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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.

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time-September 26, 2021 Website: www.stellamarisparish.com

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

Thank you to Fr. Tom, Fr. Art, Fr. Don and Fr. Tony for answering the call to serve the Lord. We are so Blessed!

Monday, September 27

Mass-8:00 am-FC Christ Child Society-1:00 pm-Sts. Peter & Paul, Institute

Tuesday, September 28 Mass -8:00 am-JP Scripture Class-10:00 am-SB Pray the Rosary-12:00 pm–BH Bridge-12:00 noon-EH

Wednesday, September 29 Mass-8:00 am-EH Eucharistic Adoration-8:45 am-EH Faith Formation Grades 1-8-4:00-5:30 pm-BH Wedding Rehearsal-5:30 pm-BH Confirmation Class-6:30-8:00 pm-SB

Thursday, September 30 Mass-8:00 am-SB Wedding-1:30 pm-BH Annual Parish Meeting-5:00 pm-SB

Friday, October 1 Mass Followed by Reconciliation-8:00 am-BH Wedding Rehearsal-5:00 pm-BH

Saturday, October 2 Pray the Rosary-7:30 am-BH 1st Saturday Mass-8:00 am-BH Reconciliation-8:30-9:30 am-BH Wedding-12:30 pm-BH Mass-4:00 pm-FC Mass-6:00 pm-EH

Sunday, October 3 Mass-7:30 am-BH Mass-9:30 am-SB Mass-11:30 am-JP Mass-1:00 pm-WI

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

Celebrate Mass Via TV or Radio Sunday Mass is available diocesan-wide via broadcast television on ABC affiliate WBAY at 5:30 am Sunday morning and on CW14 at 8:00 am on Sunday and Bishop Ricken at 7:30 am on WFRV Channel 5 on Sundays. (Note new time) Radio Mass is available on Relevant Radio, 1050 AM at 9 am. Daily Mass is livestreamed Monday through Friday from the cam-pus of Relevant Radio here in Green Bay. You can access the Mass at the Relevant Radio app, or at this link https://relevantradio.com/faith/dailymass-video/. Also available on your computer, is a full list of daily events with direct links to Masses, rosary and daily reflections compiled by The Compass, The Official Newspaper of the Green Bay Diocese at https://www.thecompassnews.org/virtual-event-calendar/.

Update on Our Gathering · Each church has a section reserved for social distancing. · Masks are strongly encouraged at Mass. · Ministers of communion will wear masks and Precious Blood

will not be distributed. · Hand sanitizer is available at the entrances to church. · Parishioners are reminded that the obligation to attend Sunday

Mass does not apply to those individuals who are frail due to illness or age.

Northern Door Flu Shot Clinics The Door County Medical Center in Fish Creek will be having flu shot clinics at our Stella Maris Fish Creek site: Please call (920) 868-3511 to schedule your appointment. September dates are re-served for those 65 and older. October dates are for all ages. Please wear a short sleeved shirt.

September 24-9 am-4 pm 27-10 am-4 pm 28-9 am-4 pm 29-9 am-4 pm.

October 1-10 am-4 pm 4-10 am-4 pm

5-9am-4pm 22-9 am-4 pm 25-10 am-4 pm

Parish Annual Meeting Stella Maris Annual Meeting

Sister Bay site September 30, 2021, 5:00 pm

Prayer for Priests

Lord God, most holy, we approach you in gratitude for your holy ordained

priesthood. You have called these men to be set apart

and to shepherd your people, as you shepherd your entire church.

We pray for them in their daily work. Grant to them an increase in spiritual gifts and grace,

so they may be prepared for the tasks at hand. Lead them not into temptation

and protect them from the grasp of the evil one. It is through the sacraments they confer

that we encounter the divine in a real and profound way. May your church never lose sight of these,

your special sons and may we, the body of Christ, never fail to cherish the gift of their lives,

which they have freely given to you and your holy church.

We ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son. Amen.

Respect Life FIGHTING PORNOGRAPHY

“All men and women are created in the image of God and are called to love God and others.” Pornography use damages the ability of men and women to become who they are called to be.

