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Hundreds of thousands took part in the March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Friday,January 25,ZAfl. 18.000 parlicipants at

the Youth Rallr. and Mass of Lil'e at the Verizon Center

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of the March tbr Lil'e.

Prontoling a Cttlhrrc of Life PASTORAL TEAM

Pastor: Associate Pastor:

Assisting Priest:

Rev, Khanh Pham-Nguyen Rev. Danny Laeda Rev. Pat Freitas

Deacons:

Richard Abel

Richard Port

Liturgy:

Angken Xymoon Yvonne Toma Lily Narusawa Deacon Ronald Choo Yvonne Toma Barbara Gambol

Maintenance/Landscaping:

Caesar Reyes

Secretary: Parish Council: Finance Committee:

Faith Formation:

CHURCH IS OPEN:

MONDAY-THURSDAY: 6AM-8AM FRIDAY: FIRST FRIDAY: SATURDAY: SUNDAY:

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We are a welcoming Parish. Be a Family Member!

Parish Registration forms are located at the entrance of the church, You may also contact the parish office for more information.

Please call94L-0675

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Parishioners of Sts. Peter and Paul

Fr. Danny

Trisha De Vega (Sl) +Celle Jovero

Fr. Danny

Vigil Mass

7am

9am

Rodney De Vega (Sl) + Peter Michaer John

Fr' Stark

Allen Belleza (Healing) Jenny De Vega (Sl)

Fr. Stark

6pm

+ Pete Jovero

Fr. Danny

7am

+ John & Betty Lyons

Fr. Danny

noon

+ Martin de Guzman

Fr. Manny Hewe

7am

+Gertrudes Jovero

Fr. Danny

noon

+Emma Carizon

Fr. Danny

7am

+ Fidel Mendiola

Fr. Danny

noon

+ Salvacion Torillo

Fr. Danny

7am

+ Soon Hee Kim

Fr. Danny

noon

+ Thomas E. Saniuk

Fr. Danny

7am

+ Soon Hee Kim

Fr. Khanh

noon

+Benito Jovero

Fr. Khanh

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7:30pm

Fr. Danny

noon

+ Ho Joon Peter Ko

Fr. Danny

5pm

Parishioners of Sts. Peter and Paul

Fr. Khanh

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Sts. Peter and Paul Church

ElElEEp ARE YOU!

READINGS

Jesus is preaching what is traditionally known as the

Beatitudes.

The

word "beatitude" means "supreme blessedness".

The mountain can be symbolic of a couple of things. First, the mountain

is

Christ's pulpit

which

depicts Him as the Creator because from a mountain

one can see all that surrounds it and thus

echoes the words from the psalmist under the guidance of the Holy Spirit: "The world is Mine and the fullness thereof' (Psalm a9 [50]:12). Secondly, as disciples of Christ, the mountain is a reminder to us that receiving the promises of the Beatitudes will be an uphill climb.

ln this Gospel passage Christ's homily is preceded by the words: "He began to teach them, saying. . ." These words are a little more instructive in the ancient texts because they translate as: "And opening His Mouth. ." These words imply that Jesus was always teaching but the ancient usage chooses to make a distinction between opening His Mouth and/or speaking versus His silence and/or actions.

The Beatitudes inform us that we will mourn; we will hunger and thirst for righteousness, be persecuted and insulted. But our faithfulness promises the Kingdom of heaven, comfort, inheritance, satisfaction, mercy, and the privilege of being called children of God.

It's interesting to contrast the ways of God with the way humanity sees things. The sufferings laid out for us in this Gospel, by human standards are all negatives in this sojourn of life; but Christ declares blessed all the victims of these sufferings. And for this reason our faith and trust in

God must exceed what we perceive as common sense. Our lives need not be bogged down by our situation - but instead lifted up because of our trust in revelation.

First Reading

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Zephaniah 223,3tL2-13

The prophel Zephaniah spoke to a people beaten down by their enemies. But he did not call them to battle. He called them to repentance and renewal. He exhorted them to seek justice and to seek humility.

The future belonged to those who observed the laws of God by cloing justice and walking humbly.

Second Reading

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L Corinthians 1:26-31

The early church was not filled with well-born and influential people. Not many of them were wise or powerful as humankind counts wisdom and power.

