Liturgical Ministry Prayer Breakfast
All Liturgical Ministers are asked to attend the Liturgical Ministry Prayer Breakfast on Saturday, May 29th at 8am. Liturgical Ministries include the following:
- Altar Servers (sorry; inadvertently left off this list last week)
- Art & Environment—anyone who helps Pocho decorate, clean, and sew altar cloths and vestments, etc.
- Eucharistic Ministers—includes Homebound and Hospital Ministers
- Funeral Ministers
- Hospitality Ministers—Greeters and Ushers
- Lectors
- Music Ministers—Choirs and Accompanists
- Sacristans
Baccalaureate Mass/ Graduation Billboard
The deadline for the Graduation Billboard is Wed-nesday, May 12th. If you are a 2010 graduate of High School or College, please submit a bio and hard-copy photo to the parish office this week in order to be featured at the Baccalaureate Mass on Sunday, May 16th at the 9am Mass. Mahalo!
Attention 1st-Year Confirmation Students!
There will be a mandatory One ‘Ohana gathering on Sunday, May 23rd at 12noon in the Church tent. Any questions, please contact John Paul Nardelli.
Attention All Youth!
There will be a Youth Group gathering on Thursday, May 27th from 5:00-7:00pm at Immaculate Conception Hall. Please join us for food, fun, and fellowship.
Safe Environments Program
On Sunday, May 30th at 12noon in Kamiano Hall, St. Michael’s Parish will be hosting a family-based program on “Relationships & Abuse Prevention.” Please contact John Paul Nardelli by email:
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no later than Sunday, May 23rd to sign up. Call with any questions: 217-6886.
New Time for Choir Practice!
All Choir members, Cantors, and accompanists, please note that Choir Practice will now begin at 5:30pm on Monday evenings in Kamiano Hall.
Food Pantry Slips to be Distributed
This weekend at all the Masses, Food Pantry slips will be made available. Please take a food slip from the basket and bring the food item listed on it with you to Mass next week. This monthly plea is appreciated by so many in the hungry Kona community. Mahalo!
Catholic Communication Campaign
Help Us Connect the World With God’s Word! Next week you will have the opportunity to participate in the collection for the Catholic Communication Campaign. Collection proceeds support a wide variety of media projects that spread the Gospel message and connect communities and individuals to their faith and to the Church. Please contribute generously in the collection, and visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections for more information. Remember, half of the collected funds stay right here to support Diocesan media projects.
First Holy Communion Preparation Schedule
May 16th Mandatory Eucharist preparation: 10am
June 5th Mandatory Eucharist prep/practice: 8am
June 6th First Holy Communion: 9am Mass
We are seriously thinking about having Vacation Bible School this summer for children in Grades 1—7. Vacation Bible School would be a five-day program. Each day would be about a different topic. We know that some of the children attend at other churches and we will be anxious to find out how much interest there would be at having classes at St. Michael’s. Before we plan, we need to find out if there is any interest at all. —Zola & Cynthia
The Heritage Committee of the North Kona Catholic Community is producing a customized parish calendar for the upcoming year.
The liturgical calendar will cover November 2010 through December 2011, and be issued at the end of October to all registered parish families. The free calendar will post the One ‘Ohana schedule, with dates for parish celebrations, educational opportunities, feast days and religious observances, such as the Triduum. It will also have handy Church contact information at a glance, plus attractive historical parish photos.
The calendar will be issued to all registered parish families. If you aren’t yet registered as a parish member you can do so at the parish office during operating hours 9:30am—2:30pm (Mon) and 8:30am—2:30pm (Tues through Fri). To receive a registration form by mail, call 326-7771; forms can also be downloaded at http://onecatholicohana.org/registration-of-parishioners.html.
