SJC - Announcements & Activities
NEW ONLINE GIVING PORTAL ACTIVE
MANAGE YOUR GIVING ONLINE
St. Joseph Church is excited to announce that our new online portal is up and can be view by accessing the parish website.
For those of you who have used the WeShare portal, please go to our VANCO site and set up a new user account with them. And for those of you who have considered online giving yet never tried...now’s the time!
Thank you for your support of our parish!
Mass for
Medical Professionals
On Monday, October 18 St. Joseph will hold its annual St. Luke’s Mass for Medical Professionals at our regular 12:15 pm Mass. The purpose is to honor physicians of our community active, retired and deceased.
Saint Joseph
Church Calendar
October 9 - 16
16 Saturday
Daily Masses:
7:00 am - Fr. Jong
5:00 pm - Fr.Lito
w/ Dcn. David
10:00 am Confession
- Fr.Lito
1:00pm Wedding- Fr. Lito
17 Sunday
Sunday Masses:
7:00 am -Fr. Lito w/
Dcn David
9:00 am - Fr. Lito w/ Dcn David
11:45 am - Fr.Lito
6:00 pm - Fr. Lito
18 Monday
12:15 MASS
St. Luke’s Memorial Mass
for Medical
Professionals
Daily Mass:
6:00 am - Fr. Jong
12:15pm -Fr. Lito
19 Tuesday
Daily Masses:
6:00 am - Fr. Lito
12:15 pm - Fr. Jong
20 Wednesday
Daily Masses:
6:00 am - Fr.Lito
12:15 pm - Fr. Lito
21 Thursday
Daily Masses:
6:00 am - Fr. Lito
12:15 pm - Fr. Lito
22 Friday
Daily Masses:
6:00 am
- Fr. Lito
12:15pm - Fr. Lito
16 Saturday
Daily Masses:
7:00 am - Fr. Jong
5:00 pm - Fr.Lito
w/ Dcn. David
“No sin or crime is greater than God’s mercy. The sacrifice of the Cross reveals that Christ’s greatest desire is to forgive those with a repentant heart.”
USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities “Death Penalty: Catholic Q&A”
Prayer for the
Year of St. Joseph
Written by Pope Francis
Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
To you God entrusted his only Son; in you Mary placed her trust; with you Christ became man.
Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself a father, and guide us in the path of life.
Obtain for us grace, mercy, and courage, and defend us from every evil.
Amen.
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 2021
To serve and not to be served
The Gospel today tells us what kind of people he has chosen to be his disciples. No, they were not perfect people. James and John are example of those who follow Jesus with the wrong motivation – theirs is for personal glory. With such selfish intention how then can a disciple proclaim the good news of Christ, who came to serve and not to be served. That is why, James and John failed to understand Jesus and his mission.
Christ wanted to correct their understanding of what it means to be a disciple. First of all, a true disciples of Jesus must share his life and mission – to drink of the cup that Jesus is to drink and to be baptized with the same baptism. But it will be a cup of suffering and baptism of cleansing. A disciple will have to let go of his selfish motivations and be ready to offer even his life if necessary to be of service to others.
Discipleship, therefore, is not about acquiring power - it is about loving and serving our brothers and sisters without counting the cost. But we have to re-learn the meaning of the word service today. Service and to serve mean readiness to offer from our hearts and does not carry with it a price in terms of money. To serve is to make a gift of ourselves. This is the example of Jesus – when he came to serve and not to be served.
RCIA classes starting soon
The RCIA is for:
- Unbaptized... persons at the age of reason (7 years and older) who follow a process to help them grow in awareness to God's call to conversion as well as ways to respond to that call. They are considered catechumens.
- Baptized in Another Christian Church...those catechized and uncatechized persons from a faith tradition other than Catholic who are seeking full communion with the Roman Catholic Church (Eucharist and Confirmation). They are considered candidates.
- Baptized but uncatechized Catholic Adults... persons who were baptized as infants in the Catholic Church yet not given any religious upbringing within the Catholic Tradition. These adults will be prepared to celebrate the sacraments of penance, confirmation and eucharist. They are also considered candidates.
For more information
visit our website's RCIA Page
or call the office at 935-1465.
St. Joseph Church is still seeking a Director of Religious Education.
We will be continuing with our on-line baptism preparation. Parent of a child 7 years and younger who want baptism, please see our website for more information. Please complete the forms, attach your documents and bring it by the office. Once we receive all of this we will invite you in to Phase I which is self-directed. Upon successful completion of Phase I, you will be asked to attend a Phase II virtual class led by Kekoa Lake. When you have completed Phase II we will be happy to schedule your baptism.
For all others 7 and older, we are happy to say that Zack Pacleb and Jeff Bergbauer will be leading your RCIA instruction this year. We are hoping to begin those classes in a couple of weeks.
We truly appreciate your pa-tience as we work through this time. We are so grateful to the volunteers who have stepped forward to assist us.
May God bless each of you!
Come Pray the Liturgy of the Hours
Join us daily in the morning immediately following the Morning Mass and in the evenings:
Weekdays & Sundays at 4:00 pm
Saturdays at 3:00 pm
Prayer for the
COVID-19 CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC
Written by Bishop Larry Silva
Dear God of all the living, you sent your Son Jesus to heal us from illness and sin.
We turn to his healing power in this time of anxiety over the pandemic of this potentially deadly virus.
St. Damien and St. Marianne Cope dedicated their lives to the service of those who had an infectious disease. St. Marianne Cope said, “I am not afraid of any disease,” because she was confident in your power to save. At the same time, she took prudent precautions of hygiene to assure that she and her Sisters would not be infected.
Let us learn from this example to put our trust in you to save us from the ravages of disease and to take prudent measures to prevent its spread. Guide us to know when to isolate ourselves from the possibility of infection, but never let anyone be left without the care and concern of others in the community.
As our Diocese of Honolulu has been dedicated to the Divine Mercy, we pray with confidence,
Jesus, I trust in you.
Saint Damien, pray for us!
Saint Marianne, pray for us!
Amen.