1525 Waimano Home Rd, Pearl City, HI 96782Phone: 808.455.3012 Fax: 808.456.9443 www.olgcchurch.org olgc@hawaii.rr.com

Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish

MISSION

Our Lady of Good Counsel is a Christ-centered Parish enlightened by the Holy Spirit, guided by the Scriptures, Tradition and the Sacraments of the Holy Catholic Church; through the Stewardship of time, talent and treasure, seeking to renew and maintain love, family unity and Christian values throughout the community.

MASS SCHEDULE

Monday - Friday: 6:30 a.m.

Saturday: 7:00 a.m.

Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m. (Fulfills Sunday Obligation)

Sunday: 6:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Saturday: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.(unless noted in bulletin)

Perpetual Adoration Chapel Open 24 Hours a Day -

7 Days a Week

Thursday Before First FridayHoly Hour at 7:00 p.m.

First Friday Mass Sacred Heart Devotion

Mass at 6:30 a.m.(unless noted in bulletin)

In a message sent to catechists from all over the world, Pope Francis stressed the need to

not only make Christ the center of their lives, but to be creative and adaptable in finding ways to reach the people in their area. “The catechist is creative; they search for different means and forms of announcing Christ,” he said. "Believing in Jesus is beautiful because Jesus is the way, truth and life “who fills our existence with joy and gladness,” the Pope said. “This quest to make Jesus known as supreme beauty leads us to find new signs and ways of transmitting the faith,” he said, noting that while the means might be different, what's important is to imitate “the style of Jesus, who adapted to the people he had before him in order to make them close to the love of God." A catechist is also someone who journeys both from and with Christ, he said. “They are not a person who starts from their own ideas and preferences, but who allows themselves to look to him, to this gaze that makes their heart burn.”

The more that Jesus is the center of our lives, the more he teaches us to go out of ourselves, Francis said, adding that we are then “decentralized” and able to be close to

others. “This dynamism of love is like the movement of the heart,” and Jesus himself gives us an example of how to live this when he retreats to pray, and then “immediately goes to the encounter of those who are hungry and thirsty for God in order to heal and save them.”

“From here arises the importance of the 'mystagogical' catechesis, which is the constant encounter with the Word and with the sacraments, and not something merely occasional prior to the celebration of the sacraments of Christian initiation,” he said. Pope Francis closes his speech by thanking catechists for their work, “above all because you walk with the People of God,” and encouraged them “to be joyful messengers, guardians of the good and the beauty that shines forth in the faithful life of the missionary disciple."

POPE CALLS CATECHISTS TO BE JOYFUL, CREATIVE WITNESSES OF CHRIST

TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMESeptember 15 & 16, 2018

Catholic News Agency July 12,2017

This week’s Readings: Isaiah 50:4c-9a; Psalm 116:1-6, 8-9; James 2:14-16; Mark 8:27-35Next week ’s Readings: Wisdom 2:12, 17-20; Psalm 54:3-4, 5, 6-8; James 3:16-4:3; Mark 9:30-37

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Our Lady of Good Counsel Faith Formation Program has once again opened its doors to

form our children, youth and adults to know, to grow and to deepen their faith in God. Another year has come upon all of us to take part in this program so as to continue to build the Church Jesus intended to be. I mentioned “us” because sharing our faith in God is not only the role of our catechists but every baptized Catholic. At the Sacramental Rite of Baptism, parents are asked if they clearly understand what they are undertaking when they ask the Church to have their child or children be baptized. That is, accepting the responsibility of training their child in the practice of the faith and their duty to bring them up to keep God’s commandments as Christ taught, by loving God and neighbor. So also, for godparents if they are ready to help the parents in their duty as Christian mothers and fathers. Thus, at baptism, parents and godparents enlist themselves to be witnesses for Jesus Christ as the child grows in faith. They become the first teachers of faith and living witnesses of Jesus. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to those who enlisted themselves this year for our catechetical program. They join you, parents and godparents, teach the faith to your children not only to prepare them to receive their sacraments but also to have a more profound and faithful relationship with Jesus. That, they only do not know about God but to know God and establish a loving bond with

