School Supplies Help Needed
St. Michael’s Seniors Group-Young at Heart will be collecting school supplies for our keiki. If you wish to donate school supplies, please bring your items to one of the Masses at St. Michael’s, Immaculate Conception, or Holy Rosary on July 31st or August 1st. There will be a basket at each Church to collect your items. Mahalo!
Ministry Schedules Update
We will begin a new “system” with the August schedules. From now on, please contact Elsie Asakura at 326-2671 if you will be out of town or unavailable next month (August) to do your ministry. Elsie will now be doing the Ministry Schedules, so please direct all calls to her. Mahalo!
Billfish Tournament Parade
For those who attend the Sunday 4pm Mass, please note! On Sunday, August 1st from 2:30-3:30pm, Alii Drive will be closed. The Parade route will go from the King Kamehameha Hotel to Hualalai Road and go up Hualalai.
Next week Sunday, if you attend the 4pm Mass and arrive early to set up, please be aware that you will only be able to get to St. Michael’s by traveling from Walua Road to Alii Drive and going north (turn right onto Alii Drive). The road will open at approximately 3:30pm.
Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast!
The Knights of Columbus will host a Pancake Breakfast at St. Michael’s Parish grounds on Sunday, July 25th after the 7am—9am—and 11am Masses. The menu consists of pancakes, Portuguese sausage, orange juice, and coffee or water. A donation of $6 for adults, $3 for children under 12 is requested; 50% of the net proceeds goes to Knights of Columbus charities in the Kona area.
Come and enjoy good food and friendship with your fellow parishioners. Any questions, call Rod Imming, Chair—Pancake Breakfast at 325-6665 / 938-2026.
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
It is not too late to inquire about the Catholic Faith. Come and see, or call and ask. There is a place for everyone in the North Kona Catholic Community. It might be your spouse, neighbor, or friend who just wants to know what the Catholic Church is all about. In the end, they may or may not choose to join.
If you know someone like this, please call the parish office and we can arrange to meet. Call 326-7771 to inquire.
Spiritual Progress—Let each one remember that we will make progress in all spiritual things only insofar as we rid ourselves of self-love, self-will, and self-interest.” —St. Ignatius of Loyola
RCIA For Children
In September, Zola Ingram will begin inquiry for unbaptized children over the age of 7 years. If you have children who fall into this category, please leave your name and number in the parish office.
Faith and Family Bible
We still have copies of a new Bible to offer you. It is written with families in mind. This Bible was developed by the same people who have given us the One ‘Ohana. We will, therefore, use it in our One ‘Ohana sessions, so you have time to get your copy for the next session in September.
The retail cost of this Bible is $29.00. We were able to purchase them at a discount. They are now $20.00. If you would like one, please ask at the Gift Shop table, and they can take your name and number. Selling these Bibles is not the desired outcome. There is no profit in just selling them. Our goal is to get these Bibles into the hands and the lives of our One ‘Ohana families.
The Mark of the Maker
“If things created are so full of loveliness, how resplendent must be the One who made them! The wisdom of the Worker is apparent in such handiwork.” —St. Anthony of Padua
Catholic Charities—Hawaii’s Employment and Immigration Services office at Immaculate Conception in Holualoa will be closed until August16, 2010.
For Employment Assistance Call: Achun Niro at 961-7032 or Ray Campainha at 961-7033.
For Immigration Assistance Call: Rose Bautista, County Immigration Office, at 961-8220 or Linda Spencer’s voicemail at 961-7031 and leave a message for a return call after August 14th.
For Legal Assistance Call: James Tai, Attorney, at 769-4684-ofc or (321) 287-1556-cell. James will consult and give guidance, but if he must do immigration papers or travel, he’ll charge his regular attorney fee.
* Do not call the Holualoa number (326-1332) during this time until after Linda returns on August 16th.
Got Spirit? GO!
The 32nd Annual Charismatic Conference will be held Fri., August 13th (6:30-10pm), Sat., August 14th (8:30am-10pm), and Sun., August 15th (1-4pm). What happens when hundreds of Charismatics gather for a weekend of powerful praise and worship, anointed teachings, inspiring testimonies, loving fellowship, and the enkindling of the Holy Spirit? Come...See...Experi-ence! Great speaker!!!
Fr. Tom DiLorenzo, who began a Catholic evangelical Bible outreach on the radio in 1984 called In Season and Out of Season, is now heard on over 15 radio stations across the United States, and is also seen on over 40 local Cable TV broadcasts weekly in the New England area. Fr. Tom has been active in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal for over two decades, and has preached at countless conferences and prayer meetings.
Registration forms are available in the parish office. For more information, see http://www.hccrs.net/, or call Flo Andrade at (808) 455-3224.
St. Martha (First Century)—July 29th
Whether you find Martha Stewart admirable or annoying, she has the perfect patron saint. Luke describes Martha—saint, not Stewart—as “burdened with much serving” (Luke 10:40). About Mary, seated, listening to Jesus, Martha complained, “Do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?” Jesus’ response, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things… Mary has chosen the better part”
(Luke 10:41, 42), suggests to some the superiority supporting families, earning livings, (helping others?), as “second-class” Christians.
