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  Our Lady Star of the Sea is home to an extensive collection of relics.  The word relic comes from the Latin relinquo, literally meaning I leave, or I abandon.  A relic usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangible memorial.  There are three classes of sacred relics. The first-class is a part of the saint's body.  The second-class is a piece of the saints clothing or something used by the saint, while the third-class is an object which has been touched to a first-class relic.
  
  The relics on display in the church are from all three classes and were amassed by the late Msgr. Vincent Patrizi who was the pastor of OLSS for many years.  

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