St. Augustine by-the-sea

Fr. Lane K. Akiona, ss.cc. St. Augustine
Pastor by-the-sea
Fr. Benny Kosasih, ss.cc. Church
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

You have made us for yourself, With the servant leadership
Lord, and our hearts are restless of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus

until they rest in you and Mary since 1854
www.staugustinebythesea.com
-- St. Augustine of Hippo

St. Augustine by-the-sea Parish This week at St. Augustine

130 Ohua Ave. Sunday, April 3—Second Sunday of Easter/Sunday of Divine Mercy
Honolulu, HI 96815 Liturgical color: White
Phone: (808) 923-7024 6 a.m. Mass—R/S Henry Zak, Fr. Paul McLeod ss.cc.
Fax: (808) 922-4086 8 a.m. Mass—R/S Jean Orig, Ellen Lucas; S/I Deacon Bob and Alice
e-mail: [email protected] Cobb (65th anniversary)
Web: www.staugustinebythesea.com 10 a.m. Mass—S/I Sage and the Kong Kee Family; R/S Zeb Rich
Parish secretary: Bev Tavake 5 p.m. Mass—S/I Purie Cortez (thanksgiving)
Pastoral Council President: Theresa Kong Kee
Finance Committee chairman: Jim Dannemil- Monday, April 4--The Annunciation of the Lord
ler Liturgical color: White
6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours
Office hours 7 a.m. Communion Prayer Service
Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed 5 p.m. Mass
noon to 1 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to noon. Closed
Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Tuesday, April 5--St. Vincent Ferrer
Liturgical color: White
Sacraments 6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours
Reconciliation: 6:30-6:45 a.m. and 4:30-4:45 7 a.m. Mass
p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 3-4 p.m. Saturday. 5 p.m. Mass
Baptism: Call the parish office for information.
Marriage: Email staugustineweddingcoordina- Wednesday, April 6
[email protected] before making arrangements. Liturgical color: White
Confirmation: Call the parish office for infor- 6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours
mation. 7 a.m. Mass
Funerals: Call the parish office when finalizing 5 p.m. Mass
services with the mortuary. 6:30 p.m. RCIA, Damien Meeting Room

Religious education Thursday, April 7--St. John Baptist de la Salle
Contact the parish office to enroll your child in Liturgical color: White
religious education classes or to inquire about 6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours
the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults. 7 a.m. Mass—S/I Purie Cortez (thanksgiving)
5 p.m. Mass—R/S Lettie Young
Parish organizations
Altar Rosary Society Friday, April 8
Holy Name Society Liturgical color: White
Tongan Society 6:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Hours
Knights of Columbus 7 a.m. Mass
Ka Huaka'i (Marriage ministry)
Please call the parish office for information Saturday, April 9
about joining any of these organizations. Liturgical color: White
7 a.m. Mass—R/S Eleanor Mackowski
Aunty Carmen’s Kitchen Church & grounds cleaning: Altar Rosary Society, Knights of Columbus
Hot meals are served between 11 a.m. and noon 5 p.m. Mass—S/I Sage and the Kong Kee Family; R/S Eleanor Mackow-
Monday to Friday, except holidays ski

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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Breaking open the Word Daily Prayer

