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Fr. Edmundo N. Barut Jr., Pastor Fr. Constantino Atinaja, Jr., Parochial Vicar

Ronald Paglinawan & Eric Kim, Deacons

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Liturgical ReadingsLiturgical ReadingsLiturgical ReadingsLiturgical Readings

Monday, June 1st The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of

the Church (Memorial) 1st Reading: Genesis 3: 9-15, 20

Gospel: John 19: 25-34

Tuesday, June 2nd 1st Reading: 2 Peter 3: 12-15, 17-18

Gospel: Mark 12: 13-17

Wednesday, June 3rd Saint Charles Lwanga and

Companions, Martyrs (Memorial) 1st Reading: 2 Timothy 1: 1-3, 6-12


Thursday, June 4th 1st Reading: 2 Timothy 2: 8-15


Friday, June 5th

Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr (Memorial)

1st Reading: 2 Timothy 3: 10-17 Gospel: Mark 12: 35-37

Saturday, June 6th 1st Reading: 2 Timothy 4: 1-8


Next Sunday’s Readings June 7, 2020

The Most Holy Trinity

1st Reading: Exodus 34: 4-6, 8-9 2nd Reading: 2 Corinthians 13: 11-13

Gospel: John 3: 16-18

PENTECOST SUNDAY | MAY 31, 2020

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OLPH Ministries & Groups

LITURGICAL ACTIVITIES/MINISTRIES

Adoration w/Benediction, Every First Friday, 6:45pm (Ch) Baptism, Last Saturday, 10:00am (Ch) Combined Choir Practice, Every Tuesday, 7:00pm (Ch) Liturgy Committee Mtg, Last Saturday, 8:00am (C3) Children’s Liturgy of the Word (CLOW), Sundays, 9am, 11am & 5pm Masses (Ch) Marian Devotions & Novena to the Holy Trinity, 1st Saturday, 830am (Ch) Rosary to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, M-F 7:50am (Ch) Prayer Group, Every Tuesday, 7:00pm (S8) Sacred Heart Society, 1st Sunday, 9:00am Mass (Ch) Samoan Choir, choir practice every Sunday, 1pm (Ch)

PARISH ADMINISTRATION

Staff Mtg, Every Friday, 10:00am (Parish Conf. Rm)

PARISH MAINTENANCE

Church Cleaning, Every Saturday morning (Ch) Parking Security (to be announced) Repair & Maintenance Committee Mtg, 1st Tuesday, 7:00pm (B)

PRE-TEEN/TEEN/YOUNG ADULT

Life Teen (Grades 9-12), Every Sunday, 6:15pm (B & Ch) Life Teen Core Team Meeting, Every Sunday, 3:00pm (BCR3) Middle School Faith Formation (Gr 6,7,8) Sun, 7:30am/9:30am (OLPH School) Ignite Gathering, (to be announced)

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES

Evangelization Team Mtg (to be announced) HSRE (High School Rel. Ed.), Wednesday, 7:00pm (Ch, GCR,BCR3) RCIA-Adults, Every Friday, 7pm (BCR2) RCIA-Adults, Every Wednesday, 7pm (BCR2) Religious Ed. Classes, PreK-8th, Every Sunday, 7:30am & 9:30am (OLPH School) Samoan Ministry, Every Sunday, 1:30pm (Ch)

RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS

Filipino Catholic Club, Last Thursday, 7:00pm (S4) Knights of Columbus, 1st Saturday - 8am & 3rd Thursday, 7:00pm (S5)

SOCIAL MINISTRIES

Respect Life Ministry (2nd Tuesday, 7:00pm (Breezeway Conf. Rm 2) Aloha Fellowship Mtg, (to be announced) Bereavement Ministry Mtg, (to be announced) Blood Pressure Screening, 1st Sunday (FrontCh) Food Distribution, Last Friday, 9:00am-11:00am (B) Non-Perishable Food Collection, Every Saturday & Sunday, All Masses (Ch) Seniors Exercise (low impact), Every Thursday, 9:00am (B)

THAT THEY MAY BE ONE!THAT THEY MAY BE ONE!THAT THEY MAY BE ONE!THAT THEY MAY BE ONE!

