St. Augustine by-the-sea

Church

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

Fr. Lane K. Akiona, ss.cc.

Pastor

Fr. Benny Kosasih, ss.cc.

Parochial vicar

Deacon Andy Calunod

Anne Harpham

Pastoral associate

Sr. Cheryl Wint, osf

Pastoral associate

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 President: Theresa Kong Kee

Finance Committee chairman: Jim Dannemil-

ler

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: 6:30-6:45 a.m. and 4:30-4:45

p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 3-4 p.m. Saturday.

Baptism: Call the parish office for information.

Marriage: Email staugustineweddingcoordina-

tor@gmail.com before making arrangements.

Confirmation: Call the parish office for infor-

mation.

Funerals: Call the parish office when finalizing

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 Initiation for Adults.

Parish organizations Altar Rosary Society

Holy Name 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

To register Call the parish office to register and to sign up

for envelopes

Bulletin deadline Material to be considered in the bulletin must

be submitted to the parish office by noon on

the Monday before the Sunday of publication.

Hospitality Join us for doughnuts and juice after all morn-

ing masses on the first Sunday of the month.

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This week at St. Augustine Sunday, April 3—Second Sunday of Easter/Sunday of Divine Mercy

Liturgical color: White

6 a.m. Mass—R/S Henry Zak, Fr. Paul McLeod ss.cc.

8 a.m. Mass—R/S Jean Orig, Ellen Lucas; S/I Deacon Bob and Alice

Cobb (65th anniversary)

10 a.m. Mass—S/I Sage and the Kong Kee Family; R/S Zeb Rich

5 p.m. Mass—S/I Purie Cortez (thanksgiving)

Monday, April 4--The Annunciation of the Lord

Liturgical color: White

6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours

7 a.m. Communion Prayer Service

5 p.m. Mass

Tuesday, April 5--St. Vincent Ferrer

Liturgical color: White

6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours

7 a.m. Mass

5 p.m. Mass

Wednesday, April 6

Liturgical color: White

6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours

7 a.m. Mass

5 p.m. Mass

6:30 p.m. RCIA, Damien Meeting Room

Thursday, April 7--St. John Baptist de la Salle

Liturgical color: White

6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours

7 a.m. Mass—S/I Purie Cortez (thanksgiving)

5 p.m. Mass—R/S Lettie Young

Friday, April 8

Liturgical color: White

6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours

7 a.m. Mass

Saturday, April 9

Liturgical color: White

7 a.m. Mass—R/S Eleanor Mackowski

Church & grounds cleaning: Altar Rosary Society, Knights of Columbus

5 p.m. Mass—S/I Sage and the Kong Kee Family; R/S Eleanor Mackow-

ski

Breaking open the Word Second Sunday of Easter

The Gospel today speaks directly to our faith, whether

we truly believe or don’t believe. For many, stories of the

past are becoming a faint memory and it has impacted

how we behave in our lives and spiritual journeys. Our

moral decisions and actions define our behavior and in

many cases, we move further away from God’s teachings.

Even to the point of denial and indifference toward God.

Signs that indicate this direction are when we begin to

withdraw from the righteousness in life, or we begin

a search for something that is “missing” in our lives. As

we search, we “grasp” at material things or relationships

seeking satisfaction, only to find that it was only tempo-

rary or not fulfilling and the search continues. Life goes

on in emptiness, darkness, and sin.

For the faint of heart, we do not practice our faith dili-

gently. We put ourselves first in our decision-making

process, selfishly serving self, and forsaking others, even

God. Going to Mass now and then may be just an out-

ward sign for others to see so one can gain their favor.

“Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.”

Jesus was speaking not only to the people of those days,

but also to us today. He gave us those words to help us

cope or overcome the distractions, deceptions, and other

challenges as we journey in life. If we believe in those

words, then we can endure through it all with His help.

His teaching is like a beacon in the night, leading us out of

darkness and into the light of His Kingdom.

He gave us the greatest sign to believe when He con-

quered death. We do not need any more signs for us to

believe in God going forward. As promised, He gave us

the freedom to choose, to truly believe or not believe. In

His Mercy and Love, He continues to give us signs each

day to help us to make the right choice.

Let us put our trust in Him and truly believe.

Deacon Andy Calunod

Readings First Reading — The apostles perform many signs and

wonders among the people. Many are added to their

numbers (Acts 5:12-16).

Psalm — Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his

love is everlasting (Psalm 118).

Second Reading — John, caught up in the spirit,

envisions the glorified Lord, the first and the last, the

one who lives (Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19).

Gospel — The risen Christ comes to his disciples with

peace and the Spirit. The absent Thomas doubts

(John 20:19-31).

