Stella Maris Mission Statement

Stella Maris Catholic Parish prayerfully unites people in the love of Jesus guided by our patron, Mary. Stella Maris Vision Statement

We invite all to journey as disciples. By sharing the Gospel, responding to Jesus' love and the gifts God has given us, we welcome all to grow in faith and in our parish life.

Welcome to our parish! As pastor, I hope we can enrich your experience as much as you enrich ours.

Fr. David Ruby

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time-August 7, 2016 Website: www.stellamarisparish.com

Monday, August 8

Morning Prayer-8:00 am-FC Book Club-10:00 am-SB AA Meeting-8:00 pm-SB

Tuesday, August 9 Scripture Class-8:30 am-SB Respect Life Committee-9:00 am-SB Pray the Rosary-12 noon-BH Bridge Club-12:00 pm-EH

Wednesday, August 10 CRHP Women’s Team #10-9:00 am-SB

Thursday, August 11 Men’s Bible Reflection-9:00 am-SB

Friday, August 12 Bridge Club-8:00 am-EH Wedding Rehearsal-6:00 pm-JP

Saturday, August 13 Wedding-2:00 pm-JP

Saturday-Sunday, August 13-14 Power of One Food Collection at All Masses this weekend

Dylan Schneider/Brittany Jilot August 26, 2016-3:00 pm-Baileys Harbor

Alexander Graf/Claudia Koenig August 27, 2016-2:00 pm-Baileys Harbor

For Online Giving to our parish, please go to www.stellamarisparish.com and click on “Giving to the Parish Electronically” on the front page.

Recently 9 parishioners spent time volunteering at Paul's Food Pantry and the St Vincent DePaul Store in Green Bay where they sorted and organized dona-

tions the pantry and store receive.

2| Welcome to Stella Maris in Baileys Harbor, Egg Harbor, Fish Creek, Jacksonport, Sister Bay & Washington Island

Adult Faith Formation The Adult Faith Formation Committee works hard to bring a number of different opportunities to grow in your Catholic faith. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has outlined three major goals for this effort. The first goal is to invite and enable ongoing conversion to Jesus in Holiness of Life. What this really means is to help each person develop a personal relation-ship with Jesus Christ. This really is the beginning of discipleship. We do this through prayer, both personal prayer and communal prayer. The Mass brings us together in communal prayer and also gives us the Eucharist and a personal time with our Lord. The second goal is to promote and support active membership in the Christian Community. This calls us to grow and share our faith with each other. This not only allows us to receive the ministries of the Christian community but also to contribute to its life and mis-sion through the generous stewardship of our gifts and talents. The third goal calls us to Discipleship. Our parish mission and vision includes forming all of us as disciples. Faith Formation seeks to help each of us become more willing and able to be a Christian disciple in our community and world. With these goals in mind the Faith Formation Committee en-courages you to take advantage and participate in in one or more of these upcoming sessions. ONGOING: Men’s Bible Study & Reflection-2nd and 4th Thursday-9 am-Sister Bay. For more information contact: Mark Kunstman (920) 495-5856. Weekly Bible Study open to all-Tuesday-9 am-Sister Bay. For more information contact: Sylvia Kostiuk (920) 868-2821. Book Club-Come to discuss and learn or just to listen. Second Monday of month 10 am-Sister Bay-Contact: Jim Stollenwerk (920) 854-5640. (This week we will meet August 8 and discuss A Higher Calling by Adam Makos.) SPECIAL DATES: Sweet Life Café-a day for Women-Friday, August 26-8:15 am to 3:15 pm-Sister Bay. For more information or to register contact

Julie Kudick (920) 868-2262 CRHP-A retreat for women of the parish put on by women of the parish. November 5-6-Baileys Harbor-Contact Sharon Brabson (920) 868-2404

Christian Service & Responsibility Pope Francis said “the key to ending extreme poverty and hunger is to recognize that behind every statistic, there is the face of a per-son who is suffering. Pover ty has a face! It has the face of a child; it has the face of a family; it has the face of people, young and old. It has the face of widespread unemployment and lack of opportunity. It has the face of forced migrations and empty or de-stroyed homes.” DID YOU KNOW? The Financial Health Program at Catholic Charities, a nonprofit agency of the Green Bay Diocese, has coun-selors that offer a variety of financial programs, resources and tools to help individuals and families strive toward financial freedom. Assistance is offered in Student Loan, Budget, Home Buying and Foreclosure counseling, Debt Management Program, Bankruptcy Services and more. Call (920) 272-8234 or Toll-free: 1-877-500-3580 ext. 8234.

WHERE DO YOUR DONATIONS GO?-Our $500 given to the Red Kettle Salvation Army campaign last December was used to help people in need right here in Door County.

