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WEEKEND MASSES:

Saturday: (Sunday VigilJ 5:00pm Sunday Morning: 7:00 am 9:00am & 11:00am

Faith Formation Family 1st & 3rd Sunday at 9:00am (0hana Mass every 2na Sunday at L1:00ami Sunday Evening: 6:00 pm Saturday: 12;00 noon WEEKDAY MASSES: Monday - Friday: 7:00 am & 12:00 pm COMMUNAL ANNOINTING: Last Saturday of the Month at the l-2:00 noon mass RECONCILIATION: Friday 10:15 - 11:30 a.m. Saturday 3:30 - 4:30 pm or by appointment EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Fridays: Afler the 7:00 am mass and L't Fridays: 7:30 - 10:00 pm Sunday:5:1Spm PARISH ROSARIES: Monday - Saturday: 11:15am

ADDRESS: 800 Kahel<a St, Honolulu, Hawaii 95814 OFFICE HOURS: Mon. - B:30 - 12:00 pm Tues. - Fri. B:3Oam - LZpm/1:A0 - 3:30pm PHONE: (B0B) 941-0675 FAX: (BOBJ 945-0689 OFFICE EMAIL: sspeterpaul@hawaii.rr.com WEBS ITE: www.sspeterpaulhawaii.org

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REGISTER Vatican Responds to Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report "Victims should knorv that the Pope is on their side. Those who have sufferecl are his priority, and the Church rvants to listen to them to root out this tragic horror that destroys the lives of the innocent. " Following is the English translation of the Vatican's full response to the publication Wednesday of the grand report on clerical sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses:

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Declaration of Greg Burke, Director of the Holl' See Press Office re: Pennsl'h'ania Grand Jurl' Report "Regarding the report made public in Pennsl-lr.ania this lr,'eek, there are hr,'o r,r'ords that can express the

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u'ith these horrible crimes: shame and sorrou'. The Holl' See treats lvith

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sedousness the w'ork of the Investigating Grand Jurl' of Pennsl'lvania and the lengthl' Interim Report

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unequivocalll the serual abuse of minors.

"The abuses described in the report are criminal and moralll'reprehensible. Those acts lvere betral'als

of trust that robbed sun'ilors of their dignitl'and their faith. The Church must learn hard lessons from its past, and there should be accountabilitl'lor both abusers and those rvho permitted abuse to occur.

"Ilost of the discussion in the report concerns abuses before the earll' 2000s. By linding almost no cases after 2002, the Grand Jurl''s conclusions are consistent rvith prer,'ious studies sholving that Catholic Church reforms in the United States drasticall,v reduced the incidence of clergl' child abuse.

The Holl' See encourages continued reform and vigilance at all levels of the Catholic Church, to help

of minors and r.'ulnerable adults from harm. The Holl' See also u'ants to underscore the need to compll. u'ith the cil'il larv, including mandatorl. child abuse reportin-s

ensure the protection requirements.

"The Holy' Father understands u.'ell hox. much these crimes can shake the faith and the spirt ol belier ers and reiterates the call to make ever)' effort to create a saf e environment for minors and r ulnerable adults in the Church and in all of societr'.

"Victims should knon that the Pope is on their side. Those rvho have suffered are his prioritl, and the Church lr'ants to listen to them to root out this tragic horror that destrol's the lives of the innocent."

20th Sunday In Ordinary Time Accepting God’s Truths Sts. Peter and Paul Church

The pursuit of wisdom and knowledge has long been a supreme striving of the human heart. Especially as we age, we hunger to truly understand reality, the human heart, modern culture, its problems and solutions.

The Old Testament offers amazing tips on the pursuit of wisdom. Using the analogy of a woman who prepares a meal and invites others to dine at her table, wisdom is a gift prepared by God and set before humanity to receive. We don’t produce the truth. We discover and embrace it. We chew on it, take it in like food, and gain strength from it.

