Consecration to God the Father Ministry February 1 Please join us in prayer to honor God Our Father, Sunday, February 1st at 2:45 pm at St. Michael’s. We pray Divine Mercy along with a reading from the Diary of Saint Faustina: Divine Mercy in My Soul, and Consecration to God Our Father prayer. Sharing Garden Needs More Helping Hands Three Days a Week By feeding the hungry, we realize Corporal Works of Mercy. Our Sharing Garden volunteers […]
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Prepare for Next Week’s Scripture Readings 1st Reading: Sirach 15:15-20 Primera Lectura: Sirácide 15:16-21 Psalm/Salmo: 119 (118): 1-2,4-5,17-18,33-34 2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 Segunda Lectura: 1 Corintios 2:6-10 Gospel/Evangelio: Matthew (Mateo) 5:17-37 Faith Formation News Faith Formation Is a Lifelong Journey REMINDER to parents: Faith Formation doesn’t end with the Sacraments. Even after receiving First Communion and Confirmation, children continue to grow in their understanding of God’s love and their role in the Church. Faith […]
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For more upcoming events, please visit our events calendar by clicking here. Stewardship Renewal is Underway Don’t Forget to Turn in Your Commitment Card! We’re still in the midst of our annual Stewardship Renewal. If you haven’t returned your Commitment Card or completed one online at the parish website, saintmichaelparishkona.org, it is NOT too late. Please take this opportunity to discern how God is calling you to grow closer to Him this year. Valentine’s Day Dinner & Dance February 14 Please […]
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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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This past spring, parishioners Debbie and Ed Cunningham generously gave of their time and talent to restore and paint the church’s Stations of the Cross. The Cunninghams initially lived in Kona from August 1998 to December 2001 with their two daughters — who were altar servers at St. Michael — and their son. Currently, they are seasonal parishioners, part of our hānai `ohana, who come to enjoy the warm Hawai`i weather in the winter and […]
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