Palenque

Sunday, Jan. 3rd,The Epiphany of the Lord 10:00AM ♥ Salvatore Bianco— Daughter, Joanne ♥ Sr. Marie of the Annunciation - Cousins ♥ Angelo DiGiuseppi - Connie & Jack ♥Filomena DiMeglio— Steve & Carol Santoro Monday, January 4th, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 9:30AM ♥Recovery of Nancy Quis— Doris Palenque

Tuesday, January 5th, St. John Neumann 9:30AM ♥Filomena DiMeglio— Maria Ambrosino

Wednesday, January 6th, St. Andre Bessette 9:30AM ♥ For all the Souls in Purgatory– Giovanna Mormile

Thursday, Jan. 7th, St. Raymond of Penyafort 9:30AM ♥Rachel ScottoDiClemente— Rose DeSilvio

The Bread and Wine is

offered this week at mass in

memory of Filomena DiMeglio

requested by her husband and

children.

The sanctuary lamp burns

this week at mass in memory

of johanna conte requested

by mr. & mrs. Charles & Debbie

russo.

The Altar Candles burn this

week in memory of johanna

conte requested by friends at

st. mary star of the sea.

January 3, 2016