St. Augustine Church

by-the-sea

With the servant leadership of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus

and Mary since 1854

www.staugustinebythesea.com

You have made us for yourself,

Lord, and our hearts are restless

until they rest in you

-- St. Augustine of Hippo

Rev. Lane K. Akiona, ss.cc. Pastor Deacon Keith Cabiles Deacon Andy Calunod Anne Harpham Pastoral associate Fay Pabo Administrative assistant

Sunday Liturgy 5 p.m. Saturday 6, 8, 10 a.m., 5 p.m. Sunday

Daily Liturgy 7 a.m. Monday-Saturday 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday

St. Augustine by-the-sea Parish 130 Ohua Ave. Honolulu, HI 96815 Phone: (808) 923-7024 Fax: (808) 922-4086 e-mail: staugustinebythesea@gmail.com Web: www.staugustinebythesea.com Parish secretary: Bev Tavake Pastoral Council Chair: Theresa Kong Kee Finance Council chair Jim Dannemiller Stewardship Council chair: Deacon Keith Cabiles

Office hours Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed noon to 1 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to noon. Closed Saturday, Sunday and holidays.

Sacraments Reconciliation: 3-4 p.m. Saturday. Baptism: Call the parish office for infor-mation. Marriage: Email staugustineweddingcoor-dinator@gmail.com before making ar-rangements. Confirmation: Call the parish office for information. Funerals: Call the parish office when final-izing services with the mortuary.

Religious education Contact the parish office to enroll your child in religious education classes or to inquire about the Rite of Christian Initia-tion for Adults.

Parish organizations Altar Rosary Society Tongan Society Knights of Columbus Ka Huaka'i (Marriage ministry) Please call the parish office for information about joining any of these organizations.

Aunty Carmen’s Kitchen Hot meals are served between 11 a.m. and noon Monday to Friday, except holidays

Hospitality Join us for doughnuts and juice after all morning masses on the first Sunday of the month.

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This week at St. Augustine Sunday, May 12--Fourth Sunday of Easter Mother’s Day Liturgical color: White 6 a.m. Mass —R/S Thelma Ah Choy 8 a.m. Mass—R/S Jerry Galang 9 a.m. Religious Education classes, Annex Building 10 a.m. Mass— S/I Kong Kee Family (healing) 3 p.m. Divine Mercy (in Tongan) 3:30 p.m. Tongan Religious education classes, Annex Building 5 p.m. Mass—S/I Paul Gocik Monday, May 13 Liturgical color: White 6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours 7 a.m. Communion Prayer Service 5 p.m. Communion Prayer Service Tuesday, May 14 Liturgical color: White 6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours 7 a.m. Communion Prayer Service 4:15 p.m. Altar Rosary Society board meeting, Annex upstairs 5 p.m. Communion Prayer Service Wednesday, May 15 Liturgical color: White 6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours 7 a.m. Communion Prayer Service 5 p.m. Communion Prayer Service 6:30 p.m. RCIA, Damien Room 7 p.m. Tongan Choir, Annex Building upstairs Thursday, May 16 Liturgical color: White 6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours 7 a.m. Communion Prayer Service 5 p.m. Communion Prayer Service 5:30 p.m. Wedding rehearsal 6 p.m. Scripture reflection, Damien Room Friday, May 17 Liturgical color: White 6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours 7 a.m. Communion Prayer Service Saturday, May 18 Liturgical color: White 6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours 7 a.m. Mass—S/I Paul Gocik Church cleaning: Altar Rosary Society and Knights of Columbus 9 a.m. Altar Rosary Society meeting, Damien Room 5 p.m. Mass—S/I Kong Kee Family (healing) Page 2

Breaking Open the Word

Fourth Sunday of Easter Going in the wrong direction has consequences. Many of us have had that experience and in hindsight said “I wish I knew better” or “I did know better” but did not listen. This is prevalent in our journey of faith. It is best witnessed at funerals. With the passing of a loved one, it is common to hear “I wish I had done that” or “It’s too late now.” Our gospel today addresses that behavior. It tells of the presence and future of what will happen to those who believe and those that don’t believe. By the be-havior of many people today, it is quite evident that most do not believe. They don’t recognize the validity of the information and how important it is now as well as later. And they place barriers as not to hear or see, and in the process become oblivious to the truth. A good description of a lost soul wandering in deception and untruth. This does not have to happen. Believe and Trust in the Word of God. Live your life as taught by Jesus and your journey of faith will become joyful and rewarding in this life as well as the next. Deacon Andy Calunod

Readings First Reading — The word of the Lord continued to spread through the whole region (Acts 13:14, 43-52). Psalm — We are his people, the sheep of his flock (Psalm 100). Second Reading — I had a vision of a great multitude (Revelation 7:9, 14b-17). Gospel — My sheep hear my voice; I know them and give them eternal life (John 10:27-30).

