Really Old StuffIf 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 Confir mation, please call Cynthia Taylor at 960-0734.
Vacation Bible School
We are seriously thinking about having Vaca tion Bible School this summer for children in grades 1—7. Next week, there will be more in the bulletin. Vacation Bible School would be a five-day program. Each day would be about a different topic. We know that some of the chil dren attend at other churches and we will be anx ious 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.
For more information, please download the flyer here.
Cemetery Grounds Clean-up
We need volunteers to come forward to help us clean-up three of our cemeteries in time for the Memo rial Day holiday: at St. Michael’s, St. Paul’s, and in Holualoa (one mile north of Immaculate Conception Church). Bring work gloves, rakes, and a water bottle. Clean-up day will be Saturday, May 22nd. More details to follow in the next bulletins.
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 parish ioners, 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 is $25/weekly, paid directly to Mr. Sanchez.
If you are interested, please call the parish office.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
Second 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.
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 cal endar 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.
How to Subscribe to Email Updates
St. Michael’s Parish, as part of the North Kona Cath-o lic Community (NKCC) is doing its part to help save the envi ronment and save money. We are giving you the option of delivering the bulletin online via our web site 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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Golf Tournament Mahalo
St. Michael’s Parish would like to thank the follow ing sponsors and donors who helped make the first Annual Golf Tournament last April 10th a success. The proceeds of the fundraising will go towards the Building Fund for the new Church:
Hole-in-One Sponsors: Dr. AnnMarie Muramoto, BDS/ Dr. Mark Y. Muramoto, DDS
Hole Sponsors: AmeriGas/ Big Island Collision Center, Inc./ Chris & Judy Shibley/ Davis Tile & Mar ble/ Ferguson Pipe/ Honsador Lumber, LLC/ JC Con struction, Inc./ Lito & Sol Ilagan/ McDon ald’s (Kailua-Kona)/ Nick Morgan
Donors: AmeriGas/ AnnMarie Muramoto, BDS/ Costco/ Longs Drugs/ David Hiranaka, MD, DMD/ Hannan’s Barber Shop/ Jaime del Rosario/ Julie Garana/ Keauhou Beach Resort/ Kona Brewery/ Kona Country Club/ Kona Village/ Lito & Sol Ilagan/ Lydia Ota/ MJ Fajardo/ Dr. Mark Masunaga, DDS/ Mike Hernan dez/ Nail Trixx Salon and Spa/ Outback Steakhouse/ Peter & Evelyn Callahan/ Rob Wohlgemuth/ Robert Nakai/ Rumley Arts & Frame/ Screen Shop/ Secular Francis cans/ Sunrise Nursery/ Tante’s Restaurant/ Tao of the Body/ The Club in Kona
Special thanks to all the players who participated in the Tournament, the volunteers, and to the emcee, Mr. Eddie Ombac.
Dwelling Place—”God dwells wherever we let God in.” —Ancient Jewish saying
Sacrament of Confirmation
For the past two years, nine of our youth have been preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. They have been involved in study, discussion sessions, prayer, and service. Last weekend they spent the day together having their final Retreat. These young people have arrived at this point with the help of their Cate chist, Robert Matsumoto, and the support of their par ents and Sponsors.
The Confirmandi are the following: Nicholas Loera, Keni Israel Souza; John Genesiran, Jessica Regpala, Cheyanne MacMullen, Jordan Bilotti, Hannah Unger, Rachael Bianchi, and Leilani Matsumoto.
There will also be three young people from Hawi. In addition, St. Michael’s is proud to present two adults for Confirmation: Melinda Finnegan, who just entered into full participation on Easter Sunday, and Bernie Llanes.
Please try to be at the 4pm Mass at St. Michael’s for them on Sunday, May 2nd. Reception to follow.
Living the Paschal Mystery
Most of our reflections on the Paschal Mystery revolve around reminders that being plunged into the dying and rising mystery of Christ through our baptism means we must die to self if we wish to share in Jesus’ eternal life. We look for opportunities in our daily living to die to self and thus transform what appear to be ordi nary, human actions into extensions of the ministry of the Good Shepherd Himself. For example, comforting the sick and dying isn’t simply a caring human action; in the context of our baptismal commitment it is an expression of Jesus’ love for us and the dignity of the other as a member of the Body of Christ.
