Mahalo Nui Loa!!!
My how time has passed and now my two-month summer assignment has come to an end. I want to thank the North Kona Catholic Community for letting me be part of this great ‘ohana. My time has gone so swiftly, yet it has been a very fruitful one. I will surely miss everyone who has made my stay most hospitable: the Seniors Young-at-Heart Group, The Friendly Place, the Filipino Catholic Club, the Knights of Columbus, and Fr. Lio and Staff at St. Michael’s. May the Lord continue to let His light shine upon you, and know that you will be in my constant prayers.
Bible Study Break
For those who have been attending Bible Study with Fr. Jack Stawasz on Tuesday evenings (7pm) in Kamiano Hall, there will be no Bible Study until September. The exact date will appear in a later bulletin.
Prayer & Serendipity Bible Study
Beginning Thursday, August 12th and for the next 6 weeks, the Bible Study at St. John’s-Kealakekua will be on “Spirituality—Pain and Suffering…Where is God When it Hurts?” The Scriptures will be on Job 1 
, 2, 42; John 9 ; Mark 2 ; and 1 Kings 19 . The last session will be held Thursday, Sept. 16th. The sessions include Scripture and intercessory prayer, begins at 7pm and usually is over by 8:30pm. Some of us linger for a little while longer, drinking coffee and talking story. If you have any questions, please call Margie at 323-3469 or 217-6054 (cell).
Global Solidarity Ministry News
The Global Solidarity Ministry requests your prayers this week for the success of our third attempt to drill a well in Miaani, our Kenyan Parish in common with St. Michael’s Parish. Our hydrologist and the drilling company have reasonable confidence that this drill site will yield water. Please pray that it does... For more info, please visit: www.miaaniwell.org
A Thousand Mahalos to Our Vacation Bible School Volunteers
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| Vacation Bible School 2010 |
Before each day began, Theresa Hernandez, Carmel Cilia, and Domi Wagasky were busy organizing the lunches and snacks for the day. They did a wonderful job. Judging from their appetites, we can also assume that the children were happy with the food selections.
A special thanks to Trudy Bateman, Tammy Lapa, Allyson Durkin, and Nick Brown who worked with the children to provide the activities that made the experience so much fun. On Friday, Oscar Friels stepped in to substitute with the games for Shirley David. Each child rotated through storytelling, science, crafts, music, and games each day leaving no time for boredom.
Thanks to Walter Bacxa who came in and took pictures for us. With these photos, we have a way of remembering the wonderful children and adults who participated. Those pictures are the beginning of a series of pictures we will have of our Faith Formation One ‘Ohana efforts in the future.
We need to extend a very special thanks to Angel Hernandez and Beth Bartell who worked with, cared for, and taught the seven preschool children who attended. Each day after the little ones had already gone home, these two women remained for several hours to plan wonderful things for the children to learn the following day.
Getting the groups of children where they needed to be for each of the activities would not have been possible without our young helpers. We are grateful to Kalei Kam, Helena Lapa, Jake Unger, Nick Loera, Orion Friels, Miguel Lara-Romo, and Paul Abaire for their assistance. Nick Brown also did a great job providing Bible Study for the helpers each morning while the rest of us did the Bible Study with the children in their respective age groups.
It is our hope that many of these volunteers will continue to participate in our Faith Formation One ‘Ohana Program in the fall. We will be looking for table facili-tators for the 2010-2011 year. After the vbs, we know that there are many people out there in our congregation just waiting to be asked. God bless each of you. - Shirley David, Zola Ingram, and Cynthia M. Taylor (One ‘Ohana Core Committee)
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
It is not too late to inquire about the Catholic Faith. Come and see, or call and ask. There is a place for everyone in the North Kona Catholic Community. It might be your spouse, neighbor, or friend who just wants to know what the Catholic Church is all about. In the end, they may or may not choose to join.
If you know someone like this, please call the parish office and we can arrange to meet. Call 326-7771 to inquire.
“Nothing wins hearts like cheerfulness.” —St. Dwynwen
RCIA For Children
In September, Zola Ingram will begin inquiry for unbaptized children over the age of 7 years. If you have children who fall into this category, please leave your name and number in the parish office.
Faith and Family Bible
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 you have time to get your copy for the next session in September.
The retail cost of this Bible is $29.00. We were able to purchase them at a discount. They are now $20.00. If you would like one, please ask at the Gift Shop table, and they 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.
Catholic Charities Hawaii, Employment Services
Catholic Charities—Hawaii’s Employment and Immigration Services office at Immaculate Conception in Holualoa will be closed until August16, 2010.
For Employment Assistance Call: Achun Niro at 961-7032 or Ray Campainha at 961-7033.
For Immigration Assistance Call: Rose Bautista, County Immigration Office, at 961-8220 or Linda Spencer’s voicemail at 961-7031 and leave a message for a return call after August 14th.