Pornography is ‘not a thing to be argued about with one’s intel-lect, but to be stamped on with one’s heel.’ G.K. Chesterton

Pornography is a deliberate distortion of God’s gift of sex and a slander against His created order. Pornography treats both the viewer and the viewed as objects to be used. All pornography exploits both the person portrayed and the view-er and is devoid of love and relationship. It sets up a false standard of beauty and worth—a false image of one’s God-given identity and self image. It is causing great confusion in our culture, marriages, homes and faith communities. Our children are taking nude pictures of them-selves and sending them to others via texting. It does permanent damage to the human brain, especially if the person starts using it in adolescence. It is a grave sin against human dignity. The effects on the soul can be deep.

No wound is so deep, however, as to be out of the reach of Christ’s redeeming grace. Rely on His grace. God does not abandon one in their sin, guilt, shame or failure.

Listed below are some resources available to help fight pornog-raphy: · “Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Por-

nography” USCCB/ · For Marriage: foryourmarriage.org/everymarriage/overcoming

-obstacles/pornography/ · Integrity Restored: integrityrestored.com · Internet Accountability: Covenanteyes.com · RECLAIM: reclaimsexualhealth.com Elizabeth Ministries

Kaukana · Pray to St. Isidore of Seville, Patron of the Internet Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornogra-

phy USCCB; “Equipped” Covenant Eyes; Fr Bill Peckman; www.albertmohler.com

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Parish Life & Upcoming Events EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY-Stella Maris Parish is looking to hire a bookkeeper. The position is part-time and benefit eligible. Interested parties are asked to contact Deacon Tony Abts([email protected]) for details, qualifications and require-ments SEPTEMBER FOOD ITEM being collected is canned fruit for the CARE 24/7 Food Pantry, a ministry of Stella Maris. Donations can be left at any of our sites and at the pantry. Thank you. RESPECT LIFE-Suicidal individuals—with or without a terminal illness—typically do not want to die. The patient requesting assist-ed suicide is often asking, “Does anyone want me to be alive, or care enough to talk me out of this request and support me through this difficult time?”—USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities “Every Suicide is Tragic” THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the Knights of Co-lumbus Charity Raffle. The winners were: $2,000-David Niedzwiecki, $500-Matt Gray, $100-Gale Zahn, $50-Loren Bensyl, Don O'Hara, Gerald Kita, Darrel Larson, George Newkirk, Elin Landstrom, Paul Kutz and David Herman. DOOR COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE CHRIST CHILD SOCIE-TY-At its annual luncheon celebrating its 25th year of caring for children, the Christ Child Society recognized Linda Soukup, An-gie Kopf and Sarah Anschutz as members since the chapter origi-nated in 1996. BOX OF JOY-Can you fill a box? Share the joy of Christmas with needy children around the world. Box of Joy is a Cross Catholic

Outreach Program. By filling a shoebox with small toys, clothing, hygiene items and school supplies you can share God’s love in a tangible way. Filled shoe boxes or donation of items for the boxes can be placed in the main entry collection bins from September 26 through November 7th. Shipping is $9. Empty boxes will be available at each of our church sites. PLEASE JOIN US for the 2001 Stella Maris Annual Meeting this Thursday, September 30 at our Sister Bay site at 5:00PM. We have much to share from our challenging year. A copy of the Annual Report is posted online at our website. Please join us for the food news stories as well as the challenges from this past year. JOIN PRO-LIFE WISCONSINITES for the first-ever March for Life Wisconsin on Saturday, October 2, 2021! We will gather at noon at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison to hear from pro-life leaders. The March will follow and will conclude in prayer at 3:00 pm outside of Planned Parenthood. Buses from various Wis-consin cities are available for easy travel to and from Madison. For more information, visit: ProLifeWI.org/marchforlife. STELLA MARIS BOOK CLUB is reading “Perfectly Human: Nine Months with Cerean“ a true story by Sarah C Williams. The discussion will be at 10:00 am on Monday, October 11 at the Sister Bay site. All are welcome. THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS will be having their annual Tootsie Roll Drive the weekend of October 16-17. Knights will be at all Masses and at local business to look for support in helping those with mental disabilities. Thank you in advance for your gen-erosity. Garey Bies-Grand Knight

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Huehns Funeral Home, Inc. Door County Crematory LLC

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-Bailey’s Harbor-Units/Boats/Vehicles/RVs

920-421-1032 Parish Members

920-823-2259Committed to planting a tree for every tree that we cut down due to the devastating effects of

the Emerald Ash Borer.