Foundation for Children in Need (FCN) will use the $700 we sent to enhance the quality of life for the needy in India. In the poorest villages of India FCN has organized dignified housing, san-itary water, education, medical care and spiritual opportunities.

The Loaves and Fishes free meal served monthly at the Sister Bay Stella Maris site is prepared and served by members of several northern Door churches. Since this program star ted 7 years ago, over 4,400 meals have been served. 50 to 100 people attend each month. Our gift of $500 helps to fund the meals, which cost approximately $200 each month.

Dear Fellow Parishioners Our parish is in the midst of a discern-ment process which is being facilitated by communal discussions throughout August. It is a very exciting and energizing situa-tion. I know that the movement of the Holy Spirit always inspires me to be more con-nected to God and motivates me to be better at fulfilling my calling while helping me to experience the satisfaction that only God can give. Although discernment is very deep within the Catholic tradition, it is not widely known or practiced. It is also true that many Catholics are not very knowl-edgeable about prayer in general. Actually discernment is at the very heart of prayer providing the means by which we pray well. It is not complicated or difficult ex-cept insofar as we have to let go of so much of what we think is God, holy or right. So much of what we do in prayer is about our-selves and not about God. We need to move beyond our own self-preoccupation and move to what God is about, wants and leads us to. It is easy to follow the Lord. It is very difficult to decide and follow through with resisting our own inclinations, desires and thoughts.

A group setting for discernment can of-ten improve the process because there are more checks and balances, helping us to be more faithful to God than ourselves. Our parish process not only takes place in the context of a group but also has an objective experienced facilitator. Our facilitator, Pas-tor Frank Maxwell will lead the discussion and I will merely observe, speaking only when absolutely necessary. The process is never about what I want or what anyone in the group wants but what God wants. Do-ing as much as possible to safeguard against other influences than God in the discussions is so essential. These words from a website help us to better understand the process in general. ” Discernment is a gift of the Holy Spirit that orients persons to be attentive to the presence of God in our midst. In dis-cernment, persons sift through the many spirits that vie for our attention to hear the One True Spirit. “Discernment may be described as a means to: 1. recognize and acknowledge what God is doing and what God desires; 2. see a situation from God’s perspective; 3. listen to the Holy Spirit, who prays within and among us; 4. hear

and obey God’s voice. Communal discern-ment engages a group of people to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. It involves prayer, a humble surrendering of control, reflection on Scripture and listening care-fully to one another as together we seek to hear God’s voice. Our discernment discussions will begin with prayer led by the facilitator. After the prayer, people will speak one by one shar-ing their prayerful reflection on our mission and vision statements. After we have heard everyone speak once, then people can re-spond to what they have heard with what they hear God saying through the people who are speaking. We continue to search for the message from God which should be different than whatever we came with, not completely different but purified by listen-ing to what other people have to say. The presence of the Holy Spirit within the Christian community is not doubtful but our ability to listen and understand the Spirit is. Together, let us do our best to do so. In Christ’s love, Fr. Dave Ruby, Pastor

STS. PETER & PAUL PARISH Annual Fish Boil and Polka Mass is this Sunday, August 7th. See poster in back of church. COMMUNITY TRAINING IN CPR/AED and FIRST AID will be offered this month on August 11 and 31. To register for either of these classes, call (920) 854-4021 and leave a message OR email SisterBayFireCPR@gmail.com. FLYING SOLO-Want to get out for breakfast after morning Mass or just take break from cooking breakfast? Treat yourself and join the Flying Solo Society, single, divorced or widowed men and women for support, camaraderie and fun at 9:00 am on Tuesday, August 16 for breakfast at the Car roll House in Sister Bay (2445 S. Bay Shore Drive). Questions? Call Becky Nash at (920) 421-3332. CHIP PROGRAM on "Making Sense of Macular Degeneration" will be held on Sunday, August 21, at First Baptist Church in Sister Bay at 4:00 pm. These monthly CHIP programs are sponsored by Northern Door Health & Wellness Ministry. SWEET LIFE CAFÉ-Please join us for a day of fellowship, pray-er and faith sharing on Friday, August 26 in Sister Bay. Welcome and continental breakfast from 8:30 am to 9:00 am. Give yourself the gift of time with friends, scripture, prayer, reflection and a sur-prise activity for someone you care about. Please call Julie Kudick for reservations at (920) 495-9175. Questions, please call Sharon at (920) 868-2404. ON CARE FOR THE COMMON HOME-Avoid sudden starts and stops when driving. Carpool. Drive the speed limit. RESPECT LIFE-“Perhaps one of your friends has become preg-nant unexpectedly. As someone who has been there, I encourage you to support your friend in her new journey of being a mother. Your support might be the only support she receives.”—“10 Ways to Support Her When She’s Unexpectedly Expecting”—USCCB

Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities THINKING ABOUT BECOMING CATHOLIC? Perhaps you been worshiping with us alone or along with a loved one, but never took the step to become Catholic. Or perhaps you have been a Catholic all your life, but never celebrated all the sacraments of Initiation such as Confirmation and Eucharist. Maybe you have been away from the Church or have come from a different faith background and want to find out more about the Catholic Church. We would love to help you on your spiritual journey! There is no pressure to join or make decisions—just a chance to ask questions. Please contact Becky Nash at (920) 421-3332 or email pastoral-church@dcwis.com for more information.

Seminarian Collection Kickoff Disciples need to support one another. That is why the Annual Seminarian Collection: Hope for the Future, Help them Today is so important. Last week or this week, you will receive a letter from Bishop Ricken requesting your help in supporting our local seminarians. Please return your generous contribution to this col-lection, using the pledge card and return envelope you received in the mail. A gift of $25, $100, $250, $500 or more will help our seminarians do what they need to do in order to bring Jesus to the world. Every gift makes a difference. Our seminarians are our Hope for the Future, Let us Help them Today! As a Diocese, we anticipate costs of nearly $1,000,000 this year for tuition, room and board, health insurance, support of the Office of Vocations and the work of Fr. Daniel Schuster and Fr. Quinn Mann. Our efforts are working! To make a gift today, visit www.catholicfoundationgb.org/give. This weekend, Patrick Costello, will speak at our Masses so we can hear about his calling and how we can help.

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Parish Life & Upcoming Events

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Liturgies of the Week

Saturday, August 6-The Transfiguration of the Lord Fish Creek 4:00 pm-AH †Richard Brisch Sister Bay 5:00 pm-DR †Bill Gerard Egg Harbor 6:00 pm-AH †Millie, Bill & Tom Sawyer Sunday, August 7-Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Egg Harbor 7:00 am-DR †Mike Fitzgerald Baileys Harbor 8:00 am-AH †Dennis Gauger Fish Creek 9:00 am-DR †James & Robert Sargent Sister Bay 10:00 am-AH †Don Steller Jacksonport 11:00 am-DR †Frank Lipo Washington Island 1:00 pm-MD Members of Stella Maris Monday, August 8-St. Dominic, Priest Fish Creek 8:00 am Morning Prayer Tuesday, August 9 Sister Bay 8:00 am-DR †Roger Charney Wednesday, August 10-St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr Egg Harbor 8:00 am-AH †Ray & Margret Bowar Thursday, August 11-St. Clare, Virgin Sister Bay 8:00 am-DR †Mary McNeil Friday, August 12 Baileys Harbor 8:00 am-DR †Pam Goss Saturday, August 13-Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Fish Creek 4:00 pm-AH †Natalie Marcon Sister Bay 5:00 pm-DR †Don TeVoert Egg Harbor 6:00 pm-AH †Fr. Richard Talaska Sunday, August 14-Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Egg Harbor 7:00 am-DR †Adolph Schartner Baileys Harbor 8:00 am-AB †Anthony & Adele Arturi Fish Creek 9:00 am-DR †Alice & Art Chermak Sister Bay 10:00 am-AB Members of Stella Maris Jacksonport 11:00 am-DR †Joseph LeClair Washington Island 1:00 pm-AB †Mary Ellen Martin

DR=Fr. David Ruby, AH=Fr. Art Heinze, AB=Fr. Anthony Birdsall,

MD=Msgr. James Dillenburg

Roger Charney-Sister Bay

Readings for the Week of August 7 Sunday: Wis 18:6-9/Ps 33:1, 12, 18-22/Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 or 11:1-2, 8-12/Lk 12:32-48 or 12: 35-40 Monday: Ez 1:2-5, 24-28c/Ps 148:1-2, 11-14/Mt 17: 22-27 Tuesday: Ez 2:8-3:4/Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131/ Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 Wednesday: 2 Cor 9:6-10/Ps 112:1-2, 5-9/Jn 12:24-26 Thursday: Ez 12:1-12/Ps 78:56-59, 61-62/Mt 18: 21-19:1 Friday: Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63/Is 12:2-6/Mt 19:3-12 Saturday: Ez 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32/Ps 51:12-15, 18-19/ Mt 19:13-15 Next Sunday: Jer 38:4-6, 8-10/Ps 40:2-4, 18/Heb 12:1-4/ Lk 12:49-53 ©Liturgical Publications Inc

Worship and Music Column

TO THANK YOU……..