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm / 1pm-4pm Phone: (808) 689-8681 Weekends & Holidays: Closed

Fr. Ed Barut, x102, Fr. Jong Atinaja, x103, Deacon Ron & Deacon Eric, x100,

Mela Kim, x101 (Office Manager) Emily Tui, x100 (Secretary), Julia Torres, x107 (Religious Education Director), Edwin Albano, x104 (Book Keeper)

Junior Tui, (Custodian)

Our Lady of Perpetual Help SchoolOur Lady of Perpetual Help SchoolOur Lady of Perpetual Help SchoolOur Lady of Perpetual Help School Grades K through 8 Phone: (808)689-0474

Fax: (808)689-4847

Sister M. Davilyn AhChick, O.S.F., Principal Evangeline Dionisio, Administrative Assistant

Accredited by WCEA/WASC - Western Catholic Education

Association of Schools & Colleges * Co-Educational, Grades K-8 * Christ-centered education * Faculty & Staff are dedicated role mod-els * Extra-curricular activities: Drama Arts Class, Heiwa-Do Karate

Class, Choir, JPO, Speech Team, Spelling Bee, Geographic Bee, Math Counts Team, etc.

* Athletic Programs: Boys & Girls Volleyball, Basketball, Track & Field Teams

* Extended Care: Before & After School Care.

SUNDAY - May 31, 2020 Pentecost Sunday! 7am, 9am, 11am & 5pm Masses (Ch)

MONDAY, June 1, 2020 8:15am: Mass (Ch) 7:00pm: Evening Mass (Ch)

TUESDAY, June 2, 2020 8:15am: Mass (Ch) 7:00pm: Evening Mass (Ch)

WEDNESDAY, June 3, 2020 8:15am: Mass (Ch) 7:00pm: Evening Mass (Ch)

THURSDAY, June 4, 2020 8:15am: Mass (Ch) 7:00pm: Evening Mass (Ch)

FRIDAY, June 5, 2020 8:15am: Mass (Ch) 7:00pm: Evening Mass (Ch)

SATURDAY, June 6, 2020 8:15am: Mass (Ch) 5:00pm: Vigil Mass (Ch)

SUNDAY, June 7, 2020 The Most Holy Trinity! 7am, 9am,11am Masses & 5pm Masses (Ch)

COLLECTION REPORT will be posted in June 7, 2020 Bulletin.

Mahalo for Sharing Your Treasures Mahalo for Sharing Your Treasures Mahalo for Sharing Your Treasures Mahalo for Sharing Your Treasures with

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. We apologize for any inconvenience this will cause.

~OLPH Parish Staff~

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We are reopening our churches in the Diocese of Honolulu because of the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In our parish, like most parishes in the Diocese, we are reopening on this Solemnity of Pentecost. To reopen on this Solemnity is very timely and meaningful in that life is renewed and set free, faith is rejuvenated and expressed again in the open, and with much rejoicing, we welcome our parishioners back to church to offer the Eucharist together in per-son.

Let us recall that there were forty days of fasting in the Lenten season and also there are fifty days of feasting in the Easter season that culminates with our celebration today. Fasting and feasting, two facets of life likened two-sides of one coin. There was that time when we were called to discipline ourselves, that was, in Lent, and a continuing time to dis-cipline more ourselves, that is, in Easter. What happens many times though is instead of fasting we are led to “fast-eating”. I realized, with the lockdown, many gained weighed. One of our priests said, “Father has acquired COVID-15.” “That is a new virus,” I said. The reply was, “Well, Father gained 15 pounds because of the COVID lockdown.” I pray that our time of feasting leads us to be more fitting, both physically and spiritually.

