Congratulations to all those who received the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil. Please pray that they may practice faithfully that which they have come to know and love through their time of preparation. When you see them, please welcome them warmly to our community:
Justin Foo - Josiah Garan - Doxia Lucero - Mia Nguyen -Alysha Naone - Danae Naone - Luke O’Leary
RCIA Mystagogy
Newly-Baptized children, their parents, godparents and sponsors will meet Sunday, May 1st after the 9am Mass in the tent.
Blessed Mother Marianne Cope, OSF
We are all familiar with our Hawaiian Saint Damien and the sacrifices he made to care for the lepers in Kalaupapa, Molokai. Every child in Hawaii knows his story. Many of us, however, are unfamiliar with the current canonization process of another person who also devoted her life to caring for the lepers in Kalaupapa. Her name is Blessed Mother Marianne Cope.
Blessed Mother Marianne Cope (1830-1918) was a contemporary of St. Damien’s. She was a Franciscan Sister who volunteered with six other Sisters to come from Syracuse, New York to Honolulu, Hawaii to provide nursing care to those with leprosy. In 1873, Fr. Damien volunteered to go to Molokai. In 1888, Mother Marianne and the Sisters arrived to continue care to the patients with leprosy who, by that time, had been exiled to Kalaupapa. Mother Marianne promised Fr. Damien at the time of his death that she would continue to care for the lepers on Molokai. Mother Marianne never contracted leprosy and died of natural causes in Hawaii.
Mother Marianne was declared Blessed on May 14, 2005. In honor of the 6th anniversary of her beatification, her relic will be available for veneration by the people of West Hawaii on Wednesday, May 11th. There will be a Mass at 6pm at Annunciation Church in Waimea, with supper to follow. You are all welcome. Let us join in prayer to intercede for the miracle that will enable her to be declared a Saint of the Church.
In our new Church, there will be a beautiful mosaic depicting Mother Marianne. We also have a new Outreach Ministry which will bear her name.
If you are interested in praying with the other Churches in our Vicariate on May 11th at 6pm, please notify the Parish Office. We have to know only so the Annunciation Church can have food for everyone.
Baptism WeekendInfant Baptisms will take place the weekend of April 30th and May 1st at St. Michael’s Church.
Capital Campaign
Thank you to all who have continued to fulfill their pledges so that we can build our Church. I understand that it requires discipline and sacrifice. I, too, have made a pledge and for me, it sometimes means one less trip to Starbucks or one more lunch at home rather than picking up a sandwich when I am doing errands. For others of you, that sacrifice may be not going to a movie you really want to see or not buying a book or a toy or a new dress. That money adds up quickly and so will our fund if everyone gives something.
A special thanks to our visitors. These are people who visit while they are vacationing and have appreciated what St. Michael’s offers. Every day, we receive donations from visitors who want to see a new Church when they come to Kona again.
Easter is here so it is time to order the books for Vacation Bible School. I am going to assume now that all parents who want their children to go to VBS from July 11th to July 15th have called and given their children’s names. The announcement was in the bulletin for over a month and was included as an insert two weeks ago. The order will go to the publisher on May 2nd.
Introducing the 3rd Edition of the Roman Missal
Question: What is the Roman Missal?
Answer: The Roman Missal is the book the priest uses at Mass. It contains instructions on what to do and how to do it. These are called rubrics. It also includes the prayers the priest says.
Question: What will change in the Roman Missal?
Answer: The English-speaking people around the world will receive a new translation of the Roman Missal.
Global Solidarity News
Here’s a letter from the principal of St. Mary’s Secondary School in Kenya, thanking those who have donated scholarships to help poor girls who would otherwise be unable to receive a secondary education:
Dear St. Michael’s Sponsors:
Many, many greetings and prayers to the sponsors who assisted our girls in completing their education. Since their family background is very poor they have gone to faraway places to work and earn money for future study. They are always grateful to you. Thank you also to the sponsors of the five girls who are presently attending St. Mary’s. God will bless you for all your assistance for these needy children.
Yours faithfully,
Sister Mary Antony—Principal
St. Mary’s Girls’ Secondary School
Kola, Kenya—Africa
- These girls have graduated: Carolyne Syevose Mulwa, Mary Matheka, Veronica Mwende Muteti, and Mirriam Ndalana! Mahalo to Dee Arias and Sandy McIver.
- Thanks to Cecil and Glenda Loera, Jacqueline Cox, Dee Arias, and Larry and Sonia Scadden, these girls are now attending St. Mary’s: Catherine Wanza, Jane Maweu, Kathrene Mutie, and Dorothy Mwende.
- Four other poor girls need our assistance: Miriam Mwongli, Joan Mwende Mbittie, Mbatha M. Nzembi, and Theresia Ndana.
