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DAILY MASSES:

Monday thru Saturday 6:30am

Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00pm

Sunday 6:30, 8:30, 11:00am &

6:00pm

PARISH OFFICE:

148 Makawao St., #A,

Kailua, HI 96734

Ph: 266-2222 Fax: 266-2229

www.stanthonyskailua.org

We are open to the public Monday

through Friday 8:00am-4:00pm

(Located across the street from our

school, above the Early Learning Center)

SCHOOL (PS-8th):

148 Makawao St.

Kailua, HI 96734

Ph: 261-3331 Fax: 263-3518

www.saskailua.org

email: info@saskailua.org

OUTREACH:

Directly across from the church

Ph: 266-2227

THRIFT SHOP & ASSISTANCE:

8:30am-2:30pm

Closed on Wednesdays

FOOD DISTRIBUTION:

9:00-11:00am

Closed Wednesdays

OTHER MINISTRIES:

Caregiver respite, IHS meals,

Prison Ministry and more

COMMUNION FOR HOSPITAL

AND HOME-BOUND:

Ph: 266-2222

Ministers bring Holy Communion to our

brothers and sisters who cannot attend

mass.

January 7th, 2018

Epiphany

Meaning of Epiphany catholicculture.com

In order to celebrate this feast of Manifestation more fully, we need to know more about the theology and significance of this great feast of Epiphany. For many years in the English speaking world the feast of Epiphany has been overshadowed by that of Christmas. But unless we realize the significance of this great day, we see only one side of the mystery of the Incarnation. Now after contemplating the stag-gering fact that God has become a human child, we turn to look at this mystery from the opposite angle and realize that this seemingly helpless Child is, in

fact, the omnipotent God, the King and Ruler of the universe. The feast of Christ's divinity completes the feast of His humanity. It fulfills all our Advent longing for the King "who is come with great power and majesty." We see that whereas Christmas is the family feast of Christianity, Epiphany is the great "world feast of the Catholic Church." In this brief introduction four of the main ideas of the Epiphany will be outlined. Divine manifestation: The Epiphany takes its name from the Greek epiphania, which denotes the visit of a god to earth. The first idea of the feast is the manifestation of Christ as the Son of God. "Begotten before the daystar and before all ages, the Lord our Savior is this day made manifest to the world." The feast unites three events in the life of Christ when His divinity, as it were, shines through His humanity: the ado-ration of the Magi; the baptism of Christ in the Jordan; and the first miracle at the wedding feast of Cana. Royal kingship: A second important idea in Epiphany is the extension of Christ's kingship to the whole world. The revelation of Christ to the three kings at Bethle-hem is a symbol of His revelation to the whole of the Gentile world. Epiphany pre-sents to us the calling of not merely a chosen few, but all nations to Christianity. Your Light is Come: Closely linked to both these themes of divine manifestation and

world kingship is a third idea running through the Epiphany feast: that of light.

During Advent, the world was in darkness, and we prayed and waited in the spirit of

the Jewish nation which lived in expectation of the Coming Light during thousands

of years. (continues on page 5)

ST. ANTHONY of PADUA Church and School

MISSION STATEMENT

“Our parish is a culturally inclusive community

brought together by our common faith in Jesus Christ.

Our mission is to evangelize, educate and serve, and to love one another as God loves us.”

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PARISH CONTACT NUMBERS

Clergy

Rev. Exsequel Tuyor: Parish Administrator 266-2232

Rev. Joseph Diaz: Parochial Vicar 266-2222

Rev. Marlon T. Belmonte: Parochial Vicar 266-2236

Deacon Ernest Carlbom 791-6526

Deacon Michael Weaver 791-6526

Parish and School Staff

Bridget Olsen: School Principal 261-3331

Lucy Poueu: Business Manager 791-6523

Donna Estomago: Director of Religious Ed. 791-6525

Parish Secretary 266-2222

Secretary/Special Events 266-2221

Valerie Haole: Director of Outreach 266-2227

DEVOTIONS

Rosary is recited at 6:00am Monday thru Sunday in the Day Chapel and the Rosary for Peace in the Day Chapel at 4:30pm on the first Saturday of the month.

First Friday Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction: Day Chapel at 7:00am

SACRAMENTS

Call the parish office or check our Website for infor-mation on:

RECONCILIATION: 4:00-4:30pm Saturdays in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. An appointment may be made for another time through the parish office.

