Mary, Star of the Sea

Marian Advocation of Freeport (Grand Bahama)
Recognized by the Church

The Church of Mary, Star of the Sea (also cited as Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church) is a Latin rite Catholic church located in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, belonging to the archdiocese of Nassau. It is one of the five Catholic temples on the island, along with the Haitian Mission, St. Agnes, St. Michael and St. Vincent of Paul. It does not contain the year of foundation, construction of the temple or canonical erection of the parish.

Main data

Origin and history

The Church of Mary, Star of the Sea (also cited as Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church) is a Latin rite Catholic church located in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, belonging to the archdiocese of Nassau. It is one of the five Catholic temples on the island, along with the Haitian Mission, St. Agnes, St. Michael and St. Vincent of Paul. It does not contain the year of foundation, construction of the temple or canonical erection of the parish.

The image and the sanctuary

The temple is located in East Sunrise Highway, in Freeport, and is dedicated to the apvocation of Mary, Star of the Sea. There is no information on the specific image, exvotes or particular stories associated with the sanctuary.

Sponsorship and coronation

There is no record of specific civil patronage or canonical coronation of the image.

Party and devotion

By ownership, the main feast would be Mary, Estrella del Mar, an advocation that does not have a universal compulsory memory fixed in the Roman liturgy. It does not record the exact date of the patron party in the local practice of Freeport.

Link to the Rosary

The advocation of Mary, Star of the Sea, invokes the Virgin as a safe guide to Christ, an image very close to the prayer of the Rosary, which leads from Mary's hand through the mysteries of salvation. In an island country, Maria Estrella del Mar is a light and refuge for those living from the sea.