If you would like to sponsor one of these needy girls, the tuition, fees, room and board costs are $400 for one year; however, any amount is appreciated. Please make your checks payable to “St. Michael’s Church” with a notation for “St. Mary’s Scholarship.” May God bless you always.
Social Justice Book ClubRoad of Lost Innocence, the True Story of a Cambodian Heroine, a memoir by Somaly Mam is the subject of our May One Catholic ‘Ohana Social Justice Book Club. Somaly Mam was sent to work in a brothel as a child by her “grandfather” and went on to save others from living lives of sexual slavery. Her story of sexual slavery is not unlike young girls throughout the world and even here in Hawaii who are tortured, drugged, treated like objects, and forced to live in bondage in subhuman conditions. Somaly Mam was able to get out of the brothel and go on to be a champion of young girls in bondage, obtaining their release, educating and teaching skills so they can have fruitful, free lives.
The Social Justice Book Club is open to everyone. If the book we are discussing is one you want to read, join us for our meeting. Bring a bag lunch and join us on Thursday, May 19th at 12:30pm in the Luika Kaumaka Room.
Baccalaureate Mass to be Held Sunday, May 15
2011 Graduates will be honored at the 9am Mass on Sunday, May 15th. If you are a 2011 High School or College Graduate, please leave your name, a photo, and the name of the school you are graduating from at the parish office. For more information, contact Gloria Krier-Matthews at 987-6788.
Have You Ever Wondered Why... the date of Easter is never the same? Why does the date wobble around the calendar so? The way of calculating the date was set by the Emperor Constantine in 325. The decision ended a very bitter controversy in the Church.
Some people wanted to synchronize the Pasch with Passover on the fourteenth day of the Jewish month Nissan, and their opponents wanted it after the Passover was complete, on the Sunday after the first full moon of Springtime. The ecclesiastical rules do not exactly connect with the astronomical rules. The emperor squashed the hopes of the quartodecimans, as the fans of 14 Nissan were called, and chose Sunday.
The traditional rule is that Easter is the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or after the vernal equinox, the fourteenth day of the new moon, and later than March 21st. Thus, Easter wobbles between March 22 and April 25.
The actual tables and methods for computing the date are extraordinarily detailed, with subtle variations and mind-bending exceptions and charts with “golden number,” “dominical letters,” and “epacts” measuring leap years. In 1954 and 1962 the ecclesiastical calculations actually overrode the astronomical new moons and bumped Easter back a month! Today, there is a movement in the World Council of Churches (Protestants and Orthodox) for all Christians to combine their celebrations, based on the star charts for the Jerusalem skies. The last time all Christians celebrated together was the dawn of the millennium in 2001. In principle, the Catholic Church is open to an ecumenical agreement on a fixed date for Easter, but we desire a unanimous decision from the World Council.
Caution About Flowers at the Gravesites
Due to the threat of dengue fever in the Islands, our staff must periodically empty any vases that have standing water in them, especially if the flowers have already wilted. We apologize for having to do this, but we have a responsibility to attempt to prevent the spread of dengue fever. Bring potted plants or potted flowers instead, or add soap/detergent to the water so that the mosquitoes cannot breed in the water in the vases.
Where to Send Bulletin Announcements
If there is an article that needs to go in the following week’s bulletin, please email it by Wednesday at 10am to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please do not send or bring anything into the parish office that is handwritten. If you do not have email, please ask a friend to send it in for you. Mahalo!
Stewardship Report - Apr. 16th-17th
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# of Attendees |
Total Contributions |
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St. Michael’s |
|
|
|
Saturday 5pm |
169 |
$1,198.00 |
|
Sunday 7am |
302 |
$2,480.00 |
|
Sunday 9am |
388 |
$2,696.00 |
|
Sunday 11am |
204 |
$1,261.00 |
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Sunday 4pm |
151 |
$1,100.00 |
|
Sunday 6pm |
428 |
$710.00 |
|
Immac Concept’n |
48 |
$467.00 |
|
Holy Rosary |
54 |
$574.00 |
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Subtotal |
Collections = |
$10,486.00 |
|
St. Peter’s Postcards |
|
$6.00 |
|
Operat’n Rice Bowl |
|
$20.00 |
|
Food Pantry |
|
$40.00 |
|
Catholic Relief Svcs |
(Japan) |
$100.00 |
|
Global Solidarity |
|
$100.00 |
|
Bulletin Ads |
|
$450.00 |
|
Easter Flowers |
|
$650.00 |
|
Building Fund* |
*Excludes pledges |
$2,360.00 |
|
Totals = |
1,744 |
$14,212.00 |
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