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Saturday: (Sunclay Vigil) 5:00pm Sunday Morning: 7:00 am 9:00am & 11:00am

Faith Formation Family lst f,r. lrd Sunday at 9:00am 2n,i Sunday at 11:00am) Sunday Evening: 6:00 pm Monday - Friday: 7:00 am & L2:00 pnr Saturday:12:00 noon (Ohana Mass every

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FRIDAY: FIRST FRIDAY: SATURDAY: SUNDAY;

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+Flora & Pablo Secretaria +Wilbert Liu

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Fr. Sieg

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+Charles Park

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rJanie Uyehara

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+Charles Park

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+Charles Park

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Parisl'rione

Friends ofSl Fr. Sieg

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Fr. Khani

Mar 25 Mary Valen Secretaria IBD)

+Wibert Liu

Ff . Sieu

Susita Nomura (BDJ Robert Nomura IBD)

6pm

"Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not," said Tokugawa leyasu. Likewise, when tife nears its end everything around it stows down as wett. lttnesses, immobitity and what's not, become more dominate. We are also reminded of an Asian saying, "A gem is not potished without rubbing." So must life's sunset be hetd in great esteem and increasingty valued.

thank those who took the effort

to get more

signatures on the petitions, even though the bit[ was passed this week by the Senate and is now awaiting approval of the Senate Judiciary committee. Though our voices were silenced, we must continue to stand strong together for our betief in the beauty of [ife, no matter what condition one may be.

the Passion Weel<, we look back and thank those who participated in the various parish ministries, and those that ernbrace the gift of life being potished like a gem during this Lenten Season. We att enjoyed our being together, watching inspirationat, true-tife stories with our kupuna, famity and friends. ln the remaining days of this Lenten journey, let us reflect on the Passion of Christ, for His suffering is not the end but a new beginning.

As we near

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Dear Parishioners, Visitors and Friends,

With this pastorat note, we affectionately express our appreciation to those who have supported the '/Vo Aloha ln Suicide'ra[ty at the State Capitot. We atso

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lndeed, tife can be ended and robbed. Death, however, does not have the last word. 0n the cross Jesus prayed

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peopte who tormented him, and promised unending life to atl who fotlowed in His footsteps. As He committed his spirit to the Father Jesus showed us the way to the evertasting [ife. And, St, Pau[ once firmty expressed this conviction of [ife, saying, "0 death, where is thy

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Lenten Schedule

The agony Jesus endures in the Garden

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heartbreaking and inspires awe. Our Lord feels loneliness before the bitter cup the Father extends to him via the hands of an angel. Like the posture he will assume when nailed to the cross, Jesus shows his

strength through humble acceptance

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redemption.

It's where lovers go; where love

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declared and tested.

This is important in understanding the drama of our Lord's agony in the Garden. It is the drama inside of love. It is the drama of acceptance and abandonment, trust and generosity, life and death. lesus knows this and goes into the Garden to do what Adam failed to do in the first Garden. He goes to pay the price of love. He engenders new life by giving his own. He looks at the chalice, the price of our salvation, and with a heart full of generous, uncomplicated love, accepts the Father's invitation. "Not my will but yours be done."

LENTEN PARISH MISSION 10:30-11:30

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Fri., Mar 23'd LENTEN PARISH MISSION 10:30-11:30 am 6:00 pm 6:30 pm

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The Cross: The Mystery of Death & Life Stations of the Cross (Youth/Altar Servers) The Cross: The Mystery of Death & Life

Sat., Mar 24th LENTEN PARISH MISSION 10:00 am

Hearing the Cry of the poor: A walk with the poor from death into life.

Conversation with the

Religious PALM SUNDAY Mar 28e 7:00 pm

HOLY WEEK BEGINS

Movie Night "The Passion of the Christ"

HOLY THURSDAY 29th

6:00 pm

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Finding Healing and Peace in Suffering

Finding Healing and Peace in Suffering ,):ri$ $:rr] Cl:*:srrt \,ltss *t t"'**l:ii;+i::rili

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Mark Haydu, LC

Lenten penance Service

Thurs., Mar 22nd

abandonment.