But God chose the lowborn and despised to drive home the point that all human good comes from God. God chose those who count for nothing to show the world the things that really count.

Gospel

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Matthew 5:1-12a

Jesus taught a revolutionary faith. He found strength

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in poverty, joy in

sorrow,

greatness in humility. His faith was strong enough to turn any situation into an experience of blessedness.

His faith was deep enough to find something good in

every circumstance.

Next Sunday's Readings (Cycle A) Stt'Sunday In Ordinary Time

First Reading: Isaiah 58:7-10 Second Reading: L Corinthians 2:L-5

Gospel: Matthew 5:13-16

STEWARDSHIP

TIME.TATENT-TREASURE TR-EASU-RE

THI\NK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!

We are grateful to all who so generously contribute to our Parish.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 131st annual Black and lndian Mission Collection last weekend. Your prayerful support enables people to come to know Jesus Christ in African American, Native American, and Alaska Native communities all over the U.S.A. Spreading the Gospel

The Collections lor January 21-22, 2017 are as follows:

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Thank you for your generous support last week of the Collection for the Church in Latin America. As a parish, we collected $1,387.00, which will be used to share the faith with our brothers and sisters in Latin America and the Caribbean. lf you missed the collection, it's not too late to give! Just visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections and click

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TIME-TALENT-TREASURE Catholic Schools Week 2017 January 29 to February 4,2017 Theme: Catholic Schools: Communities ol'Faith, Knowledge, and Seruice

Across the United States, Catholic Schools Week is a celebration

",\ of Catholic education. The

Catholic Schools Week is a celebration of all the elements of our school that make it such a great place- students, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and the entire parish community.

The theme for the National Catholic Schools Week 2017 is "Catholic Schools: Communities of

Faith, Knowledge and Service." The

annual observance starts the last Sunday in January and runs all week, which in 2017 is January 29th to February 4th. Schools typically celebrate Catholic Schools Week with Masses, open houses, and other activities for students, families, parishioners, and the community at large.

The theme encompasses several concepts that are at the heart of a Catholic education. First, schools are communities-small families in their own right, but also members of the larger community of horne, church, city and nation. Faith,

fiffiS ffiice fficus* Kick-off Wednesday, February 1, 2017 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

St. Elizabeth Church, Aiea \a*r:'tixitiil*aaa;

Join us at the CRS Rice Bowl

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to learn about

planning resources for a fun and fruitful Lent. Set out on a 40-day journey, an encounter

ourselves, with our neighbors and with our God. Catholics all across the United States will have the opportunity to learn about people from around the world including those from the Micronesian lsland of Chuuk who are living right here in our state. Please RSVP to rfautanu@rcchawaii.org or call (808) 203-6738.

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CATHOLIC CARE PROJECT and FOOD BANK SENTOR BOX D_ISr_RIBU_T_|ON A Big thank you to the 25 volunteers including the Knights of Columbus who gave their time and talent to help with hospitality and distribution of the senior food box from the Hawaiian Food Bank. We extend our big Mahalo to the 12 volunteers who helped sort and bag groceries for distribution to our Kapuna this past week. We, also thank our volunteers who delivered

the grocery bags to our kupuna who

are pick homebound and cannot come to our church to up the bags. lf you would like to volunteer for the next Catholic Care Project activities, please call the office at 941-0675. Mahalo.

We thank everyone who donated the food items and for your thoughts and prayers for all those who are in need.

"Loue does not tneasure; dtjust giues."

St. Teresa of Calcutta

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Evangelization: Christians at the

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challenges of

humanity.

That all Christians may be faithful to the Lord's teaching by striving with prayer and fraternal charity to restore ecclesial communion and by collaborating to meet the challenges facing humanity.

