Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY | April 8, 2018 Mission: 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. Clergy Team Second Sunday of Easter Pastor Fr. Gregorio Honorio Jr. The readings for this season provide us an extended meditation on the mystery of the In-Residence Fr. Sydney Fernandes resurrection and on our own incorporation into that resurrection through the mysteries Deacon Francis Leasiolagi of initiation. Deacon Raffy Mendoza he Sacred Mysteries VHM Chaplain Fr. Dominic Nguyen The readings invite us into the sacred mysteries of the season. Most of us are like VHM Deacon Anthony Nguyen Thomas, who looked for some tangible evidence of the resurrection. We may not be as straightforward in our demands as he was, but we are frequently no less resolute. We Schedule of Masses Sunday 6:15am, 8:00am appeared, he was open to the power of the resurrection, and he ultimately entered 10:30am, 6:00pm do not find it any easier to live by faith than he did. We are no more willing to listen to theinto good the depths news that of its comes mystery. from Thomas others isthan the he model was. ofHowever, those who as obstinatecome to the as hesacred first Saturday Vigil 5:00pm mysteries through the words of others. Mondays - Thursdays 6:30am Fridays & Saturdays 8:00am grew in number as a result of the teaching of the apostles. So it has always been down We find the same situation in the reading from Acts. The fledgling Christian community Vietnamese Masses ones called through the teaching of others to witness to the power of the resurrection in Sunday 3:30pm throughour day. Regardlessthe ages. Although of how oftenwe were we hearnot eyewitnesses this Easter message of the actual proclaimed, events, wewe willare thenever Saturday Vigil 7:00pm plumb the depths of its mystery. The mystagogical catechesis found in the letter of John Mon, Tues, Thurs 5:30pm invites all of us to stand beside Thomas, proclaiming with him the humble prayer: My Lord and my God! Sacrament of Reconciliation Tangible Proof Wednesdays 6:15pm-7:00pm We search for tangible proof of the resurrection, and we are told to live by faith. Eucharistic Adoration Remarkably, when we do live by faith, we discover tangible proof. This proof is found Exposition Wednesdays 6:15pm-7:00pm in the Christian community itself. Here we find people devoted to the teaching of the Adoration Chapel apostles,dedicating living their a lives communal to the worklife, breaking of reconciliation bread together, in families, and praying.among races Here and we findnations. Everyday 6:00am-10:30pm people sharing their possessions with others and living in peace. Here we find people feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, visiting the sick, Co-Cathedral Office Here we find people involved in works of justice as well as charity. Here we find people Monday-Friday 8:00am-12:00pm well-being. These are all tangible proofs of the resurrection. comfortingJesus extends those his woundedin sorrow. hands Here we to usfind as people he did devotedto Thomas, to issues and the of community life and health is and 1:00pm-4:30pm invited to touch his wounds as we touch the wounds of our world. Today these wounds Saturdays 8:30am-12:00pm can be seen in the victims of war or racial violence, in those suffering debilitating Sundays Closed illness, in those ostracized from society, in the vulnerable who are abused, in the Phone 808-521-1700 disadvantaged who are exploited. The tangible proof of the resurrection can be seen in the way the community reaches out to others in care and support. Fax 808-599-3629 E-mail [email protected] The Cost Website www.cocathedral.org Address 712 North School St. Although the blessings we derive from the resurrection are clearly a gift from God, Honolulu, HI 96817 they are nonetheless a costly gift. They have been won through the blood of Christ, and we may have to pay dearly for having received them. Our faith may be tested by fire. Saint Theresa School Ourat times commitment it can also to be the dangerous. well-being Yet of evenothers these may trials meet can with be rejection seen as tangibleand opposition. proof of School Principal Anyone who has set out to correct social ills knows this is not only a thankless job, but Conception (Bernie) Gora It was only through suffering that new life sprang forth. the