It has been impressed on us that Pentecost is the birthday of the Church. With Pentecost, the Church has been gifted with life and has started to grow. This life and this growth were made possible through the Holy Spirit at Pentecost given to the apostles. As recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, as they have received the Holy Spirit, the apostles went out with courage and with strength to preach the Good News and started baptizing people in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. And so, the Church has begun and since then the Church has grown and to this day it is alive through and in us.

Let us look at the scriptural readings to appreciate this fact of life and growth. The First Reading is taken from the Acts of the Apostles. It is chapter Two. This Reading therefore shows at the outset what happened to the Apostles after Jesus ascended to heaven. It well described how the Holy Spirit descended on them: a strong driving wind and tongues as of fire. And the Spirit enabled them to proclaim and the people, although coming from different places and have differ-ent languages understood the message. Let us participate in proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ for us to grow personally and for the Church to grow in number.

The Second Reading is taken from the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians. This is the Pauline illustration of the Body of Christ, using our own body having many and different parts, having respective functions but all lead to build-ing up of that one body. I think it is easy to understand that each one has his or her respective role to play in the body. Not all can become the head, otherwise we are making a mutant; not all can become the hands, otherwise we are making a monster; not all can become the feet, otherwise we are making a new creature. Pentecost is significant to remind us to be one and be united as one body in Christ.

The Gospel Reading is taken from the Gospel of John with the famous Easter greeting, “Peace be with you!” And the message continues, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them…” There is a message of peace and a message of reconciliation. And so, Pentecost should be significant because of the call for us to have peace and to reconcile with one another whatever differences we have. To forgive is a way to grow. To understand, to be one and united, to be at peace and to reconcile – all these should make significant the event of Pentecost in our life today, es-pecially as we return to church and the public celebration of the Eucharist.

A practical point for us to think about: Jesus made a promise to his followers, to us all, that He will not leave us orphans. Jesus will ask the Father to send us an Advocate. On Pentecost, Jesus fulfilled His promise. And so today as good stewards of God’s manifold grace, let us be reminded to fulfill our promises. Let us live according to the vows we made before the altar of the Lord. When building up a community, when establishing our family, we have to be more aware of our promises and our vows in order that our relationships will last and will have no end. WELCOME BACK TO OLPH CHURCH!WELCOME BACK TO OLPH CHURCH!WELCOME BACK TO OLPH CHURCH!WELCOME BACK TO OLPH CHURCH!

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Getting Married? Wedding preparations begin at least 6 months PRIOR to the actual wedding.

Funeral Arrangements? Call BEFORE you meet with the

mortuary to make funeral arrangements.

Homebound Ministry Inform the parish office with the name, ad-

dress and phone number of the person who would like to receive Communion at home.

Planning a Baptism

Call BEFORE making any baptism celebration plans

Sunday Masses 7am, 9am, 11am & 5pm

Vigil Mass Saturday, 5pm

Weekday Daily Masses

Mon-Fri, 8:15am

Novena to Our Lady of

Perpetual Help Every morning before 815am mass

Sacrament of Reconciliation

(Confession) Sat, 4p-4:30pm or by appointment

Adoration with Benediction

Every First Friday at 5pm March 6 & April 3

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/FAITH FORMATIONRELIGIOUS EDUCATION/FAITH FORMATIONRELIGIOUS EDUCATION/FAITH FORMATIONRELIGIOUS EDUCATION/FAITH FORMATION

PARENTS OF FIRST COMMUNICANTS Today is Pentecost Sunday. Here are the readings for today: Acts of the Apostles Chapter 2 Verses 1 to 11; 1 Corinthi-

ans Chapter 12 Verses 3 to 7 and 12 to 13; Gospel of John Chapter 20, Verses 19 to 23. Please read to or with your chil-

dren. For activities on the readings, please visit: catholicmom.com. Another fun activity you may do with your chil-

dren is the song on the fruits of the spirit. Please see the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e47FnjKaT3Q

