Issue n. 45 | January 2016 The Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa of the Child T h e H e a r t o f C h r i s t I n T h e H e a r t o f T h e C i t y December 11, 2016 | Third Sunday of

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We the people of the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus, seek to be an example of the presence of God through our Christian Catholic worship, education, service and stewardship of all God’s gifts. We celebrate our diversity of age, culture, language, and view points as a sign of God’s all powerful and ever-present love in our community of faith. We strive to witness the gospel of Jesus Christ to evangelize and to respond in love, as well as compassion to our community in Honolulu, to be a welcoming place to all who seek the grace, fellowship, and love of God. Happening at ST. THERESA THIS WEEK For a complete schedule of our parish Advent, Christmas, and New Year calendar. Pick up a flyer C e l e b r a t i n g 8 5 Y e a r s at the church table entrance or view them on our website” www.cocathedral.org We Remember, We Believe, We Celebrate o n d a y Thank you to all parishioners who have completed and M December 12th submitted your Commitment Card to the church. As a 6:30a - Mass reminder, all commitments need to be submitted to the 5:30p - VHM Mass church no later than December 18 in order to be accounted 6:15a - RCIA Adult Conf. Rehearsal 7:00p - Choir Practice for in the final Summary Report. Please complete and u e s d a y submit your card to the church even if you are unable to December 13th make a change to your current level of giving. For those

T PL 6:30a - Mass registered parishioners not currently supporting the church 3:30p - Staff Mtg R Parking Lot 5:00p - VHM Math Tutorial with regular offertory gifts, please consider a monthly 6:00p - Advent Recollection gift to support the needs of our parish. “Stewards of Hope” 6:00p - Legion of Mary S

6:30p - Young Adult Mtg PC E D N E S D A Y Pastoral Center Wednesday, Dec. 14 Advent Penance Schedule December 14th W for Honolulu Vicarate. 6:30a - Mass 7:00pm 6:00p - Novena OL Perpetual Help The penance service will start with the Dec.12 St. Stephen 7:00 PM 6:15p - Exposition of the Blessed normally scheduled Novena to Our Lady Dec.13 Blessed Sacrament 7:00 PM Sacrament/Reconciliation

PH Dec.14 Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa 7:00 PM 7:00p - Youth Leadership FWR of Perpetual Help at 6:00pm, followed by

7:00p - Lectio Divina Parish Hall penance service by priests of our Honolulu Dec.15 St. John the Baptist 7:00 PM 7:00p - Advent Penance Vicariate. Please note, that Holy Hour is Dec.16 Cathedral Bailica of OLOP 7:00 PM h u r s d a y cancelled. th T December 15 We hope that you use this advent reconciliation in preparation for a clean heart for 6:30a - Mass R 5:30p - VHM Mass Rectory CHRISTmas. 6:00p - Cebuano Assoc. Rehearsal Visit our parish website for the list of communal penance services in our vicariate. 6:00p - Catechist Christmas Party

6:30p - School Board Mtg VHM r i d a y Misa de Gallo starts Friday, Dec. 16 - 24, 2016 starting at 5:00am F December 16th Vietnamese Holy Martyrs 5:00a - Misa de Gallo - Fr. Greg The Social Ministry is sponsoring it’s 9th annual If you or you know of 6:00p - Cebuano Assoc Christmas Pty 7:00p - VHM Mass Giving Tree to extend God’s blessings and to anyone who may need support those who are less fortunate in our food assistance, please ATURDAY community. Through our Giving Tree program, call the office, 521-1700, S December 17th leave your name and 5:00a - Misa de Gallo - Fr. Arnel our parish community will be able to assist 310 contact information 3:00p - Na Leo Pi’i Pua Choir underprivileged adults and children who are and we will get in touch 5:00p - Vigil Mass homeless and/or in transition to new homes through the with them to see if they FWR 6:15p - Stewardship CommitteePH Catholic Charities Children and Family Services. qualify to receive our 6:15p - EMHC Meeting Faculty Work Room assistance. Each angel represents a child or an adult in need, along 7:00p - VHM Vigil Mass We praise and thank God with a wish list item. You may purchase a gift and bring UNDAY for the love and care that S December 18th your unwrapped gift (with angel card attached) to the the parishioners of the 5:00a - Misa de Gallo -Bishop Larry parish office or to the Mass Ushers before December 15, Co-Cathedral has for the 8:00a - Mass 2016. Please call 521-1700 for any questions. needy in our community. 9:15a - RE ChristmasTree Trimming