Him. With the help and guidance of our catechists, those who learn about God, the Church, the Saints, and more will have a thoughtful understanding what it truly means to have faith and be a disciple of Jesus. As we celebrate Catechetical Sunday, we pray for our dear catechists. The mission entrusted to them is not easy. As volunteers, they also face the challenges of meeting the demands of their family and work. But they wholeheartedly opened up to share their time, talent and treasure to embark in the journey of faith. They need our support, assistance and understanding. Our parents need to help our catechists and participate actively. It is your primary role to help your children to teach the faith as you made your promises to God when they were baptized. Our catechists are there to assist you in these tremendous tasks and when there is a joint effort, you may be able to reap the fruits of your labor, to have men and women of faith focused on Jesus. The call to be a witness of Jesus is everyone’s call. His message needs to be proclaimed not only in the world but also in the church. His ways are to be lived every single day so that people will know that Jesus is truly present. He is the Only One who can renew our broken church with the Holy Spirit as inspiration and guide to the truth of the Gospel. The call to conversion and transformation are needed today. And this can only happen if we can have more and more people enlisting to be His witness, here and now.

ENLISTING WITNESSES FOR JESUS CHRIST

MINISTRY CORNER“As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.”PAGE 3

Suggestions for future improvement:

Your comments are important to help determine potential improvements to be made with the bulletin. Thank you to those who took the time to add comments on the survey. Here’s a summary of some of your comments based on this survey. There were requests on the update on future building improvements, financial status of the parish and a periodic expansion of expenditures. A few prefers less inserts, less pages, bigger fonts and no abbreviations. Some suggestions were to synchronize catechesis with RCIA lessons, inspirational stories on how parishioners live their faith and show more projects and efforts of the parish community. Some commented on printing the bulletin in black and white to cut down on cost which could instead be used to help the needy, go back to using the printing shop and color is unnecessary. Some expressed their liking for the color, the many pictures, that it’s captivating, beautiful, neat, easy to read, informative and that they look forward to reading it weekly.

Do you read the bulletin? YES NO558

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Rating: 1 - Unsatisfactory 5 (1%) 2 7 (1%) 3 46 (8%) 4 166 (29%) 5 - Excellent 329 (57%) No rating 22 (4%)

What areas do you enjoy reading? Pastor’s Desk 436 (76%) Pope’s Message 413 (72%) Parish Activities 401 (70%) Stewardship/Ministry Corner 332 (58%) Bishop Larry’s Message 318 (55%) Mass Intentions 296 (51%) Stewardship Report 253 (44%) School News 243 (42%) Lifelong Catechesis 229 (40%) Death Anniversary 191 (33%)

RESULTS OF BULLETIN SURVEY

By Bernadette V. Cabe

Thank you to all parishioners who participated in the in-pew bulletin survey this past weekend. It has been a little over a year since the new parish bulletin was published. Besides the first and last pages being in

color, a completely new layout and topics were added to it. The bulletin team brainstorms every so often to enhance the layout to include the background on the first page, color scheme and general appearance of the bulletin to make it more appealing to the parishioners. Careful research, preparation and coordination go into writing these articles and other information disseminated through the bulletin assuring readers of its veracity and relevance. The purpose of this survey was to obtain the parishioners’ overall opinion of the new bulletin and suggestions for future improvement. It is through surveys like this that we as a parish can truly know the needs of its community. Here are the results of the bulletin survey conducted on September 8 and 9, 2018 at all Masses:

Total # of Completed Surveys: 575

SCHOOL NEWS“Together with Christ what we believe, we can achieve.”

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BLESSING OF THE BIBLES

Students of grades 5 and 6 were each handed the Bible they will use through their final years at OLGC School. Religion teacher

of grades 4-8, Mrs. Catherine Garnsey, organized two beautiful services for the students to receive their Bibles, have them blessed by Father Pascual, and listened to him as he described the importance of the Bible and daily forms of prayer and activity with the Bible. The students take ownership of the Bible and it is used in Religion class. Students are also welcome to hold it in their backpacks so it is available at home for prayer and reflection too! Our school is so blessed with the love and support of Father Pascual and Father Alfred. They always make themselves available to our students so that events like this are made extra special. Their constant presence to our students at the weekly school Mass on Thursdays and on campus is truly appreciated.