BAPTISM PREPARATION—Infant & Adult (at least two months in advance)

MARRIAGES & CONVALIDATIONS (at least six months in advance)

ANOINTING OF THE SICK

FUNERAL MASSES & MEMORIAL SERVICES

FIRST RECONCILIATION & EUCHARIST PREPARATION

CONFIRMATION (Teens & Adults)

EMERGENCY NUMBER:

266-2222 Option 1

MARRIAGE MINISTRIES

Engaged Encounter- www.geocities.com/HawaiiCEE

Cliff and Irene Villareal (808) 744-4714 Email: cliffandirene@hotmail.com

Worldwide Marriage Encounter-www.hawaiiwwme.org

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Donna Estomago: (808) 79 1-6525 email: reledudept@stanthonyskailua.org

RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY

Cher Kalama

Email: kcherhawaii@gmail.com

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Kepa Stern: 551-4764; Email: gierstern@aol.com

WELCOMING CATHOLICS HOME

This Week’s Sunday Readings — January 7, 2018

Isaiah 60: 1-6 Psalms 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13

Ephesians 3: 2-3, 5-6 Matthew 2:1-12

Next Week’s Sunday Readings — January 14, 2018

1 Samuel 3:3B– 10, 19 Psalms 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10

1 Corinthians 6:13C-15A, 17– 20 John 1: 35-42

Deacon

Michael Weaver

Last Week’s Question: January 7th is the

Feast of The Epiphany. What is the meaning of the word “epiphany”? Double bonus points if you know what a “magus” is.

Answer: “Epiphany” refers to an event that allows

a situation to be understood from a new and deeper perspective. The visit of the “wise men”/ “kings”/ “magi” was such an occurrence in that it allows us to see in a new and different way the global nature of Jesus’ message and mission. A “magus” was a member of the priestly class in the Zoroastrian faith. Thus, the Epiphany visitors, who tradition says were from Persia (modern-day Iran), where that faith was practiced, are

sometimes referred to as “magi”.

This Week’s Question: On January 25th, Bishop Silva, along

with religious leaders from other faiths, will participate in an ecumenical “Taize” prayer service at the Newman Center in Manoa. Where does the name “Taize: come from?

Ask...The Stewards! As Fr. Exsequel shared in last week's bulletin..."The year of our Lord 2018 is upon us and it is a good time to remind us all about the importance of the family as our foundation....Our St. Anthony of Padua Parish is a very special family on which is built the foun-dation for future generations of parishioners...Just as in our fami-lies the work to strengthen our faith and our love is unending, so too must we be steadfast in our efforts to honor our family, our church, and future generations by coming together to build the foundation and strengthen our parish through our Five Year Repair and Maintenance Plan. Our work has just begun." Many thanks to those who donated over $39,000 to this effort. As faithful stewards, on this Feast of Epiphany, please con-sider making a gift towards this effort so that we may realize our goal of $250,000. It is through our collective efforts and ownership of our parish that we will raise the necessary funds to maintain our beautiful worship and sacred space. Blessings to all in 2018.

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Prayers for Healing: Dolly Ababon

Rudy Ababon

Teagan Brossier

Ruth Cabrinha

Laverne Lei Chow

Linda & Niles Cravalho

Joe Douglas

Rachel Dupre

Bobbin Fasone

Ella Gentry

Maria Gorak

Cynthia Branco Guy

Ethan Hackner

Wendy Hackner

Bill Haole

Maybelle Helfrich

Max Higginbotham

Mary Ip

Randy Lichter

Catherine Matsumoto

Maria McKinnon

Charlene Medeiros

Edward Medeiros

Betty Mihlbauer

Jim Miltier

Sharon Odom

Pam Olsen

Melvin Perry

Margaret Peters

Dennis Piwowarski

Mika Poueu

Florence Puana

Maria Querubin

Marie Ramirez

Victoria Rivenburgh

Shirley Rezentes

Jan Rich

Dale Scott

Frank Silva, Jr.

Helen Sing

Matthew Souza

Megan Souza

Steven Stiles

Julie Strivens

Jim Swoish

Bob Trujillo

Lydia Viernez

Gloria Viveiros

Lehua Weatherwax

Janice Williams

Olivia Wong

Pua’ala Wong

Howard Yannell

For updates to the names on our Prayers for Healing list please contact Kate

Geraci at secretary@stanthonyskailua.org OR 266-2221. Mahalo!

