LITURGY SCHEDULE Saturday .................................................... 5 pm Sunday ........................ 8 am, 10 am & 12 noon Weekdays ............................. See inside bulletin Holy Days ............................ See inside bulletin

RECONCILIATION 1st & 3rd Saturdays of the month ........ 3:30 pm or by appointment

HOLY ROSARY 1st Saturday of the month .................... 4:15 pm

OFFICE HOURS Monday–Thursday .......................... 9 am–4 pm Friday ......................................... 9 am–12 noon

PARISH STAFF Rev. Esteban "Steve" DeLeon ................ Pastor

Jean Choplinsky ......... Business Administrator

Jeanine Ritz ............. Religious Ed Coordinator Nancy Liette ........ Youth Ministry Coordinator Bryce Miller ....................... Music Coordinator

Geri Tarkington ........ Baptisms, Marriage, and Funerals

Virginia Mollner ....... Social Ministry Director

Jessica Kwiatkowski ..........................Secretary

Grace Jones ...... Receptionist & Liturgy Coord.

Tony Lewis ...................................... Custodian

Sharon Lewis ............................. Housekeeping

STAR OF THE SEA

CATHOLIC SCHOOL 309 15th Street • Virginia Beach, VA, 23451 Website .............................. www.sosschool.org Phone .......................................... 757-428-8400 Fax .............................................. 757-428-2794 Dr. Carey Averill ............................... Principal

Marie Wise ............... Admissions Coordinator

JUNE 2, 2019 • ASCENSION OF THE LORD

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH STAR OF THE SEA 1404 PACIFIC AVE. • VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23451

Website: www.staroftheseaparish.com parishoffice@staroftheseaparish.com Phone: 757-428-8547 Fax: 757-428-0788

Ascension of the Lord

MONDAY, June 3 6:30pm VBS Meeting, CHA

TUESDAY, June 4 1:30pm Mass at Atlantic Shores 6:30pm School Graduation Mass (Mario Martini†)

WEDNESDAY, June 5

9am Last Day of School Mass (DiDonato & Lavin Families†) 10am Women’s Club, R5 6:30pm Parish Council, R1/2 7pm Cantors 7:30pm Choir

THURSDAY, June 6 8am Mass (Catherine McCoy†) 8:30-3pm Eucharistic Adoration, Chapel 5:15pm Children of Mary, R5 7pm Grief Sharing, R1/2

FRIDAY, June 7 8am Mass (Mary Lee Lilly†) 5pm Wedding Rehearsal

SATURDAY, June 8 8:30am Helping Hand of Star of the Sea, LH 2pm Wedding 5pm Mass (Catherine McCoy†)

SUNDAY, June 9– Pentecost 8am Mass (Harvey Longley†) 10am Mass (George Zammit†) 12noon Mass (People of Star of the Sea†) 1-5pm Parish Picnic

THE WEEK AHEAD

In Our Parish

June 2, 2019– Ascension of the Lord

When Jesus was lifted up into heaven, He drew His disciples to himself and led them to a better life with purpose and mission.

In the Gospel, Jesus challenged his disciples to continue his work of preaching repentance for the forgiveness of sins and of telling the world of God’s love. He empowered his people and made them his partners and coworkers in his work of salvation. He sent them the Holy Spirit to give them the courage, the gifts, the inspiration to continue his mission. The mission is to bear witness to Jesus in the world, proclaim the Good News that God loves us no matter who we are and to show by our love and compassion that Jesus is always with us.

This feast of the Ascension also reminds us that we are all pilgrims on our way to the father, our final destination.

Although we heard in the readings about the departure of Jesus through His ascension, we know that Jesus remains with us in the gift of the Eucharist through which He continually nourishes us for the mission of sharing His good news.

Let us continue to carry out the mission of Jesus by being the visible face of his love and mercy by what we say and do. Amen. From Fr. Steve

John Flannery M. Baily Buck Diana Brumitt Cathy K.Urwin Pat Smith Mary Dempsey Mary Barraco Gerardo DeLeon Beverly deCroix Sherry McCaskill Ken Fleming Ally Elefante Diana Marsden Nancy Burgess Peggy Morelli Bill Sabo Betty Sabo Remy Gega Brian Oswald Greg Banton Darren Wilson Michael Oswald Diana Sayson

