To seek, trust and glorify God through humble service and continual prayer. To raise up devoted disciples. October 16, 2016 St. Ann Church & Model Schools 46-129 Haiku Road Kaneohe, Hawaii www.saintannhawaii.org 175th Anniversary Celebrations Living Rosary 5-13-2016 Taste of St. Ann 6-13-2016 Youth & Young Adult Concert 7-22-2016 Stroll Down Memory Lane 8-26-2016 175 Hours of Adoration 9-2-2016 Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Today s Reflection: Prayer is the subject of today s scripture readings. The story of the battle in the first reading shows us when we cry out to God, we have the support of a community of believers. The story of the widow in the Gospel reminds us that her kind of persistence in prayer opens doors. Often when we face sickness, broken relationships or bitter disappointments, we can become weary in prayer. Let us not be afraid to cry out to the Lord in lament and at the same time offer thanks for the gifts our loving God gives so freely. How do you describe your own life of prayer? Next Sunday s Readings - October 23, 2016 - Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14 Meditation: How can we know if our prayer is pleasing to God or not? The prophet Hosea, who spoke in God's name, said: "I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice" (Hosea 6:6). The prayers and sacrifices we make to God mean nothing to him if they do not spring from a heart of love for God and for one's neighbor. How can we expect God to hear our prayers if we do not approach him with humility and with a contrite heart that seeks mercy and forgiveness? We stand in constant need of God's grace and help. That is why Scripture tells us that "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble" (James 4:6; Proverbs 3:34). God hears the prayer of the humble Jesus reinforced this warning with a vivid story of two people at prayer. Why did the Lord accept one person's prayer and reject the other's prayer? Luke gives us a hint: despising one's neighbor closes the door to God's heart. Expressing disdain and contempt for others is more than being meanminded. It springs from the assumption that one is qualified to sit in the seat of judgment and to publicly shame those who do not conform to our standards and religious practices. Jesus' story caused offense to the religious-minded Pharisees who regarded "tax collectors" as unworthy of God's grace and favor. How could Jesus put down a "religious person" and raise up a "public sinner"? Jesus' parable speaks about the nature of prayer and our relationship with God. It does this by contrasting two very different attitudes towards prayer. The Pharisee, who represented those who take pride in their religious practices, exalted himself at the expense of others. Absorbed with his own sense of self-satisfaction and self-congratulation, his boastful prayer was centered on his good religious practices rather than on God's goodness, grace, and pardon. Rather than humbling himself before God and asking for God's mercy and help, this man praised himself while despising those he thought less worthy. The Pharisee tried to justify himself before God and before those he despised; but only God can justify us. The tax collector, who represented those despised by religious-minded people, humbled himself before God and begged for mercy. His prayer was heard by God because he had true sorrow for his sins. He sought God with humility rather than with pride. http://www.rc.net/wcc/readings/oct23.html
This is an important ministry at all our weekend Masses. Right now we especially need more Hospitality Ministers for our Sunday 7am and 5pm Masses. If you have a warm smile & helpful personality we can teach you the rest! Please listen to your heart and if you hear God calling you to this ministry contact Barbara Honda at 247-3092, ext. 115. Have you ever thought about sharing the word of God during mass? Are you interested in joining the lector ministry? If you would like to join this ministry a training session has been schedule for: Date: Sunday, October 30,2016 Time: 12:45pm (after the 11:30am Mass) Place: Church If you are interested but are unable to attend this training session please contact Barbara Honda at 247-3092, ext. 115 for more information. All Soul s Day Memorial Mass We invite all St. Ann s parishioners, family and friends to join us at our annual Memorial Mass, as we remember those who have gone to their rest. Date: Wednesday, November 2nd Time: 7:00pm 2016 Adult Christmas Choir Lend your voice and be a part of this year s Christmas Choir at St. Ann. Rehearsals will be in the Church from 7:15PM 9:00PM Tuesdays: OCT 18, 25 / NOV 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 / DEC 6, 20 and Monday: DEC 12 For more details, please call the rectory at 247-3092, ext. 111. The Bereavement Ministry will host refreshments in the porte-cochere following mass.