Weekday Monday: Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42 Jn 10:1-10 Tuesday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113; Jn 15:9-17 Wednesday: Acts 12:24 — 13:5a; Ps 67;Jn 12:44-50 Thursday: Acts 13:13-25: Ps 89; Jn 13:16-20

Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2; Jn 14:1-6 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98; Jn 14:7-14

Next Sunday Acts 14:21-27; Ps 145; Rv 21:1-5a;Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35 Page 3

Rosary during May Throughout May, the Rosary will be prayed a half hour before all Sunday

liturgy Masses. Please join as at 4:30 p.m. Saturdays,

5:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Sundays through May for

this beautiful devotion to Mary.

Happy Mother’s Day We wish a Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers, grandmoth-ers, and godmothers. On this special day, we remember all our mothers, living and deceased, and all that they have done and continue to do for us. All of the mothers named in our spiritual bouquets are remembered in our prayers this week-end.

Priests Convocation May 13-17 The Annual Priests Convocation will take place May 13-17. Communion Prayer Services will be offered at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. while Fr. Lane is away. There will be no weekday con-fessions May 13-17.

Two priests to be ordained May 17 Bishop Larry Silva will ordain Vincent Ahn Vu and Romple Emwalu priests of the Diocese of Honolulu, at 6 p.m.,Friday, May 17, in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu. Vu was born in Vietnam and his family moved to Hawaii in 2002 and are part of the Vietnamese Catholic community at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa where Vu became a youth minister and an altar server. Vu entered seminary after high school and will earn his master’s in theology this month. Emwalu was born in Chuuk, where he attended school through college and taught school after graduation. His fami-ly moved to Hawaii and in 2008 Emwalu enrolled at Leeward Community College to study digital and graphic arts. He en-tered Mount Angel Seminary in 2010 to study for the priest-hood and he, too, will earn his master’s in theology this month.

SS.CC. fundraiser June 29 On Saturday, June 29, the third annual "Fund our Fu-ture Fundraiser" will take place at the Ko'olau Ballrooms & Conference Center in Kane'ohe. This event helps to support our Sacred Hearts religious Brothers who are studying in the seminary. Tickets are being sold in the parish office and after Sunday morning Masses.

Box jellyfish collection One of the ongoing projects of the Knights of Columbus is their box jellyfish program In 2018, the Knights collected almost 12,000 jellyfish. This collection data in used in local TV and radio updates. If you would like to join the Knights on this project or to clean up the beach, they meet at 6 a.m. in the church parking lot. Contact Doc Hall at 808 312 3336. The next jellyfish influx will be May 26-28.

