SJPS PARENT NEWSLETTER January 6, 2018 Volume 3, Is sue 1

Father Efren Tomas, MS

Pastor

Sunday (January 7, 2018) Scripture: Matt 2: 1-12

The Epiphany of the Lord

St. Joseph Church

Schedule of Masses 6:30 am Monday-Friday

6:30 pm 1st Tuesday of

the Month-Healing Mass

with Anointing

6:30 pm Wednesday,

OLPH Novena/Mass

6:30 pm 1st Friday Mass

7:00 am Saturday

Morning Mass

6:00 pm Saturday Vigil

Mass

Sunday Masses 6:00 am, 8:00 am, 10:00

am, 12:00 Noon,

5:00 pm and 7:00 pm

3:00 pm 3rd Sunday-

Tagalog Mass

3:00 pm Last Sunday—

Ilocano Mass

REFLECTION Today’s solemnity is popularly known as “Three Kings”. The gos-pel speaks of wise men, sometimes called magi. It does not speak of kings, it does not say they were three, nor that one of them was black, neither does it mention their names. All these details were added over the centuries by popular stories.

The true name of today’s feast is “Epiphany of the Lord”, which means the revelation of Jesus to the world. The invisible God revealed himself in a visible way in his Son Jesus. God physical-ly entered our human history in Jesus, something we can never fully understand. The wise men were not Jews, they were pagans. Yet they found the child, while the doctors of the Law, the experts in Scripture, did not recognize him in their midst. For God, there is no distinc-tion of persons, salvation is offered to everybody. The condition is a matter of the heart: willingness to listen and look for God, willingness to change our ways in order to conform with God’s will in our lives.

Important Upcoming Dates

Monday,

January 8th

Morning Prayer

Service led by

the Choir

Wednesday,

January 10th

Group picture for Choir,

Instrumentalists, Student

Council, School and Church

Audio Visual Teams, JPO

Officers and Squad Leaders,

Yearbook, PBL, and Sports

Students are required to

wear their formal uniform

unless instructed different-

ly from their advisors.

Thursday,

January 18th

General Parent

Teacher Guild

Meeting at 6:30 pm

Parents who attend

the meeting will earn

a casual dress for

their child(ren) on

Friday, January 19th

St. Paul Book Fair

Monday,

January 16th

Morning Prayer

Service led by

Pre Kindergarten

Wednesday,

January 17th

Schoolwide Worship

at 8:15 am.

ALL STUDENTS ARE

REQUIRED TO WEAR

THEIR PE UNIFORMS.

NO SCHOOLWIDE

WORSHIP AND PE

Monday,

January 15th

NO SCHOOL

Martin Luther

King Jr. Holiday

Change in

School Calendar

The Leeward Staff

Development Day is changed.

There will be NO SCHOOL

on February 16th instead of

February 23rd. Please note this

change in our calendar. Thank

you for your support and

understanding.

2018-2019 Calendar

In our beginning to prepare

for next school year, we are

emailing the 2018-2019

calendar. Some important

dates to note are:

Parent Orientation for Pre K-2 will be on Friday,

July 27th at 6:30 pm. Parent Orientation for

Grades 3-8 will be on Saturday,

July 28th at 8:00 am. The first day of school is

Wednesday, August 1st.

More information is forthcoming!

Poverty Awareness

Month

During January, Poverty Awareness Month, join the U.S. Bishops, the Catholic Campaign for Human Devel-opment and the Catholic community in the United States in taking up Pope Francis' challenge to live in solidarity with the poor!

"I want a Church which is

poor and for the poor."

-Pope Francis,

Evangelii Gaudium

More than 46 million

Americans live in

Poverty USA.

PovertyUSA is the domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops. An initiative of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), PovertyUSA seeks to edu-

Our Special Intentions We pray for…

Our La Salette community.

The Congregation of the Sisters of St.

Paul De Chartres.

Family members of Sister Judith

Abique, SPC

Mr. Pio Guerrero.

Mrs. Irene Sandry, grandmother of

Tania Ma’afala (Gr. 8).

Mrs. Tokuda, mother of Ms. Grace

(Cafeteria Manager).

Ms. Sandobal.

Dr. Rick Yamashiro and family.

(Counselor and Dean of Students)

Yukie, aunt of Mrs. Eileen (3-5

Paraeducator).

Stanley and Genny Inase, cousins of

Ms. Sandobal.

Elizabeth and Jimmy Sandobal, aunt

and uncle of Ms. Sandobal.

God’s healing mercy on Rea Abique,

Dayen Aguit-Baraero, Anaziel

Suasin-Linao, and Renante

Fuentes.

Leilani, sister of Ms. Capinpin and

Bellarose and Trinity, her nieces.

Molina Family

Repose of the soul of Regina

Salisbury.

Bryce, Jason, and their families.

Peter Akuna.

Mrs. Eileen, (3-5 Paraeducator).

Trinity Rodrigues, granddaughter of

Loretta Rodrigues. (Former SJPS

Office Assistant).

Restituta Abique, mother of Sister

Judith Abique, SPC, Vice Principal

and Religious Education Director

Mrs. Bibiana Gouveia, volunteer of

SJPS.

For Everett Davis, grandson of Ms.

Davis (Junior High Teacher).

Family members of Sr. Mercedes

Namayan, SPC, (Music and Reli-

gion Teacher).

Corie Salazar, Godmother of Chris-

tian Andres (Gr. 8).

Dante Menor. grandfather of Kasen

Jayce Menor-Taba (Gr. KB).

Miles Arbues

As a disciple of Jesus,

it is our Kuleana (responsibility)

to live out the Gospel

by serving the community.