Swing for St. Michael
We will have the St. Michael’s Easter Golf Tournament on Saturday, April 10th. The tournament will start at 7:30am at the Kona Country Club (Mountain Course). The entry fee is $125 per person, which includes golf, lunch, and some prizes. The proceeds from this tournament will go towards our Building Fund. At the same time, we hope this event will foster the ohana spirit between our parishioners and the Kona community as a whole.
We are inviting all golfers of our parish as well as your golfing buddies to join the tournament. We are also seeking parishioners who can donate prizes or solicit donations from establishments for hole sponsorships and prizes. We will also need volunteers on the day of the tournament to handle registration, set-up, witnesses for possible hole-in-one plays, etc.
Entry forms and volunteer sign-up sheets will be available after all the Masses on the weekends of March 28th and April 4th. For more information, please contact any of the following: Peter Callahan-315-7609, Lito Ilagan-322-4969, Scott Unger-960-5324, Joann Ahlswede-433-8334 or Ann Marie Muramoto-896-0274.
First Holy Communion Preparation Schedule
March 24th – 6pm: First Reconciliation at St. Michael’s during the Parish Reconciliation Service (see below)
~ Please attend the One ‘Ohana Class on Sunday, April 11th as part of the preparation for First Eucharist. ~
March: No Sacramental Preparation Classes
April 4th: Easter – No class
April 8th Mandatory Eucharist preparation: 10am
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
Palm Crosses for Passion Sunday
On Thursday, March 25th, the Filipino Catholic Club will meet in the tent at 6pm to weave palm crosses for Passion Sunday. Anyone who is interested in either helping or learning how to weave is welcome to attend. For further information, please contact Pocho through the parish office.
Youth News
The One Catholic ‘Ohana will be gathering on Sunday, April 11th at 12noon in St. Michael’s tent. We encourage all members of our community to join us for lifelong, whole community faith formation, rooted in the traditions of the Roman Catholic faith. This month we will be focusing on God’s Creation and developing a better understanding as to how we can use what the Bible and what our Church teaches in our daily lives. Come and join our One Catholic ‘Ohana to Gather, Learn, Reflect and Serve.
Holy Thursday Adoration Schedule
The following organizations are asked to have representatives of their groups present for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament following the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper:
8:00-8:30pm Legion of Mary/ Friends of Jesus Christ
8:30-9:00pm Secular Franciscans
9:00-9:30pm Pastoral Council/ Parish Social Ministry
9:30-10:00pm Filipino Catholic Club
10:00-10:30pm Youth Group/ One ‘Ohana
10:30-11:00pm Heritage Committee
11:00-11:30pm Knights of Columbus
11:30-12:00am Liturgy Committee
Holy Land—Good Friday Offering
At the Good Friday Service on April 2nd, a special collection will be taken up for the Holy Land. Your contribution helps preserve the Holy Places where the mysteries of Christ’s life on earth are constantly commemorated. Please use the envelope in your box of parish envelopes. If you don’t use parish envelopes, please bring an envelope marked “Holy Land” to the Good Friday Service. Thank you.
Catholic Faith and Family Bible
The Season of Lent is the perfect time to read the Bible together as a family. 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 get your copy before April 11th.
The retail cost of this Bible is $29.99. We were able, however, to purchase them at a discount. They are now $20.00. If you would like one, please ask Carolyn at the Gift Shop table. She 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. - Cynthia Taylor – 960-0734
Catholic Relief Services Collection Mahalo
Thank you for your generosity in last week’s Catholic Relief Services Collection. Because of you, millions of people in the world will receive vital assistance. You’ve truly given hope to Jesus in disguise. Please visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections to learn more about the programs and projects supported by the Catholic Relief Services Collection.
Food Pantry Weekend
Thank you to all who remembered to bring in their food donations for our Food Pantry. Times are getting tougher for more and more people in the community, and having a place to go to supplement groceries has helped many individuals and families. May God bless you in your generosity.
Next Infant Baptism Session
The next session will be in April (none during Lent).
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 Thursday, April 15th. If you are unable to get your paperwork in by that date, you must wait until the next session to have your child baptized.
If godparents are not parishioners, they must attend a Baptism Class at their parish, and have a letter from their priest stating they attended the class sent to the parish office, along with the Baptism form and baby’s Birth Certificate. Questions? Call Susan at the office.
Inspired Scripture— “The study of inspired Scripture is the chief way of finding our duty.”—St. Basil the Great
Flowering— “The flower does not bear the root, but the root the flower… The rose is merely the evidence of the vitality of the root.” - Woodrow Wilson
Ministers Needed for Sunday 11am/4pm Masses
There are approximately 200 people who attend the 11am Mass each Sunday, but still not enough people to cover the Eucharistic Ministers or an alternate Sacristan. Won’t you please help? In order to give a break to those who already serve in those ministries, we would need at least three more Eucharistic Ministers to step forward, and at least one more Sacristan to give the current Sacristan a break every other week.