Prayers ~ Parish Military Deployed

Paul Rivers • Timothy Bonham • Gaby Espino

Mario Espino • Christopher Jozwiak •Capt. Jimmy Richardson II

Monday, January 8th:

6:30 a.m. Alex SR. & Irene Cwiekalo (RIP)

Tuesday, January 9th:

6:30 a.m. Elliot & Alice McCallum (RIP)

Wednesday, January 10th:

6:30 a.m. Ignatius Hipa (RIP)

Thursday, January 11th:

6:30 a.m. No Intentions

Friday, January 12th:

6:30 a.m. Carol Borges (RIP)

Saturday, January 13th:

6:30 a.m. No Intentions

5:00 p.m. No Intentions

Sunday, January 14th:

6:30 a.m. No Intentions

8:30 a.m. Charles K. & Bert K. Malott (RIP)

11:00 a.m. Blessing for Parishioners

6:00 p.m. No Intentions

Monday, January 8th:

9:00 a.m. Women Walking with Jesus ( Makai

Room)

Tuesday, January 9th:

no events

Wednesday, January 10th:

4:30 p.m. Ukulele Ministry (Makai Room)

Thursday, January 11th:

7:00 p.m. Young Adult Ministry (Makai

Room)

Friday, January 12th:

no events

Saturday, January 13th:

no events

Sunday, January 14th:

9:45 a.m. RCIA (Makai Room)

9:45 a.m. Confirmation Class (Day Chapel)

9:45 a.m. Religious Ed. Classes (Classrooms)

Lord’s Share Weekend of 12/30 & 12/31

All Masses $ 16,335

Outreach Donation $ 145

Donations sent to the Office $ 1,240

Loan Reduction Donation $ 1,801

Total $ 19,521

Mary Mother of God $ 20,397

(Jan 1, 2018)

Thank you very much for your generosity.

May God bless you a hundredfold.

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DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Is our Lord calling you to share your talents? Do

you have what it takes to organize and manage a

program that helps establish the foundation of cat-

echetical ministry and faith formation for others?

Are you being called to share your organizational

skills to assist our parish community in building

and enhancing our religious education? Are you

interested in being part of an impactful team of

dedicated and faithful parishioners? If you are be-

ing called to do our Lord’s work, hesitate no fur-

ther. Please apply to the vacancy announcement

for the Di-rector of Religious Education that is

now on the Diocesan web-site: http://

catholichawaii.org/about-us/careers/. The chosen

candidate should plan to start in early Spring 2018.

May our Lord guide you in your decision.

P E A C E M A K E R S

Peacemakers are a group of trained, Catholic lay volunteers who provide weekly pastoral/spiritual care home visits to the sick, dying and homebound in the community. Visits could include Holy Com-munion, rosary, prayers, scripture, etc. If you would like a visit from one of our Peacemakers from St. Anthony's, please con-tact:

Chaplain Hyun Underwood

hunderwood@rcchawaii.org 808-203-6777

Women Walking with Jesus

Sessions resume on Monday, January 8, 2018.

All women in the parish and the outer community are welcome to join us. Make 2018 a "Scripture Year" for you!

Baptisms

Baptism prep classes are held the first

Monday every other month. The next

Baptism class will be held January

8th. Baptisms are held the 3rd Sunday

every month at the 8:30 am Mass. To

schedule a Baptism call Donna Esto-

mogo at (808) 728-6718 or stop by the

mobile office after Mass on the lanai.

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Living Catholic in the 808: 5th Joyful Mystery:

The Finding of Jesus in the Temple By: Rafael Mendoza

Business Manager Co-Cathedral of St Theresa

Luke 2:49 (NAB) “Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

How do we evangelize? BE IN LOVE and BRING OTHERS TO LOVE THE EUCHARIST

Evangelization’s goal, the proclamation of the kingdom of God, culminates in the Eucharistic celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus (Catholic Evangelization, by Fr. Hater).

We journey together and experience the mystery of Jesus’ dying and rising within a faith community, a church, our Fa-ther’s house. Because conversion is an ongoing, life-long process, we grow together through the Eucharist. The Eucharist plays a vital role in a coming to and growing in faith. Although it is the center and summit of the Christian life, many Catholics fail to see its significance or understand its meaning.

Noted Scripture scholar and author Dr. Scott Hahn, on the heart of the New Evangelization and what makes it distinc-tively Catholic, states that “All evangelizers proclaim Christ, but Catholic evangelizers proclaim a Eucharistic Christ. The Mass reminds us that evangelization is a gift before it is a task. It is receiving before it is doing. And we cannot share what we do not first possess.”

Love Jesus, Love him in the Eucharist

(continued from front page) At Christmas the Light shone forth, but dimly, seen only by a few

around the crib: Mary and Joseph and the shepherds. But at Epiphany

the Light bursts forth to all nations and the prophecy is fulfilled: "The

Gentiles shall walk in Thy light, and kings in the brightness of Thy ris-

ing." The mysterious star of Epiphany, "flashing like a flame," is still an-

other facet of the light-motif, a symbol capable of being interpreted in a

dozen different ways. How much food for thought and reflection is con-

tained in just these three ideas, and what a significance they have for

our own time!