CedarDoor Wealth ManagementWells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC

Carrie Schilz • Peter KobinSenior Financial Advisors

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5| Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time-September 26, 2021

Liturgies of the Week Saturday, September 25-Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Fish Creek-4:00 pm-DT Stella Maris Parish Egg Harbor-6:00 pm-TF †Lucia Ortiz Sunday, September 26-Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Baileys Harbor-7:30 am-TF †Hayes/Eaton Families Sister Bay-9:30 am-DT †TeVoert Family Jacksonport-11:30 am-DT †John Haunfelder Washington Island-1:00 pm-TF †Philip Murphy Monday, September 27-St. Vincent de Paul, Priest Fish Creek-8:00 am-DT †Dean Shumway Tuesday, September 28 Jacksonport-8:00 am-DT Better Health-Betty Gagnon Wednesday, September 29-Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels Egg Harbor-8:00 am-TF †Fred Muth Sr. Thursday, September 30-St. Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church Sister Bay-8:00 am-TF †Andrew Nocker Friday, October 1-St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Baileys Harbor-8:00 am-TF †Ellen Pollack Saturday, October 2-Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Baileys Harbor-8:00 am-TF †Special Intention Fish Creek-4:00 pm-TF †Beulah Warner Egg Harbor-6:00 pm-AB †John Murphy Sunday, October 3-Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Baileys Harbor-7:30 am-TF †Dick Hawker Sister Bay-9:30 am-DT †Gus & Alice Ensenberger Jacksonport-11:30 am-TF †Bob Schwaab Washington Island-1:00 pm-DT Stella Maris Parish

TF=Fr. Thomas Farrell, DT=Fr. Don Thimm,

AB=Fr. Anthony Birdsall

James Wojciechowski-Baileys Harbor

Readings of the Week Sunday: Nm 11:25-29/Ps 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14 [9a]/ Jas 5:1-6/Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 Monday: Zec 8:1-8/Ps 102:16-18, 19-21, 29 and 22-23 [17]/Lk 9:46-50 Tuesday: Zec 8:20-23/Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7 [Zec 8:23]/Lk 9:51-56 Wednesday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a/Ps 138: 1-2ab, 2cde-3, 4-5 [1]/Jn 1:47-51 Thursday: Neh 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 [9ab]/Lk 10:1-12 Friday: Bar 1:15-22/Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9 [9]/Lk 10:13-16 Saturday: Bar 4:5-12, 27-29/Ps 69:33-35, 36-37 [34]/ Mt 18:1-5, 10 Next Sunday: Gn 2:18-24/Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 [cf. 5]/ Heb 2:9-11/Mk 10:2-16 or 10:2-12 ©LPi

Worship Numbers 11:25-29, James 5:1-6, Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 Today’s readings call us to examine the motives behind our actions, especially those that lead us away from God and to-wards sin. Not only looking at what obstacles keep us from growing spiritually but also when we are a stumbling block to the growth of other people’s faith by way of: · Being unjust in our judgment of others; · Showing partiality; · Exhibitions of greed or entitlement (and not only with

