HOLY FAMILY

CATHOLIC CHURCH
830 Main Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96818

February 14, 2016

Father Sebastian

MASS SCHEDULE
Monday Saturday

7:15AM

Saturday Vigil

5:00PM

Sunday

8:30AM, 11:00AM, 7:00PM

1st Sunday Samoan Mass

4:00PM

3rd Sunday Pohnpeian Mass

3:00PM

CONFESSIONS
Saturday
and after daily Masses

PASTORS CORNER

4:00 4:45PM

BENEDICTION
First Friday of the Month after Mass

BAPTISM AND MARRIAGE

Please contact Fr. Sebastian
Phone: (808) 422-1135 or
Mrs. Malins (808) 423-9611 ext.302
Email: HFC830@gmail.com or
Sebchacko@hawaii.rr.com
Certificates ~ For all certificates a
written application is necessary. Send by
post or email with your address, or hand
over personally.

WEBSITES
http://holyfamilyhonolulu.org
http://hfcahawaii.org
http://catholic.com
http://catholic.org
Hictv.com & Cable133.3
Catholictv.com

Every Year we have a sacred period of Forty Days of

Preparation, called LENT to help us focus on the Mission
and Message of Christ. In fulfillment of God the Fathers
Will, Christ explained to us that it is through Prayer and
Fasting that we can truly belong to His Kingdom. We have
to spend much of our time and efforts in improving our
Knowledge and Skills and Work hard to Earn our daily
bread, Provide shelter and Feed our families. Sometimes,
we get so involved in all that and we forget the need to
walk with the Lord. We have a few commandments and
regulations to keep to be His Followers. But most
importantly we are called to use wisely our Time, Talents
and Treasure, that we may all reach Heaven and be
perfectly happy there. We are reminded of our obligations
and need to live wisely, so that we can be truly interested
in being good followers of Christ.
This First Sunday in Lent, we read about the Confession of
Faith of the people in the Old Testament and in the New
Testament. We need to know what we believe in. We
cannot just go through life or even attend Sunday Services,
without knowing what we believe in. So many Catholics
leave the Church and some even stop going to Church,
because they do not know what Christ has taught us to
believe in. In the Gospel Christ shows how great His Belief
in God was by rejecting the Three Temptations of the Devil.
Today, February 14, is Valentines Day and World
Marriage Day. Happy Valentines Day to all young boys
and girls, and Happy Marriage Day to all those who are
married. God bless you all.

ONE DOES NOT LIVE

BY BREAD ALONE
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SAINT OF THE WEEK

SAINT CATHERINE OF SWEDEN

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Baptism Classes
A reminder that we will have Baptism Classes next Sunday
after the 8.30 Mass. Baptisms will be on the 28th after the
8.30 Mass

Stations of the Cross

Every Friday, we will have the Stations of the Cross at 7 PM.
Individuals and Groups will be requested to conduct the
Services. This Friday February 19, it will be the turn of the
Divine Mercy Choir.

St Georges Land
Blessed Luke Belludi
(1200-c. 1285)
Feast Day February 17

In 1220, St. Anthony was preaching

conversion to the inhabitants of Padua when
a young nobleman, Luke Belludi, came up to
him and humbly asked to receive the habit of
the followers of St. Francis. Anthony liked
the talented, well-educated Luke and
personally recommended him to St. Francis,
who then received him into the Franciscan
Order. Luke, then only 20, was to be
Anthony's companion in his travels and in his
preaching, tending to him in his last days and
taking Anthony's place upon his death. Luke
was appointed guardian of the Friars Minor
in the city of Padua. After Blessed Luke
Belludi died in 1287, his body was laid to rest
in the same church in which St Anthony
reposes, and was placed in the same marble
sarcophagus in which the remains of the
great saint were once enclosed.
2015. Reprinted with permission of Franciscan Media. To read more about these saints,
visit their website http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saintofday/, or get daily
inspiration from the saints everywhere you go by downloading the Saint of the Day APP for
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We are in the final stages of buying the St Georges Property.

Hopefully the deal will be completed by the end of April
2016. We thank God that through the savings from the ELC,
the Academy and the Parish, we will have enough money to
buy the Land without any loans or debt.

Confirmation.
The Confirmation Ceremony this Year will be done on
Saturday May 28th at 5 PM. Bishop Larry Silva will preside
over the Ceremony.

First Holy Communion

The date for First Holy Communion will be Sunday May 01.
As usual the Academy Children will receive Communion at
the 8.30 Mass and the Parish Children will receive it at the
11.00 AM Mass. All the First Communicants will have their
Preparation Retreat on Friday February 19. The
program will start with Pizza Dinner at 5 PM followed by
the Retreat.

