Served by the Blessed Sacrament Congregation

Church Dedicated in 1919

St. Joseph School

(808) 935-4936

Website

www.sjshilo.com

Principal

Dr. Llewellyn Young

April 29, 2018

43 Kapiolani Street

Hilo, HI 96720

(808) 935-1465 www.stjoehilo.com

MASS SCHEDULE Weekdays: Mon.-Fri. 6:00 am & 12:15 pm Saturday: 7:00 am Legal Holidays: 7:00 am Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00 pm Sunday 7:00 am, 9:00 am, 11:45 am & 6:00pm CONFESSION Saturday: 10:00 am-11:00 am* St. Joseph Church or by appointment *Please note: confession schedule does not apply during some liturgical seasons. PRAYER TIMES Adoration M-F 4-5:00 pm Sat 3-3:30 pm Sun 4-4:30 pm Evening Prayer & Benediction M-F 5:00 pm Sat 3:30 pm Sun 4:30 pm

PRAY FOR US!

ST. JOSEPH

ST. JOSEPH CHURCH Pastor: Rev. Wilbert Laroga, SSS 935-1465 Parochial Vicars: Rev. Apolinario Ty, SSS 430-0481 Rev. Zaldy Norba, SSS 756-0838 Deacon: Dcn. Jim Dougherty, SOLT

“Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine,

so neither can you unless you remain in me. “

John 15:4

THE NOBLE VINE - from an oil painting Art by Alice Saltiel-Marshall, SFCA, ASA (https://artbysaltiel.blogspot.com/p/editions.html)

Weekly Reflection:5th Sunday of Easter – Cycle B – April 29, 2018

“Remain in me, as I remain in you.”

What does it mean to be a Christian today? It certainly is more than just following a set of commandments. It means pri-

marily sharing a life with Jesus – that is to say we have entered into a true relationship with Christ so that we reflect His values and His desires in our lives.

This is what the Parable of the Vine and Branches tells us. Jesus is the true vine and His Father is the vine grower. From the Father comes the fullness of life that flows into Christ. In turn, as branches of the vine, we obtain our own "fullness of life" only through our relationship in faith and love with Jesus and loving service for others.

Consequently cut off from Jesus, we will not thrive. We cannot receive the gift of divine life and neither can we pass it to others. Thus, we must remain in Him. To remain united with Him is the starting point and goal of Christian life.

Let us pray unceasingly for this grace to remain forever in Jesus!

“Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.”

St Jerome

Sunday, April 29 Acts 9:26-31 Ps 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31, 32 1 Jn 3:18-24 Jn 15:1-8

Monday, April 30 Acts 14:5-18 Ps 115:1-5, 15-16 Jn 14:21-26

Tuesday, May 01 Acts 14:19-28 Ps 145:10-13ab, 21 Jn 14:27-31a

Wednesday, May 02 Acts 15:1-6 Ps 122:1-5 Jn 15:1-8

Thursday, May 03 1 Cor 15:1-8 Ps 19:2-5 Jn 14:6-14

Friday, May 04 Acts 15:22-31 Ps 57:8-12 Jn 15:12-17

Saturday, May 05 Acts 16:1-10 Ps 100:2, 3, 5 Jn 15:18-21

Sunday, May 06 Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 Ps 98:1-4 1 Jn 4:7-10 Jn 15:9-17

Faith Formation Series with Fr. Poli Ty, SSS

Continues with the Catechism of the Catholic Church

Monday, April 30 Topic: “Sacraments”

6:00 pm in the Church w/fellowship to follow

Total # of Candidates:

168

First Friday

Adoration

Immediately following the

12:15p mass on April 6th

until 9:00pm

Visit with our Lord!

“Hope means expectancy when things are otherwise hopeless.”

