SJPS PARENT NEWSLETTER August 31, 2018 Volume 1, I ssue 5

Father Efren Tomas, MS

Pastor

Sunday (September 2, 2018) Scripture: Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Joseph Church

Schedule of Masses 6:30 am Monday-Friday

6:30 pm 1st Tuesday of

the Month-Healing Mass

with Anointing

6:30 pm Wednesday,

OLPH Novena/Mass

6:30 pm 1st Friday Mass

7:00 am Saturday

Morning Mass

6:00 pm Saturday Vigil

Mass

Sunday Masses 6:00 am, 8:00 am, 10:00

am, 12:00 Noon,

5:00 pm and 7:00 pm

3:00 pm 3rd Sunday-

Tagalog Mass

3:00 pm Last Sunday—

Ilocano Mass

REFLECTION Most of the restaurants nowadays have signs in the restrooms that states, "Please wash your hands before leaving." Although the sign was more for sanitary and hygienic purpose, it has a socio-religious connotation for the Jewish religious traditions. There would have been no problem if it was treated as a hygien-ic law. But to measure the goodness of a person by his compli-ance with such laws is another matter. A person is not good because he observes the prevailing dress code, has certain eating habits, prefers a certain hairstyle or has parents of the right pedigree. It is something of which we too become easily guilty for we have judged people at times by such trivial matters.

The ceremonial washings in our religious practice flow from our belief that God whom we seek to encounter and approach is All Holy. Therefore we need to go to Him, clean and worthy. But often times we fail to remember that what God really values is our disposition in our hearts. We often focus on external details of worship, like the right words and actions, right doctrines and other points. And so we forget the more essential matter, with our whole mind, heart and will, the true glory of God. Our God looks at our loving heart, a thoughtful mind, a helping hand and an unselfish motives.

Important Upcoming Dates

Monday,

September 3rd

NO SCHOOL

Labor Day

Tuesday,

September 4th

Morning Prayer

Service led

by the

Language

Arts

Department

Thursday,

September 6th

Rescheduled

First Parent

Teacher

Guild Meeting at

6:30 pm

By attending this

meeting, your child

can earn a casual

dress day.

Friday,

September 7th

First Friday School

Mass at 8:15 am

Sponsors: Gr, K & 7

All students must

wear their formal

uniform.

Wednesday,

September 5th

Fall Pictures

All students are

required to wear

their FORMAL

UNIFORM.

Don’t forget to

turn in your

picture envelopes.

There will be no

PE period due to

the picture taking.

Our theme this year is “All in the Boat.” St. Joseph Parish

School wants you to be active members on our SJPS boat

working collaboratively with our Parish to live out the mission

of Jesus Christ. How can we accomplish the many tasks that

will help us be successful in our 2018-2019 journey as one

St. Joseph ‘Ohana? Come to our meeting and consider the

different ways we can work together this school year. “All In the Same Boat”

PTG

Parent

Teacher

Guild

JESUS

No one can do

everything, but

everyone can do

something.

How can you serve our

parish and school

community?

Labor Day Statement 2018.

Just Wages and Human

Flourishing

Most Reverend Frank J. Dewane

Bishop of Venice, Chairman of the

Committee on Domestic Justice and

Human Development

The plight of our brothers and sisters who

work hard but struggle to make ends

meet calls us all to reflect in a special way

this Labor Day. Today, we read in St.

Luke's Gospel how Jesus, upon returning

home to Nazareth, read from the prophet

Isaiah in the synagogue declaring, "The

Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he

has anointed me to bring glad tidings to

the poor."1 Sadly, in our times too many

people are excluded, marginalized, and

politically and economically disenfran-

chised. The struggle of working people, of

the poor, as Pope Francis reminds us, is

not first a "social or political question. No!

It is the Gospel, pure and simple."2 There

has been some notable progress in our

economy in recent years, but it is also

apparent that it is not where it should be

for many, and we can all play a productive

role in making sure it is a system that

upholds the dignity of all people.

As Christians, we believe that conflict or enmity between the rich and the poor is not necessary or inevitable. These divisions are in fact sinful. But we live in the hope that our society can become ever more just when there is conversion of heart and mind so that people recog-nize the inherent dignity of all and work together for the common good. This La-bor Day, let us all commit ourselves to personal conversion of heart and mind and stand in solidarity with workers by advocating for just wages, and in so doing, "bring glad tidings to the poor."

Our Special Intentions

We pray for…

Our La Salette community.

Family members of Sister Judith

Abique, SPC

Special Intention for Sister Judith

Abique, SPC.

Mr. Pio Guerrero.

Mrs. Irene Sandry, grandmother of

Tania Ma’afala (SJPS alumni).

Mrs. Tokuda, mother of Ms. Grace

(Cafeteria Manager).

Ms. Sandobal.

Dr. Rick Yamashiro and family.

(Counselor and Dean of Students)

Yukie, aunt of Mrs. Eileen (3-5

Paraeducator).

Stanley and Genny Inase, cousins of

Ms. Sandobal.

God’s healing mercy on Rea Abique,

Dayen Aguit-Baraero, Anaziel Sua-

sin-Linao, and Renante Fuentes.

Leilani, sister of Ms. Capinpin and her

nieces.

Molina Family

Repose of the soul of Regina

Salisbury.

Bryce, Jason, and their families.

Peter Akuna.

Mrs. Eileen, (3-5 Paraeducator).

Miles Arbues.

Trinity Rodrigues, granddaughter of

Loretta Rodrigues. (Former SJPS

Office Assistant).

For Everett Davis, grandson of Ms.

Davis (Junior High Teacher).

Repose of the soul of Lourdes Ponce,

grandmother of Trinity (3B).

Repose of the soul of Dan Montibon,

father of SJPS alumni.

Repose of the soul of mother of

Cynthia Lallo, (SJPS Consultant).

Repose of the soul of Shayden Axel

Tolentino, son of Sharon (SJPS

alumni).

Repose of the soul of Eliseo Dureg,

father of SJPS alumni.

Ceasar Solis, Grandpa of Alyssa

(Pre K ) and Arren Barba (3B).

As a disciple of Jesus,

it is our Kuleana (responsibility)

to live out the Gospel

by serving the community.