Second Sunday of Easter This is a wonderful week to pray in joy at God's merciful
love for us, and for the unending forgiveness we are offered.
The Gospel today speaks directly to our faith, whether We know we have done nothing to
we truly believe or don’t believe. For many, stories of the deserve that forgiveness and that
past are becoming a faint memory and it has impacted we cannot earn it, and yet it is ours,
how we behave in our lives and spiritual journeys. Our if only we can accept it.
moral decisions and actions define our behavior and in Over and over this week, we are
many cases, we move further away from God’s teachings. invited to place our trust in God.
Even to the point of denial and indifference toward God. The ever-human disciples didn't
Signs that indicate this direction are when we begin to always put aside their fears, and
withdraw from the righteousness in life, or we begin neither do we. We can imagine the
a search for something that is “missing” in our lives. As terrified followers of Jesus hiding
we search, we “grasp” at material things or relationships behind locked doors until he ap-
seeking satisfaction, only to find that it was only tempo- pears in their midst, inviting them
rary or not fulfilling and the search continues. Life goes not to be afraid.
on in emptiness, darkness, and sin. This might be a good week to
spend time with Jesus looking at
For the faint of heart, we do not practice our faith dili- the fears in our own lives which
gently. We put ourselves first in our decision-making keep us locked up away from others. We can ask Jesus for
process, selfishly serving self, and forsaking others, even the courage to trust in him. What would it cost us to let go
God. Going to Mass now and then may be just an out- of the fears that smother our lives? Our challenge might be
ward sign for others to see so one can gain their favor. to give up enough control in our lives to simply ask God for
help and a growing trust.
“Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.” What would it mean for our lives and for the relationships in
Jesus was speaking not only to the people of those days, our lives if we were willing to let go of “the way we have
but also to us today. He gave us those words to help us always done things” and to beg Jesus for help? Our lives can
cope or overcome the distractions, deceptions, and other change. We have a standing offer from God to fall into his
challenges as we journey in life. If we believe in those forgiving embrace.
words, then we can endure through it all with His help.
His teaching is like a beacon in the night, leading us out of Second Week of Easter
darkness and into the light of His Kingdom.
On the Second Sunday of Easter, as we celebrate Divine
He gave us the greatest sign to believe when He con- Mercy Sunday, we get a picture of how the early communi-
quered death. We do not need any more signs for us to ty gathered around as “Many signs and wonders were done
believe in God going forward. As promised, He gave us among the people at the hands of the apostles.” John's Gos-
the freedom to choose, to truly believe or not believe. In pel gives us two post-resurrection stories that feature Thom-
His Mercy and Love, He continues to give us signs each as, the doubting apostle.
day to help us to make the right choice. Monday we celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation
of the Lord. This special celebration was moved from its
Let us put our trust in Him and truly believe. traditional March 25 date because of Holy Week.
Deacon Andy Calunod The Acts of the Apostles all this week offers us the chal-
lenges the apostles faced from the earliest communities and
Readings from the Jewish authorities.
For the remaining five weeks of the Easter season, our
First Reading — The apostles perform many signs and readings will be from the Acts of the Apostles and from
John's Gospel, with stories of Jesus' ministry not heard dur-
wonders among the people. Many are added to their ing the Ordinary Time of the liturgical year.
numbers (Acts 5:12-16). The weekday readings begin with the frightened Pharisee,
Psalm — Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his Nicodemus, coming at night to speak to Jesus, asking how
love is everlasting (Psalm 118). anyone can be “born again.” Jesus says we must be born of
Second Reading — John, caught up in the spirit, water and Spirit. John's gospel offers a poetic look at light
envisions the glorified Lord, the first and the last, the and darkness, good and evil. After Jesus' disciples tell him
one who lives (Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19). to send 5,000 people away, he shows them how to feed them
Gospel — The risen Christ comes to his disciples with all. He walks across the sea to meet his apostles in their
peace and the Spirit. The absent Thomas doubts boat, saying, “It is I. Do not be afraid.”
(John 20:19-31).
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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

Divine Mercy Sunday Celebrating the Easter Season

On April 30, 2000, the first Sunday following Easter, Pope Easter is a seven-week season of joy and grace. Starting
John Paul II canonized Sister Faustina Kowalska and de- with the Triduum and ending with Pentecost, this 50-day
clared in his homily of that day season has been called "the radiant center of the liturgi-
his desire that the “Second Sun- cal year." We keep celebrating so we might continue to
day of Easter … from now on enter into the meaning of the resurrection and deepen the
throughout the world will be way it touches our daily lives.
called ‘Divine Mercy Sunday.’” After Easter Week's resurrection stories, the first read-
In conjunction with the Pope’s ing for the rest of this season is from the Acts of the
wishes, on May 5, 2000, the Apostles. Every day we see how Jesus' followers reacted
Congregation for Divine Wor- to his death, the challenges to their witness and the cour-
ship and the Discipline of the age that comes to them. John's Gospel is used for the
Sacraments issued a decree season, the one time of year we enter into his poetic and
officially establishing the Sec- layered stories on a daily basis.
ond Sunday of Easter as “Divine Mercy Sunday.” Easter only begins with Easter Sunday. These daily
prayers and meditations come together to remind us that
The story of St. Faustina Kowalska reveals the inspiration Jesus is with us. He is not dead, but alive. In these 50
behind the Divine Mercy devotion. Helena Kowalska was days, we are Easter People!
born in Poland on August 25, 1905. As a small child she re-
ported seeing bright lights during her night prayers. In 1925, Awaken Me
she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of
Mercy, taking the name Faustina. Risen One,
come, meet me
On February 22, 1931, Sister Faustina experienced a new in the garden of my
and life-changing vision of Christ. She saw him wearing a life.
white robe and raising his right hand in blessing with his left
hand resting on his heart from which flowed two rays of Lure me into elation.
light. Jesus told her, “Paint an image according to the pattern Revive my silent
you see, with the prayer, Jesus, I trust in you.” hope.
Coax my dormant dreams.
Faustina could not paint, and struggled to convince her in- Raise up my neglected gratitude.
credulous sisters about the truth of her vision. Ultimately she Entice my tired enthusiasm.
persuaded her spiritual director, Father Michael Sopocko, Give life to my faltering relationships.
that the vision was real. He found an artist to create the paint- Roll back the stone of my indifference.
ing that was named The Divine Mercy and shown to the Unwrap the deadness in my spiritual life.
world for the first time on April 28, 1935. Impart heartiness in my work.