10:30a - Mass STS The Scripture Readings of December 12 - December 18, 2016 1:30p - VHM Mass 6:00p - Mass Saint Theresa School Mon Zec 2:14-17; 12:1-6, 10 | Lk 1:26-38 Thu Is 54:1-10 | Lk 7:24-30 7:00p - Youth Meeting PC Our Lady of Guadalupe Tue Zep 3:1-2, 9-13 | Mt 21:28-32 Fri Is 56:1-3a, 6-8 | Jn 5:33-36 Scheduled events are held in the church St. Lucy unless marked with a location Wed Is 45:6b-8, 18, 21b-25 | Lk 7:18b-23 Sat Gn 49:2, 8-10 | Mt 1:1-17 St. John of the Cross @hicocathedral #hicocathedral SUN Is 7:10-14 | Rom 1:1-7 | Mt 1:18-24 FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT Maintenance and Stewards of Hope Tuesday, Dec. 13 Sacraments & Rites An advent recollection with Deacon-Candidate Raffy Mendoza 6:00pm Anointing of the Sick By appointment, contact our parish office. Today’s headline: “Truth is dead; Facts are passé” Oxford Dictionaries had selected “Post-Truth” as 2016’s international word of the year. Eucharist for Children According to their definition, it is an adjective “relating to or denoting circumstances First Reconciliation and First Communion are celebrated after completing required in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to two years of faith formation. emotion and personal belief.” Confirmation for Teenagers We are living in a world of tumultuous change in technology, communications Confirmation is celebrated after required and relationships, leading to a dramatic shift in cultural values. There can be no such two years of faith formation. thing as absolute truth. There is only your truth and my truth. This worldview has its Sacrament of Matrimony consequence - a broad spectrum of moral issues, from abortion to same-sex marriage Contact our office six months in advance. to euthanasia. These are challenging days and they are taking place right in our own homes, workplaces, communities and churches. Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick By appointment, contact our parish office. But don’t let the ‘Post-Truth’ culture deceive you: All truth is God’s truth. Vocation to the Priesthood or Religious Speak to one of our priests or our deacon. So, how do we witness to Jesus today? The 2016 Advent Mission talk will encourage us to remain committed to our Christian calling - to be Stewards of Hope. We will Co-Cathedral Office look at the example of Joseph and Mary, who demonstrated a life of stewardship. Monday - Friday...... 8:00am-12:00pm; We will also explore the Biblical understanding of Hope as well as how to live a ...... 1:00pm-4:30pm “Faith-filled Hope”, as expounded by Pope Benedict XVI in his 2007 encyclical letter, Saturdays...... 8:30am-12:00pm Spe Salvi (Saved in Hope). Sundays...... Closed Phone...... 808-521-1700 The Advent Mission talk will be on Dec. 13, 2016 (Tuesday): Fax...... 808-599-3629 6:00pm – 6:30pm: Prayer service E-mail...... [email protected] Visit our parish website for the list of communal penance services in our vicariate. 6:30pm-8:30pm: Talk proper Website...... www.cocathedral.org Address.....712 N. School St. Honolulu, HI 96817 Misa de Gallo starts Friday, Dec. 16 - 24, 2016 starting at 5:00am Resource Speaker: Deacon-candidate Raffy Mendoza has completed the 4th year of the 5-year permanent diaconate formation program in the Diocese of Honolulu. In terms of Saint Theresa School If you or you know of academics, he is one semester away from completing his graduate degree, M.A. in Pastoral Theology, with the Chaminade University of Honolulu. anyone who may need Sister John Joseph Gilligan, CSJ food assistance, please He moved to Maui in January 2007 to serve as the Director of International Training for Principal Haggai Institute’s Mid-Pacific Center – Maui (an international Christian leadership institute call the office, 521-1700, Phone...... 808-536-4703 leave your name and focusing on evangelization). He oversaw the training of over 4,100 international Christian contact information leaders (coming from Asia, Africa, , Eastern Europe and Caribbean). Website...... www.sts-hi.org and we will get in touch Prior to relocating to Hawaii, he has undertaken the Adult Theological Education with them to see if they Program with the Maryhill School of Theology, and has completed the academic Parish Mobile App qualify to receive our requirements for his graduate degree, M.A. in Human Resources and Values Development, assistance. with the Miriam College Foundation, Inc., Philippines. Available for download for FREE on Apple and Andriod mobile devices! We praise and thank God We hope that you can make it! Everyone is welcome! Search “CoCathedral” for the love and care that It’s like having a resource of faith in By the Hawaii Catholic Herald the parishioners of the the palm of our hands.” Co-Cathedral has for the needy in our community. Prayers at the - The Third Week Weekly Bulletin The mother lights three candles. The prayer for the third week is: Would you like your parish announcement in our bulletin? Leader: Let us pray. 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FOURTH WEEK All four candles are lighted on the fourth Sunday by the father. The prayer for the fourth week is: Thank you for your generous donations in Maintenance & Repairs. Your support in this week’s second collection continues to keep our church as beautiful as it is. www.cocathedral.org (Co-Cathedral Church) www.cocathedral.org our new parish website www.sts-hi.org (Saint Theresa School) now features: The Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa • PARISH REGISTRATION • ONLINE GIVING MOBILE APP • MOBILE APP! Now with Liturgy of the Hours! • ST. THERESA SCHOOL Scan this QR code with your smart phone QR scanner to be directed to the Android or Apple App Store OR visit our website and click on the mobile Scan this QR code with your QR scanner to be directed to our parish website.