Knights of Columbus - Chicken Sale Starting next weekend, our Knights of Columbus will be selling chicken to support the Pregnancy Problem Center. Sales will continue for two weekends with the pickup on Saturday, October 24. We are again selling BIGGER BIRDS. Instead of 1 ¼ pound halves, these are 1 ¾ pounds per half chicken, a better value. Prices are $6 for 1/2 chicken and $22 for 4 halves. Checks should be made out to the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. We appreciate your caring hearts! K of C Council 14620 Family Promise It s time for St. Ann to provide support for Family Promise at Kailua United Methodist Church. Needs: Dinner and Overnight Hosts Dates: Thursday, October 20 and Friday, October 21, 2016 For questions or to volunteer: As an overnight host contact Sue Slavish at 371-0714 or 236-2480 or via e-mail at sueslav@gmail.com To prepare dinner for the families contact Ethel Ward at 235-8589 As always, we thank you for the generous support you provide for these families in their efforts to achieve permanent housing. Because of you and other volunteers Family Promise was able to assist 243 parents and children in 2015, providing safe shelter, assistance in finding permanent house and, when needed, employment. Needed: Truck/Driver for the Kaneohe Christmas Parade Float: The RE/YM and St. Ann School students will participate in the Kaneohe Christmas Parade on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016. We are seeking support and are in need of a large truck for St. Ann's float. If you can help by donating your truck, driving skills and time to help St. Ann this year, please contact the RE Office. Hours are Sundays from 8 am - 2 pm and Monday through Thursday from 7:30 am - 4:00 pm. Closed on Fridays and Saturdays. Mahalo and God bless!
Lord Jesus, We serve in your name as did your apostles before us. And we live, as they did, in anxious times, painfully aware of sin s presence in the world; a world in need of your Father s mercy. As your disciples, we also live in hope, confident that your light is breaking through the changing moods of life healing, embracing and transforming as your presence moves deep within us. Help us see every hour of our lives as a moment of grace: A time when we open our hearts to you in prayer, discover your Truth in our work and leisure and live each moment as blessings to one another. Make us better stewards of the great wealth of gifts you have bestowed upon us. And show us how to teach others to open their hearts to those who hunger, thirst or who are strangers. Refresh our minds, renew our faith, and inspire us to proclaim your Gospel with a new energy in word and in deed for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen FINANCIAL PROFILE FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 9, 2016 Gift-wrap your Sunday donation by using the church numbered envelopes. For more information, please call the Business Office at 247-3092, ext. 124 Regular Collection $14,171.00 Children s Weekly $77.00 TOTAL COLLECTION $14,248.00 MAHALO NUI LOA to all our church cleaners and flower ministers. Wishing you many blessings and thank you for your dedication to St. Ann Church. Saturday, October 8, 2016, 2016 Cleaners: Tara Anuskewicz, Billie Corpuz, Brenda Duarte, Herb & Abby Farm, Nancy Fukushima, Ligaya Guzman, Ken & Danette Hiura, John & Betty Kaniaupio, Frank & Carmen Kiyabu, Flo Lilio, Bernadette Mesina, Margie Pedrina, Bill Rodenhurst, Gary Sakamoto, Celia Simon, Ernie Tumacder and Bev & Patrick Yearian Flowers: Floral Arrangers & Donation by: Vernon & Charleen Gomes
175 th Cookbook -$15.00 Commemorative Coin - $10.00 Now available for Purchase in the Religious Resource Center and the Rectory Spiritual Adoption Program MONTH ONE Developing Baby My heart is beating! Your spiritually adopted baby has been quite active over the past month. Already your baby is 10,000 times bigger than at conception. Your baby has developed the foundations of her brain, spinal cord, and nervous system by the 20 th day. Her heart began to beat on the 21 st day, pumping blood through its own circulatory system and the blood type can be different from her mother s. Your baby is most vulnerable during the next month of being aborted. Pray that the Lord of Life might move the heart of her mother to give her the most precious gift of all - - the gift of life. Many couples have said they wished they signed up earlier! Don t wait any longer. Sign up for a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend in Hawaii. 2017 s weekend dates are: February 17-19: St. Anthony Retreat Center, Kalihi Valley (Oahu) July 21-23: St. Theresa Church, Kihei, Maui (nonresidential) Nov. 3-5: St. Anthony Retreat Center, Kalihi Valley (Oahu) For more information contact Lee & Tanya Barbero, (808) 268-1578 on Maui, or Jose & Mary Elizabeth Alvior, (808) 391-2045 on Oahu; or visit our website at www.hawaiiwwme.org. Living Catholic in the 808: God Creates, Creates, Creates By: Easter Almuena Adult Faith Formation and Family Life Cathedral Basilica Our Lady of Peace There are two beautiful realities that manifest God loving us first: he created us and he died for us. In his creating genius not only did he make sure to breathe life into us but he also gave us the faculty to choose between good and evil. As if that was not enough, he became one of us and allowed himself to be brutally killed by us his own creation that he may restore us into life in him. In between creation and his death and rising, he dotes on us by adorning the world we live in with greeneries topped with delightful vibrant colors: those flowers and fruits that delight our senses. The skies are filled with stars that twinkle his way of whispering to us that his love is there in darkness and that he forever lights our paths. How can we not make this most amazing Creator the first, central, and focal point of our existence? When we make him all that in our life, his manifestations of loving us first: creating and re-creating us as well dying daily for us through the Eucharist become for us our strength, making us gifts for God and for one another.