Weekday Monday: Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Ps 40; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38

Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93; Jn 3:7b-15

Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34; Jn 3:16-21

Thursday: Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34; Jn 3:31-36

Friday: Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27; Jn 6:1-15

Saturday: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33; Jn 6:16-21

Next Sunday’s reading Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Ps 30; Rv 5:11-14; Jn 21:1-19

Daily Prayer This is a wonderful week to pray in joy at God's merciful

love for us, and for the unending forgiveness we are offered.

We know we have done nothing to

deserve that forgiveness and that

we cannot earn it, and yet it is ours,

if only we can accept it.

Over and over this week, we are

invited to place our trust in God.

The ever-human disciples didn't

always put aside their fears, and

neither do we. We can imagine the

terrified followers of Jesus hiding

behind locked doors until he ap-

pears in their midst, inviting them

not to be afraid.

This might be a good week to

spend time with Jesus looking at

the fears in our own lives which

keep us locked up away from others. We can ask Jesus for

the courage to trust in him. What would it cost us to let go

of the fears that smother our lives? Our challenge might be

to give up enough control in our lives to simply ask God for

help and a growing trust.

What would it mean for our lives and for the relationships in

our lives if we were willing to let go of “the way we have

always done things” and to beg Jesus for help? Our lives can

change. We have a standing offer from God to fall into his

forgiving embrace.

Second Week of Easter On the Second Sunday of Easter, as we celebrate Divine

Mercy Sunday, we get a picture of how the early communi-

ty gathered around as “Many signs and wonders were done

among the people at the hands of the apostles.” John's Gos-

pel gives us two post-resurrection stories that feature Thom-

as, the doubting apostle.

Monday we celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation

of the Lord. This special celebration was moved from its

traditional March 25 date because of Holy Week.

The Acts of the Apostles all this week offers us the chal-

lenges the apostles faced from the earliest communities and

from the Jewish authorities.

For the remaining five weeks of the Easter season, our

readings will be from the Acts of the Apostles and from

John's Gospel, with stories of Jesus' ministry not heard dur-

ing the Ordinary Time of the liturgical year.

The weekday readings begin with the frightened Pharisee,

Nicodemus, coming at night to speak to Jesus, asking how

anyone can be “born again.” Jesus says we must be born of

water and Spirit. John's gospel offers a poetic look at light

and darkness, good and evil. After Jesus' disciples tell him

to send 5,000 people away, he shows them how to feed them

all. He walks across the sea to meet his apostles in their

boat, saying, “It is I. Do not be afraid.”

Creighton University Online Ministries

Celebrating the Easter Season Easter is a seven-week season of joy and grace. Starting

with the Triduum and ending with Pentecost, this 50-day

season has been called "the radiant center of the liturgi-

cal year." We keep celebrating so we might continue to

enter into the meaning of the resurrection and deepen the

way it touches our daily lives.

After Easter Week's resurrection stories, the first read-

ing for the rest of this season is from the Acts of the

Apostles. Every day we see how Jesus' followers reacted

to his death, the challenges to their witness and the cour-

age that comes to them. John's Gospel is used for the

season, the one time of year we enter into his poetic and

layered stories on a daily basis.

Easter only begins with Easter Sunday. These daily

prayers and meditations come together to remind us that

Jesus is with us. He is not dead, but alive. In these 50

days, we are Easter People!

Awaken Me Risen One,

come, meet me

in the garden of my

life.

Lure me into elation.

Revive my silent

hope.

Coax my dormant dreams.

Raise up my neglected gratitude.

Entice my tired enthusiasm.

Give life to my faltering relationships.

Roll back the stone of my indifference.

Unwrap the deadness in my spiritual life.

Impart heartiness in my work.

Risen One,

send me forth as a disciple of your unwavering

love,

a messenger

of your unlimited joy.

Resurrected One,

may I become

ever more convinced

that your presence lives on,

and on, and on,

and on.

Awaken me!

Awaken me!

~~Sr. Joyce Rupp osm

Divine Mercy Sunday On April 30, 2000, the first Sunday following Easter, Pope

John Paul II canonized Sister Faustina Kowalska and de-

clared in his homily of that day

his desire that the “Second Sun-

day of Easter … from now on

throughout the world will be

called ‘Divine Mercy Sunday.’”

In conjunction with the Pope’s

wishes, on May 5, 2000, the

Congregation for Divine Wor-

ship and the Discipline of the

Sacraments issued a decree

officially establishing the Sec-

ond Sunday of Easter as “Divine Mercy Sunday.”

The story of St. Faustina Kowalska reveals the inspiration

behind the Divine Mercy devotion. Helena Kowalska was

born in Poland on August 25, 1905. As a small child she re-

ported seeing bright lights during her night prayers. In 1925,

she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of

Mercy, taking the name Faustina.

On February 22, 1931, Sister Faustina experienced a new

and life-changing vision of Christ. She saw him wearing a

white robe and raising his right hand in blessing with his left

hand resting on his heart from which flowed two rays of

light. Jesus told her, “Paint an image according to the pattern

you see, with the prayer, Jesus, I trust in you.”

