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The Tennis Tournament has been rescheduled for June 11th—12th (Sat-Sun).  The details are the same as before.  It will be held at the Holua Tennis Center.  The event is a fundraiser.  Proceeds will be donated to replace the earthquake-damaged St. Michael’s Church.

We will still need prizes and items for our Silent Auction.  Isabel Vinson is responsible for the Silent Auction.  You can reach her at 326-2420.

Registration for the Tennis Tournament must be done through Lovette Llantos online at the following website:  http://www.gonnalove-it.com/tennis.  Once online, click on June 11—12: Team Tennis Fundraiser for St. Michael’s Church.  There will be instructions on how to pay the $25 registration fee and an address for where to send the check.

Help with the lunches is still needed!  Call Renee-Mae Ota:  322-2838 to offer your delicious dish.

Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

The Knights of Columbus of St. Michael the Archangel Council will be putting on a Pancake Breakfast on the grounds at St. Michael’s after the 7am & 9am Masses on Sunday—June 12th.  The menu will be pancakes, Portuguese sausage, orange juice, and coffee for a donation of $6 –Adults / $3 –Children under 12 / and $15 –for a Family of 2 Adults, 2 Children under 12.  You all come out for good food and a social get together.  Seating on the lawn or take-out.  Serving will be under the lanai of the Parish Hall.  No Donut Ministry this day!  Please contact Rod Imming at 325-6665 for any additional information.

Kona Marathon in June

Just to give you the “heads-up” that the Kona Marathon will be held Sunday, June 26th.  The southbound lane of Alii Drive will be closed from 5am through 12:30pm. The northbound lane will not be restricted at any time.  Athletes will be routed onto the ocean shoulder of Alii Drive from Hualalai Road to the entrance of St. Michael’s Church.  This will allow people to enter the Church from either north or southbound direction of Alii Drive.  Anyone leaving the Church and wanting to go south, will be routed north to Hualalai Road where they can then travel south on Kuakini Highway.  There will be a police officer working the intersection of Alii Drive and Hualalai Road.

Where to Send Bulletin Articles

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Catholic Communication Campaign

The Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) provides great Catholic content in the right format for you through Internet, television, radio, newspapers, or podcasts.  The Catholic Church uses all technologies, old and new, to spread the Gospel message.

In today’s world, we must take advantage of all forms of communication given to us to share the Good News and feed our faith.  The Catholic Communication Campaign funds an array of Catholic projects, including the “For Your Marriage” campaign, podcasts of the daily Readings, and televised Christmas Masses.  These projects bring Catholic messages of faith to millions of people who may otherwise not receive it.

CCC is how the Good News gets around to you.  Please give generously in the collection, and remember — half of all donations collected in our Diocese stay in our Diocese to support local communication needs.

Please visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections to learn more about the essential communication work supported through the collection for the Catholic Communication Campaign.

Farewell Celebration for Father John Fredy

On Sunday, June 26th, our entire faith community will gather at the Old Airport Pavilion to say thanks to Fr. John Fredy Quintero and offer our best wishes to him in his new assignment.  By this time, everyone knows that Fr. John Fredy is moving to Oahu to be the Administrator of St. John the Baptist Parish and Chaplain to the Hispanic Community of Oahu.

The doors will open at 5:45pm; Invocation and Dinner will take place at 6:15pm, followed by entertainment and presentation of mementos to Fr. John Fredy.  Tickets will be on sale after each Mass during the month of June.  The cost of the tickets is $5.00 for Adults and $3.00 for children under the age of 12.

The Spanish Mass will be celebrated on that day at 4pm at St. Michael’s to enable all members of the Hispanic Community to attend the party.  There will be no English Mass at 4pm on June 26th.

Youth Group

Youth Group will meet weekly for the months of June and July.  Please check the bulletin for scheduled dates and agenda.

Schedule for the Sacrament of Baptism

The Sacrament of Baptism will be administered, as usual, on the last Sunday of June.  Couples will attend the 11am Mass on June 19th.  The babies will be named and anointed at this Mass.  Parents and godparents will meet for class on that day at 12:15pm.  The Baptisms will take place on June 26th.