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The nativity of Jesus sets the stage for Mary, the mother of Jesus. This is her vocation: to bring the Lord into the world. This is a human role and we first en-counter her in a very human way. She listened to the Word of God, given to her by the angel, and acquiesced to the will of God without hesitation and put her trust totally in the hands of God. Because of this the second Vatican Council de-clared her the first amongst Jesus’ followers and recommends that we, too, fol-low her response to God. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mary is blessed and a member of the Church, a holy member, a quite exceptional member, the supremely wonderful member, but still a member of the whole body – St. Augustine, Sermon 72 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mary was a young woman when she conceived. What was it like to be a woman in those days? Certainly, the Jewish society of the day did not have a high regard for women; i.e. in a trial, the court re-quired the witness of one man or two women. Women tended to occupy the second place nearly always. How do we square this with revelation (what is made known to us by the Divine)? We are told in Genesis that in the begin-ning God created them male and female for he created them in his own image and likeness; thus, they were created with extraordinary dignity and the dignity of the woman derives from God and not from the male. This is the language of equality not dominance. The order here is revelation itself – they were made male and female in the very image of God. Therefore, both natures are both pre-sent in God for them to be created thus. The fact that he specifically created men and women also indicated that each has their own vocation in life; and each gen-der has been given the appropriate gifts accordingly. The vocations while being different are equal and necessary in God’s eyes. Much of our thinking about God has come from the Israelites, who were pri-marily shepherds; the greatest boy shepherd became king David. In the societies that herd animals the male is the strong one, and so God is seen in terms of being male. Had our faith developed in India then our notions of God would have been more female; mother earth nurturing life. In Israel’s history there was a great movement of people when the Jewish slaves slipped out from under the noses of their task masters. On a a given sig-nal they all gathered their belongings and left in haste. The Exodus is an ongoing process, forever leaving behind slavish ways. This must also include our slavish ways of thinking. Our thinking changes, 50 years ago it was seen as manly to socialize with a few drinks, without a thought of the consequences of driving afterwards. Today drinking and driving is considered a very immoral act. So, some areas of our thinking have changed within a generation, but with regards to male-female in-teractions little has changed. Women have been colonized by men. When a na-tion colonizes another, the colonizers act in a superior way, lording it over the colonized and disregarding what they have to say. The dominant ones know what is best for those in the second place. By colonizing women, men have paid little heed to what women have to say; their words are powerless. Consequently, 51 percent of human voices are not heard. Many talk today about women’s liberation, but unfortunately their empha-sis seems to be about merely copying men. It is not about becoming the CEO of Ford. Many women who have aped men in this way have also repeated all the bad traits of men. Next week: How is equality to be brought about? We often turn to Mary our Mother because she accepts us warmly, compassionately and unconditionally.

May, the Month of Mary The Church dedicates the month of May to Mary. This month, we offer this reflection from Fr. John Roche ss.cc., chaplain at Damien High School, on Mary: The Mother who Listens. Excerpted over three week-ends, Fr. Roche offers us these ques-tions to reflect on throughout May:

How approachable am I?

Do I have a compassionate

ear?

Do I console well?

Do I foster peace?

How can I make this May a special Marian month?

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Mary: The Mother Who Listens

Damien

& Marianne

Of Moloka’i

Education Center The Damien and Marianne of Molo-ka’i Education Center is being con-structed adjacent to St. Augustine Church and will tell the story of Ha-waii’s two saints, St. Damien de Veuster and St. Marianne Cope, who ministered those with Hansen’s Dis-ease who were exiled to Kalaupapa. For more information about the Da-mien and Marianne of Moloka’i Edu-cation Center please call the parish office.

ON THE CALENDAR May 19 Fifth Sunday of Easter 2nd collection for Augustine Legacy of Giving Altar Rosary Society Corporate Mass, 8 a.m. Religious education, 9 a.m. Annex Bldg. Tongan Religious Ed, 3:30 p.m. Annex Bldg. May 22 RCIA, 6:30 p.m. Tongan Choir, 7 p.m. Annex Bldg, upstairs May 23 Scripture Reflection, 6 p.m. Annex Bldg. May 26 Sixth Sunday of Easter Knights of Columbus Corporate Mass, 10 a.m. Tongan Religious Ed, 3:30 p.m. Annex Bldg. May 27 Memorial Day — Parish office and Aunty Carmen’s Kitchen closed No 5 p.m. Mass May 28 Rosary making, 9 a.m. Damien Room May 29 RCIA, 6:30 p.m. Damien Room Tongan Choir, 7 p.m. Annex Bldg, upstairs June 1 St. Augustine Closet open, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Damien Room

St. Damien: Binder of Wounds I made myself a leper with the lepers

To gain all for Jesus Christ The Church celebrated the Feast of St. Damien this past Friday, remembering the life and service of this

selfless Servant of God. Damien knew that his ministry called him to live with the Kalaupapa residents, not

aloof from them. To reflect further on Damien’s life as a shepherd to those abandoned to Kalaupapa because

of leprosy, go to www.damien-hs.edu/apps/pages/stepintospirituality And click on Jan2019 Special Edition Fr. Damien

for a beautiful reflection on Fr. Damien’s life written by Fr. John Roche ss.cc., Damien High School

chaplain