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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Ministry Fair MAHALO! Thank you to everyone for participating in our recent Ministry Fair. We hope that you were able to get information on the ministry that you would like to serve. Next weekend will be the beginning of our Annual Stewardship Renewal. Volunteers Needed for Gift Shop Ministry Volunteers in this ministry create a welcoming environment while assisting the Gift Shop manager with operations. Come join us and volunteer at least once a month […]
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Prepare for Next Week’s Scripture Readings 1st Reading/Primera Lectura: Zephaniah(Sofonías) 3:14-18 Psalm/Salmo: Isaiah (Isaías) 12:2-3,4bcd,5-6 2nd Reading/Segunda Lectura: Philippians (Filipenses) 4:4-7 Gospel/Evangelio: Luke (Lucas) 3:10-18 Faith Formation News Classes for Grades K-5 Classes will be held on Sundays, December 8 and 15. We are in need of a Faith Formation teacher for 4th grade which meets every Sunday after the 9:00 Mass in Grace Parish Center. The requirements are a love of God and a desire […]
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For more upcoming events, please visit our events calendar by clicking here. 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 […]
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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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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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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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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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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,” […]
Read MoreCatholics are always called to share the joy and truth of our faith with those around us. Now that two years of COVID restrictions are finally easing up, parishioner Dr. Scott French is hoping to bring the Good News to both Catholics and non-Catholics alike through the Beach Evangelization Ministry. “Before COVID, I approached Fr. Lio with the idea to combine that with a booth for evangelization, where we could have refreshments and tell people […]
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