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES

MASS INTENTIONS for the WEEK

SEPTEMBER 15Mamo Lum 1958Pacifico Angeles Reyes 1980Iliganoa Sivasa 1998Mary Juanita Tiwanak 2014 SEPTEMBER 16Francis Takeo Sakai 1964Juan Yica 1972John Kahoku Akau 1977Alfredo Rabanal Dacquel 1989Alexander Dularte 1995Johnette Higa 2000Grace Nakata 2001Anita Melendrina Ramirez 2010

SEPTEMBER 17 Honorata Calaycay Camero 1988George Benjamin Perry Sr. 1998Eduardo Cabanillas 2003

SEPTEMBER 18Elaine Malama Vierra 1987Jessica Leong 1996Fred Marcelino Manasas 2005Dora Edith Gouveia 2008

SEPTEMBER 19Ronald Chun 1990Jose Ganaden 1995Benjamin Subia Acorda 2004Rolando Quintos Agbunag 2014Connie Palisbo Estocondo 2014Lenora Tubania 2016

SEPTEMBER 20Jason Llanos Navarez 1975Felisa Diaz 2003Pedro "Pete" Arcinio 2014Valeriana Agtarap Coloma 2014

SEPTEMBER 21Joann Ululani Han 2004John Soares 2005

Please notify the Parish Office a week in advance to have your intentions added to our schedule.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 157:00 a.m. For the eternal repose of the souls of Patrick

Amantiad, Randy Ferreira & Wilson Aquino

5:00 p.m. Birthday blessings for Maria Salome Ibana. Birthday blessings & thanksgiving for Dolores Baddo. For the eternal repose of the souls of Daniel K. Sailer, Andrea Cinco, Poten Ciana, Margaret Stone, Sheryl Daguio & Robert Dancel Samonte

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 166:30 a.m. For the eternal repose of the soul of Sheryl Daguio

8:30 a.m. Birthday blessings for Flor Foronda. Special intentions for Marieta & Meliton Bond, Sherilynn & Helen Guieb. For the eternal repose of the souls of William & Sylvia Gomes, Sheryl Daguio & Baby Girl Travens

11 a.m. Safe travel & good health for the Clemson family. Blessings & good health for the Silva family. For the eternal repose of the soul of Patrick Amantiad

5:00 p.m. For the eternal repose of the souls of Joann Gapol & Robert Dancel Samonte

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17For the eternal repose of the soul of Sheryl Daguio

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 For the eternal repose of the soul of Sheryl Daguio

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19Birthday blessings for Patrick Cabico. For the eternal repose of the soul Sheryl Daguio

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20Birthday blessings for Patrick Cabico & Cynthia P. Bautista. For the eternal repose of the soul of Sheryl Daguio

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21Birthday blessings for Partick Cabico. For the eternal repose of the souls of George Respicio & Sheryl Daguio

STEWARDSHIP REPORT

TITHING GUIDE

ANNUAL WEEKLY MONTHLY ANNUALLYINCOME 10% 5% 10% 5% 10% 5%$10,000 19.23 9.61 83.33 41.66 1000.00 500.00$15,000 26.84 14.42 125.00 62.50 1500.00 750.00$20,000 38.46 19.23 166.66 83.33 2000.00 1000.00$25,000 48.07 24.03 208.33 104.16 2500.00 1250.00$30,000 57.69 28.84 250.00 125.00 3000.00 1500.00$40,000 76.92 38.46 333.33 166.66 4000.00 2000.00$50,000 96.15 48.07 416.66 208.33 5000.00 2500.00$60,000 115.38 57.69 500.00 250.00 6000.00 3000.00$70,000 134.62 67.31 583.33 291.66 7000.00 3500.00$80,000 153.85 76.92 666.67 333.34 8000.00 4000.00$90,000 173.08 86.54 750.00 375.00 9000.00 4500.00$100,000 192.31 96.15 833.33 416.66 10000.00 5000.00$125,000 240.38 120.19 1041.67 520.33 12500.00 6250.00

Remember us in your willOur Lady of Good Counsel is ex-tremely grateful to those individuals who have made, or have expressed an intention to make a gift to our fu-ture ministries in their will. Such a gift is among the most far reaching and valuable contributions. If you are considering leaving your gift as a will or bequest and would like more infor-mation, please call (808) 455-3012.

GOOD SAMARITANSTEWARDSHIP

MOMENT

You can gift wrap your tithe in a personalized envelope! Please contact our Parish Office for details. Thank You for your continued generosity!

ONLINEGIVINGHere is a helpful guide for tithing to our Parish

based on 5% and 10% tithes of your total income.

St. James asks what our love for Jesus Christ can possibly mean if it does not result in action on behalf of, and to benefit, our neighbor. He suggests that faith in Jesus Christ is domonstrated most profoundly in our care for the needy, the suffering, and the underprivileged. Stewardship includes proclaiming the Good News by putting our faith into action on behalf of others. In what ways have we been willing to make sacrifies and renunciations for the sake of Jesus Christ and our neighbor?