regards to money or goods); · Allowing our pride to cloud or color our decisions. Are we capable of judging the behavior or action and not the person and doing so always with kindness? Is our primary motive always the care and well-being of that person without bias or superiority? As we’ve seen in the past weeks’ read-ings, being a Pharisee can be a dangerous mindset and detri-mental to our faith journey. Do we believe the only good accomplished in the world origi-nates from us? Do we count our blessings for how the Holy Spirit moves us to worship and find ways to welcome and in-vite others? As I began my steps back into the Catholic Church, I experi-enced difficulty assimilating myself into parish life. My re-quests to help in established ministry groups were often dis-missed and my ideas rebuffed. I heard a lot of “that’s not how we do it here.” And I wasn’t the only one who experienced this resistance. These women who dismissed me and others became, in some instances, stumbling blocks to the blossoming of others’ spiritual development. They were not mean-spirited, maybe overprotective; regardless, they missed a beautiful op-portunity to be ambassadors for Christ. Psalm 19:8-14 speaks to the unwitting ways we, like the wom-en’s group, block God’s blessings, “Yet who can detect fail-ings? Cleanse me from my unknown faults!” How often am I unaware of my Pharisaical thoughts? Thoughts which play right into the enemy’s hands to divide and separate God’s peo-ple? Do I become the catalyst to its end, a response even worse than the foolish men who looked for Moses and Jesus to put a stop to the unwanted evangelistic behavior? If we have been holding back hospitality in our parish ministry or apostolates, we will do well to heed Moses’ response. “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the people of the LORD were prophets! Would that the LORD might bestow his spirit on them all!” Through our Baptism, we have all been commissioned to know, love and serve the Lord. With a heart of collaboration and rooting ourselves in prayer, what wonders we can do together to spread and live the Good News. On September 11th, I scanned my newsfeed for stories com-memorating the twentieth anniversary of that horrific day. One post included this poignant assertion by a priest concern-ing the attendance of his church’s 9/11 prayer service, “There are far fewer people here today to pray than in years past be-cause sadly, there are far fewer people praying at all.” Lack of prayer cultivates into various stumbling blocks in our lives and impacts, more than anything else, the motivations behind our actions. Moses’s prayers were always directed toward others. Jesus’s entire life was dedicated to the salva-tion of humankind. How will we live out our faith and call in our life? What obstacles do we put unknowingly or uncon-sciously in front of others? More importantly, how can we remove those and be prophets, authentic witnesses of the love of God to others? Allison Gingras

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 on Satur-

day’s from 8:30 to 9:30 am in Baileys Harbor or by appoint-ment by texting (920) 217-8155.

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 Thomas J. Farrell Via text @ (920) 217-8155 Egg Harbor Office (920) 868-3241 PO Box 49, 7710 State Hwy 42, Egg Harbor, WI 54209 E-mail: [email protected] 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 [email protected] (920) 421-3332 Director of Worship and Music- Business Administrator/LoSec (Local safe Environment Coordinator)-Deacon Tony Abts [email protected] Bookkeeper-Jim Slomski [email protected] Receptionist/Secretary/Bulletin Editor Lorie Orthober [email protected] Normal Bulletin Deadline for Articles - Tuesday, 9am Faith Formation Coordinator-Linda Cummer [email protected] (920) 421-2195 Maintenance Coordinator-Jim Charles (920) 493-4089 Wedding Coordinator-Pat Gureski [email protected] Secretary Trustee-Angela Packard [email protected] Treasurer Trustee-Terry McArdle [email protected] Pastoral Council Chair-Sharon Brabson [email protected] Finance Council Chair-Chuck Germain [email protected] Worship-Administrative Coordinator-Washington Island-Diane [email protected] (920) 847-2289

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Offertory Contributions–Sept. 18-19, 2021

Actual Budget Stewardship Envelopes $ 5,902.00 $ 7,000.00 ACH $ $ WeShare $ 1,427.00 $ 1,300.00 Offertory $ 4,382.00 $ 3,500.00 Totals $11,711.00 $11,800.00

2021/22 Actual YTD $161,111.00 2021/22 Budget YTD $156,200.00 2020/21 Actual YTD $134,223.00

Total Attendance last week-676

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Stella Maris Parish “Star of the Sea” Endowment For a perpetual Catholic presence in northern Door County

New Investment Ending Fund Year Donors Contributions Net Earnings Balance2018 11 437,309.51$ 5,009.24$ 442,318.75$ 2019 99 218,099.27$ 27,467.71$ 687,885.73$ 2020 8 25,850.00$ 5,718.35$ 719,454.08$ 2021 8 161,404.97$ 224,904.09$ 1,105,763.14$ 2022 0 250.00$ 22,094.07$ 1,128,107.21$

Total 126 842,913.75$ 285,193.46$ 1,128,107.21$

Totals through 08/31/2021