St. Mary, Star of the Sea

A number of parishes will be offering Penance Services during the Holy Season of Advent.  The scheduled Penance Services are as follows:

Dec. 10 - ASU Newman Center, San Angelo, 7:15 PM
Dec. 11 - St. Mary Star of the Sea, Ballinger, 6:30 PM
Dec. 14 - St. Margaret, San Angelo, 7:00 PM
Dec. 17 - Sacred Heart Cathedral, San Angelo, 6:30 PM
Dec. 18 - St. Charles, Eden, 6:00 PM
Dec. 19 - St. Patrick, Brady, 6:00 PM
Dec. 20 - Sacred Heart, Menard, 6:00 PM

Please take advantage of the afore-mentioned scheduled Penance Services in preparation for the coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ during the celebration of Christmas.

St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Ballinger would like to invite everyone to attend this year's 2-night Advent Mission at the main church.  The Advent Missions will take place at 6:00 PM on Sunday, December 9 and Monday, December 10.  St. Mary Star of the Sea will be hosting as guest speaker Mr. Tom Burke of San Angelo, Texas.

Tom Burke was born and reared in Las Vegas, Nevada.  In 1982, he earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Nevada Las Vegas.  He earned a pontifical Bachelor's degree in Sacred Theology (S.T.B.) as well as a Master of Arts degree in Religious Studies at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) in 1991.  In 2006, he earned a pontifical Licentiate degree in Canon Law (J.C.L.) as well as a Master's degree in Canon Law at St. Paul University in Ottawa (Canada). 

He has served in the Diocese of San Angelo since 1996 as a Pastoral Associate at St. Ann's Parish (Midland) and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish (Odessa).  He is currently serving as an ecclesiastical judge on the matrimonial tribunal as well as the director of Christ the King Retreat Center in San Angelo.