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Helga Boettger Larry Cabrinha Betty Cecil Joelle Chamberland

INTERNATrcNAL DAY OF PRAYER & AWARENESS A GAlys r H u M a N T RA F FlQl{lN 9-

WiniChow Louisa Comajis Ronald Costa Avon Czerwinski Regina Czerwinski Steve Dagali Bernanda DeGuzman Victor & Rita Dizon Odetta Doublet Tina Louise Duncan Jo Dowling Nicky Dresci Robert Fahl Sue Felix Douglas Ferreira Chris Foster Serena Fujii Thomas Garcia Helen Garcia Joanna Gates Lorraine & Walter Gonzalves Sadie Gouveia, Magdalena Gualderama John & Barbara Hanao Joe & Blanche Hansen Stanley Ho Jill lshikawa Frank & Sharla Jensen Christopher Johnson Joanne Jones Christoph Jucewicz Jack Jucewicz Joyce Kaanapu Cash Kahoopii Stephen Kalili Renee Kam Sr. Roland & Debra Kamanao Mapuana Kapana Emily Kuhn Christiana Lai Anu Lau Herbert & Thelma Lee Uilison E. Leuta Jamieson Longoria

The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the lnternational Union of Superiors General has designated February B as an annual day of prayer and awareness against human trafficking. February B is the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, who was kidnapped as a child and sold into slavery in Sudan and ltaly. Once Josephine was freed, she became a Canossian nun and dedicated her life to sharing her testament of deliverance from slavery and comforting the poor and suffering. She was declared a Saint in 2000.

On February B, Catholics all over the world are encouraged to host or attend prayer services to create greater awareness about this phenomenon. Through prayer, we not only reflect on the experiences of those that have suffered through this affront to human dignity, but also comfort, strengthen, and help empower survivors.

Carroll, a priest and faithful parishioner of Sts. Peter and Paul. He often celebrated the Daily Mass and Sunday Masses with us. He had a great devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe and was a storehouse of wisdom, wit and knowledge.

His Funeral Mass willbe celebrated on Wednesday, February 8,20L7 at 6:00 p.m. with visitation at 4:00 p.m. aE the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Burial, Thursday, February 9,2A77 at 10:0Oam at the Hawaii Memorial Park

Please pray for Fr. f oseph

Please pray for Fr. Paul

Minchak, OFM Cap. who died 15,2A17 in New York. Funeral services will be January held in New York and a Memorial Mass here at Resurrection of the Lord, Waipio at a later date.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, may the perpetual light shine upon them.

May they rest in peace. Amen.

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Theodora Luke Thelma Lum Violeta Luna-Hill Jennifer & Santiago Maldonado Claudia Maldonado Alphonsa Maligro Stanley, Jr. & Marion Medeiros Wilma R. Medeiros Glenn Medeiros Sr. Tammy Medeiros Bob Mendoza Houghton Meyer Jim Meyer Thomas Mistysyn June Nakamoto Larry Nakamura Betty Ann Nault Sylvia Nelson Susan Nelson Leona Oliveira Dan O'Leary Shirley Onishi Judy Orlando Sherrie Pacatan-Ge ntry Michael Pacheco & Family Earl & May Phillips T.J. Pochinski Elsie Quinn Neva Rego Alfred & Judy Robolledo James & Peggy Saballa James Sandobal Marilyn Sciortino

Donald Secor Myong Soon Sim Charleen Sliger-Saucedo Clifford Smith Dorothy Suchar Theresa Sung Dolores Suredam Jean & Ken Takaki Janet Tavares Kristen Tavares Mary Teves Ruth Toma Ellen Tomita Fr. Dave Travers Yolanda Trejo Soane Uiagalelei Peter Uiagalelei

Jane Vasconcellos Betty & Art Watkins Larry Wong, Sr. Teresa Yu, and your special intentions!

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Thursday, February 2"o @ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Gathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace 1184 Bishop Street

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Bishop Larry Silva invites all to a special Mass on Thursday, February 2, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. at the

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Week Begins

6:15 am - Choir Practice 6:15 am - Rosary (M) 10:15 am - Choir Practice 5:00 pm - Choir Practice (R) 5:15 pm - Young Adult Rosary (M) 7:15 pm - Young Adult Ministry (R)

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addition to celebrating the Feast of the Presentation of

the Lord in the Temple (Candlemas Day), we will honor our newly named Monsignor, Gary L. Secor, who was given the special honor of being a Chaplain to His Holiness by Pope Francis. His lnvestiture will take place at the beginning of the Mass. The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord is also the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Persons, so we invite all our Religious Sisters, Brothers, Fathers, Consecrated Virgins Living in the World, and Hermits to attend for a special blessing after the homily.