Advent DIOCESE Dec 13 Tuesday The Word Became Flesh Learning Lectio Divina 6:00pm Prayer Service - Advent Recollection With Sr. Marie Lemery, ss.cc. and Malulani Kamanu. “Stewards of Hope” with Deacon-Candidate Raffy Mendoza Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 from 9:00am - 2:00pm | St. Anthony Retreat Center. Open to woman and women 18 years and older who Dec 14 Wednesday wish to deepen their faith life throught Scripture and Prayer. 6:00pm Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Lunch provided. Free will offering. Registration regiured - call Note: Holy Hour is cancelled. 845-0065. 7:00pm Advent Communal Penance Service Save-the-Date Dec 16 - 24 Friday - Saturday By the Diocese of Honolulu 5:00am Misa de Gallo Bishop Robert Barron will be offering a lecture open Note: There is no 6:15am Mass on Sunday, Dec. 18. and free to the public on Monday, January 16, 7:00 p.m. at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa Parish. Honor Martin Christmas Luther King Day by joining us to dig more into your Dec 24 Sunday faith! 5:00pm Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord (Children’s Mass) 7:00pm Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord (Vietnamese Mass) Annual Tradition of Misa de Gallo 10:45pm Carols in the Co-Cathedral The tradition of Misa de Gallo (Spanish for “roster’s Mass), while 11:30pm with Bishop Larry Silva mostly observed by Spanish-speaking Roman Catholic countries in Latin America and in the Philippines is an annual parish event Dec 25 Sunday for many of Hawaii’s Filipino Catholics. Sometimes referred to as 6:15am The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) (Tagalog for “night Mass”) or Misa de Aguinaldo 8:00am (“gift Mass”) the celebrations begin on December 16 and end 10:30am on December 24. After Mass, 3:30pm (Vietnamese Mass) parishioners enjoy a myriad of 6:00pm Filipino holiday delicacies like and puto bumbong. Dec 31 Saturday Bishop Larry Silva will preside 5:00pm Vigil Mass over the following Misa de Gallo 7:00pm Vigil Mass (Vietnamese Mass) Masses: • Oahu, Dec. 16, 4:30 a.m. – St. Joseph Church, Waipahu New Year • Oahu, Dec. 17, 5:00 a.m. – Sts. Peter & Paul Church, Ala Moana Jan 1 Sunday • Oahu, Dec. 18, 7:00 a.m. – Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi 6:15am Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (New Years) • Molokai, Dec. 19, 5:00 a.m. – St. Damien Church, Kaunakakai 8:00am • Lanai, Dec. 20, 5:00 a.m. – Sacred Hearts Church, Lanai City 10:30am • Maui, Dec. 21, 5:00 a.m. – St. Theresa Church, Kihei 3:30pm (Vietnamese Mass) • Oahu, Dec. 22, 7:00 p.m. – St. Roch Church, Kahuku 6:00pm • Oahu, Dec. 23, 5:00 a.m. – St. John Church, Mililani • Oahu, Dec. 24, 5:00 a.m. – St. Michael Church, Waialua

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