St.

Roch Parish
56-350 Kamehameha Highway, PO Box 295, Kahuku, Hawaii 96731
Phone: 808-293-5026 Fax: 808-293-1737 Website: www.strochkahuku.weebly.com email: saintrochkahuku@gmail.com

St. Roch Church St. Joachim Church

56-350 Kamehameha Highway, Kahuku, HI
MASS SCHEDULE
Sunday....7:30 AM
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu...9:00 AM
ReconciliationSun 6:45 AM7:15 AM
53-356 Kamehameha Highway, Punaluu, HI
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday ...6:00 PM
Weekday Masses at St. Roch Church
Reconciliation Sat 5:15 PM5:45 PM

CENTENNIAL COUNTDOWN
175 DAYS TILL AUGUST 20, 2017

Mission
St. Roch Parish (St. Roch Church and St. Joachim Mission Church) will engage in a life-long journey in prayer
and a relationship with the Lord by living our Catholic faith and transforming ourselves and others spiritually
for generations to come. We will create an open, hospitable and welcoming community that embraces diversity
and celebrates the giftedness of each person.

Vision
To be joyful disciples equipped to witness Jesus by living and sharing our faith with all.

Fr. Anastacio (Fr. Jun) Postrano Pastor

Parish Office Hours Weekdays 8:00 AM to Noon
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Living Catholic in the 808: Rice Bowl: Not Just for Keiki Any More! PARISH ACTIVITIES
By: Kristina M. DeNeve, Adult Faith Formation Coordinator, Diocese Of Honolulu
In a few days we begin one of Catholics favorite seasons: Lent. (Why do SUNDAY, February 26, 8th Sunday in Ordinary time
we love this season so much??) 40 days in the desert. Prayer, Fasting and St. Roch Mass ..7:30AM
Almsgiving. Bring it on, yes?! RE Class......9:00AM
As you discern how to live out your Catholic faith this Lent, might you MONDAY, February 27
consider an oldie but goodie, namely Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Rice Mass ..9:00AM
Bowl. (As you may know, CRS is THE international outreach ministry of our Mass at Oceanside......11:00AM
U.S. Catholic Bishops. It is how we minister to those in need all the world
RCIA....7:00PM
over, including our own back yards.)
CRS offers us the chance to PRAY, FAST and GIVE this Lent in solidarity
TUEDAY, February 28
with our bishops and with those in need. By downloading the app, you can Mass ..9:00AM
access your new Lenten prayer routine. You can watch weekly videos, en- Memorial Service for Bill McNair...6:00PM
countering those helped by CRS and learning more about Catholic Social Pancake Supper Pot Luck..7:00PM
Teaching. And you can commit the money saved from your fasting to support WEDNESDAY, March 1, Ash Wednesday
CRS. And families? The Rice Bowl app offers you ways to pray with your Mass ..9:00AM
keiki this Lent. You can make meals together, inspired by those weekly video Mass...7:00PM
stories. And, yes, you can even throw your pennies into that cardboard box
THURSDAY, March 2
the same one you may have used as a child. Download the Rice Bowl app.
Mass ..9:00AM
Pray. Fast. Give.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament...7:00PM
FRIDAY, March 3
Communion Service and Chaplet of Divine Mercy 9AM
Stations of the Cross...7:00PM
SATURDAY, March 4
St. Joachim Mass......6:00PM
SUNDAY, March 5, 1st Sunday of Lent
St. Roch Mass...........7:30AM
Coffee and Fellowship.8:45AM
RE Class.9:00AM
COMING EVENTS
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Mar 10 - Stations of the Cross 7PM
We need your help in sponsoring a centenni- Mar 13 RCIA 7PM
al activity or the stipend of a visiting priest Mar 15 Parish Council 7PM
for our Novena Mass. A parishioners family
Mar 17 Stations of the Cross 7PM
can sponsor or join with others to sponsor
or help sponsor centennial events. For Mar 19 Stewardship Committee Meeting 4PM
more information, contact Roy Nacapuy, Mar 24 Individual Stations of the Cross 6:30PM
Myrna Ramos or the Parish Office. Mar 24 Penance Service 7PM
Mar 27 RCIA 7PM
Mar 31 Stations of the Cross 7PM
SCRIPTURE READINGS
For March 5, 2017
1st Sunday of Lent Mass Intentions
From the Old Testament 1st Reading:
Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 Feb 26 Rufina Acantilado, RIP, by Eleanor Miram
From the New Testament 2nd Reading: Feb 26 Paula Pasol, RIP, by Pacita Cabbab
Romans 5:12-19 Feb 26 Jose & Leona Barang, RIP, by Pacita
From the New Testament Gospel Reading: Cabbab
Matthew 4: 1-11 Feb 26 Fidel Cabbab, RIP, by Pacita Cabbab
Year A Weekday Year I
Please pray for the deceased members of our
Enjoy reading the Bible at home so you will enjoy
parish and for the special intentions.
listening to the Readings in Church.
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Diocese of Honolulu 2017 Lenten Regulations