G.K. Chesterton

Weekly Calendar Monday, April 30 6:00 am Mass/Church 10:00 am Prayer Service (+Josephine Victorine)/Ballard Family Mortuary 11:30 am Graveside Service (+Josephine Victorine)/ Homelani Mem. Pk. 12:15 pm Mass/Church 5:30 pm Youth Core Team Meeting/Conference Room 6:00 pm RCIA Class/Library 6:00 pm Faith Formation w/Fr. Poli/Church 7:00 pm Liturgy Committee Meeting/Conference Room Tuesday, May 01 6:00 am Mass/Church 10:00 am Mass/Hale Anuenue 12:00 pm Graveside Service (+Gene Haleamau)/ Veterans Cemetery #2 12:15 pm Mass/Church 5:00 pm Maintenance Committee/Meeting Room 7:00 pm Mother of Perpetual Help Novena (Rosary 6:30 pm)/Church Wednesday, May 02 6:00 am Mass/Church 10:30 am Mass/Life Care Center 12:15 pm Mass/Church 6:00 pm PPAC Meeting/Meeting Room 7:00 pm Praise & Worship Hour/Church Thursday, May 03 6:00 am Mass/Church 12:15 pm Mass/Church 6:30 pm St. Joseph Choir Rehearsal/Church 7:00 pm Wake Service (+John T. Aguiar)/Dodo Chapel Friday, May 04 6:00 am Mass/Church 8:30 am Viewing (+John T. Aguiar)/Church 10:00 am Funeral Mass (+John T. Aguiar)/Church 12:15 pm Mass/Church 1:00 pm First Friday Adoration/Church 6:00 pm San Lorenzo Choir Rehearsal/Church Saturday, May 05 7:00 am Mass/Church 8:00 am NAMI Family-to-family Classes/Meeting room 8:15 am Church Cleaner's #6 (C. Lantano)/Church 9:30 am Bible Sharing/Library 10:00 am Reconciliation/Church 5:00 pm High School Youth Ministry/Library 5:00 pm Mass/Church Sunday, May 06 7:00 am Mass/Church 9:00 am Mass/Church 10:15 am Religious Education Classes/SJHS 11:45 am Mass/Church 6:00 pm Mass/Church

Let us pray for the souls of our dearly

departed. May they find peace.

+John T. Aguiar The Parish Emergency Food Pantry is

seeking foods with pop tops and canned meats and soups.

Inventory is low.

PRAISE & WORSHIP HOUR

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 7-8pm St. Joseph Church

Join us as we gather together as the Body of Christ, to worship and thank the Lord for all He

does for us. As we sing songs of praise, God is with us in a very special way.

“Let everything that has breath give praise to the Lord! Hallelujah!"

(Psalm 150:6)

Religious Ed News NO Saturday TEEN GROUP MAY 19

LAST Saturday TEEN GROUP MAY 26

SUMMER BREAK ALL OF JUNE NO Sunday RE CLASS ON MAY 20

LAST Sunday RE CLASS IS ON MAY 27 Youth (teens 14-18) Ministry Resumes on

Saturday, July 7 (5-8pm) Registration for 2018-2019 year grades

K through teens (August of 2018)

YTD Actual YTD Budget

Collections 7,401.25 420,419.44 444,531.91

All Other Income 4,526.24 282,097.04 288,781.36

Deposited to Bank 11,927.49 702,516.48 733,313.27

Parish Hall 161.25 Parish Savings

Loan to school 141,088.43

Designated Funds 341,293.48

Restricted Funds 430,457.92

912,839.83

Stewardship Report of Treasury for:Week (4/17-4/23)

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Second Collection for Building,

Repair & Maintenance

(This Weekend)

2017-2018 Bishop’s Circle Appeal

From the Diocese of Honolulu

& the Catholic Church in Hawaii

Together We Are…

Stewards of Service

The Bishop’s Circle Appeal is a special invitation to join

Bishop Larry Silva as a fellow steward of service by honoring

the Lord through the stewardship of treasure.

Some of the many needs your gift will help:

• Our Clergy: with vocations, retire-ment & rising cost of health care

• Our Youth: in parish faith for-mation programs & Catholic Schools

• Our Needy: through parish and Catholic social service agencies

For more information and to make a donation, please visit

www.catholichawaii.org or use the enve-lope available in the back of the church.

Advertise with us!

Call the rectory office (935-1465)

for more infor-mation on sizes

& prices.