The Jews had a hard time swallowing Jesus’ truth about the Eucharist. They argued among themselves, trying to figure out this truth instead of simply accepting this revelation as coming from one they could trust—then once accepted, strive to understand the mystery. Once we accept the world, situations, and revelations offered to us, and strive to understand these gifts, then wisdom can become ours.

Some fundamental attitudes accompany this changed perspective: First, it is right to humbly accept the world, people, and situations as gifts to appreciate rather than problems to be solved. Second, believe God has wisdom to share. Third, build upon truths already known and revealed, accepting that we can’t “know it all.”

God’s hand fashions creation, holds it in his palm, and then offers it to us. We accept it as a gift, embrace it, and discover the wisdom of the hand of God hidden therein.

—Fr. Mark Haydu, LC Reflections Would the author of Proverbs consider me foolish in the way I live? Read more of the book to find out. Is there a truth I need to accept and build my life upon to move from foolishness to wisdom? © 2018 Liguori Publications, Liguori, MO 63057-9999. Printed in U.S.A. Imprimatur: “In accordance with c. 827, permission to publish has been granted on December 1, 2017, by the Most Reverend Edward M. Rice, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of St. Louis. Permission to publish is an indication that nothing contrary to Church teaching is contained in this work. It does not imply any endorsement of the opinions expressed in the publication; nor is any liability assumed by this permission.” No part of this work may be used in any form without the prior written permission of Liguori Publications. Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. All Rights Reserved. To order Liguori Sunday Bulletins, call 800-325-9521

August 19, 2018

Reading I - Proverbs 9:1-6 A formal education these days is increasing costly. Wisdom, however, is available without charge to all who seek her gifts. All we need to do is open our minds and our hearts to the source of all wisdom and knowledge.

Reading II - Ephesians 5:15-20 The Apostle Paul never tired of thanking God for the gift of Jesus Christ.

Paul had struggled throughout his life to achieve the rewards that came from obedience to the Law of Moses. But he found what he had been truly seeking in the sheer grace that God bestowed in Jesus Christ.

Gospel - John 6:51-58 Jesus Christ gave himself for the salvation of the world. This gift is renewed each time we receive the bread and the wine. Receiving the gift of unmerited grace, however, is not easy.

It means letting go of all claims to our own goodness and all efforts to provide salvation for ourselves.

NEXT WEEK’S READINGS 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time 1st Reading-Joshua 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b 2nd Reading—Ephesians 5:21-32 Gospel—John 6:60-69

AUGUST Prayer Intentions from Pope Francis Universal – The Treasure of Families

That any far-reaching decisions of economists and politicians may protect the family as one of the treasures of humanity.

SEPTEMBER 2018 BIRTHDAY and/or ANNIVERSARY CELEBRANTS

Please complete this form with your pertinent information so that we may remember you at Mass and with prayers and blessings on your special day in September. Fill in the complete this form (please print clearly!) and place it in the collection basket or return to the office no later than August 26, 2018.

NAME:_____________________________________ PH# _______________________________________ BIRTHDAY: ____________(check) DATE: _____________________________________ ~ AND/OR ~ WEDDING ANNIVERSARY: ___________(check) DATE: _____________________________________ NO. OF YEARS MARRIED: ____________

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Gabriel Ignacio August 12th Please pray for the children who were recently baptized and for their families, that they grow up to be faithful disciples of Jesus Christ.

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Rose & Fidel Adamos Kiana Rose Adams Vanessa Alcova Isaac Alajado Loranzo Alota Becky Alota Darlene Amarosa Tony Bacani Michael Bartolome Ho Lun Big Olivia Mia Blake Maniko Brady Arthur Cababa Mwejo Capelle Wini Chow Teresita M. Custodio Avon Czerwinski Regina Czerwinski Blanche DeConte George DeConte Azarias D Dosdos Shirley Dungo Tessie Dungo Charles Goo Blanche Hansen Joe Hansen Florence Henson Stanley Ho Robert K. F. Ho Shirlene Iwai Maria Elena Jencks Jack Jucewicz Christopher Jucewicz Michelle Keely Charlene Lau Pat Low Bona M. Macabare Charita A Mabon