Faustina could not paint, and struggled to convince her in-

credulous sisters about the truth of her vision. Ultimately she

persuaded her spiritual director, Father Michael Sopocko,

that the vision was real. He found an artist to create the paint-

ing that was named The Divine Mercy and shown to the

world for the first time on April 28, 1935.

She died of tuberculosis at age 33. Pope John Paul II canon-

ized her on April 30, 2000.

The Divine Mercy devotion fosters the virtue of trust in

God’s mercy that finds its fulfillment in the liturgy of Recon-

ciliation and the Holy Eucharist.

Americancatholic.org.

The Chaplet of Divine Mercy Our Lord gave St. Faustina a set of prayers to invoke His

mercy, called the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. On standard ro-

sary beads, pray the following prayers:

First, on the crucifix, one Our Father, Hail Mary and the

Apostles’ Creed.

On each Our Father bead, pray: “Eternal Father, I offer You

the most precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Your

dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for

our sins, and those of the whole world.”

On each Hail Mary bead, pray: “For the sake of His sorrow-

ful passion, have mercy on us, and on the whole world.”

Repeat for five decades. To conclude, pray three times:

“Holy God, holy mighty One, holy immortal One, have mer-

cy on us and on the whole world

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Family Promise opportunity in April St. Augustine Parish will assist Holy Trinity Parish in its

Family Promise ministry again in April. Each quarter, we

assist our neighboring parish

in this ministry for homeless

families who are seeking to

find permanent housing. St.

Augustine’s Tongan youth

and young adults help by

cleaning the house where the

families stay. Our parish also

provides dinner one night in

the week. This quarter, we’re

planning a picnic for April

30.

Won’t you consider sharing

your talent, time and treasure by helping with the picnic

supper?

This is an opportunity to provide assistance to families

who are working to find permanent housing and a stable

environment for their children. Church groups across the

island are a part of the solution through their assistance. If

you would like to help, please call the parish office.

Stewardship of treasure

Collection for the week ended March 27: $17,426.91

2nd Collection for Outreach: $8,111.35

Children’s collection: $144.00

Compassion and Mercy:

A Comparative Discussion of

Buddhist, Judaic and Christian

Understandings 2 p.m., Sunday, April 17 Mystical Rose Oratory –

Chaminade University

Event is free and open to the public

Guest speaker: Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Respondents: Dara Perreira of the Catholic Diocese of

Honolulu and Rabbi Peter Schaktman Oahu Jewish

Ohana

Karma Lekshe Tsomo grew up in Malibu, CA and was led

to Buddhism at a young age. She

studied Buddhism at Dharamasala,

India, for 15 years and received a

doctorate from UH Manoa.

She was ordained as a Buddhist

nun in France in 1977 and current-

ly she teaches Buddhism and

World Religions at the University of San Diego and directs

the Jamyang Foundation.

For additional information: contact Regina Pfeiffer at

rpfeiffe@ chaminade.edu or 739-8536

Faith sharing meets April 18 St. Augustine’s faith sharing group meets Monday, April

18 at 6 p.m. in the Damien Meeting Room. We are using

Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si, as the basis for our

sharing. Laudato Si is Pope Francis’ encyclical on the envi-

ronment, “On Care for our Common Home.”

In this encyclical, Pope Francis asks us to look deeply at our

consumer-driven society and throw-away culture.

Join your fellow parishioners in a discussion on how our

faith challenges us to be stewards of our home. Download

the encyclical: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/

encyclicals.index.html.

Sidewalk remodeling The City and County will continue the remodeling of the

Kalakaua Avenue sidewalk this year. With the remodeling of

the sidewalk, the driveway onto Kalakaua will no longer be

used as an exit. Thus, parking will be a greater challenge

when this takes place.

We are looking at other options, such as parking offsite,

valet parking, etc. This will be a major detriment for attend-

ance on weekends until the new parking structure is built.

We have requested that the section in front of the church be

done at the end of the project.

Pray that we all have patience and understanding.

Notecards and rosaries The Altar Rosary Society is selling rosaries, including local

hand-made rosaries and Jerusalem rosaries, and notecards

featuring St. Augustine Church after Sunday morning Masses

the second and fourth Sundays of the month. These beautiful

cards are a water color painting of the church by one of the

Altar Society members.

Mark Your Calendar! June 17-18, St. Theresa Co-Cathedral and School

Mercy Overflowing Sample Presenters/Topics:

Fr. Bill Petrie "Mother Theresa: Witness to Mercy"

Dr. Mike Rockers "Helping Great Parents Parent Great"

Dr. Regina Pfeiffer "God's Mercy as a Community - the

Sacrament of Reconciliation"

Fr. Mark Gantley "The New Diocesan Norms on the Sac-

raments of Initiation: Practical Implications"