SJPS PARENT NEWSLETTER February 11, 2018 Volume 3, Is sue 6

Father Efren Tomas, MS

Pastor

Sunday (February 11, 2018) Scripture: Mark 1: 40-45

6th 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 In this Gospel, the leper wonders if he is worthy of Jesus’ help. He knows Jesus has the power to do anything—but will that power be directed to an outcast leper? We know God loves and heals. But do we expect that, today, God’s love and healing are meant for us? The leper is so thankful that he can’t stop telling people. How do we express our gratitude? Do we freely talk about the ways in which God touches our lives? Sacred Space

The Prayer Book of 2018

From the website www.sacredspace.ie

Prayer from the Irish Jesuits

Loyola Press. A Jesuit Ministry

Important Upcoming Dates

Monday,

February 12th

Morning Prayer

Service led by

Grade 7

Tuesday,

February 13th

Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash

Wednesday. It is a day when peo-

ple eat all they want of everything

and anything they want as the

following day is Ash Wednesday,

the beginning of a long fasting

period for Christians.

MALASADAS will

be sold for $6.00 a

dozen beginning at

6:30 am in the café.

Friday,

February 16th

NO SCHOOL

Professional

Development day

for Leeward

Schools

Sunday,

February 18th

School sponsored

Parish Mass at 7pm

Sponsors: Gr. 4 and 5

For the safety of

our students,

THERE IS

NO

AFTERSCHOOL

CARE on

Wednesday,

February 14th

There will be

an Ash

Wednesday Mass

that will begin at

5:00 pm.

Thank you for your

support and

understanding.

Wednesday,

February 14th

Ash Wednesday

NO SCHOOLWIDE

WORHSIP AND PHYSICAL

EDUCATION

Students need to

wear their formal

uniform.

School Mass at

8:15 am

CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES What is the CRS Rice Bowl?

CRS Rice Bowl is Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten program for families and faith commu-

nities in the United States who want to put their faith into action. Through CRS Rice

Bowl, participants are invited to hear stories about their brothers and sisters in need

around the world, and devote their Lenten prayers, fasting and alms to change the lives

of those who suffer in poverty.

Participants journey through the 40 days of Lent with a collection of daily reflections and

activities included in the CRS Rice Bowl calendar and on the mobile app.

Principles of Catholic Social Teaching

Join this Lenten Journey and read each week about the Stories of

Hope in 2018.

Week 1: Life and Dignity of the Human Person

Catholic social teaching inspires and guides how we are to live and work in the world. In this principle, Life

and Dignity of the Human Person, Jesus reminds us that we are all made in God's image and likeness.

That means that every human being has a special value and a purpose. We need to care for each other

so we can be the people God calls us to be.

Encounter Majd

Eight-year-old Majd thought his family was going on a picnic. His mother, Lamya,said they would be back

home in a week. But when ISIS attacked their home in northern Iraq, the family fled for good.

“What worried me the most were the kids,” Lamya says. “Our life was stable and we were doing well; we

had a very big house. Our children had everything they needed. But when we fled, I was not able to bring

anything for them—not even food.”

Fortunately, the family found an apartment to rent with other displaced families. It is much smaller than the

home they had, but it’s safer. The children enrolled in a CRS-sponsored school, where the routine pro-

vides hope, stability and a sense of belonging. “Education is very important,” says Lamya, especially in

Iraqi culture.

Lamya received training from CRS and became a teacher at the school. Now she has hope for the future.

“I really love children, so when I go to class I feel like I am with my family,” she says.

Her son, Majd, also loves going to school. “Majd is so motivated to go to school. He just wants it to be

morning so he can go,” Lamya says. “He is relaxed, having fun and more confident.” For Majd, school

means a normal life—now and in the future.

PRAYER, ALMSGIVING, AND

FASTING During Lent, we are asked to de-vote ourselves to seeking the Lord in prayer and reading Scripture, to service by giving alms, and to sacrifice self-control through fasting. Many know of the tradition of abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent, but we are also called to practice self-discipline and fast in other ways throughout the season. Contem-plate the meaning and origins of the Lenten fasting tradition in this reflection. In addition, the giving of alms is one way to share God's gifts—not only through the distribution of money, but through the sharing of our time and talents. As St. John Chrysos-tom reminds us: "Not to enable the poor to share in our goods is to steal from them and deprive them of life. The goods we pos-sess are not ours, but theirs." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2446).

Our Special Intentions We pray for…

Our La Salette community.

The Congregation of the Sisters of

St. Paul De Chartres.

Family members of Sister Judith

Abique, SPC

Mr. Pio Guerrero.

Mrs. Irene Sandry, grandmother of

Tania Ma’afala (Gr. 8).

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.

Elizabeth and Jimmy Sandobal, aunt

and uncle of Ms. Sandobal.

God’s healing mercy on Rea Abique,

Dayen Aguit-Baraero, Anaziel

Suasin-Linao, and Renante

Fuentes.

Leilani, sister of Ms. Capinpin and

Bellarose and Trinity, her nieces.

Molina Family

Repose of the soul of Regina

Salisbury.

Bryce, Jason, and their families.

Peter Akuna.

Mrs. Eileen, (3-5 Paraeducator).

Trinity Rodrigues, granddaughter of

Loretta Rodrigues. (Former SJPS

Office Assistant).

Restituta Abique, mother of Sister

Judith Abique, SPC, Vice Principal

and Religious Education Director

Mrs. Bibiana Gouveia, volunteer of

SJPS.

For Everett Davis, grandson of Ms.

Davis (Junior High Teacher).

Family members of Sr. Mercedes

Namayan, SPC, (Music and Reli-

gion Teacher).

Corie Salazar, Godmother of Chris-

tian Andres (Gr. 8).

Dante Menor. grandfather of Kasen

Jayce Menor-Taba (Gr. KB).

Miles Arbues

Marlowe Sabater and family,

husband of Mrs. Sabater (Junior

High teacher).

Repose of the soul of Alfredo

Ronquillo Montemayor, grandfa-

ther of Alfredo Montemayor

(Grade 6A).

Ceasar Solis ,grandfather of Arren

Barba(2B) .

Robin and Ranger Ribac, cousins of

Arren Barba (2B).

Lourxes Ponce, grandmother of Trin-

ity Ponce (2B).

Jimmy Kim, friend of Ms. Sandobal.

As a disciple of Jesus,

it is our Kuleana

(responsibility)

to live out the Gospel

by serving the community.