John M. Masunaga Brady Metcalf Thomas Mistysyn Robert Mistysyn Edwin Munalem Betty Ann Nault Patrice Nielsen Felicitas R. Noland Jean Obara Ray M. Olis Lourdes Olis Berry Oloday Maria Oloday Judy Orlando Nancy Pang Joannita Pangelinan Yvonne S. Pangelinan Ephrem Perez Josefina Perez Anella Rabauliman Bregida R. Reyes Maggie Rotelo Victoriana Santiago Ingo Rafael Sharez Oliver Shilling Myong Soon Sim Joseph Anthony Sullivan Dolores Suredam Lolita A. Sutton Edwin Tagura Yolanda Trejo Myrna Vallespin Arlyn P. Valmoria Lydia Velasquez Ho Chun Wah Ho Shiu Yan Theresa Yu Janleen Maria Xymoon

“Let us not imagine that we obscure the glory of the Son by the great praise we lavish on the Mother; for the more she is honored, the greater is the glory of her Son. There can be no doubt that whatever we say in praise of the Mother gives equal praise to the Son.” (St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Doctor of the Church and Church Father) Feast Day August 20th

STEWARDSHIP TIME-TALENT- TREASURE

The Parish Monthly Food Collection is this weekend August 18 & 19.

Mahalo for sharing what you have with others.

Our Catholic Care Brown Bag packing and sorting will be on August 27th.

Parishioners may pick up there Brown Bag on August 28th and 29th.

From Friday, August 3, 2018 to Friday, September 28, 2018, the weekly Call to Prayer will be adapted as a nine-week Novena for the Legal Protection of Human Life. In addition to the current invitation to fast on Fridays, participants are encouraged to pray one Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be for the intention of the novena.

Participants will also be provided with weekly opportunities to learn more about Roe v. Wade and share that information with their representatives.

Our next Hawaii Food Bank distribution August 24th (because of the Aug 17th holiday) We need help registering people, passing out water and refreshments, translators, showing kindness to strangers. Strong bodies needed to help carry boxes to the cars. If you can help please come by the office at 11:00 a.m.

If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have time to shopâ&#x20AC;Ś Visit our parish website at www.sspeterpaulhawaii.org 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?

May a change in the U.S. Supreme Court move our nation closer to the day when every human being is protected in law and welcomed in life.

Our Father..., Hail Mary..., Glory Be..

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FAITH FORMATION Youth Ministry Mahalo to all our parishioners for praying for our youth ministry. All our young Catholics fully Initiated in the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Holy Communion are setting out on a new journey to learn to be Disciples of Jesus Christ.

Here’s an update for you: Aloha all! Thank you to those who attended the past youth ministry. We also pray for those with challenges attending the gatherings are doing well and able to join us soon.

Recap from August 10: 

We reflected on Ephesians 4:30-5:2 regarding Christ's love and how we experience and respond to His love in our daily lives and share it with others.

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Through mentimeter (an interactive online tool where your children privately answer questions from their phones), the youth said they learned about: •

ways to show people you love and care about them • transforming anger into kindness, forgiveness, and compassion • forming good friendships • removing negative things out of your life • forgiving others like how God forgives us Thursday, August 16, 6:00pm - Mass for the 175th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace One of the amazing things about our faith is that we're not only a part of a faith community at Sts. Peter and Paul, but we're a part of a larger Church as well! We went on our first field trip this year! The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, the mother Church of Catholics in Hawaii, is celebrating its 175th Anniversary of Dedication. Bishop Silva will be celebrating this Mass along with many of the priests of the Diocese! Thank you to all the families who joined us.

Next Youth Ministry Potluck Gathering Friday, August 24, 2018, 6:30-8:30pm.