Often times, this column is used to ask for something

~To invite you to an parish event ~To ask you to participate in a ministry. ~To ask you to fill a need lacking in the parish.

This week, it’s different.

It’s to thank you.

To thank all of you that attended and helped with Dan Schutte’s recent concert and night of reflection.

To thank all of you that worship with us (especially when you’re on vacation).

To thank all of you that sing at Mass! To thank all of you that so generously and gra-

ciously give of yourselves in all our liturgical ministries.

To thank all of our musicians that share their musical talents with our parish.

To thank all of our cantors that share their sing-ing talents with our parish

To thank Fr. Dave for his leadership as Pastor. To thank the Lord for providing us with such a

wonderful place as Stella Maris Parish in Door County to grow His kingdom.

Thank you, Kathy Sedan, Worship & Music Minister

Parish Membership Stella Maris Parish is delighted when new people want to join our parish and gladly wel-comes them into our faith com-munity. Contact the parish of-fice.

Infant Baptism The baptism of new babies and young children revitalizes our faith community. Please con-tact the parish office to make arrangements for baptism.

Adult Initiation The Catholic Church is always enriched whenever any adult chooses to be Catholic. Adults wishing to be baptized, or bap-tized adults wishing to be con-firmed, the RCIA program is available.

Reconciliation God’s great mercy is some-thing to be celebrated. Ritually we Catholics experience God’s unconditional love in the sacra-ment of reconciliation. Our pastor is available for this sac-rament on the 1st Thursday of

the month from 5:00-6:00 pm at our Baileys Harbor site (except holidays) and by ap-pointment.

Sacrament of Matrimony A faith-filled wedding is a joy-ful time for the couple and the parish. Our parish wants to have all weddings here be the best possible. The couple must meet with the pastor before a date can be reserved. Please contact the parish office at least 12 months in advance to begin preparation.

Ministry to the Sick Everyone needs extra compas-sion and care when his or her health is not at its best. As a parish, we try to meet that need. Communal anointing Masses take place twice yearly, with individual anointing done when requested. Parishioners in the hospital, nursing home or other institution are encour-aged to notify the office to arrange for visits or commun-ion.

Pastor Reverend David Ruby pastorsm@dcwis.com

Egg Harbor Office (920) 868-3241 PO Box 49, 7710 State Hwy 42, Egg Harbor, WI 54209

E-mail: churchoffice@dcwis.com Fax (920) 868-1481 Web site: www.stellamarisparish.com Office hours: (Mon-Fri) 8:00-12:00 & 12:30-4:30

Pastoral Associate Becky Nash pastoralchurch@dcwis.com (920) 421-3332

Worship and Music Minister Kathy Sedan worshipchurch@dcwis.com

Bookkeeper/LoSEC (Local Safe Environment Coordina-tor) Jim Slomski bkchurch@dcwis.com

Receptionist/Secretary/Bulletin Editor Lorie Orthober churchoffice@dcwis.com Normal Bulletin Deadline - Tuesday, 9am

Faith Formation Coordinator-Linda Cummer faithchurch@dcwis.com (920) 421-2195

Maintenance Coordinator-Jimmy Nowlan maintchurch@dcwis.com (920) 421-3315

Faith Community Nurse-Kathleen Kerwin nursesm@dcwis.com (920) 421-4997

Wedding Coordinator-Burnie Cerra ma8cer@aol.com (920)868-3393

Secretary Trustee-Sharon Brabson brabsonsharon@gmail.com

Treasurer Trustee-Richard Dannhausen hrdannhausen@gmail.com

Pastoral Council Chair-Michelle Piatek piatmch@aol.com

Finance Council Chair-June Biemeret donjunebiemeret@dcwis.com

Deacon David Kowalski-inoiamdjk@yahoo.com

Health & Wellness Committee livinghealthyisaprayer@gmail.com

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Offertory Contributions July 30-31, 2016

Actual Budget

Envelopes $11,028.00 $10,000.00 Offertory 7,685.00 9.000.00 Totals $18,713.00 $19,000.00

2016/17 Actual YTD $87,676.00 2016/17 Budget YTD $97,000.00 2015/16 Actual YTD $91,873.00

Total Attendance last week 2,133

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Devotions MORNING PRAYER: Monday-8:00 am, Fish Creek SCRIPTURE CLASS: Tuesday mornings after the 8:00 am Mass in Sister Bay. Please join us for a closer look and dis-cussion of Genesis. Visitors are always welcome. ROSARY: Tuesday-Noon in Baileys Harbor. Rosary for Life-2nd Tuesday of month, Noon, Baileys Harbor RECONCILIATION: 1ST Thursday of the month from 5-6 pm in Baileys Harbor or by appointment.

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