Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda

Stella Maris is located on the Duke of Clarence Road in St. George

   Pastor: Father Joseph Morley

  Telephone#:297-0512

   E-mail: stellamaris@northrock.bm

   Sunday Mass: 9:00 AM

   Saturday Evening: 5:00 PM

   Daily: Monday through Friday 9AM

   Baptisms: By appointment

   Confessions: Before or after daily Mass or by

                             appointment

On December 8, 2004 Joseph Morley was ordained as priest for the Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda.  Father Joseph was the first Bermudian to be ordained as a diocesan priest.  Father Joe graduated from Mount Saint Agnes Academy here in Bermuda and studied in Florida and in Ontario before entering the John XXIII seminary to prepare for the priesthood.

 

 

The town of St. George had been a center for Catholic worship since 1849 with the chaplain of the armed forces ministering to the needs of the Catholics in the area.  However, it would take almost another hundred years before construction of a Catholic Church in St. George would begin.  On the first Sunday in February, 1948 Archbishop McNally blessed the Church and dedicated it to the Blessed Mother under the title, Stella Maris - that is, Star of the Sea.  In the holy year of 2000 Bishop Robert J. Kurtz, CR proclaimed Stella Maris Church as the Marian center of the diocese.