RCIA 50 Hours to Make a Friend According to a study conducted by University of Kansas professor Jeffrey Hall and published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, it takes 50 hours to make a friend. 50 hours! After I read that, I turned to the RCIA. In order for one to become friends with Jesus Christ, the catechumens have to get to know him in a course of year, “several years to if necessary” (RCIA 76). Not just a five-month process. And it is really about becoming a friend, not just learning about the social institution of the church, which theologically, we say is Christ’s body.

How God Can Be Our Friend According to the study, you have to dedicate 50 hours to graduate from acquaintance to “casual friend.” It takes 90 hours to become a “friend.” And to become a “close friend” will require 200-plus hours.

I think back to my own friendships. Friends are those I have spent time with in schools and in work. Because of the hours spent together, I have gotten to know them in a deep level through conversations, hospitality, trust, and of course, meal-after-meal and drink after drink with delirious conversations after. I look back at times when various spiritual directors asked me, “Who is Jesus to you” and “friend” would be in the top choices besides God and healer.

I try to remember that God comes to me as a stranger — how do I welcome?

I try to remember that God creates friendship with me to be part of God’s saving work — how can I commit to it?

I try to remember that God became like me to love and serve each other as one body — how can I help others feel loved or connected?

The Real Work of Friendship in the RCIA Our weekly gatherings and dismissals of the catechumens (not solely on Sundays!) would begin with the question of where did we experience and encounter God, hearkening to the Jesuit tradition of “finding God in all things”. And we ask ourselves the challenging question of how do we live with this “new perception of faith, the church and of the world”? (RCIA 245) The mystic, Saint Gregory of Nyssa summed it up best: “The only thing truly worthwhile is becoming God’s friend.” It was not my job to teach catechumens everything about the Catholic tradition but to form and immerse them in our Christian worldview so that they can be comfortable around other Catholics, and in turn, become friends with them, too.

The practice of friendship is hard work, and it is central to who we are as Catholic Christians because that is what God wants for us.

And that can take a lifetime, not just 50 or 200 hours…of love.

Excerpts from an article by John Michael Reyes is the Spiritual Life Coordinator & Director of Prayer and Worship (P-8) at the Schools of the Sacred Heart (Atherton, CA),

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STEWARDSHIP TIME – TALENT – TREASURE TREASURE

This Week’s Events August 19—August 25, 2018 M – Main Church, U–Upstairs Parish Conference Room, R – Reception room, B - Blue room, G - Green Room, C – Courtyard Sunday August 19

Mahalo for your generous contributions and Faithful Stewardship.

The Collections for August 11-12, 2018 are as follows:

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Total: $12,683.70 Envelopes & Loose Collections Mass Intentions Baptism Electric Votive & Candles Total:

$9,423.65 240.00 50.00 687.05 $10,400.70

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Building Fund Outreach Donation Catholic Care

Monday St. Bernard, Abbot, Doctor of the Church

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6:30 pm – Charismatic Prayer Group (M) Tuesday St. Pius X, Pope

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6:10 am – Rosary (M) 11:15 am – Rosary (M) 7:00 pm – Centering Prayer (M)

ENVELOPES IDENTIFIABLE

6:15 am – Choir Practice (B) 6:15 am – Rosary (M)

$34.00 120.00 146.00 1,000.00 Total: $1,300.00

Special Collections: Catholic Charities $912.00 Seminarian Education Fund 31.00 Catholic Communication 3.00 Facilities Use 40.00 Total: $983.00

Wednesday The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

6:10 am – Rosary (M) 7:30 am – Novena to our Lady of Perpetual Help (M) 11:15 am – Rosary (M) 1:00 pm – Legion of Mary, Queen of Peace (R) 6:00 pm – RCIA (R) 6:30 pm – Scripture Study (R) Thursday St. Rose of Lima

The Building Fund Collection will be this weekend, August 18/19 because of the Catholic Charities Hawaii Collection on August 25/26. We are still continuing with our improvements to our Parish in preparation for the 50th Anniversary. Mahalo.