Cemetery Grounds Clean-up
On Saturday, May 22nd, we need volunteers to come forward to help us clean-up our cemeteries in time for the Memorial Day holiday. Bring your rakes, garden tools, gloves, and hats. Water and food will be provided. Be at one of the cemeteries at 8am to assist:
- St. Michael’s Cemetery—Pocho
- Holualoa Catholic Cemetery (1-mile north of Immaculate Conception Church)—Fr. Lio
- St. Paul’s Cemetery—Fr. John
Spanish for English Speakers
Whether for professional, business, or social reasons, it has become increasingly more important to learn to speak Spanish. Mr. Martín Sanchez, one of our parishioners, teaches Spanish at Kealakehe High School. Mr. Sanchez has offered to teach Spanish lessons for us at St. Michael’s. The classes would be twice a week from 4:30-5:30pm at Immaculate Conception Hall. The cost has been changed to $60 per month, paid directly to Mr. Sanchez. If you are interested, please call the office.
How to Subscribe to Email Updates
St. Michael’s Parish, as part of the North Kona Cath-olic Community (NKCC) is doing its part to help save the environment and save money. We are giving you the option of delivering the bulletin online via our website and/or via email. If you would like to receive an e-version, please go to http://onecatholicohana.org/get-email-updates.html
Bulletin Advertisers!
If you currently have an active advertisement in the bulletin and wish to advertise in the new website, email your advertisement to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We require that your ad be 468 x 120 pixel, jpg. Your ad will appear randomly at the footer of the page with a link to your website, if applicable, so don’t forget to also include your site address in your email submission. Thank you!
St. Damien Joseph de Veuster of Molokai—May 10th
In the mid-1990s, a heavily bearded, bespectacled Robin Williams appeared on Late Night With David Letterman, whose host was clearly taken aback. Letterman inquired as to why the wild look. Uncharacteristically subdued, the usually manic comic responded that he was producing and starring in a movie about a most extraordinarily compassionate man, Damien, the Leper Priest of Molokai.
Some saints transcend religious and ethnic boundaries to touch the heart that beats in each human being: Francis of Assisi; Mother Teresa; and, though Williams’ film was never completed, his admiration speaks, as does Damien’s statue outside the capitol in Honolulu, of this newest saint’s universal appeal.
Far from his native Flanders’ idyllic beauty and rich culture, Damien volunteered to bear Christ’s light into Molokai’s bleak leper colony, building decent homes, opening schools, establishing clinics, planting farms, sharing the sufferings—and the social stigma—of those which whom he delighted to identify: “We lepers,” he would proudly say when finally he contracted leprosy. St. Damien challenges us to identify the lepers of our own day, to examine our compassion for and our identification with them. —Peter Scagnelli, © Copyright, J.S. Paluch Co.
Living the Paschal Mystery is as demanding as loving with the same self-sacrifice as Jesus and as easy as responding to God’s indwelling as an intimate Friend who is always with us, never forsakes us, and at all times is there for us with care and strength. These Sundays before Pentecost when we celebrate the gift of the Spirit are so important for our daily Christian living: they remind us that as disciples we never have to feel the whole task of living the Gospel falls on our shoulders alone. God is always present, dwelling within us, to give us the strength we need to be faithful to Jesus’ commands. Only in this way can our everyday lives be fruitful, can we keep Jesus’ Word as our own word. —Living Liturgy™ 2010, © 2009 by Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota. All rights reserved.
Two Damien Specials will be on KFVE-TV (Ch 5): Sat., May 8th from 6-7pm - “The Story of St. Damien of Molokai, Sacred Hearts Priest” and Sun., May 9th from 7-9pm - “Hawaii’s Pilgrimage to the Canonization of St. Damien of Molokai.” We encourage you to watch these specials about Hawaii’s own saint.
Stewardship Report: Weekend of May 1st—2nd
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# of Attendees |
Total Contributions |
|
St. Michael’s |
|
|
|
Saturday 5pm |
170 |
$1,113.00 |
|
Sunday 7am |
207 |
$2,570.00 |
|
Sunday 9am |
302 |
$1,987.00 |
|
Sunday 11am |
163 |
$847.00 |
|
Sunday 4pm |
238 |
$1,303.00 |
|
Sunday 6pm |
422 |
$844.00 |
|
Immac Concept’n |
53 |
$427.00 |
|
Holy Rosary |
43 |
$429.00 |
|
Building Fund* |
*Excludes pledges |
$908.00 |
|
Totals = |
1,598 |
$10,428.00 |
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