Gardens don't appear often in Scripture, but they are important. There is the Garden of Eden, the place of God's creative love and man's original sin. There is the garden in the Song of Songs*a garden of passion, possession, and life-giving union. Where is Jesus' tomb, and where does Mary Magdalene, the transformed lover, find |esus on Easter morning? In the Scriptures, gardens are a place of new life, sin, and

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Mass of the Lord's Supper

GOOD FRIDAY

March

30th

3:00 pm 5:15 pm 6:00 PM EASTER VIGIL

March 31"t

Good Friday Liturgy

Stations Good Friday Liturgy (No 5 pm Mass)

Easter fire is lit at SUNSET

EASTER SUNDAY

Aprill"i 7:00,9:00 & 11:00 AM 6:00 PM

STEWARDSHIP

TIME.TALENT-TREASURE TREASURE_ M*

Mahalo for your generous contributions and Faithful Stewardsh ip.

The Collections for March 10 - 11, 2018 are as follows:

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$ 7,692.78 380.00 150.00

Baptism Electric & Votive Candles

695.88

Total $ 8,918.66 ENVELOPES IDENTIFIABLE UNIDENTIFIABLE

60%

Building Fund

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HallUse Catholic Care

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41.00 399.00 40.00

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$1,620.00

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6:15 am - Choir Practice (B) 7:00 a.m. Mass - Third Scrutinies for RCIA (Cycle A readings) 6:15 am - Rosary (M) Mondav March 19 St. foseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary 6:30 pm * Charismatic Prayer Group (M)

2,481.50

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Recepfion room, B - Blue room, G - Green Room, Courtyard

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Special Collections: Catholic Reliel Services Scholarship Operation Rice Bowl

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Total: $13.166.96

Envelopes & Loose Collections Mass lntentions

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St. Turibius of Mogrovejo, Bishop

Thank you for your generous support of The Catholic Relief Services Collection and for helping Jesus in disguise. Your contributions will make a difference for the poor and marginalized around the world. lf you missed the collection, it's not too late to give! Just visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollecfions, and click on the "How to Give" link on the left.

6:10 am - Rosary (M) 7:40 am - Eucharistic Adoration/Sacred Heart Devotion 10:00 - 11:30 am - Confession and Spiritual Direction

10:45 am * Divine Mercy Devotion & Chaplet 10:30 Lenten Mission 11:15 am - Stations of the Cross (M) 6:00 pm - Stations of the Cross (M) 6:30 Lenten Mission

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8:00 * 11:00 am * Cleaning Church (M) 9:30 Lenten Mission 11:15 am - Rosary 3:30 - 4:30 pm - Confessions (M)

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BOO.BOO BUNNIES PROJECT

Volunteers needed to create bunnies for children living in shelter. These bunnies serve an important purpose: They hold an ice cube for bumps and bruises WEEKEND OF MARCH T7-I8 (After Masses) Courtyard Area

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athoilir s*r* Froiect Volunteers Needed for food sorting Monday March 19th Food pick up and delivery Mar 20th & 21" Through this ministry our parish serves the needs of our Kupuna, Ohana and those who come to our door, who are struggling with food insecurity.

Our Parish Catholic Care Project relies heavily on donations from our parishioners. Only by your generosity are we able to help others in their time of need. Please prayerfully consider helping us feed the hungry! lf you don't have time to shop,., Visit our parish website at Wgly.F.tpgle11laglh a w a i i.o rs Your donation to our Catholic Care Project will help to purchase the items to fill the brown bags.

Do you know someone in our parish who would benefit from receiving

a

food bag to help them make ends meet?

Please tell them to contact our Cotholic Care Helpline

(808) e41-067s

Encounter Alefa Alefa is a mother, grandmother and farmer. She provides her three children, three grandchildren and husband by selling her crops. lf they fail during one of Malawi's rainy seasons-or in a drought-her family goes hungry. One particularly difficult year, Alefa was

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forced to sell some of her land to make ends meet.

She knew she had to start planting crops that could withstand Malawi's changing climate. So, she attended a CFiS-sponsored seed fair, where farmers learn the best crops to plant for the upcoming year, and receive vouchers so they can choose the seeds and supplies they need. Besides rice, Alefa bought corn, cabbage and tomato seeds. This way, she can continue farming rice but also feel confident that, even if her rice fails, she will have other crops to sell.

"This harvest will provide food, shelter and education for my family," she says. ln a few short months, Alefa will be growing corn and harvesting hope.

Learn more about CFIS'work in Malawi.

