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National Remembrance for Aborted Children – Saturday, September 14
This is a national campaign to remember children lost by abortion through prayer vigil, and also for hope and healing for women and men who have been affected by abortion. Our Respect Life Ministry will pray the Rosary at the St. Michael Cemetery at 3pm on Saturday, September 14 and then we will attend our 4pm Vigil Mass. “Cupcakes for Life” will be available after Mass at the Respect for Life information desk.
Eucharistic Healing Service – September 17
There will be a Eucharistic Healing Service at 6:30pm on Tuesday, September 17 at St. Michael’s. followed by healing prayers for emotional, physical, spiritual healing and healing in relationships. Come and experience the healing touch from God’s love!
Grief Recovery Class Begins September 25 for 8 Weeks
The Grief Recovery Method program provides a safe en-vironment for you to look at your old beliefs about dealing with loss, which losses continue to affect your life, and take actions that will lead you to complete unresolved emotions that may still be causing you pain. It’s an action-based group, involves reading and writing assignments outlined in The Grief Recovery Handbook – 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition (book provided). This program is not a drop- in group, registered participants meet for 8 weekly sessions. You will learn actions that help, and you will choose what loss you want to focus upon. The Grief Recov-ery Method is a scientifically-tested Evidence-Based Program that provides anyone coping with emotional pain from loss, with an effective method to help them heal, wheth-er the loss was recent or in the past. There is no cost for this program, but it does require a firm commitment to recover from unresolved loss, and attendance at all weekly sessions. Facilitated by Suzanne Zaw, Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, the 8-week program will be held on Wednesdays, September 25 – Nov 13, 2024, from 10am-12noon at St. Michael’s. Call Suzanne to register at (808)339-7980, or leave a message at the Parish Office (808)326-7771.
Rachel’s Vineyard Weekend Retreat October 4-6
There is Hope and Healing to be found . . . If you or a friend are hurting from a past abortion and are searching for a confidential, non-judgmental, safe place of healing and support to express and reconcile painful emotions and begin the healing process, look no further… and join them on the next retreat!
Both women and men are impacted by abortion and greatly benefit from the retreats. Singles, couples and family members of aborted children have come to Rachel’s Vineyard for peace and inner healing. Call them today if you need someone to talk to. Weekend Retreat: Friday, Oct 4 – Sunday, Oct 6, 2024
(Arrival at 5:30pm on Friday/departure on Sunday at 5:00pm)
To register, contact Lisa Shorba at (808) 490-2571 or email [email protected]. A fee of $175/person (covers room, meals/refreshments and retreat materials). Need-based scholarships are available. Space is limited. Registrations are strictly confidential.
Spiritual Book Club Restarts October 17
There will be no meeting in September. Our next Spirit-ual Book Club meeting is on Thursday, October 17 at 4pm in the Grace Parish Center. October’s book is Discerning the Will of God: An Ignatian Guide to Christian Decision Making by Timothy Gallagher. If you would like to join the meeting on Zoom, please contact the Parish Office.
Way of the Cross Wednesdays for an End to Trafficking
Each Wednesday at noon, we pray the Stations of the Cross at St. Michael’s for the safety of all those who are held captive by traffickers for either sex or agricultural work and usually have no way of escaping the status of slavery. The prayers were developed by Bishop Silva and require about twenty minutes of your time. Please join us!
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesdays
Wednesdays – from 7:30am – 5pm. All are welcome to spend time in the presence of Jesus in Eucharistic Adoration. Spending time in meditation, prayer, and adoration before the Blessed Sacrament is an excellent opportunity to experience grace in our lives. Commit to an hour each week or drop in as available to spend quiet time with Jesus.
Traveling Neighborhood Rosary Inspires Community Prayer
“The Rosary will make virtue and good works flourish, and will obtain for souls the most abundant divine mercies. It will draw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means”. – From Mary’s Promises for Daily Devotion
Display the statue of the Blessed Mother in your home and invite your Catholic neighbors to pray the Rosary with your family. Contact Beth at (760) 212-4533 for more info.
New Blind and Visually Impaired Service Meetings
Please help support the newest program for the blind and visually impaired that will be administered by the Ho’opono Services for the Blind Division. Right now this program is only being offered on Oahu. The newly enacted legislation aims to provide support services to the blind and visually impaired individuals on the Neighbor Islands that would help them to integrate well within the communities they reside and provide opportunity where they have access to training to acquire new skills and also assist with barriers that are preventing them from achieving independence and self-sufficiency. There are three virtual meetings scheduled that interested parties can attend via zoom. Agenda items include an overview of the pilot pro-ject, stakeholder questions i.e. what services will be offer-ed, where and how often. You will also have the opportunity to offer your input for any services that you need.
* Thursday, September 19 – 12:30 – 2:30pm
* Thursday, October 17 – 12:30 – 2:30pm
* Thursday, November 12, 2024
For more information, please contact Ronald Formata through the Parish Office.
