SJPS PARENT NEWSLETTER December 2, 2018 Volume 2, Is sue 9

Father Efren Tomas, MS

Pastor

Sunday (December 2, 2018) Scripture: Luke 21: 25-28, 34-36

First Sunday of Advent

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 It’s Advent Season once again, the beginning of a new liturgical year. The Christmas rush is officially on, especially after Thanksgiving Day with the Black Friday mad and frenetic day. All roads seem to lead to the mails and entertainment places once again. When we tread the road to the malls, the only God we most likely encounter there is the God of commercialism, the God of want and invented needs. But while all the ads point to the mall roads and shopping areas, the Advent Season points us to a different road, the road to the desert.

On this Advent Season, we turn our collective graze once more to the figures of John the Baptist, Zechariah, Elizabeth, Mary and once more points us to this road less travelled. The Church once more points our attention to the Incarnate One who will say to us, “I am the way, the truth and the life.”

In the Scripture, the desert has always been a road to purification, of purgation, of being stripped down to the bare essentials. Israel was puri-fied 40 years in the desert before reaching the Promised Land. Jeremiah encountered God in a trying time in the desert. Jesus spent 40 days pre-paring for the active ministry in the desert.

Let us not then treat these days as simply preparation for the holidays. Let us make these days truly Holy days of anticipation and welcome and allow the joy that Christ gives in our lives. Encounter with the true God is only possible when we are purified, purgated and stripped down to bare essen-tials because God is not a God of superficial-ity, shallowness and excess. He is the God of meaning, depth and simplicity.

We are accepting applications

for SY2019-2020

For Grades PreK—8th Seats are limited for Pre-K & Kindergarten

(Must turn 4 by Dec. 31st for PreK &

5 yrs old by Dec. 31st for Kindergarten)

Visit stjosephwaipahu.org or

stop by the school office #677-4475

Important Upcoming Dates

Wednesday,

December 5th

Schoolwide

Worship at 8:15 am

All students are

required to wear

their PE uniform.

uniform.

Thursday,

December 6th

Parent volunteers

needed at 6:30 pm

to help put up

decorations for

Family Day.

Monday,

December 3rd

Morning

Prayer

Service

led

by

Student

Council

DEADLINE TO

TURN IN FAMILY

DAY T-SHIRT

ORDER FORM

Students will be

allowed to use this

T-shirt on Family

Day and for PE

during the school

year.

Friday,

December 7th

Family Day

8:00 am School

Mass

9:15 Student and

Parent Advent

Recollection

11:30 Lunch

12:15 Fun

Activities

ATTIRE FOR

FAMILY DAY

Students may

wear their 2018

Green Family

Day T-shirt.

They may also

wear their 2017

Red Family Day

T-shirt.

They may also

wear their PE

t-shirt.

They must wear

long slacks and

school shoes and

socks.

When: Friday, December 7th after the 8:00 am School Mass

Time: 9:15-11:30 am Place: Church

Recollection Master: Michael “Mike” Pae’kukui from St Louis School

Please check the email attachment to confirm your attendance.

ADVENT RECOLLECTION FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS

“Advent: A Time of Preparation that Directs Our Hearts

“ As we prepare our HEARTS for CHRISTMAS

we need to declutter the stuff that distracts us

from JESUS.” -Belinda Letchfold

ADVENT

Beginning the Church's liturgical year, Advent (from, "ad-venire" in Latin or "to come to") is the season encompassing the four Sundays (and weekdays) leading up to the celebration of Christmas.

The Advent season is a time of preparation that directs our hearts and minds to Christ’s second coming at the end of time and also to the anniversary of the Lord’s birth on Christmas. The final days of Advent, from December 17 to December 24, focus particularly on our preparation for the celebrations of the Nativity of our Lord (Christmas).

Advent devotions including the Advent wreath, remind us of the meaning of the season. The Advent calendar is found at www.usccb.org can help

you fully enter into the season with daily activity and

prayer suggestions to prepare you spiritually for the

birth of Jesus Christ.

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

James Sandobal, uncle of Ms. Sandobal

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. Da-

vis (Junior High Teacher).

Ceasar Solis, Grandpa of Alyssa

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

Jose Mari Boquer, uncle of Mrs.

Wintjen (Chief Finance Officer) and

Mrs. Velasco (Counselor/

Technology Director).

Alberto Gador, grandfather of Noah

(1B) and Samantha (3B) Gador.

Frances Abreu, Development Director

of SJPS.

Mrs. Sheri Roberts (former KA

teacher).

Mrs. Roxanne Costa, mother of Chloe

(Grade 8).

Repose of the soul of Jonah Amasol-

Tanoura, brother of Raelynn (Gr. 8)

and Jacob (Gr. 5).

Repose of the soul of Dante Villa, uncle

of Sister Fidelia Villa, SPC.

As a disciple of Jesus,

it is our Kuleana

(responsibility)

to live out the Gospel

by serving the com-

munity.