PRAYER UST FORTHE SICK

March Prayer lntentions from Pope Francis

Please pray

for the sick in our Parish

Especially for ...

Formation in Spiritual Discernment

Charita Abelgas-Mabon Vanessa Alcova Loranzo Alota Becky Alota Darlene Amarosa Tony Bacani Michael Bartolome Ho Lun Big Olivia Mia Blake Maniko Brady

That the Church may appreciate the urgency of formation in spiritual discernment, both on the personal and communitarian levels.

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Arthur Cababa Mwejo Capelle Wini Chow Teresita M. Custodio Avon Czerwinski Regina Czerwinski

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Blanche DeConte George DeConte Odetta Doublet Shirley Dungo Iessie Dungo Blanche Hansen loe Hansen Florence Henson Stanley Ho Robert K. F. Ho Shirlene lwai Maria Elena Jencks

PRAYER IIST FOR THE SICK

I I Prayers bring our parish community together and this I is true especially when we pray for those parishioners I who are ill among us.

We would like to update the list for the month of I I March We will remove the names at the end of every I month and have a new list for the following month. lf you I wish to have your name or the names of your loved ones I included on the list, please fill up the form below. The prayer list will be published for the whole month and will I be updated at the end of each month. (Because of privacy I lows, only person themselves or immediate family member I may submit o request,) Mahalo for your cooperation.

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tack Jucewicz Christoph lucewicz Charlene Lau Pat Low

I Please complete below so that we may remember you I in prayers for the whole month of April (Please print I I

clearly!) and put it in the collection basket or return it to the office^ Mahalo.

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Bona Macabre John M. Masunaga Thomas Mistysyn Robert Mistysyn Betty Ann Nault Patrice Nielsen Felicitas R. Noland Ray M. Olis Lourdes Olis Berry Oloday Maria Oloday ludy Orlando Nancy Pang Joannita Pangelinan Yvonne S. Pangelinan Ephrem Perez Josefina Perez Anella Rabauliman Bregida R. Reyes Oliver Shilling Myong Soon Sim

loseph Anthony Sullivan Dolores Suredam Lolita A. Sutton Edwin Tagura Yolanda Trejo Myrna Vallespin Ho Chun Wah Ho Shiu Yan Theresa Yu lanleen Maria Xymoon

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John 10:37-38 lf I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.

'Ano'ai Kikou, Bible When Jesus faced those wanting to stone him, he showed again that he is one with God, who is Truth and Love. lt makes us question what we reveal ourselves to be, proven by our actions. Come join us as we continue to have the Thursday Young Adult Bible studies during Lent. The passages we go over are inspired from the following day's Gospel reading (the calendar is available on usccb.org).

Project St. Don's young adult ministry is mostly young \^/omen. We totally understand the difficulties associated with periods. All women have the right to live their life with dignity regardless of rich or poor. Young adults are doing this project for the emergency shelters serving our area. We are collecting menstrual hygiene products so that we can help some of the homeless women in need, because there shouldn't be a question of "Food or Sanitary napkin?"

Currently, we are looking for donations of the following items: 1. Heavy flow overnight sanitary pads 2. Regular flow sanitary pads 3. Pantiliners Please deposit the items in the bins at the church with the label Period Project. Last date for donations is March 26th (Monday). Due to hygiene reasons we do not accept opened napkins. Thank you so much for your understanding. Let's bring change in the life of others, even if the least way possible

Volunteer

. We continue to provide free tutoring to those trying to learn English or get their GED. . Every second Saturday of the month we help to clean the church Save the Date On March 24th, we'll have breakfast with our special visitor Fr. Pham, who does much to help serve the poor in the world - please check out the flyer!

Check out our facebook page (use the link, or scan the QR code below):w*ww.f a-â&#x201A;Źe[Cqk.canlYgq!gA{U!!ql4i$gy-.Hono*!.ul-{ As the young adults ministry of Sts. Peter & Paul, inspired by St. Don Bosco, we wish to volunteer, learn, reflect, and be happy.Servite Domine in laetitia (Serve God cheerfully). Being part of this group, in this phase of our journey in life, will allow us to help each other to grow spiritually, intellectually and physically. lf you have any interest, questions, comments, ideas, etc, please e-mail us at l$fie]fy-t@gpei1.-!a{!t or txt 3-05:8}8-O3?-8. Hope to see everyone soon

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Aloha Parents, Parishioners, and Visitors of Sts. Peter and Paul Church Our class consists of Pre K and first grade children age between 4, 5 and 6.

