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Commitment ‘Sunday’ is December 7-8
Please take the time to review your Stewardship Renewal packet you’ve received in the mail and pray about where God is calling you to commit more deeply to Him in the year ahead! December 7/8) is Commitment Sunday. Each parish family is asked to please return your completed commitment card. Mahalo!
Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish-Papaikou Fundraiser December 8
Please support the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish – Papaikou. After the 7am mass on Sunday, December 8, they will sell their hand sewn items outside the front entrance. Please stop by and get some Christmas shopping done! All proceeds will go toward their Building & Maintenance fund.
The Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary (Holy Day of Obligation) on Monday, December 9 offers Masses, Rosary and Tea
Masses will be held at 7am and 12noon at St. Michael’s and 5pm at Immaculate Conception on Monday. December 9. Our Spanish Mass will be held at 6pm at St. Michael’s. This is a Holy Day of Obligation. We will also pray the rosary at 11:30am before Mass. After the 12noon Mass, you are invited to Tea in the Grace Parish Center in honor of Our Mother Mary. Please RSVP to Suzanne Bearth at 808-769-1960.
2024 Advent Reconciliation Service December 10
Our Advent Reconciliation Service will be held at 6pm on Tuesday, December 10 at St. Michael’s. Other Reconciliation Services scheduled in our West Hawaii Vicariate are:
Wednesday, Dec. 11 @ 6pm – St. John’s, Kealakekua
Friday, Dec. 13 @ 6pm – Sacred Heart, Hawi
Our Lady of Guadalupe Celebrated December 12
At St. Michael’s, we start our festivities in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the morning with Las Mananitas, a serenade at 5:30am. Celebration continues with Mass at 6:00pm. Following the Mass, there will be a potluck in the Grace Parish Center. Please join us!
When Mary appeared to Juan Diego as Our Lady of Guadalupe, she had encouraging words for him. “Am I not here, I who am your mother?” In the image on Juan Diego’s tilma (tunic), Mary identifies herself with the Aztec people. She has their hair and features, their symbolic maternity dress. She incorporated their important symbols of the sun, moon, and stars. Our Lady of Guadalupe is pregnant. The image bears witness to Mary’s yes to conceive the Savior of the World. But even in her pregnancy, she goes to care for Elizabeth. Now Mother to all the world, Mary comes to the aid of her children, reminding them of her presence among them.
Spiritual Book Club December 19
Our next Spiritual Book Club meeting is on Thursday, December 19th at 4pm in the Grace Parish Center. This month’s book is A Still Small Voice: Practical Guide to Reported Revelations. Written by Fr. Benedict Groeschel, the book is considered to be a classic work for the Catholic layperson regarding miracles, visions, and other religious phenomena. Meetings are now available via Zoom. Call the Parish Office for more information. Come join us!
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.
For more information, please contact Ronald Formata through the Parish Office.