Please pray about this and consider offering your service to your parish. The season of Lent would be a good time to offer a few extra minutes on Sundays to help be a part of the Mass. Instructions and training will be included. Please also think about being a Eucharistic Minister for the 4pm Mass. Thank you for your prayerful consideration.
Friday Lenten Schedule
Evening Prayer 4:30pm in Kamiano Hall
Stations of the Cross 5pm on the lawn
Lenten Simple Meal 6pm in Kamiano Hall
The following organizations are asked to provide readers for the Stations of the Cross (Lector’s notebooks will be available in the parish office) and prepare and serve a simple meal afterwards:
Mar. 26th Youth Group/One ‘Ohana
Instructions for Stations of the Cross Readers: (Notebooks are available in the office) Choose four Readers: Man #1, Man #2, Woman #1, Woman #2. Each Reader will be listed next to the Readings in the white notebooks. When it is your turn to read, stand to the side of Fr. Lio and face the congregation. Afterwards, please return the notebooks to that the next group may use them. Mahalo!
Instructions for Lenten Simple Meals: Have your food prepared and ready to serve immediately following the Stations of the Cross. Please clean up after the meal.
Fr. Bill Burton – DVDs
A number of you inquired about Fr. Bill Burton’s DVDs. Father sent one set for people to see. They are $40 plus a $6 shipping charge. These 3 DVDs offer a total of 6.5 hours of introduction to the Bible. You may either visit www.biblicist.net to download the order form or pick up an order form at the Gift Shop. Don’t forget that Fr. Bill will be returning in November to prepare us for reading the Gospel of Matthew in the next Liturgical Year. Mark your calendars. Father will arrive on Nov. 18th and will be with us until Thanksgiving.
Important Notice!
Parking Problem — Library: We received a notice from the Library Staff that their parking lot is being used even during Library hours. We ask you to please “act in the spirit of good neighbors” to help alleviate parking problems:
- Park in the lot next to the Library, especially on the following days (Saturdays, funerals, weddings, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, Christmas) Library Hours of Operation – Tuesday: 12-7pm / Wednesday & Thurs: 9am-5pm / Friday: 11am-5pm / Saturday: 9am-5pm / Sunday and Monday: Closed
- The area behind the Library is not public parking; please do not park there at all.
- We have been asked to relay the request that you not park on the grass area under the trees behind the Library. Pressure from vehicles on the irrigation pipes in that area breaks the pipes and causes leaks, which increases their water bill astronomically.
Again, please do not park in the Library parking lot if the Library is open; instead park in Uncle Billy’s parking lot (where the Farmers’ Market is). Thank you for your cooperation.
St. Toribio de Mogrovejo—March 23rdIn times of crisis, God always “surprises” the Church with unlikely saints, through whom Christ’s light radiates beyond their local communities to illumine the universal Church. Charles Borromeo was such a saint: appointed Archbishop of Milan at 21 by his papal uncle, epitomizing the corruption that the Reformers condemned, Charles instead inspired a revival that reinvigorated a Church devastated by the Reformation.
His less well-known contemporary, Toribio de Mongrovejo, was God’s “saintly surprise” in the New World. Spanish-born lawyer, professor, head of the feared Inquisition, Toribio was still a layman when a grateful king appointed him Archbishop of far-off Lima. Once in Peru, however, Toribio was appalled at the conquistadores—his fellow countrymen—and by the complicity of the clergy. He became the natives’ devoted advocate, building Churches, schools, hospitals, and the first seminary in the Americas, publishing catechisms and prayer books in the native languages he painstakingly mastered. Four hundred years later, whenever Pope Benedict welcomes Latin American Bishops to Rome, he always invokes “the shining example of San Toribio.”—Peter Scagnelli, © Copyright, J.S. Paluch Co.
To the Point: In the Gospel various people believe Jesus could have performed a miracle to heal Lazarus and spare him from death. They are deeply agitated when Jesus does not arrive until after Lazarus is dead and buried. What could Jesus do for the dead? Believing that Jesus could perform miracles did not prepare them for the astonishing revelation that He had power over death itself. Even as amazing as the raising of Lazarus is, the full extent of Jesus’ power over death would be revealed only in His resurrection and in ours. —Living Liturgy, Year A · 2008. Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota, © 2007.
Stewardship Report: Week of March 13th—14th
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# of Attendees |
Total Contributions |
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St. Michael’s |
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Saturday 5pm |
166 |
$1,252.00 |
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Sunday 7am |
267 |
$2,133.00 |
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Sunday 9am |
357 |
$2,280.00 |
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Sunday 11am |
198 |
$754.00 |
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Sunday 4pm |
124 |
$644.00 |
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Sunday 6pm |
282 |
$618.00 |
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Immaculate Conception |
60 |
$575.00 |
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Holy Rosary |
55 |
$421.00 |
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Totals = |
1,509 |
$8,677.00
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