We lay the foundation for these little angels and teach them how to say simple prayers llke the "Our Father", "Hail Mary" and the "Glory Be".

We start our class with an opening prayer and then we take them through the gospel of the day in a story form, and we have question and answers just to make

sure that all the children are listening, they are so eager to answer and all their hands go up, it gives us such pleasure to see how interested these little ones are to know about "JESUS", after that we have a coloring session where the children use all their imagination and color the page which is based on the Gospel reading. Each child wants to do the best and is so engrossed.

Thanks to Father Khanh, Ms. Yvonne and Ms. Iwalani. For the TV and beautiful Bible Story CDs, the children inspired by these stories, as each story has a lesson that teaches the little ones to be good children, to listen to their parents, to share, to love and much more.

We wind up the class with a thank you prayer, asking our Lord to bless and protect all of us and keep us safe during the coming week.

Thank you,

Aloha, Arnala & Sun

Teachers: ]oy, Priscilla and Wilson

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Follow Jesus on His finaljourney. Join Sr. Marie Lemert SS.CC. and Malulani Kamanu as we enter Holy Week, listening to His teaching, observing His actions, feeling His passion and power^ We will begin with Mass at 9 a.m.

Free will offering. Lunch will be provided, Location: St. Anthony Retreat Center, Rose Hill Callto register: 845-0065 by Tuesday, March 20th

Join your parish family in celebrating the most Holy Days of the Church Year. There is no dismissal from

Holy Thursday until the night of the Easter Vigil. is one Liturgy

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MO-YIE NIGHT SUNDAY MARCH 25 at 7:15 p.m.

"THE PASSION OF CHRIST" depicts the Passion of |esus, Iargely according to the

March z3 - Friday The Cross: The Mgsterg of Death& Life 10:30 am * 11:Bo - Morning Mission 6:oo p.m. - Bvening Mission and Stations of the

Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and f ohn.

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Join us for the

Men's ACTS Retreat April 5-8 2018 at

Retreat Center

Adoration Community Theology lervice If you are interested in attending the retreat, please

fill out a registration form or call for information Sts. Peter & Paul Parishioners: calo Camacho, 312-8800/ Armando Lopez 199-4740 / Tom Storm 6L6-B}B-87s7

Cabu{*v Monday March

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Rom4:13,16-18,22 Mt 1:15, l8*21,24a or Lk 2:41*51a

Tuesday March 20 Lenten Weekday Nm 21:4-9 In 8:21-30

Wednesday March

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Dn 5:14-20, 91-92, 95 In 8:31-42

Thursday March 22 Lenten Weekday

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Friday March 23 Lenten Weekday

Ier 20:10-13 In 10:31-42

Saturday March 24 Lenteu Weekday

Ez37:21-28

In 11:45-56 Sunday IVIarch 25

Deqru?nd/Te, I feel self-conscious striking my breast at Mass.

Isn't this gesture rather exaggerated?

Romart Missal proscribes that the assembly strike their breasts Th. "through I at my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous

fault" during the Confiteor. It doesn't specify striking three times. Later in Eucharistic Prayer I, the priest strikes his breast with his right hand, saying, "To us, also, your servants, who, though sinners...."

Clasping our hands in front of our breast is a recognized gesture of prayer; striking the heart or breast is an ancient penitential expression. It calls to mind ]esus' parable of two men who prayed in the Temple, a prideful Pharisee and a humble tax collector who "beat his breast and prayed, 'O God, be mercifulto me a sinner"' (Luke lB:13).

"Gestures, language, and actions are the physical, visible, and public expressions by which human beings understand and manifest their inner life" (Built of Livirr.g Sfones, NCCB/USCC, 2000). The liturgy has a rich tradition of movements that can foster or distract from prayer. "When the gestures are done in common, they contribute to the unity of the worshiping assembly. Gestures which are broad and full in both a visual and tactile sense support the entire symbolic ritual" (Environment and Art in Catholic tVorship, 56).

Thus, at Mass we bow our heads, bend our knees, and beat our breasts out of humility and reverence for God, "for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted" (Luke 18:14).

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