Estrella S. Monzon

Anne O’Brien

Carlos Ortiz

Aaron Holley

Julie Mauro

Bernie Devlin

Kevin Kittrel

Shelia Atkey

Vicki Williams

Mike Davis

Craig McMillan

Collin Johnson

Randy Starling

Ric Robinson

Jeanney Meagher

Carolinn McLane

Michelle Wilson

The Aragon Family

Norm Hess

Lynn Hess

Katie Sabatino

Kelsie Weyer

Brenda Morris

Ann Miller

Angelita I. Majors

Anita Babineau

Dorothy Clemens

Hank Richeson

Joe McWaters

Mary M. Lyons

Susan Rivadulla

Sandra O’Brien

Ramona L Castner

Joel Rivera

Penny Romero

Christine Lake

Chris Palm

Pam Huggins

Robert Garrison

Joclare Moody

Michael Earhardt

Bonnie Cholish

Mario Simbulan

Madeline DeMuccio

Joan Kunzinger

Christy Black

Tom Holloway

Silvia Widmer

John Slepecki

Miguel Macias

Joseph Mikulski

Billy Spruell Jr.

Josie Orencia

Mary Longley

Patricia Rufle

Mary Morris

Ruth Jennette

Dale Ann Corillo

Dan Foley

Judy Duff

Kevin Flannery

Jim Edge

Evelyn Edge

Meghan Fitzgerald

Madeline Fitzgerald

Marianne Cicatko

Barbara Thomas

Jimmie Huggins

Bohumila Hrahoska

Brian Dempsey

Michael Fitzpatrick

Walt Daunhauer

The Gendreau Family

David Havel

JJ Miller

Nick Baragar

Lanie Lizarda

Scott Kohlrust

April Buckner

Tanner Effinger

Carolyn Stevens

Barb Tennyson

Joan Hoare

Mary Hancock

Stephanie Mungal

Betty Viloria

Clarence Pitz

Isaac Swain

Lois McDaniel

Alexa La Duke

Sherry LaMay

Jeffrey DiFulgo

Helen Slezak

Ann LaBuda

Gloria Apel

Vincent Donlon

Lee Taylor

Kevin Moore

Sirico Whitfield

Tony Schmidt

Bryan Langan

Janice Wilkie

Jack Upton

Andy Gallop

George Slezak

Kaye Barnes

Jacqueline Alwine

Marguerite Frassica

Giuseppe Pasceri

Con English

Bob White

George Rogers

Jorg Widmer

Carly Mauer

DaBiero Family

Patricia Briden

Mischele Grayson

Andrea Themides

Christopher Browne

Jack McGovern

Tom Ford

Wanda Weakley

Gail Alcorn

Ann Graziadei

Rosemarie Fraites

Liz Apel

Debbie Lancto

David Hilton

Richard Davidson

Dr. Natasia Reed

Jean Brown

Judy Waterman

OUR CIRCLE OF PRAYER

PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Bill Olsen

June 9th from 1-5pm at Holiday Travelpark Campground

Tickets on sale in Crawford Hall after all weekend Masses

$15 per family and a dessert to share This is a great family event, you don’t want to

miss out!!!

STAR OF THE SEA CHURCH

VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA June 2, 2019

Weekend Ministry Schedule

for June 8th & 9th Contact Grace Jones at grace@staroftheseaparish.com

Altar Guild Mary Tabor, Theresa Loyd, Norma Rubio, Rowena

Copeland, Joan Upton

Welcome Desk 5pm Armistead, Holohan

8am Wise, Dewitt — 10am Ungvarsky, Bowser

Mass Schedule at Local Parishes Holy Family 9am Tuesday through Friday

5:30pm Saturday, 8:15am, 11am Sunday

St. John’s 7:30am Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,

Friday 8am Wednesday, 5pm Saturday,

7:30am, 9:15am, 11am Sunday

St. Nicholas 9am Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

5:30pm Saturday, 9am and 11am Sunday

St. Luke’s 7am Monday through Saturday

5pm Saturday, 7am, 9:30am, and 12 Sun.

Holy Spirit 6:15pm Tuesday through Thursday,

9:10am Friday, 5:30pm Saturday, 8am,

10:15am and 12:15pm Sunday

The schedule for Liturgical Ministers is available

online at

www.rotundasoftware.com/ministry/SOS JOIN US FOR EUCHARISTIC

ADORATION AT STAR OF THE SEA ON THE 1ST THURSDAY OF EACH

MONTH FROM 8:30AM UNTIL 3:00PM The next Adoration is June 6, 2019

Why Eucharistic Adoration? The Catechism quotes St. Pope John Paul II: “The Church and the world have a great need for Eucharistic worship. Jesus awaits us in this sacrament of love. Let us not refuse the time to go to meet him in adoration, in contemplation full of faith, and open to making amends for the serious offenses and crimes of the world. Let our adoration never cease.” (CCC1380)

Every vocation in the Church comes from and through Christ Jesus. It is He who calls. Spending time in Eucharistic Adoration with our Divine Lord is a good place to go to ask what He wants with our life. Why not spend some time each month in adoration, in union, in contemplation of the Lord present in the Eucharist?