This is true and surely the heart of the mystery. This Sunday, however, we might turn this around and rest a bit in what the Good Shepherd offers us when we live the Paschal Mystery: eternal life, the assurance that we will never perish. For all our efforts to die to self for the good of others, they do not equal the gift of self that Jesus gives us. Sometimes we are so caught up in the effort of dying that we do forget that new life is already within us and among us. This is a good Sunday to bask in Jesus’ care and protection; listen to His voice calling us to His loving, embracing hands; and rejoice in the goodness showered upon us who are faithful to His call. This, too, is living the Paschal Mystery. —Living Liturgy™ 2010, © 2009 by Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota. All rights reserved.
Homily Points
- Shepherds separate sheep into folds by training them to recognize the specific sound of a bell worn by a lead sheep. At night shepherds often gather many folds into one keep for protection. In the morning the sheep of each fold fall into line by following the sound of the bell worn by their leader.
- The Good Shepherd trains us to hear and recognize His voice. His voice is not a tinkling sound, however, but a living word embodied in the way He lived, taught, and journeyed through death to risen life.
- The Good Shepherd speaks His living word to us in many ways. We hear the living word of the Good Shep herd within our community as we experience and share the demands of discipleship. We hear the living word of the Good Shepherd in the challenging words of others, in the demands for just acts in daily living, and in the cry of the poor and suffering. Even when this Voice leads us beyond safety and security, the hand of the Good Shepherd holds us tight and guides us to new life.
—Living Liturgy™ 2010, © 2009 by Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota. All rights reserved.
About Liturgy
Hinge Sunday in Easter Lectionary: Traditionally known as “Good Shepherd Sunday,” this Fourth Sunday of Easter is something of a hinge Sunday. On the one hand, the image of a loving, caring shepherd bids us look back to the first three Sundays of Easter on which the Gospels all record appearance accounts of the risen Jesus; these Sundays assure us that Jesus is alive and continues to be present to us, teach us, and care for us. On the other hand, the image of a loving, caring shep herd bids us look forward to the next three Sundays and Pentecost; Jesus prepares us to be disciples by “know-ing” us. No matter what demands our disciple ship makes on us (at least the demand of dying to self), we are assured on this Sunday (as on all Sundays) that Jesus will never les us “perish.” Such reassurance gives the hope and courage we need to be faithful to Jesus’ call to follow. —Living Liturgy 2010, © 2009 by Order of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota. All rights reserved.
St. Catherine of Siena—April 29th
Imagine the Pope receiving a young woman still in her twenties who addresses him as “my sweet Christ on earth,” then orders: “Get back to Rome where you belong!” Amazingly, Gregory XI complied! Yes this was but one astonishing incident in the extraordinary life of Catherine of Siena, a truly unique medieval woman.
Youngest of 25 children, Catherine refused marriage and became a Dominican Tertiary at 16, cloistering her self at home in contemplative prayer, aus tere penances, and mystical experiences, culminating in “spiritual espousal” to Christ. Then, incarnating the Dominican ideal of “passing on to others the fruits of contempla tion,” Catherine left her solitude to care for the poor, nurse the sick, comfort the dying, and bury the dead.
Increasingly renowned for converting souls and heal ing bodies, she was sought after to broker peace during civil wars and Church schisms. All this, and like Jesus, whom she called “my Divine Spouse,” she died at 33! Four hundred letters and her spiritual classic The Dia logue inspired Paul VI to name her, together with Teresa of Avila, the first women “doctors of the Church.” —Peter Scagnelli, © Copyright, J.S. Paluch Co.
Stewardship Report: Weekend of April 17th—18th
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# of Attendees |
Total Contributions |
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St. Michael’s |
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|
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Saturday 5pm |
151 |
$1,188.00 |
|
Sunday 7am |
261 |
$1,906.00 |
|
Sunday 9am |
354 |
$1,832.00 |
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Sunday 11am |
204 |
$1,538.00 |
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Sunday 4pm |
106 |
$633.00 |
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Sunday 6pm |
274 |
$769.00 |
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Immac Concept’n |
58 |
$608.00 |
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Holy Rosary |
42 |
$399.00 |
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Building Fund* |
*Excludes pledges |
$5,741.00 |
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Golf Tournament |
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$4,519.72 |
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Totals = |
1,450 |
$19,133.72 |
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