Beginning in July 2011, the process for Baptism of infants and young children will change.  Baptisms will be done only on the last Sundays of September, January and June.

Baptism is a gift that parents give to their children.  It is also a commitment parents make to raise their child in the Catholic Faith they have professed for the child.  Many couples who bring a baby to be baptized are unsure of what the Sacrament of Baptism is or what it does.  Many of the parents either no longer attend Mass, or else they attend only occasionally.  If the Church agrees to baptize a child, then it is the Church’s responsibility to prepare the parents or whoever will raise that child.  We are committed to doing that.

Parents are required to attend three distinct classes prior to having their child baptized.  If you select September as the month for Baptism, you must attend a class in July, one in August and one in early September.  Each class will be offered two times a month.  One will be on a Sunday and the other on an evening during the week to allow for options.  We will publish the dates for the entire year so that parents can plan ahead.  Missing a class will delay the Baptism.

The three sessions will be geared toward helping couples understand what they are asking for their children, participate in small group discussions, meet other couples who are preparing to have their child baptized and listen to couples who have already been through the experience.

Godparents and Christian Witnesses must attend one of the three sessions.

Baptized Adults Who Wish to Become Catholics

If you have friends or relatives who are baptized Christians and who would like to join the Catholic Church, they may begin preparation at any time during the year.  With very few exceptions, those who have already been baptized in a Protestant denomination have no need to be rebaptized when they become Catholics.  The length of time the preparation takes is completely dependent on where the individual is in their practice of the Christian faith and their understanding of what we believe as Catholics.  It can take anywhere from three months to one year or longer.

We have had five such adults in the past 8 months, all brought to the Catholic Church by a friend or spouse.  If you know someone who is thinking becoming a Catholic, you can walk with them on this journey.

Can You Sew?  Dress a Girl Around the World Project

Our “Dress a Girl Around the World Project” is off to a very good start.  All it took was a newsletter article and a parishioner whose eyes were opened to the issue of sex trafficking.  The book that opened her eyes, The Road to Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam, is her true story.  Somaly is a Cambodian who was sold into prostitution by her “grandfather” to pay off his debts.  She went on to rescue others from similar lives and provide them with shelter and training so they could support themselves.  In her book, Somaly Mam brings up the fact that sex trafficking is an international problem that is hard to solve because it brings in more money to the traffickers than drug trafficking.

The point of the “Dress a Girl Around the World Project” is that if a girl has a decent dress she will less likely be snatched off the street because she would look cared for.  Dresses are simply made out of inexpensive pillowcases.  They are distributed through missionaries traveling to underdeveloped areas.  Parishioners have already begun collecting pillowcases, elastic, thread, bias tape, and have been sewing dresses.  In October, we will have a Sew-a-Thon like the one at The Friendly Place shelter featured in the “Pins and Needles” article in West Hawaii Today on May 22.  Find dress patterns and more information about the program at www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com.  Drop off pillowcases, materials, or finished dresses after Mass on (Saturday) July 9th or (Sunday) July 10th.

Can’t Sew?  Help Improve Laws That Make Human Bondage a Crime

Do you know — Hawaii is one of the only four States that doesn’t have a sexual human trafficking law?  At the end of the 2011 Session the Hawaii Legislature passed House Bill 240, which doubles jail time for pimps and ups a repeat offense by johns from a misdemeanor to a felony.  The Bill makes prostitutes eligible for a state witness protection program — a direct attempt to help law enforcement prosecute pimps, and traffickers.  It focuses on the perpetrator rather than the victim.  This Bill does what a sex trafficking law does except designate a case specifically as a sex trafficking case.  HB 240 is on the Governor’s desk.  Visit the Governor’s office at: http://hawaii.gov/gov and ask that he sign HB240/CD1.  Just click on the contact icon and leave a message.  Or call or write the Governor at:  The Honorable Neil Abercrombie, Governor, State of Hawaii Executive Chambers, State Capitol, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, Phone: 808-586-0034, Fax: 808-586-0006.

Stewardship Report:  Weekend of May 28th—29th