resurrection, for they remind us that the glorious wounds of Christ are still wounds. Phone 808-536-4703 Deacon Francis Leasiolagi Website www.sts-hi.org O N D A Y WEEK THIS THERESA ST. th April 9 MSolemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord Is. 7:10-14;8:10/Heb. 10:4-10/ Lk. 1:26-38 6:30a - Mass 5:30p - VHM Mass UESDAY S Sacristy T April 10th Acts 4:32-37/Jn. 3:7b-15 6:30a - MasS 5:30p - VHM Mass PC Pastoral Center Center Pastoral EDNESDAY W April 11th Memorial od St. Stanislaus, Origin of Divine Mercy Sunday Bishop & Martyr Acts 5:17-26/Jn. 3:16-21 Saint Faustina: Mankind’s need for the message of Divine Mercy took on 6:30a - Mass PH 6:00p - OLPH Novena Hall Parish 6:15p - Eucharistic Adoration & an “eclipse of the sense of God” and, therefore to lose the understanding Confession ofdire the urgency sanctity in and the inherent20th Century, dignity when of human civilization life. In began the 1930s, to experience Jesus 7:00p - YAM Meeting chose a humble Polish nun, St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, to receive private H U R S D A Y R revelations concerning Divine Mercy that were recorded in her Diary. St. th Rectory T April 12 John Paul II explains: Acts 5:27-33/Jn. 3:31-36 6:30a - Mass 5:30p - VHM Mass VHM “This was precisely the time when those ideologies of evil, nazism and Vietnamese Holy MartyrsVietnamese communism, were taking shape. Sister Faustina became the herald of the one RIDAY message capable of off-setting the evil of those ideologies, that fact that God is F April 13th mercy—the truth of the merciful Christ. And for this reason, when I was called Acts 5:34-42/Jn. 6:1-15 to the See of Peter, I felt impelled to pass on those experiences of a fellow Pole 8:00a - STS Mass that deserve a place in the treasury of the universal Church. 6:00p - Peter Pan Musical Play ~ Pope Saint John Paul II, Memory and Identity (2005) A T U R D A Y S April 14th Acts 5:1-7/Jn. 6:16-21 Divine Mercy Sunday: St. Faustina’s Diary records 14 occasions when Jesus 8:00a - Mass FWR requested that a Feast of Mercy (Divine Mercy Sunday) be observed, for 1:00p - Peter Pan Musical Play Faculty Work Room Work Faculty example: 5:00p - Vigil Mass 7:00p - VHM Vigil Mass “My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that U N D A Y the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor S April 15th sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the Fount of My mercy. 3rd Sunday of Easter The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain Acts 3:13- 15/1Jn. 2:1-5a/ STS complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. … Let no soul fear to draw near Lk. 24:35-48 SchoolTheresa Saint to Me. … It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after 6:15a - Mass Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy. 8:00a - Mass (Diary, no. 699) 10:30a- Mass 3:30p - VHM Mass 6:00p - Mass decreed that the Second Sunday of Easter would henceforth be known as DivineOn May Mercy 5, 2000, Sunday. five days after the canonization of St. Faustina, the Vatican @hicocathedral #hicocathedral Excerpts from USCCB Website on Divine Mercy YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY Are you a Public School Senior who is interested to sit down Y.E.A.S.T. Youth and have dinner with Bishop Larry Silva? Youth Young Adult You’re Invited Evangelization St. Theresa School On Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Religious Education Check in at 5:30pm, Dinner is served at 6:00pm RCIA/RCIC At W.R. Farrington High School Library Sacramental Preparation 1564 N. King Street Bible Study Honolulu, HI 96819 Legion of Mary * Please come in a school t-shirt or uniform. * Lectio Divina Altar Please send an RSVP to Alofa Leasiolagi at (808)304-8178 or Altar Server [email protected] on or before April 4, 2018. Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion Hosted by West Honolulu Vicariate Youth and Young Adult Ministry Lector Liturgical Environment SOCIAL MINISTRY Music Sacristan AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE Usher/Greeter Sacred Heart erving hot meals at the Institute of Human Services for the Men’s and Women/ Social Ministry COME,Children’s JOIN Shelters.US as we minister If you’re by interested s in serving at our Wednesday, Bereavement April 11, 2018, Women & Children’s Shelter at 5:00 Hospital & Homebound outreachp.m.