Really Old StuffSecond Annual Easter “Feasta”
Buy a Band and you’re in command—unlimited rides with the purchase of a special wristband!! The best value for four frolicking hours!
It’s time again for family fun, food, games, prizes, and Kona’s best outdoor party! Remember the rock-climbing, balloon-bursting, water-sliding, horse-riding, face-painting, water-dunking fun? It’s back on April 25th from 10am-2pm at Hale Halawai. Look for live music! Invite your friends and neighbors and get some FaceBook-worthy photos. Do you have any goodies to contribute as prizes to delight the kids? Don’t throw out your plastic eggs—we need them! Please call AnnMarie (AM) Muramoto at 896-0274. (Thanks to the Abaire’s for the motherload of new family-friendly DVDs!!)
Parish Calendar Planned, To Be Issued FREE to All Registered Parishioners
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; or register online at http://onecatholicohana.org/registration-of-parishioners.html
Phone Book Recycling Contest
Hawaiian Telcom’s Phone Book Recycling Contest will be from May 1st through 30th. Please ask family and friends to save those books! which will benefit St. Joseph’s Elementary School. The drop-off site will be at the Kealakehe Transfer Station (across from the Kona Police Station) on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm beginning May 1st. Thank you for your continued support of St. Joseph’s School.
Infant Baptism Session Sunday!
The session takes place today April 18th.
Baptism Session: (Mass, then Class)
Sunday, April 18th – 10:45am: arrive for the 11am Mass at St. Michael’s; please sit in the front row
Sunday, April 18th – 12:15pm: attend Baptism class in Kamiano Hall (approx. one-hour long)
Sat/Sun, April 24th or 25th: Baptism weekend
The Baptism form and a copy of your child’s Birth Certificate must have arrived in the office no later than this Thursday, April 15th. If your paperwork was not in by that date, you must wait until the next session to have your child baptized. Any questions? Call Susan at the office.
Adult Confirmation
If you are a baptized Catholic adult who, for some reason, never received the Sacrament of Confirmation, you may be confirmed on Sunday, May 2nd. We will be having Confirmation here at St. Michael’s and adults may be Confirmed. If this applies to you and you would like to prepare for and receive the Sacrament of Confirmation, please call Cynthia Taylor at 960-0734.
First Holy Communion Preparation Schedule
May 2nd Mandatory Eucharist preparation: 10am
May 16th Mandatory Eucharist preparation: 10am
June 5th Mandatory Eucharist prep/practice: 8am
June 6th First Holy Communion: 9am Mass
Filipino Catholic Club News
The Installation of Officers for the Filipino Catholic Club will be held during the 9am Mass on Sunday, April 18th. This group plans four major fundraising efforts this year, and will need the help and cooperation of St. Michael’s parishioners to make them successful. More details in a later bulletin.
Food Pantry Weekend
Thank you to all who remembered to bring in your food donation this weekend. The number of people who come to get food on Fridays has increased, and they are very grateful for the help they receive. We are grateful for your kind generosity.
How to Subscribe to Email Updates
St. Michael’s Parish, as part of the North Kona Catholic 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.
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Living the Paschal Mystery
Risen life has its demands—but Jesus gives us all we need in terms of abundance and nourishment in order to meet those demands. The incredible thing about our God is that God provides us with all we need, beginning with offering us new life. Accepting the abundance that God offers means that by following Jesus we ourselves become Jesus’ risen presence, those who lead others to Him. Every day we must take care that our actions announce God’s blessings at the same time that they speak of God’s goodness and care. Leading others to Jesus doesn’t mean doing big things; it means doing the little things well and so reflecting the new life dwelling within us. —Living Liturgy™ 2010, © 2009 by Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota. All rights reserved.
- “Gone fishing!” This saying can be used either literally or metaphorically. Sometimes it indicates someone really has gone fishing, like the disciples in the Gospel. At other times, it means someone has taken a break from the demands of work. Little did Peter know that this fishing trip would end by immersing him even more fully in the demands of a different kind of work!
- Peter’s new work is to be a shepherd (“Tend my sheep”) who gathers and feeds the hungers of the people for whom Jesus has given His life. The demands of this new work are total, for Peter will meet opposition (because of his teaching and “speaking in the name of Jesus” - see First Reading) and in the end give his own life for the flock
- Like Peter, we shepherd others, for example, when we offer a sense of direction to someone who feels lost or is fearful of taking a step in a new direction. We offer nourishment when we speak encouraging words to someone who feels distraught or downtrodden. We give our life for others when, despite opposition, we speak out against injustice. We can do all these things for others because we have experienced God’s abundant love for us. —Living Liturgy™ 2010, © 2009 by Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota. All rights reserved.
About Liturgy
Eucharist is God’s Gift Asking For a Response: Each time we share in the Eucharistic banquet, we are invited to be aware of God’s gracious gifts to us. The gift of Eucharist is already a share in Christ’s risen life. By eating and drinking Christ’s very Body and Blood we are transformed into being more perfect members of the Body of Christ. This means that we follow Christ more perfectly as we are more identified with Him—follow Him even to death. Thus, the gift of Eucharist requires of us a response in kind. Jesus’ gift of self means that we respond with the gift of self to others.
Far from a privatized action, Eucharist is the action of the whole Church through which we share in God’s abundant life and are called to bring that life to others. Integral to Eucharist is a call to charity and just actions on behalf of the whole world. One way to evaluate the quality of our Eucharistic celebrations is not by simply focusing on the elements of the rite itself (as important as that task is!) but by focusing on how Christ’s life is lived in the community. If the liturgical assembly doesn’t become more loving, more charitable, more just by receiving God’s abundance, then clearly those celebrations are not doing what they are supposed to do. Suitable questions to ask by way of evaluation:
- How do we visibly love one another more?
- How are we making a difference in our neighborhoods, city, nation, world?
- Do we relate the General Intercessions as Prayers of the Faithful that extend beyond the celebration of Eucharist and demand a commitment of life from us?
St. Anselm—April 21st
For anyone disheartened at how easily contemporary discussions of disputed Church-State issues escalate from civil discourse to shrill polemic, Anselm provides perspective. Grounded in the Benedictine Rule’s balanced “prayer and work,” this monk-scholar, called from his Abbey to become Archbishop of Canterbury, was thrust into firestorms of political intrigue, himself the target of warring bishops and nobles, kings and popes.
Yet from depths of inner peace, Anselm wrote this moving exhortation by which today’s Liturgy of the Hours celebrates him: “Rise up, insignificant man! From your preoccupations, flee a while. From your turbulent thoughts, hide for a time. Your crushing responsibilities cast aside. Your burdensome business lay down. Free a little space for God. Rest a little while in Him!” “Faith seeking understanding” was his strikingly contemporary motto; and though renowned as an erudite philosopher-theologian, Anselm also left personal letters, profound for their insights on Christian friendship. Along with those, he composed “A Prayer for My Friends” and “A Prayer for My Enemies,” reminding us that those who love God most passionately are also those who love others most humanly. —Peter Scagnelli, © Copyright, J.S. Paluch Co.
Action Alert re Low-Income Workers & Families
Let’s make sure that when Congress works on tax policy, the needs of low-income people aren’t forgotten. Taxes will be near the top of the agenda in Congress, and key committees are already starting to debate the issues. Your call to our elected officials will help Congress decide which tax policies to change and which to renew, and most importantly, remind them not to forget the needs of low-income people. If Congress does not act, millions of workers will receive smaller tax credits, which means less money for meeting basic needs and at least 1.5 million people—including 800,000 children—will fall back into poverty. For more information, click here.
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