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From the Office

October 11, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Advocates for Annulment Process  Pope Francis has streamlined the process to petition for a declaration of nullity to make the process shorter. He also eliminated the mandatory fee. For assistance in petitioning, the following persons are Advocates for St. Michael’s: Deacon Sándor Hernández Morales, Meali’inani Duarte-Morales, Rosana Knudson, and Judy Glickstein. Call the office at (808) 326-7771 to leave a message for one of them to call you.  Spam Emails Posing as Our Clergy are Fake SPAM emails are being sent as […]

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Enrichment Opportunities

October 11, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Rachel’s Vineyard Weekend Retreat April 28-30 Healing the Pain of Abortion . . . One Weekend at a Time.  Singles, couples, siblings, parents & grandparents, even former abortion industry workers have come to Rachel’s Vineyard to find peace and inner healing. Retreats are held for 3 days/2 nights at a private Retreat Center. Registration fee is $175 and covers meals, refreshments, materials and accommodations.  Weekend Retreat: April 28-30 & October 13-15, 2023 For more info, […]

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Ministries Update

October 11, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Consecration to God the Father Ministry January 5 Please join us in prayer to honor God Our Father, Sunday, January 5 at 3:00pm. For more information, contact Romana. Spiritual Book Club Meets January 16 Our next Spiritual Book Club meeting is on Thursday, January 16th at 4pm in the Grace Parish Center. This month’s book is Gardete Et Excultate – On the Call to Holi-ness in Today’s World by Pope Francis. Meetings are now available via Zoom. […]

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Faith Formation

October 11, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Prepare for Next Week’s Scripture Readings      1st Reading: Nehemiah 8:2-4,5-6,8-10  Primera Lectura: Nehemías 8:2-4,5-6,8-10  Psalm/Salmo: 19(18) 8,9,10,15  2nd Reading: 1Corinthians 12:12-30  Segunda Lectura: 1Corintios 12:12-30  Gospel/Evangelio: Luke (Lucas) 1:1-4, 4:14-21  Faith Formation News Classes for Grades K-5 Please take note the new time for all classes is 10:15 to 11:50. January classes will be held on Sunday the 26th. No class on January 19th. If you are interested in teaching our 4th graders, please call […]

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Mark Your Calendar

October 11, 2022 Comments are Disabled

For more upcoming events, please visit our events calendar by clicking here. Change of Sunday Mass Schedule – 2025  Our New Sunday Mass Schedule started Sunday, January 5. We are combining the afternoon Masses and will celebrate one Mass at 4pm. There will no longer be a 1:30pm Mass. Our Spanish Mass will begin at 12noon.  Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast Sunday, January 19 Please join fellow parishioners on January 19th after the 7am and 9am masses for […]

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National Eucharistic Revival

October 6, 2022 Comments are Disabled

By Deacon Sándor Hernández Morales This year on the Solemnity of The Body and Blood of the Lord, Corpus Christi Sunday, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) launched a National Eucharistic Revival with a myriad of Eucharistic processions and adoration throughout the country. The revival is composed of three phases — a year of Diocesan Renewal, a year of Parish Renewal, and a National Eucharistic Congress that will complete the renewal in 2024. […]

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The Importance of Catholic Faith Formation

October 6, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the 2022 book, Stewardship Starts at Home: Using God’s Gifts To Grow As Disciples Of Christ In Our Domestic Church, written by stewardship expert/retreat leader Lisa McArdle and published by Catholic Stewardship Consultants. This excerpt is reprinted with permission from CSC. There are Four Pillars of a Stewardship Parish — Prayer, Hospitality, Formation, and Service. The third pillar — Formation — teaches us to know and love […]

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Hula Ministry: Perpetuating the Native Hawaiian Practice of Worship Through Sacred Gestures of Hula

October 6, 2022 Comments are Disabled

As explained in 1918 by Fr. Romano Guardini in his seminal book, The Spirit of the Liturgy, the Church “desires, as a rule, that spiritual life should be impregnated with the wholesome salt of genuine and lofty culture.” At St. Michael, our hula ministry practices the Native Hawaiian tradition of prayer and worship through the sacred gestures of hula. “We recognize and understand the duality of being a cultural practitioner of hula and of our […]

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The Principles of Catholic Social Teaching

October 6, 2022 Comments are Disabled

What makes being Catholic, well, “Catholic”? Things like the Mass, the Rosary and the Seven Sacraments come to mind. But there is also an element of Church teaching that’s often overlooked and sometimes misunderstood — Catholic Social Teaching. Catholic Social Teaching guides Catholics on how to apply the faith to all aspects of life, and lays the framework for the Church’s teachings on the dignity and sacredness of human life. Catholic Social Teaching can be […]

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Deacon Arrion Rosales-Llantos Reflects on the Call to the Priesthood

August 18, 2022 Comments are Disabled

On July 1, Arrion Rosales-Llantos was ordained to the transitional diaconate for the Diocese of Honolulu. This exciting step toward the priesthood is a milestone for any seminarian. Currently, he is assigned to Annunciation Catholic Church in Waimea and will remain there until he returns for his last year of seminary formation. “The most memorable moments from my ordination would, without a doubt, be the prostration and the laying on of hands by the bishop,” […]

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