Spending time with Jesus in adoration should not strike us as unusual. It is really a very natural human activity. When two people love each other, they want to spend time together to visit, to get to know each other better. You cannot love someone you do not know. Adoration of our Lord in the Eucharist is your chance to know Jesus better.

Christ is truly and substantially present in the Eucharist – Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. Let our adoration never cease.

Please prayerfully consider joining the parish Eucharistic Adoration team – contact Dick and Sue Meeker at 757-228-7775 or suemeeker1@gmail.com

Readings for the Week of June 3-9th

Monday: Acts 19:1-8/Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab [33a]/Jn 16:29-33

Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27/Ps 68:10-11, 20-21 [33a]/Jn 17:1-11a

Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38/Ps 68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab [33a]/Jn 17:11b-19

Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Ps 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 [1]/Jn 17:20-26

Friday: Acts 25:13b-21/Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab [19a]/Jn 21:15-19

Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/Ps 11:4, 5 and 7 [cf.7b]/Jn 21:20-25

FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP

Please see next weekend’s bulletin for May 26th

collection totals.

We need $16,077 each week to operate the parish.

Our current mortgage debt for the parish hall is $55,483.67

Parish mortgage for the school building is $1,357,562.03 If you would like to have your Church contributions sent directly to the Church from your bank, please contact your own bank to do so. Almost every bank offers this service. Some parishioners are opting to do this.

SPONSOR OF THE WEEK

Thanks to Rudee’s Restaurant & Cabana Bar, for sponsoring our bulletin this weekend.

STAR OF THE SEA PARISH COUNCIL Diane Anderson Jim Billing John Fletcher

Nancy Liette Ruth Neely Chancey Walker

Kirsten Robinson Tim Murphy Michelle Libasci

STAR OF THE SEA PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL Gary Ruffner Larry Wetsel Peter Rader

Alison McKee John Davey

Both councils meet once a month.

The Welcome Desk has been suspended for the Noon MASS due to lack of volunteers. Please prayerfully consider volunteering for this worthwhile Ministry as it would be a shame to welcome guests before Mass but not invite them for a token of appreciation after Mass. If God puts this on your heart, please contact Rhonda Crowe at 340-0409 or donda5160@gmail.com.

STAR OF THE SEA CHURCH

VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA June 2, 2019

SACRAMENTS Baptism The next Baptism Class will be September 4th & 11th. For more information or to register for classes contact Geri@staroftheseaparish.com.

First Reconciliation/First Eucharist If your child will be in 2nd grade or higher and would like to receive the Sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Eucharist next year for the 2019/2020 school year, please contact Jeanine@staroftheseaparish.com.

Confirmation If your teen will be in 10th grade or higher and would like to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation next year for the 2019/2020 school year, please contact

Jeanine@staroftheseaparish.com.

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)

The RCIA has ended for this year and will resume again in late September. If you are an adult interested in becoming Catholic and would like more information, please contact Jean@staroftheseaparish.com.

Marriage If you are a registered parishioner and interested in celebrating your wedding here, please contact Geri@staroftheseaparish.com, at least six months prior to your planned wedding date.

Wedding Banns Daniel Weeks (3rd Bann)

Kaleigh Garvin To Be Wed: June 8, 2019

STAR OF THE SEA SCHOOL NEWS

Now Enrolling for 2019-2020

Is a small, nurturing school environment right for your child?

Our school offers half or full day preschool (age 3) through 8th grade. Financial aid available. For a tour, call Marie Wise at 757-428-8400

Star of the Sea TeacherReceives Highest Diocesan Award. Congratulations to Assistant Pr incipal and First Grade Teacher, Mrs. Diana Socha on receiving the Elizabeth Ann Seton Award. She was chosen among all nominees in the Diocese of Richmond at their award cere-mony on May 9 in Richmond. Our school is so proud of Mrs. Socha!

Mrs. Diana Socha with His Excellency Bishop Knestout

Box Tops Did you know that Star of the Sea School earns 10 cents for every Box Top we collect? We would love your support by clipping any Box tops, found on a variety of products, and dropping them off in the Box Tops collection box in Crawford Hall. Thanks for supporting our school!

Young Adults Ages 21-35

Join us for: food, discussion

and friendship twice a month. Meetings will be held at participant homes.

