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Photo 1 Msgr. Patrick Gallagher, Mary Star of the Sea pastor, and Annette Shannon-Batinovich, director of liturgical ministries and RCIA, chat after Mass. |
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Photo 2 Elementary school tutor and Daughter of Mary and Joseph Sister Una McLynn joins kindergartners at recess. |
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Photo 3 Music director Jelil Romano directs the 9 a.m. choir. |
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Photo 4 Usher George Fontes attended Mary Star School in the 1930s, and fondly recalls the old wooden parish church. |
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Photo 5 St. Joseph Sister Eileen Mary Connors, parish ministries director (right), and Don and Carol Harris have worked on numerous parish projects. |
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Photo 6 Retired fisherman Vito Giacalone drives the parish's Christian Care van to collect donated food from local businesses, and helps prepare meals for the homeless. |
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Photo 7 Father Ted Nelson-Adjakpey, visiting priest, prepares for Mass. |
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Photo 8 On Friday mornings, Christian Care members sort donated clothing for distribution to the needy on Mondays. |
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Photo 9 Mary Star of the Sea's Christian Care ministry feeds more than 100 people per day. |
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Photo 10 At Career Day at Mary Star High School, junior Ashley Raciak wears fireman Bill Jones' protective clothing during his presentation. |
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Photo 11 Feliz Burke's first graders get ready for recess. |
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Photo 12 Mary Star recently marked the eighth anniversary of its Perpetual Adoration Chapel. Msgr. Gallagher says the same people who take turns at adoration are also among the first to volunteer to take care of other needs at the church. |
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Photo 13 Mary Star of the Sea High School Students come from many parishes in the San Pedro-Wilmington area. |
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Photo 14 Gabriela Salgado, parish secretary (left), and Josephine Frka, office manager, are kept busy at the 5,500-family parish. |
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Photo 15 Elementary school secretary Judy Vidaillet and principal Noreen Maricich to a break. |
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Photo 16 The Christian Care van is a familiar sight around San Pedro. |
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Photo 17 Msgr. Gallagher presides at Sunday Mass. |
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Photo 18 Mary Star of the Sea Church's main entrance faces Seventh Street in San Pedro. |
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Photo 19 Mary Star of the Sea Church's bronze Blessed Mother statue faces the nearby Port of Los Angeles and is visible from the Pacific as seafarers enter the harbor. |
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Photo 20 A stained glass window inside Mary Star of the Sea Church depicts, appropriately, Jesus calling fishermen to be his disciples. |