Stella Maris

Light Guiding Us Over the Stormy Waters of Life

“If the winds of temptation arise; if you are driven upon the rocks of tribulation look to the star, call on Mary.”— Bernard of Clairvaux

I grew up on the water — my hometown is Buckroe Beach, Virginia, on the Chesapeake Bay. We lived less than a mile from the water, and I have many fond memories of childhood and adolescence in a beach community. I vivid…