6:10 am - Rosary (M) 11:15 am - Rosary 6:30 pm * Charismatic Prayer Group (M)

Tuesday St. John Bosco 6:10 am - Rosary (M) 11:15 am 5:30 pm 7:00 pm 7:30 pm

Validated parking is available in the Century Square Garage off Bishop Street, just Makai of Beretania Street.

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information, please call the parish office

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7:00 a.m. Friday, Feb 3 to 7:00 a.m., Saturday, Feb 4.

FAr_lMA r_ouR EOR P*EA_CECathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Friday, Feb 3 to Saturday, Feb 4

First Friday, Feb 3 - Processionalwith the Fatima statue - Mass - 12n - Benediction, Adoration of Our Lord and Veneration of Our Lady . MASS 12 noon 1:00 - 6:45pm - Adoration of Our Lord and Veneration of Our Lady with Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3pm - Confession 5:00pm 6 - 6:45pm - Scapular Enrollment - Talk by Custodian of Fatima statue 6:45pm - Mass with Bishop Larry Silva 7:00pm followed by Crowning of Fatima Statue 8:00pm - 12mn - Continuation of Adoration of Our Lord and Veneration of Our Lady 6:25am 6:30am 7:00am

Saturday, Feb 4 'l2mn to 7am - Continuation of Adoration of Our Lord and Veneration of Our Lady - MASS and Farewell 7:00am

6:10 am - Rosary (M) 7:30 am - Novena to our Lady of Perpetual Help (M) 11:15 am - Rosary 1:00 pm - Legion of Mary, Queen of Peace (C) 6:00 pm - Scripture Study (R)

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The Presentation ofthe Lord

6:10 am - Rosary (M)

11:15am-Rosary 6:00 pm - Choir Practice (M)

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February 3

St. Blaise, St. Ansgar, FirstFriday 6:10 am - Rosary (M) 7:30 am - Eucharistic Adoration/Sacred Heart Devotion 10:00 - 1 1 :30 am - Confession and Spiritual Direction 10:45 am - Divine Mercy Devotion & Chaplet 11:15 am - Rosary 5:45 pm - Stations of the Cross Devotion (M) 7:30 pm - Mass -Sa-tu':d-ay--

First Saturday, BVM

11:15 am - Rosary 3:30 - 4:30 pm - Confessions (M)

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Falth Formation Living Catholic in the 808: Making the Facts of Salvation Real

Welcome to our Faith Formation Ministry!

This Sunday, children are invited to participate in the Children's Literacy of the Word.

There are many ways to begin to share our faith. You could invite someone to Mass, engage in an intellectual discussion, or go see a Christian movie. However. sharing your story is one of the most powerlul starting points. Your faith story is precious; God can and '*,ill use your story as an instrument of salvation in another.

What is the Children's Liturgy?

The Children's Liturgy is a sharing of the Gospel of the

Pope Francis encourages us, "Today, there is a kind of preaching which falls to each of us as a daily responsibility. It has to do rvith bringing the Gospel to the people we meet, rvhether they be our neighbors or complete strangers. This is the informal preaching which takes place in the middle of a conversation. Being a disciple means being constantly ready to bring the

day at a level the children can understand and enjoy. The children will participate in prayer, song, art, and story-telling about God's love, the humanity of fesus, the Seasons of the Church, and the understanding of

love of Jesus to others and this can happcn unexpectedly and in any place: on the street, in a city square, during rvork, on a journey. This is a personal dialogue, when the other speaks and shares his or her joys, hopes ar:d collcems tbr loved ones or so many other heartfelt needs. (Evangelii Gaudium, n. 127).

The Children's Liturgy of the Word aims to introduce children to important aspects of God's message by:

symbols in the Mass^

-Helping them understand the Word of God -Helping them receive God's Word in their hearts -Helping them to respond to God's Word in their family life and elsewhere

it has changed one person. Your personal story makes the facts of salvation concrete, real, specific and personal.

The Gospel means little unless

Procedures during Children's Liturgy Mass

At designated Children's Liturgy masses, Father will invite the elementary age children to gather in front

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Older children are encouraged to bring their younger siblings. The children will proceed to a chapel-like room in the courtyard for the Liturgy of the Word.

The children return to mass to join their families during the offertory.

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Whv Fatima?

May 1, i. ,n" ltOOt*; anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to three shepherd children in the small village of Fatima in Portugal in 1917.

