Prepare for Next Week’s Scripture Readings
- 1st Reading: Acts of the Apostles 1:1-11
- Primera Lectura: Hechos de los Apóstoles 1:1-11
- Psalm/Salmo: 47(46):2-3,6-7,8-9
- 2nd Reading: Ephesians (Efesios) 1:17-23
- Gospel/Evangelio: Luke (Lucas) 24:46-53
Faith Formation News
Classes for Grades K-5 & Youth Ministry on Summer Break
Have a great summer! During the break, please join our Children’s Rosary Club after the 9am Mass on the last Sunday of each month. They will pray one decade of the rosary at the grotto. —Margaret Essex, Cathecist & Edwina Fujimoto, Youth Minister
Download Children’s Bulletin in English and Spanish
We encourage you to download the Children’s Bulletin each week from www.thekidsbulletin.com. The Kids’ Bulletin is created by a mom in Canada who is happy to share them with anyone who can use them to help learn or teach about the truth and beauty of the Catholic Faith. It is a great resource for kids who would like to have some fun while learn-ing about the readings from the Sunday Mass each week. Bulletins are available in English and Spanish.
Encounter . . . Summer Bible Camp July 14-18
We are excited to present our first ever Bible Camp for youth entering grades 6-12. Register now as space is limited! Join us for Bible Camp from 8am – 4pm on July 14 through July 18 in the Grace Parish Center. Registration forms are available in the kiosks. There is no cost to attend.
Neocatechumenal Way Catechesis Underway
An Announcement of Joy! What was it that the apostles and the early Church fathers did that made such a marvelous and revolutionary change in the lives of so many people who were immersed and lived in such a corrupt and pagan society? St. Paul called it, “The stupidity of preaching the Good News!”. This Kerygma or Proclamation of the Good News converted and changed the lives of thousands, so much so, that those who preached with such faith were willing to give their lives for the sake of the gospel and to cry out “Woe to me if I do not proclaim the Gospel!” They were not recounting a system of morality of laws, nor some new ideology, but a Good News that, for those who listened and believed it, were able to experience a change in their lives which freed them from the slavery of vices, and offered them a new life filled with joy even if faced with perse-cution and death. This good News was not just that Jesus Christ had died and rose from the dead, but that they experi-enced this same resurrection from the death of their former life of hell. This joyful announcement is forever new and still has the power to change and convert us.
Please join us at the Neocatechumenal Way catechesis on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6pm in the Grace Parish Center. For more information, please con-tact Jonathan at stengerjp@hotmail.com.
Rosary Prayer Group Meets After Mass Every Weekday
Everyone is welcome to join! The Rosary is prayed after each weekday Mass at St. Michael’s. We pray for the needs of the parish and special intentions. If you’d like to add someone to the prayer list, please call the office.
Men of Faith Meet Wednesdays
We invite you to join us on Wednesdays from 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM on the St. Michael’s South Lanai as we reflect upon the prior Sunday’s read-ings and discuss how they can positively impact our lives. Special Invitation: The last Wednesday of each month is extra special as we have a potluck dinner in the Grace Parish Center beginning at 5:30 PM.
Young Adult Ministry Gathers Thursdays
The young adult group continues to meet every Thursday at 6pm reading through Searching for and Maintaining Peace. We are almost halfway through the book and will soon be deciding as a group what our next session should be. We have had up to fifteen members join us but attendance has varied each week especially with summer travel. It’s been a great opportunity to come together to discuss the book – each member has something unique to share and teach the other members. It’s a blessing to come together as we walk with Christ. New members are always welcome! For more information, contact Cole or Julie through the office.
Adoration of Blessed Sacrament on Wednesdays
“Could you not keep watch for one hour?” (Mark 14:37c) Join our prayer disciples and spend one hour with Jesus on Wednesdays from 7:30am—5pm. For more information or to reserve your hour, contact TJ through the Parish Office.
Children’s Rosary Club Gathers monthly last Sunday
Our Children’s Rosary Club will meet at the grotto after the 9am Mass on the last Sunday of the month. Children in the parish are invited to come together to pray the Rosary. Parents are invited to stay and pray along as the children lead the prayers. This is a great way to pray together as a family.
Neighborhood Rosary Inspires Community Prayer
Display the statue of the Blessed Mother in your home and invite your Catholic neighbors to pray the Rosary with your family. For more information, contact Beth Smith at (760) 212-4533.
Dates Set for Catholic Engaged Encounter Weekends
All couples planning to receive the Sacrament of Marriage are required to attend a Catholic Engaged Encounter weekend. We are fortunate to host two weekends on our island. St. Joseph in Hilo offered one on February 22 & 23. St. Michael’s will offer one on September 13 & 14. Other weekends are offered on the outer islands. If you are get-ting married, please sign up for one weekend. For a com-plete list of weekends offered on all islands, visit https://hawaii.engagedencounter.com/.
Five Steps for a Good Confession
1. Examine your conscience.
2. Be sincerely sorry for your sins.
3. Confess your sins to a Priest.
4. Resolve to amend your life.
5. After your confession, do the penance the Priest assigns.
Procedure in the Confessional
You say: “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been—(State the length of time) – since my last confession. These are my sins.
Then tell your sins and the number of times committed. When you have finished telling your sins, you should say:
“For these and all the sins of my past, I am truly sorry.”
The Priest now gives the necessary advise, assigns your penance and asks you to say the Act of Contrition. Then wait and listen as the Priest give the absolution. Say “Thank you, Father”, then leave the confessional and perform the penance assigned by the Priest.
Act of Contrition
“O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I detest all my sins, because of Your just punishments, but most of all because they offend You, my God, Who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Your grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin. Amen.