But Luke introduces Martha and Mary immediately after Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, whom Jesus recommends as a model of practical compassion, concluding, “Go and do likewise” (10:37). Go and do! Sit and listen! Discipleship is never either/or but both/and. Jesus ministered in prayerful silence and hospitable service. Monastic calendars add Martha’s sister Mary and brother Lazarus, calling all three “hosts of the Lord,” recalling their welcome of Jesus to their home in Bethany, reminding us Whom we welcome whenever we extend summertime hospitality! —Peter Scagnelli, © Copyright, J.S. Paluch Co.
Living the Paschal Mystery
There is nothing wrong with praying for specific needs; after all, we do it at every Mass at the Prayer of the Faithful, not to mention our own personal and daily prayers of petition. This Gospel challenges us to go beyond specific needs and get the larger picture, to focus on the gifts God offers us always in prayer, and often in surprising and unexpected ways. What inspires confidence in us is not whether God gives us what we specifically ask for in prayer; our confidence comes from the Spirit who dwells within and establishes a most intimate relationship between God and us—shared life.
Unlike small children who seem to have a capacity to stay endlessly with some tasks, most of us need to develop a habit of daily prayer. With such busy schedules, this can be difficult. Choosing a specific time and being persistent about honoring that time for prayer helps. —Living Liturgy™ 2010, © 2009 by Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota. All rights reserved.
Homily Points
- There is a difference between finding and searching. For example, we can focus on finding a very specific seashell on the beach, or we can search the whole expanse of sand and allow it to yield a surprising variety of gifts. When we pray, we ought not to be so focused on specific requests that we miss the multiplicity of gifts God offers. Prayer is more about searching than finding.
- Jesus opens our hearts to the deepest possibilities of prayer: personal relationship with God as loving Father, receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit, being given many gifts for our daily needs. The words Jesus gives us in the Our Father express exactly the way Jesus Himself lived and prayed: in intimate union with and trust in the Father, in furthering God’s kingdom, and in surrender to God’s will, which brings life.
- Prayer is more about searching for God and divine presence than about finding answers to specific needs. During our inevitable struggles with praying well, have we ever put to God the request the disciples put to Jesus: “Lord, teach us to pray”? We need only ask, and God will do so.
—Living Liturgy™ 2010, © 2009 by Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota. All rights reserved.
About Liturgy
Liturgy as Prayer: We call liturgy a celebration, a ritual act, the communal worship of the people. We process during liturgy, sing, acclaim, proclaim. Liturgy is filled with many different kinds of activities. This Sunday’s Gospel challenges us to consider whether we approach liturgy as prayer. True, we pray the Our Father just before Communion, the prayer that Jesus taught us and we hear about it in this Sunday’s Gospel. Since this is the prayer that Jesus taught, we rightly think of its pre-eminence. At the same time we cannot forget that all of liturgy is prayer, from the beginning Sign of the Cross to the concluding Blessing. A prayerful attitude should mark how we celebrate liturgy.
Why is it important to insist that liturgy is prayer? An attitude of prayer keeps us focused on the relationship we share with God. It helps us realize that we celebrate liturgy not because of any power we have but because God invites us and gives us the Spirit who enables us to respond with praise and thanksgiving.
True, different kinds of prayer mark our liturgies. Sometimes we pray aloud together, such as during the Responsorial Psalm and the Our Father. Sometimes we are given silent time to very personally pour out our hearts to God in prayer, such as in the quiet time after the Readings and after Communion. Sometimes we actively listen as another voices our prayer, such as during the presidential prayers (Opening Prayer, Prayer Over the Gifts, Prayer After Communion) and the Eucharistic Prayer. Surely our acclaiming and hymn singing is also prayer. But for all these (and other) types of prayer during Mass, the real challenge is to make the whole Mass the one prayer of the one Body of Christ.
—Living Liturgy™ 2010, © 2009 by Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota. All rights reserved.
“Remember that the Christian life is one of action, not of speech and daydreams. Let there be few words and many deeds, and let them be done well.” —St. Vincent Pallotti
Stewardship Report: Weekend of July 17th-18th
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# of Attendees |
Total Contributions |
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St. Michael’s |
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Saturday 5pm |
144 |
$892.00 |
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Sunday 7am |
229 |
$2,620.00 |
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Sunday 9am |
314 |
$1,633.00 |
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Sunday 11am |
138 |
$806.00 |
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Sunday 4pm |
105 |
$588.00 |
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Sunday 6pm |
232 |
$479.00 |
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Immac Concept’n |
46 |
$311.00 |
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Holy Rosary |
45 |
$349.00 |
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Building Fund* |
*Excludes pledges |
$720.00 |
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Totals = |
1,249 |
$8,398.00 |
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