FASTING
In the dioceses in the United States, Catholics aged 18 through 59 are bound to fast on both Ash Wednesday (March
1st) and Good Friday (April 14th).
To fast means to consume one full meal a day at most, although taking of other, smaller quantities of food at the
other customary mealtimes is permitted. Food and drink between meals (excepting water and medicine) is not permitted
on fast days.

ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT

Catholics aged 14 and up are to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, all Fridays of Lent, and Good Friday.
To abstain means refraining from eating beef, veal, pork, or poultry at least, although eggs and milk products are
acceptable. The consumption of fish and shellfish is permitted, though the penitential character of the abstinence should
be kept in mind.

EASTER DUTY
All the faithful, after they have been initiated into the Most Holy Eucharist, are bound by the obligation of receiving
Communion at least once a year. This precept is to be fulfilled during the Easter Season unless it is fulfilled, for a just
cause, at some other time during the year. This period is extended to include all the weeks of Lent and the Easter Season
up to Trinity Sunday (June 11th).

LENTEN PRACTICES
The faithful are encouraged during Lent to attend daily Mass, receive Holy Communion, participate in penance ser-
vices, and receive sacramental absolution; to take part in public and private exercises of piety, give generously to works
of religion and charity, perform acts of kindness toward the sick, aged, and the poor; to practice voluntary self-denial,
especially regarding food, drink, and worldly amusements; and to pray more fervently, particularly for the intentions of
the Holy Father.
Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, falls this year on March 1st. Ashes are to be blessed as a sign of our entry into
a season of conversion, repentance, and reconciliation. Ashes are to be blessed by a bishop, priest, or deacon. Others may
be associated with the clergy in the distribution of ashes.
Funeral Masses may not be celebrated on Holy Thursday, Good Friday, or Holy Saturday, nor on the Sundays of
Lent. When pastoral reasons require that a funeral be celebrated on these days, only a Funeral Outside of Mass may be
held.
To afford the faithful opportunities to participate in Lenten prayer services, pastors are encouraged to have such
prayer services at least twice a week, including the Way of the Cross on Fridays, Exposition and Benediction, Evening
Prayer, and evening Masses. A homily or instruction should be included.

BLESSING OF THE OILS AND CONSECRATION OF THE CHRISM

In order to allow participation of Catholics throughout the islands, the Sacred Oils will be blessed during the Chrism
Mass to be celebrated in several locations. All are encouraged to join in one of the following celebrations:
a. Big Island: Thursday, March 23rd at 6 p.m., St. Joseph Church, Hilo
b. Maui: Tuesday, March 28th at 7 p.m., St. Joseph Church, Makawao
c. Kauai: Thursday, March 30th at 7 p.m., St. Raphael Church, Koloa
d. Oahu: Thursday, April 6th at 7 p.m., Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu

THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM

Since Christ accomplished his work of human redemption and of the perfect glorification of God principally
through his Paschal Mystery, in which by dying he has destroyed our death, and by rising restored our life, the sacred
Paschal Triduum of the Passion and Resurrection of the Lord shines forth as the high point of the entire liturgical
year (Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, #18). Three major liturgical principles may be of help
here:
a. The Triduum may be viewed a single liturgical action that occurs over a period of three days.
b. The Triduum is not part of Lent, but in its entirety, celebrates the Easter event.
c. The entire focus of the Triduum is on the Triumph of the Cross and the Resurrection.