GENERAL OPERATING FUND

July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019 $ 804,000.00Weekly Goal $ 15,500.00

COLLECTIONS for September 8 & 9, 2018 $ 19,048.16Tithing from Collection Envelopes $ 13,547.17Loose Collections $ 3,312.99Online Giving for September 3-7, 2018 $ 2,188.00 Year to Date Budget $ 170,500.00Year to Date Receipts $ 154,160.63Difference $ (16,339.37)Number of Tithing Envelopes Received 233 BUILDING FUNDCurrent Building Fund Balance $ 739,562.45Collections for September 8 & 9, 2018 $ 30.00Online Giving for September 3-7, 2018 $ 427.00Phase III Construction Goal $ 3,000,000.00Amount to Goal $ (2,260,437.55)

CHURCH MAINTENANCE FUNDCurrent Church Maintenance Fund Balance $ 210,436.48Collections for September 8 & 9, 2018 $ 501.00Online Giving for September 3-7, 2018 $ 317.00

SECOND COLLECTIONOLGC School $ 67.00Catholic University of America $ 2,087.43

CHURCH & SCHOOL STAFF DIRECTORY

Rev. Father Pascual Abaya IVPastor

Rev. Father Alfred Omar B. GuerreroParochial Vicar

Dcn. Thomas MiyashiroDcn. Efrain AndrewsDcn. Raymond LambPermanent Deacons

Mrs. Lisa SaitoSecretary

Mrs. Winnie LeeSecretarial Assistant

Ms. Pam FalascoDirector of Religious Education

Mrs. Leilani Asuncion-TagupaAsst. Coord. of Religious Education

Ms. Laurie MunozYouth & Family Ministry Coordinator

Mr. Jonathan ReweinMaintenance

Ms. Mary Pat WaterhouseFinance Committee Chairperson

Mr. Keith YoshidaParish Pastoral Council Chairperson

Mrs. Chantelle LuarcaSchool Principal

Mrs. Teri NicolasSchool Secretary

Mrs. Nellie EnosSchool Receptionist

PARISH/SCHOOL HOURS & INFORMATION

PARISH OFFICE HOURSMONDAY through FRIDAY 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Closed 12 noon to 1 p.m. for lunch and on holidays

PARISH ADDRESS & INFO1525 Waimano Home Rd.Pearl City, HI 96782Office: (808) 455-3012Fax: (808) 456-9443email: olgc@hawaii.rr.com

SCHOOL OFFICE HOURSMONDAY through FRIDAY7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.WEDNESDAY7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

SCHOOL ADDRESS & INFO1530 Hoolana StreetPearl City, HI 96782Office: (808) 455-4533Fax: (808) 455-5587

PARISH ACTIVITIES SCHEDULEMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Shazzy Fitness School6 - 9 p.m. Virtus - Safe Environment PC6 - 9 p.m. Youth Praise & Worship Rehearsal Church6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Spirit & Grace Choir Mtg Rm7 p.m. Baptism Class Center

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 188 a.m. - 1 p.m. Marc Pilarca Funeral PC8:30 a.m. Marc Pilarca Funeral Church11 a.m. Pilarca Funeral Mass Church1:30 p.m. Pilarca Burial Offsite5 - 9 p.m. American Heritage Girls PC15:30 - 6:00 p.m. Youth & Young Adults Choir Mtg Rm6 - 7:30 p.m. Shazzy Fitness PC26 - 9 p.m. RCIA Center6:45 - 9 p.m. Youth & Family Mtg Rm7 - 9 p.m. Samoan Choir Church

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 198:30 - 11:30 a.m. Outreach Center5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Shazzy Fitness School6 - 9 p.m. Charismatic Prayer Group Church6 - 9 p.m. Virtus - Safe Environment PC

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 208:15 a.m. School Mass Church4:30 - 6 p.m. Blessed Mother Prayer Group Church5 - 6 p.m. Youth & Young Adult Choir Mtg Rm6 - 7:30 p.m. Shazzy Fitness PC26:30 - 8:30 p.m. Spirit & Grace Choir Mtg Rm

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 No Scheduled Activities

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 229 - 10 a.m. Shazzy Fitness PC2 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Samoan Choir Church1 - 4 p.m. Virtus - Safe Environment PC2 - 4 p.m. CPREP Center

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 239:45 - 10:45 a.m. Religious Ed Classes School12:15 p.m. Lynette Aea Prayer Sevice Offsite2 - 4 p.m. CYM MS PC2:30 - 4 p.m. Youth Praise & Worship Rehearsal Church5 - 8:30 p.m. CYM HS PC

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: If you are seriously ill, or will be undergoing surgery, please contact the Parish Office.