She died of tuberculosis at age 33. Pope John Paul II canon- Risen One,
ized her on April 30, 2000. send me forth as a disciple of your unwavering
love,
The Divine Mercy devotion fosters the virtue of trust in a messenger
God’s mercy that finds its fulfillment in the liturgy of Recon- of your unlimited joy.
ciliation and the Holy Eucharist.
Americancatholic.org. Resurrected One,
may I become
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy ever more convinced
that your presence lives on,
Our Lord gave St. Faustina a set of prayers to invoke His and on, and on,
mercy, called the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. On standard ro- and on.
sary beads, pray the following prayers: Awaken me!
First, on the crucifix, one Our Father, Hail Mary and the Awaken me!
Apostles’ Creed.
On each Our Father bead, pray: “Eternal Father, I offer You ~~Sr. Joyce Rupp osm
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 Faith sharing meets April 18

St. Augustine Parish will assist Holy Trinity Parish in its St. Augustine’s faith sharing group meets Monday, April
Family Promise ministry again in April. Each quarter, we 18 at 6 p.m. in the Damien Meeting Room. We are using
assist our neighboring parish Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si, as the basis for our
in this ministry for homeless sharing. Laudato Si is Pope Francis’ encyclical on the envi-
families who are seeking to ronment, “On Care for our Common Home.”
find permanent housing. St.
Augustine’s Tongan youth In this encyclical, Pope Francis asks us to look deeply at our
and young adults help by consumer-driven society and throw-away culture.
cleaning the house where the
families stay. Our parish also Join your fellow parishioners in a discussion on how our
provides dinner one night in faith challenges us to be stewards of our home. Download
the week. This quarter, we’re the encyclical: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/
planning a picnic for April encyclicals.index.html.
30.
Sidewalk remodeling
Won’t you consider sharing
your talent, time and treasure by helping with the picnic The City and County will continue the remodeling of the
supper? Kalakaua Avenue sidewalk this year. With the remodeling of
the sidewalk, the driveway onto Kalakaua will no longer be
This is an opportunity to provide assistance to families used as an exit. Thus, parking will be a greater challenge
who are working to find permanent housing and a stable when this takes place.
environment for their children. Church groups across the
island are a part of the solution through their assistance. If We are looking at other options, such as parking offsite,
you would like to help, please call the parish office. valet parking, etc. This will be a major detriment for attend-
ance on weekends until the new parking structure is built.
Stewardship of treasure We have requested that the section in front of the church be
done at the end of the project.
Collection for the week ended March 27: $17,426.91 Pray that we all have patience and understanding.
2nd Collection for Outreach: $8,111.35
Children’s collection: $144.00 Notecards and rosaries

Compassion and Mercy: The Altar Rosary Society is selling rosaries, including local
A Comparative Discussion of hand-made rosaries and Jerusalem rosaries, and notecards
Buddhist, Judaic and Christian featuring St. Augustine Church after Sunday morning Masses
the second and fourth Sundays of the month. These beautiful
Understandings cards are a water color painting of the church by one of the
Altar Society members.
2 p.m., Sunday, April 17 Mystical Rose Oratory –
Chaminade University Mark Your Calendar!

Event is free and open to the public June 17-18, St. Theresa Co-Cathedral and School
Guest speaker: Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Respondents: Dara Perreira of the Catholic Diocese of Mercy Overflowing
Honolulu and Rabbi Peter Schaktman Oahu Jewish
Sample Presenters/Topics:
Ohana Fr. Bill Petrie "Mother Theresa: Witness to Mercy"
Karma Lekshe Tsomo grew up in Malibu, CA and was led Dr. Mike Rockers "Helping Great Parents Parent Great"
Dr. Regina Pfeiffer "God's Mercy as a Community - the
to Buddhism at a young age. She
studied Buddhism at Dharamasala, Sacrament of Reconciliation"
India, for 15 years and received a Fr. Mark Gantley "The New Diocesan Norms on the Sac-
doctorate from UH Manoa.
She was ordained as a Buddhist raments of Initiation: Practical Implications"
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