FIRST RECONCILIATION
OUR WEEKLY OFFERINGS
February
Thank you for your generous
contribution for the past weekend.
5:00 PM
8:30 AM
11:00 AM
7:00 PM
ASH WEDNESDAY
GRAND TOTAL

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$1,373.01
$1,471.25
$ 955.40
$1,023.55
$1,066.00
$5,889.21

The First reconciliation for all the First Holy Communicants

will be on Saturday March 19, starting at 11.00 AM.
Parents please take note of the above dates for the various
Sacraments. You will receive instructions for the
preparation of your children, time for practices, their
uniforms and especially their Baptism Certificates from
your Religious Ed Teachers. It is important that you comply
with all the requirements, so we can have good
celebrations, without last minute disappointments or
running around.

Newcomers are encouraged to register with the parish

and are welcome to participate in all ministries and
activities. Request Registration Forms from the ushers.

1st Sunday of Lent

Deuteronomy 26:4-10
Ps 91:1-2,10-15
Romans 10:8-13
Luke 4:1-13
Monday February 15
Leviticus 19:1-2,11-18
Ps 19:8-10,15
Matthew 25:31-46
Tuesday February 16
Isaiah 55:10-11
Ps 34:4-7,16-19
Matthew 6:7-15
Wednesday February 17
Jonah 3:1-10
Ps 51:3-4,12-13,18-19
Luke 11:29-32
Thursday February 18
Esther C:12,14-16,23-25
Ps 138:1-2-3,7c-8
Matthew 7:7-12
Friday February 19
Ezra 18:21-28
Ps 130:1-8
Matthew 5:20-26

Jesus' life is our

life if we're sincere about our
faith. We unite
ourselves
to
him by receiving his body
and blood in the Eucharist.
We meet him in the scriptures and walk with him on
the path to heaven.
During Lent, the scripture
readings help us grow in
faith if we listen with an ear
that recognizes our personal
connections to the life of
Christ.
Today, we journey with Jesus into the desert. Consider
your own struggles with
temptation; reflect on how
sin makes your faith feel barren and dry like a desert.

unites us to
Jesus in the
desert. Jesus
fasted from
food and other
physical
comforts during his battle
with the devil,
and this strategy prepared him and
strengthened him for the ministry
that came afterward. This is what
Lent can be for us, too.
Satan is not someone to fear. Jesus
already defeated all demons on our
behalf, first in the desert and then on
the cross. Our battle is really only
against temptation and our personal
weaknesses that make us vulnerable to succumbing to sin.
We don't always want to follow Jesus. This is what we must surrender.
Then Easter will be far more meaningful, because we will emerge from
Lent much stronger in our faith.

When we walk with Jesus,

we unite ourselves to his
Saturday February 20
struggle with the devil and to
Deuteronomy 26:16-19
his victory over the devil. Our
Ps 119:1-2,4-5,7-8
temptations
become
his
Matthew 5:43-48
temptations, and in our efforts to remain united to him,
we reject Satan and choose the life of holiness. The
Church helps us do this by giving us ways during Lent
to improve our self-discipline and conquer the selfcenteredness that makes us vulnerable to sin: fasting
and abstinence, alms-giving, reconciliation services,
faith formation events, reading materials, and more.

Reflect & Discuss:

Every meal and meat that we give up for Lent, every

sin that we confess in the Sacrament of Reconciliation,
every sacrifice of time that we make to add more prayer and spiritual reading to our daily life, and every other Lenten activity is a practice of self-denial that

3. How is it more than just a confession of your sins?

1. How have you been succumbing

to temptation? Don't be afraid to
face it. Guilt is not what Jesus
wants from you. What he does
want is your desire to receive his
help in overcoming temptation.
He's waiting for you in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
2. How do you know that the Sacrament of Reconciliation really
works?

4. How has it helped you grow

stronger in faith?

2016 by Terry Modica Catholic Digital Resources: catholicdr.com Reprinted by

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Catholic School Week At Holy Family Catholic Academy

CELEBRATING OUR
FAITH
Students,
Faculty,
and Family gather
for Prayer Service in
the Courtyard.
The
Most
Rev.
Bishop
Silva
celebrates mass with
Catholic educators
across the state.
SHOWING OUR
SPIRIT
Ms. Copeland leads
students in cheering
during the Student vs
Faculty
Volleyball
Game.
SHARING
KNOWLEDGE
5th 8th graders
compete
in
the
Annual Spelling Bee

THE FAMILY WE ARE TO EACH OTHER

Students, Families, Faculty, Staff, local
leaders, college athletes, and local celebrities
jumped rope for the American Heart
Association. This HFCA annual fundraiser
brings together our school and local
community to raise funds to help cure heart
disease and bring awareness to living
healthy. This year Holy Family raised over
$10,000 for the Association.

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