Epiphany lifts our eyes from the family celebrations and demands that

we should include in our vision "all the ends of the earth." It demands

that, like the three wise men, we should have the courage to follow the

light of the star we have seen, however hazardous the journey; that the

light of our faith, like that of the wise men, should be so strong that we are able to see and recognize our Lord and

Ruler in however unexpected a way He may present Himself to us; and that having recognized Him, we should bow

down and adore Him, offering Him our total loyalty.

The royal nuptials: Besides the important ideas outlined above, there is still another great theme threaded through the Epiphany feast—the theme of the royal nuptials, the wedding of Christ with humanity. Moreover, Epiphany de-mands that like these kings we should return to our own countries a different way, carrying to all those we meet the light of Christ. "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth," says the Epistle of the Epiphany Mass, "and a mist the people: but the Lord shall arise upon Thee, and His glory shall be seen upon Thee. And the Gentiles shall walk in Thy light. . ." These words may be applied to us, upon whom the light of Christ has indeed risen, and who have the responsibility to radiate that light in the darkness of our own world. It is clear how much the feast of Epiphany must mean to all who are engaged in the apostolate and are striving to extend the kingdom of Christ.

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Peace be with each of you as we begin a new year, the Year of our Lord, 2018! Last weekend we celebrated the Feast of the Holy Family. We reflected on the love and sacrifice of the Holy Fam-ily and what it means for each of us and our families. Mary and Joseph focused their attention on Jesus. They answered the call of God, our Father, through their love and sacrifice for their child and our Lord and Sav-ior. We, as a parish, are also called to do the same as parishioners. We must pay special attention to our chil-dren and to the future of our parish. Our parish is our family. And, as a family we must continue to come to-gether to help each other, help our ministries, and help maintain our church and its buildings. As a family, we can do miraculous things. I see it all the time. I see it in the quiet way so many of you devote your time and talents to our parish. I see it in the way our many ministries come to the aid of those in need. I see it in the do-nations many of you make to our Outreach ministry. And, I see it in the way you have answered the call to help our Five Year Repair and Maintenance Plan. In about one month’s time, you gave $47,012.

Five Year Repair & Maintenance Plan Weekend of 1/06 & 1/07

Total from Sunday, 12/3/17$4,295 Total from Sunday, 12/10/17$9,995 Total from Sunday, 12/17/17$8,805

Total from Sunday, 12/24/17$16,240 Total from Sunday, 12/31/17$ 7,677

Total to date: $47,012 Words cannot express my sincere thanks to you for your generous donations towards our Five Year Repair and Maintenance Plan. Together, we must work to ensure that our church and its buildings are not just maintained today, but we should also focus on ensuring that it is well maintained in the future. Just as Mary and Joseph focused their attention on Jesus, so must we as a parish family focus our attention on continuing to repair and maintain our place of worship for our children and for the future of our ohana, our St. Anthony of Padua Church. It is with deepest gratitude and humility that I ask you to please help us maintain a beautiful place of worship for the future of our parish family by donating to our Five Year Repair and Maintenance Plan. In Christ’s Love, Fr. Exsequel J. Tuyor

“We, your people who walked in darkness

now have seen a great light.”

(Lord, Today from Gather Hymnal)

We, here at St. Anthony’s, have the wonderful opportunity of transitioning in the next five months into the Restored Order of Sacraments. Our parish is in the first of three tiers of parishes in our Diocese to imple-ment the transition to return the Sacraments of Initiation to their proper order in our Diocese. As stated in The Catechism of the Catholic Church (article #1275)”Christian initiation is accomplished by three sacraments together; Baptism which is the beginning of new life; Confirmation which is its strengthen-ing; and the Eucharist which nourished the disciple with Christ’s Body and Blood for his transformation in Christ.” What will this mean for us? We are literally transforming our Religious Education component. The fruits of our efforts in the next few months will bring us to a Pentecost celebration of great magnitude for our families. On the Pentecost Vigil on May 19 our second graders will be receiving their Confirmation and Eucharist. Children in grades 3-8 who have been prepared with their families will be confirmed at the 8:30a.m. Mass on Pentecost and our Confirmation Class of thirty four youth, who will be our last Confir-mation Class, will be confirmed at the 11:00am Mass on Pentecost. Adults seeking Confirmation will also be offered opportunities to be prepared to receive Confirmation on the Sundays of Easter, which will po-sition them to also be eligible to be Godparents to children to be confirmed at Pentecost. All of this work in the Spirit will manifest as a parish afire in the building of the Kingdom of the Lord. On this Feast of the Epiphany we can look forward to the renewal of our discipleship as we grow in the love of the Savior . Please be attuned to the announcements that will be made regarding registration and the scheduling of family sessions critical to preparations necessary for the reception of Confirmation. An active youth and family ministry will propel our parish forward into new dimensions of discipleship. Stay tuned!