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August 23

6:10 am – Rosary (M) 11:15 am – Rosary (M) 5:15 & 6:00 pm – Choir Practice (M) Friday St. Bartholomew, Apostle

SECOND COLLECTION

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August 24

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 5:45 pm – Stations of the Cross Devotions (M) 6:30 —8:30 pm Youth Ministry, Pot luck dinner Saturday St. Louis, St. Joseph Calasanz, Priest

8:00 – 11:00 am – Cleaning Church (M) 11:15 am – Rosary 3:30 – 4:30 pm – Confessions (M)

August 25

AROUND THE PARISH AND THE DIOCESE

In preparation for the celebration Our fundraising committee will be holding a

Bake Sale September 15 & 16 after all Masses

We ask our parishioners and guests kokua and exercise reasonable caution and care when entering and/or exiting church grounds. We remind you that the fine for the violation of jaywalking is $130.

The church also asks our driving parishioners and guests to exercise caution and good judgment in entering and exiting the church's parking lots in relation to on-coming traffic and/or pedestrians.

Thank you for your continued understanding and cooperation in these important matters.

Please see sign up sheet if you would like to help by donating goods or ingredients

The funds raised will finance the projects to prepare the church for her 50th Anniversary

Oahu Catholic Men's Conference 2018 Saturday, August 25 8:30 AM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2:30 PM Catholic Charities 1822 Ke'eaumoku Street Honolulu, HI 96822 Open to Men of all ages.

Join us for breakout sessions and a keynote speaker, plus a chance for Mass, Reconciliation, Fellowship, and Food.

For more information go to 808catholic.org.

For questions or more info, contact Jared Zick at jaredzick@gmail.com or Kristina DeNeve at kdeneve@rcchawaii.org.

Mass Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelete When: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 @ 10:30am-11:30am Where: Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa 712 North School Street With gratitude for the extraordinarily warm welcome from the communities they have served, the Sisters will commemorate the 80th Anniversary of their arrival on Saturday, August 25, 2018, with a Mass at 10:30 a.m. celebrated by Bishop Larry Silva at the CoCathedral of St. Theresa. A reception will follow in the parish hall.

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Thttrsday evenings in the churchfrom 5: l5 (Saturday Mass and 7:00 am) & 6:00 pm (for 9:00 & I1:00 am and 6:0A pm)

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Dean?qd/w, Due to a car accident, my adult son is now impaired in mobility and speech. Can I, his father, accompany him in confession? f

f a penitent needs assistance in communicating to the priest, an

linterpreter may accompany this person into the confessional.

A lvilling penitent can use the service of an interpreter if the priest, for example,

doesn't having signing ski11s or know the penitent's language (.Code of Canon Lar,v.983.2). (Your qr-restion suggests the priest wouldn't understand the penitent lvithout assistance, or he's unable to write anything in advance to present to the priest.)

The interpreter r,vho has knowledge of the sins from confession is aiu,ays strictly obiiged to secrecy. This obligation applies to the sins expressed and to specific counsel and penance given by the confessor. Any interpreter who betrays a penitent may be "punished with a just

penalty, not excluding excommunication" (Canon 1588.2). For the confessor, "this secret, which admits of no exceptions, is called the 'sacramental seal,'because what the penitent has made knor,vn to the priest remains 'sealed' by the sacrament" lCatechism of the Catholic Church, 1467).

"Only those r,vho have the use of reason are capable of committing mortal sin. Nevertheless...persons with inteliectual disabilities often are conscious of committing acts that are sinful to some degree and may experience a sense of guilt and sorro\,v" (Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments lVith Persons tiVith Disabilities,2S). If the individual is capable of having a sense of contrition, even if the sin cannot be described preciseiy in r,vords, the person may enioy sacramental absolution.

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Amid the din o{ so many voices, the Lord asks us to distinguish between what is from him and what is from the {alse spirit....to distinguish the word of wisdom that God speaks to us each day from the shouting of those who seek in God's name to frighten, to nourish division and fear. for socially excluded people, November 13,2016

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