BLESSINGS: Please contact the Parish Office to make arrangements for blessings of home, cars, boats, etc.

CANDLES: Candles are available for purchase upon request.

CHANGE of ADDRESS: Please notify the secretary of any changes.

FUNERALS: Please contact the Parish Office before making arrangements with the mortuary.

NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome to OLGC Parish! Please register and join in our Parish activities.

WELCOME INFORMATIONSACRAMENTS of INITIATION:INFANT BAPTISM: Please contact the Parish Office to make an appointment with the priest. Parents should apply at least one month prior to the Baptismal Preparation Program.

CONFIRMATION & FIRST HOLY COMMUNION: Please contact the Parish Office for more details.

RITE of CHRISTIAN INITIATION for ADULTS (RCIA): Please contact the Parish Office if you are a baptized Christian of another denomination wishing to become Catholic, or if you wish to receive the Sacraments of Initiation.

SACRAMENT of MATRIMONY: Please contact the Parish Office at least 6 months in advance for an appointment with a priest. This appointment should take place before any other arrangements are made.

LIFELONG CATECHESIS by Rev. Alfred Omar B. GuerreroParochial Vicar/Director of Liturgy

This weekend, the Church celebrates Catechetical Sunday under the theme of “Enlisting Witness for Jesus

Christ.” Catechists of our parish are formally commissioned for ministry to the community at most of our Masses. Catechetical Sunday every year is a wonderful reminder to reflect on the role that each baptized person plays a role in handing on the faith and being a witness to the Gospel. Bishop Robert Barron, Chairman of the Committee

on Evangelization and Catechesis, writes in his 2018 Catechetical Sunday message, “We are living in a secularized society which continues to squeeze Christianity to the margins, or completely out of engagement with Jesus Christ and the Church.” He speaks of the alarming rate of baptized Catholics leaving the Church “after preparing for and celebrating initiation sacraments, and after years of Catholic School or parish religion classes.” But “at the same time, we are blessed with an incredibly generous cohort of faithful who are sacramentally graced to give Gospel witness in their homes, schools and workplace, if only they were invited, trained and supported in their outreach as missionary disciples. It will take the whole Church’s witness and engagement of the “Nones”, inside and outside

the walls of the church and across society, to reach out, accompany them, and share the joy of the gospel with them.” “Nones” are those people with no religious affiliation.

Pope St. John Paul II is believed to be the first to call for a New Evangelization in 1983. Both Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis have also been calling for a New Evangelization. Pope Benedict XVI said at the concluding Mass of the Synod of Bishops that “the new evangelization applies to the whole of the Church’s life. It applies, in the first instance, to the ordinary pastoral ministry that must be more animated by the fire of the Spirit, so as to inflame the hearts of the faithful who regularly take part in community worship and gather on the Lord’s Day to be nourished by his word and by the bread of eternal life.” In Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis wrote “every Christian is challenged, here and now, to be actively engaged in evangelization; indeed, anyone who has truly experienced God’s saving love does not need much time or lengthy training to go out and proclaim that love.” More than ever we are called to exercise our baptismal priesthood in proclaiming the Good News and witnessing to Jesus!

The gospel is never only about what Jesus did long ago and far away, but also about what he is doing now. Just as he overturned the corruption in the Temple two thousand years ago with his

whips and cords, he is turning his beloved Church upside down at this moment, not as an act of hatred but as an act of merciful, purifying love. Yes, it is true we would rather he deal with us by way of the well-groomed and mannered ways of gentility, but if he comes in unkempt and unsmiling, we also need to recognize his presence with us there as a transforming and ultimately loving presence. We therefore stand before Jesus, sinful and sorrowful, deaf to the plight of those who suffer and mute as the agents of their freedom, and we ask Jesus to look up to heaven for us, to emit his healing groan for his sinful people, and to pronounce anew his “Effata,” “Be opened,” so that we can hear more clearly his glorious voice and speak more boldly of the cleansing fire of his love.

BISHOP LARRY SILVA