For Legal Assistance Call: James Tai, Attorney, at 769-4684-ofc or (321) 287-1556-cell. James will consult and give guidance, but if he must do immigration papers or travel, he’ll charge his regular attorney fee.
* Do not call the Holualoa number (326-1332) during this time until after Linda returns on August 16th.
Got Spirit? GO!
The 32nd Annual Charismatic Conference will be held Fri., August 13th (6:30-10pm), Sat., August 14th (8:30am-10pm), and Sun., August 15th (1-4pm). What happens when hundreds of Charismatics gather for a weekend of powerful praise and worship, anointed teachings, inspiring testimonies, loving fellowship, and the enkindling of the Holy Spirit? Come...See...Experience! Great speaker!!!
Fr. Tom DiLorenzo, who began a Catholic evangelical Bible outreach on the radio in 1984 called In Season and Out of Season, is now heard on over 15 radio stations across the United States, and is also seen on over 40 local Cable TV broadcasts weekly in the New England area. Fr. Tom has been active in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal for over two decades, and has preached at countless conferences and prayer meetings.
Registration forms are available in the parish office. For more information, see http://www.hccrs.net/, or call Flo Andrade at (808) 455-3224.
St. John Mary Vianney—August 4th
A busy pastor jokingly suggests the secret of John Vianney’s holiness: “He died 17 years before telephones!” Call they didn’t, but visit they did, keeping Vianney eighteen hours a day in the confessional. Stories abound of reading hearts and exorcisms, but Vianney’s first miracle was getting ordained. Difficulty with studies delayed him, prompting the rector’s apology to the Bishop, “So far to ordain just one, especially this one!” The Bishop, who could not know he was ordaining the future patron saint of parish priests, replied, “No burden to ordain one good priest!”
In Ars, only an elderly handful attended Mass, “praying,” one told Vianney, “for a priest with brains.” But he stayed 42 years, fulfilling the promise he made the day he arrived. In a sculpture just outside the village, Vianney points skyward: “Show me the way to Ars,” he tells a boy, “and I’ll show you the way to heaven.” To someone who feared there was no heaven beyond the grave, Vianney smiled, “My child, it would have been heaven enough to have lived as Jesus’ disciple on earth.” - Peter Scagnelli, © Copyright, J.S. Paluch Co.
If most of us take time to think about the way we live, we would have to admit that the pressures of everyday life tend to be our main focus. We are concerned about calendars and schedules, bills and getting ahead, sickness and health. Our lives tend to be so busy that our immediate goal is to get through another day. What would happen if we would truly take some time to think about what we possess (and where we store it all!) and what possesses us?
It takes conscious effort to ask the question, to whom do we belong? In some sense this is a question about priorities and putting God truly at the center of our lives. The answer must be more than an intellectual commitment to grow in our relationship with God and have God as our center. We must stop building (using) larger storage barns and begin changing the way we live so that our priorities are evident. Practically speaking, this probably means settling for fewer possessions. But with God at center, we really gain everything—fullness of life. —Living Liturgy™ 2010, © 2009 by Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota. All rights reserved.
- As human beings we “hunger” to be satisfied. Since our hunger knows no bounds, we are naturally driven to possess more and more. We are satisfied with the latest widescreen tv until a newer model with more features appears. Is anyone ever satisfied with his or her salary? It seems that the more we have, the more we want. Jesus teaches us that we’ve already got more than we can imagine—the fullness of life at our fingertips.
- In the Gospel Jesus seems curt and perturbed at the question about inheritance put to him by someone in the crowd. He is not the judge and arbitrator of such mundane things. He is, however, the judge and arbitrator of what matters most—lasting happiness and the fullness of life.
- Many of us are so caught up in the things and demands of daily living that it is hard for us to assess where our focus lies. We need to reflect on what we say matters most to us and what our manner of living says matters most to us. Then we need to reflect on what Jesus says matters most and what God is offering us.
—Living Liturgy™ 2010, © 2009 by Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota. All rights reserved.
Stewardship Report: Weekend of July 24—25
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# of Attendees |
Total Contributions |
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St. Michael’s |
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Saturday 5pm |
168 |
$1,083.00 |
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Sunday 7am |
257 |
$1,555.00 |
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Sunday 9am |
304 |
$2,062.00 |
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Sunday 11am |
140 |
$871.00 |
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Sunday 4pm |
126 |
$803.00 |
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Sunday 6pm |
225 |
$402.00 |
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Immac Concept’n |
49 |
$374.00 |
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Holy Rosary |
67 |
$460.00 |
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St. Paul’s |
14 |
$85.00 |
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Building Fund* |
*Excludes pledges |
$3,664.75 |
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Filipino Dinner Dance |
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$2,000.00 |
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Totals = |
1,350 |
$13,359.75 |