To be added to our contacts and receive

updates, please reach out to:

Nancy @soslifeteen@gmail.com

428-8547 ext 107

The City of Virginia Beach wants to know the concerns, ideas, and suggestions of as many residents as possible to make smart, informed, and fair decisions about city-wide flooding response plans.

We invite you to join us at any of the events listed below and help us collect invaluable information about the city's asset management choices, flood insurance and the Community Rating System, adaptation solutions, as well as the funding and financing for resilience-related projects.

May 29, Virginia Aquarium, 6 – 8 p.m.

May 30, Kempsville High School, 6 – 8 p.m.

June 1, Cox High School, 6 – 8 p.m.

June 3, Kellam High School, 6 – 8 p.m.

June 5, Princess Anne High School, 6 – 8 p.m.

June 6, Creeds Elementary School, 6 – 8 p.m.

STAR OF THE SEA CHURCH

VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA June 2, 2019

Nancy Liette, Youth Ministry Coordinator

soslifeteen@gmail.com

Life Nights are Sundays 7-8:30pm Complete calendar available on the parish website

Beginning June 18th A lectionary-based discipleship group for teens and college aged students

Summer activities:

Steubenville Atlanta July 11-14

Missioner of Christ Eastern Shore trip:

July 27 - August 2

Connect with Life Teen FACEBOOK: Star of the Sea Life Teen / HS Youth Group

Instagram: @SOSLIFETEEN

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Jeanine Ritz, Coordinator

Jeanine@staroftheseaparish.com

Tuesday Morning Women’s Faith Sharing The group has ended for the summer and will resume again in the Fall. Contact Ann Mooney at 496-2595 for more information.

Tuesday Night Adult Faith Sharing The group usually meets every Tuesday and begins with Mass & Rosary at 6:15pm followed by faith sharing at 7pm. We are currently doing lectionary based faith sharing. On July 2nd we will begin “Genesis to Jesus: Journey Through Scripture” by Scott Hahn. For any questions contact Grace Jones.

COMMUNITY LIFE Shining Stars Senior Adults

All Seniors are welcome to join us for our next Senior

Mass and Celebration on Friday, June 14th, 2019 with

Mass at 12 noon followed by lunch to celebrate our June senior birthdays. If it is not your birthday month, please bring a dish to share. Please join us!!!

Children of Mary - All are welcome to join us If you are devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary and would like to join us in praying the Rosary and visiting nursing homes, please contact Nida Shaughnessy at 430-2334 or

come to our next meeting on June 6th at 5:15pm in room 5 in the parish hall. Speaking of Our Blessed Mother…Please invite Mary as the Pilgrim Virgin of

Fatima into your home, contact Nida. Join us to pray

the Rosary on Tuesdays at the First Colonial Inn at

10:30am and at Atlantic Shores on Wednesdays at

10:30am.

**Helping Hands of Star of the Sea

This group is open to all men and women of the parish who would like to help with small projects. They meet most Saturday mornings at 8:30am at the Lake House. Contact Steve, 343-3288 for more info. More volunteers

are needed.

RISE Faith Formation Program for Men

The 30 day challenge for men has begun. For questions or more information about future meetings, contact Jeanine Ritz at jeanine@staroftheseaparish.com

Women’s Club The ladies meet every Wednesday at 10am in room 5. All women and crafters welcome!!

Children’s Liturgy of the Word This is offered at the 5pm Saturday Mass and the 10am Sunday Mass for all children 4 years old to 2nd grade. No sign up is necessary. Fr. Steve will bless and dismiss the children after the opening prayer so they can enjoy the readings on their level, and they return to you during the offertory. Parents are always welcome to come and help!

Parish Nursery Our beautiful nursery is located down the hallway by the restrooms. It is open for all Masses on the weekend. One parent must stay with their child at all times. A live broadcast of the Mass is shown on the TV in the nursery.

Columbarium Our Columbarium is located at the south end of the

Church. Double Niche $1,500.00

Single Niche $750.00 This price includes the urn and brass plate, engraved marble face plate, and perpetual care. Contact Jean. 5 day candles are available for everyone's use.

The Vocation Cross The cross is available each weekend to any family or individual who would like to take it home and pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life, and return it the following weekend.

Vacation Bible School 2019 June 24th-28th

Registration forms are available online at www.staroftheseaparish.com for participants, middle school and high school crew leaders and adult volunteers. Contact Jeanine Ritz for more information.