What happened at Fatima?

The story of Fatima begins in

1916,

when, against the backdrop of the First World War which had introduced Europe to the most horrific and powerful forms of warfare yet seen, and a year before the Communist revolution would plunge Russia and later Eastern Europe into six decades of oppression under militant atheistic governments, a resplendent figure appeared to the three children, (Lucia, 9, and her cousins Francisco, 8 and his sister Jacinta, 6) who were in the field tending the family sheep. "l am the Angel of Peace," said the figure, who appeared to them two more times that year exhorting them to accept the sufferings that the Lord allowed them to undergo as an act of reparation for the sins which offend Him, and to pray constantly for the conversion of sinners.

Then, on the 13th day of the month of Our Lady, May 1917 , an apparition of 'a woman all in white, more brilliant than the sun' presented itself to the three children saying "Please don't be afraid of me, l'm not going to harm you." Lucia

asked her where she came from and

she responded, "l come from Heaven." The woman wore a white mantle edged with gold and held a rosary in her hand. The woman asked them to pray and devote themselves to the Holy Trinity and to "say the Rosary every day, to bring peace to the world and an end to the war."

She also revealed that the children would suffer, especially from the unbelief of their friends and families, and that the two younger children, Francisco and Jacinta would be taken to Heaven very soon but Lucia would live longer in order to spread her message and devotion to the lmmaculate Heart.

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The message of Fatima What is the central meaning of the message of Fatima?

Nothing different from what the Church has always taught: it is, as Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict the XVl, has put it, "the exhortation to prayer as the path of "salvation for souls" and, likewise, the summons to penance and conversion."

Perhaps the most well known utterance of the apparition of Our Lady at Fatima was her confident declaration that "My lmmaculate Heart will triumph". ...The Evil One has power in this world, as we see and experience continually; he has power because our freedom continually lets itself be led away from God. But since God himself took a human heart and has thus steered human freedom towards what is good, the freedom to choose evil no longer has the last word. From that time forth, the word that prevails is this: "ln the world you will have tribulation, but take heart; I have overcome the world" (John 16:33).

The message of Fatima invites us to trust in this promise.

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The Miracle of the Sun On the day of the last apparition, 70,000 people had turned out to witness the apparition, following a promise by the woman that she would show the people that the apparitions were true. They saw the sun make three circles and move around the sky in an incredible zigzag movement in a manner which left no doubt in their minds about the veracity of the apparitions By 1930 the Bishop had approved of the apparitions and they have been approved by the Church as authentic.

Join in proyer at the Cathedrul Bosilica of Our Lutly of Peace February 4t' lsee bulletin page 5)

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Tuesday 31

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Priest Heb 12:1-4

Mk 5:21-43

Wednesday February 1 Weekday

Heb 12:4-7, 11-15 Mk 6:1-6

Thursday February 2 The Presentation

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I am struggling with our new pastor. He has been in our parish for less than six months, and nothing seems to please him. Everything has to change, and the parishioners have no input. I thought the days of "pray, pay, and obey" were over.

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Lk2:22-40 or2:22-32 Friday February 3 Weekday

Heb 13:1-8

Mk6:14-29

Saturday February 4 Weekday

Heb 13:15-17,20-2!

he Code of Canon Law identifies the pastor as the shepherd of the parish. His duties require him to teach, sanctify, and govern the people entrusted to his care.

However, canon law also envisions that he engage in pastoral care "with the assistance of lay members of the Christian faithful" (519). \ It would be fair to assert that the intention of the law is to encourage the building up of a community using the "knowledge, prudence, and integrity" of every member (228). klany issues, feelings, and even theologies make up the personalities of a parish. The one constant that needs to be present is the presumption of good will (Catechism af the Catholic Chttrch, 2478).lf that is missing, then conflict, hard feelings, and many misunderstandings will result.

Without taking sides, I suggest that everyone takes a deep breath. Then eacl'r of you-the pastor included-ask yourself, "Have I attempted to interpret this person or situation favorably? Have I made any rash fudgments?" If honest and prayerful reflection reveal less-than-good intentions, now is the time to change your attitude and acknowledge that a new start is needed.

Mk 6:30-34

Fr. Tom Santa, CSsR

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