Chancery Office1184 Bishop Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813Office (808) 585-3342 Fax (808) 521-8428
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GOOD NEWS
Isaiah 49:14-15; Psalm: 62:2-3, 6-7, 8-93; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5; Matthew 6:24-34

In the Gospel Reading, Christ tells people not to worry. Dont worry about how to get what you need for food, clothing, or shel-
ter. In fact, dont worry about anything having to do with your body. Actually, dont worry about anything having to do with your life.
But why not? Look at all the bad things that happen to human beings! Children get cancer; people die suddenly of heart attacks; the
wage earners of families lose their jobs; homes are destroyed in natural disasters; the pension funds of the elderly are wiped out by
fraud or mismanagement. And this is just a small sample. Why shouldnt people worry?
These are just the things to worry about that have to do with your body. Think of all the other things that there are to worry about
in your life. A wife finds out that her husband is leaving her; a man finds out that his best friend has been sleeping with his wife; a
family finds out that their priest has been abusing their son. And so it goes. So arent there plenty of bad things to worry about?
When things get bad enough for a person, he can think that God has abandoned him. The Lord has forsaken me, Zion says.
And that really is the worst. That is the extrinsic lower limit on the scale of bad things that can happen to a person. But it is worth
seeing that the incarnate Christ suffered this worst thing, too, together with all the other bad things that he endured in his passion and
death. His cry of dereliction from the cross is like the words of suffering Zion: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? he
says in his agony.
What God says to Zion is therefore true: I will never forget you. God is right to tell Zion that he cares for her with the tenderness
of a mother for her infant child. To be EmmanuelGod with useven in our worst suffering of feeling abandoned by God, Christ
endured that suffering himself. Even in this, God is with us. Nothing about this thought takes away pain. But how could it not take
away worry? If God is with us, how could the bad things we suffer not work for our good?
Eleonore Stump

CENTENNIAL SOUVENIR BOOK

We are taking orders for memory pages in our Cen-
WEBSITE: Please view our website at: tennial Souvenir Book. Members of the Centennial
www.strochkahuku.weebly.com. team will be in church today following Mass to an-
swer questions and help you complete the souvenir
book form.
COLLECTION COUNTERS SCHEDULE
Feb 26 Galam team
PARISH COOKBOOK
Mar 1 Daquioag team
If you have a favorite recipe you would like to include
Mar 5 Daquioag team in our Parish Cookbook, please turn it in to Roy
Mar 12 Galam team Nacapuy, Myrna Ramos, or the Parish office.

PARISH MINISTRIES CHURCH CLEANERS

Altar Server Coordinator......Carolyn Alameida March 4 A. Meneses, M. Harrison, M. Sullivan
Bereavement Coordinator......Sharin Au March 11 Kathy Swafford & Angel Ramos
March 25 W & B Hookano, L. Rivas
Business Manager...Francis Daquioag
April 1- Rose Corpuz, Marie Ilaban
Church Secretary......Donna Shlachter
Finance Council Chair ....Mary Jean Lindsey
Music Director..........Amy Swiderski SACRAMENTS
Parish Council Chair .....Roy Nacapuy Please call the Rectory for further information.
Religious Ed. Coordinator.....LaVerne Rivas MarriageBy appointment, four months prior.
Sacristans..Inez Rivera, Geny Posenecker, ReconciliationAnytime by appointment.
Lana Elder FuneralsCall immediately for appointment.
Webmaster...Andrina Ramos Anointing of the SickPlease call the Rectory
Weddings .Contact Parish Office BaptismBy appointment.

To include an item in the weekly bulletin, bring your information to the church office or contact Mary Roberson at marymagann@sbcglobal.net or 707-301-8444. The
deadline is Thursday of each week. To include something on the website, contact Andrina Ramos at simplyandrinaramos@gmail.com or 808-386-2573.