Ascension of the Lord

SOCIAL MINISTRY

Coordinator, Virginia Mollner

Email: Vamollner@staroftheseaparish.com

Hours of Operation:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday

9:30-11:30am

Phone Number: 428-1244 S.O.S. Social Ministry’s focus is that of SERVICE. We look forward to serving our parish community and our Virginia Beach neighbors, as Jesus teaches us to do so by loving one another! S.O.S. Social Ministry’s activities & ministries

include: Peace & Justice, Social

Outreach, Soup Kitchen, Migrant

Ministry, Food Donation Drivers,

Respect Life, Thanksgiving Baskets, Christmas Giving Tree,

Sowers of Justice, Virginia Catholic Conference, and Sweet

Blessings.

Social Outreach: We serve our Virginia Beach par ish neighbors, needy, and homeless. The following items are always greatly appreciated as they are very helpful to the individuals and families that come to Social Outreach:

Family snacks and crackers

Toilet Paper

Deodorant

Large cans of Green Beans

Feminine Sanitary pads/tampons (especially to help our homeless female guests)

Peace & Justice: May Peace be with you! Pray the Rosary and always know that God loves you, no matter who you are and no matter what you have done.

This weekend we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord. Christ's Ascension marks the definitive entrance of Jesus into God's heavenly domain. The Ascension of our Lord signified the completion of His time on earth, which is celebrated by the Church forty days after the Resurrection and ten days before the Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus Christ, the head of the Church, precedes us into the Almighty Father's glorious kingdom so that we, the members of his Body, may live in the hope of one day being with him forever. Our Lord Jesus Christ gave us hope by promising that "when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also" (John 14:3).

Jesus Christ, having entered the sanctuary of heaven once and for all, intercedes constantly for us as the mediator who assures us of the permanent outpouring of the Holy Spirit. (--The Catechism of the Catholic Church)

The One with whom the Father is well pleased (Matthew 17:5) was

received up in honor, such that Jesus' ascension was a literal bodily

return to heaven, and He was given a name above all names

(Philippians 2:9).

CONTACTS IN THE PARISH Baptism, Marriage, Funerals Geri Tarkington 428-8547

Liturgy Coordinator Grace Jones 428-8547

Religious Education Coordinator Jeanine Ritz 428-8547

Life Teen/ Youth Ministry Coord. Nancy Liette 652-2124

Eucharistic Adoration Dick & Sue Meeker 228-7775

Funeral Hospitality Virginia Rader 631-1966

Marie Beck 581-0452 Music Bryce Miller 428-8547

Social Ministry Virginia Mollner 428-8547

Columbarium Jean Choplinsky 428-8547

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Jean Choplinsky 428-8547

Children of Mary Nida Shaughnessy 430-2334

Ministry to Sick and Homebound Pat McGlinchy 428-2464

Shining Stars Senior Adults Barbara Tennyson 635-5891

Women’s Club Jan Carlson 486-7686

Helping Hands of Star of the Sea Steve Rufle 343-3288

Young Adults Jeanine Ritz 428-8547

Altar Servers Sidney Hays 481-9080

Greeters Sharon Pitz 468-2621

Lectors Kevin Bowser 635-1929

EMHC Diane Boyd 403-8919

Welcome Desk Team Rhonda Crowe 340-0409

Altar Guild Marge Standing 450-3050

Parish Events Committee Amber Steele 989-287-0031

RISE for Men Jeanine Ritz 428-8547

Grief Sharing Group Virginia Rader 631-1966

Meals on Wheels Marie Beck 581-0452

Prison Ministry Virginia Mollner 428-8547

Migrant Ministry Isabel Valentini 406-1453

School Principal Dr. Carey Averill 428-8400

Respect Life: As a gift from God, every human life is sacred from conception to natural death. The life and dignity of every person must be respected and protected at every stage and in every condition. The right to life is the first and most fundamental principle of human rights that leads Catholics to actively work for a world of greater respect for human life and greater commitment to justice and peace. Please pray that human life is never devalued and violated. May we always appreciate the gift of life that God gives all of us and trust in His plan where all life is precious! Migrant Ministry: We are gear ing up and making plans for our summer outreach to the Eastern Shore! Our contact for Migrant Ministry is Isabel Valentini at # (757)406-1453. We are very excited to meet and share with the migrant workers. Please consider joining Migrant Ministry, especially if you are fluent in Spanish (for visits to Hispanic camps) or French (for possible Haitian camps). We will update soon about plans and items of need.

We are making every effort to continue to follow our Diocese’s Safe Environment Program for Children and Vulnerable Adults. Here are a few changes that we have made to help in this goal. Recently we have re-configured our

Reconciliation Room in the Chapel to offer a space that complies with a safe environment for Reconciliation.

We have also moved the vesting area for the Altar Servers to the Choir Closet. They will change in this space under the guidance of a responsible adult.