Also, if you have not heard it, our parish re-opens for Mass today. Bishop Larry issued a dispensation for all Catholics

from coming to Mass on Sundays for the month of June or until further notice.June or until further notice.June or until further notice.June or until further notice. Dispensation means we do not have an

obligation to come to Mass. Although dispensation was issued, we know that most of us, if not all, cannot wait for the

church to re-open. There is a hunger in all of us to receive the Eucharist; however, seating at Mass is limited because we

still have to observe social distancing. Please read the “Guidelines for the Re-Opening at OLPH” on the parish website

(olphewabeach.org) or on My Parish App (Messages) or parish Facebook Page (OLPH Parish Ewa Beach).

Tickets for seating at Mass will be distributed through “My Parish App”. Please find “Mass sign up” or “Mass Reserva-

tions”. Click on a date and time. Print your ticket which you need to show to the usher when you arrive at the front

door. If you do not have a printer, just bring your cell phone to show your reservations to the usher.

If you have not registered with “My Parish App”, “My Parish App”, “My Parish App”, “My Parish App”, please do so asap. After you register, please join the group: Reli-

gious Education - Families and Students. If you have someone in our Edge Middle School Ministry (Grades 6 to 8),

please also join Edge – Middle School Members Grades 6 to 8. Please register yourself and your son/daughter.

If your son or daughter who is scheduled to receive Confirmation and First Holy Communion does not have a Confirma-

tion sponsor, now is the time to look for one. Let me know if you need the Confirmation sponsor form. If you have

not turned in the baptismal certificate, please do so now either by mailing it or e-mailing a copy as an attachment.

LITURGICAL CALENDAR

THIS WEEK

• June 1st, Monday - Obligatory Memorial of the

Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. “ On

February 11, 2018, the Congregation for Divine

Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in-

scribed a new obligatory Memorial of the Blessed

Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, into the Gen-

eral Roman Calendar. This memorial is celebrated

every year on the Monday after Pentecost”. http://

www.usccb.org/about/divine-worship/liturgical-

calendar/mother-of-the-church.cfm

• June 2, Tuesday – Optional Memorial of Sts. Mar-

cellinus and Peter, martyrs

• June 3, Wednesday – Obligatory Memorial of St.

Charles of Lwanga and Companions. Martyrs of

Uganda

• June 5, Friday – Obligatory Memorial of St. Boni-

face, Bishop and Martyr

• June 7, Sunday – Solemnity of the Most Holy Trini-

ty

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Parish Office / Social Ministry Parish Office / Social Ministry Parish Office / Social Ministry Parish Office / Social Ministry

FOOD PANTRY

CANNED CORNED BEEFCANNED CORNED BEEFCANNED CORNED BEEFCANNED CORNED BEEF

Please bring in your donations next week.

Thank you for your generosity to help those in

need! We also accept other non-perishable

food items.

The Adopt A Seminarian project just released a new poster of our seminarians for the Diocese of Honolulu. It’s a take on the Fast and Furious movie poster, usually this project

would collect donations of goodies to send to our seminari-ans during the school year. Because of the pandemic they did send any goodies this semester but we still ask for you

to adopt-a-seminarian by praying for him.

Our seminarians are coming to the end of the school year and so pray for them as they prepare for final exams. Pray

also for our very own seminarian, Ace Tui as his date of or-dination gets closer and closer.

~on a side note; send us a good caption or title to go with

this movie theme poster~

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, pray for us and our seminarians!

FAMILY UPDATE!FAMILY UPDATE!FAMILY UPDATE!FAMILY UPDATE!

We are kindly asking that each family update their

contact information, to please call the parish office

or a staff member will be calling each parish fami-

ly to update their information . If any questions

please contact the parish office at 808-689-8681.

Thank you and God bless us ALL!

May we as a family gather together at least once a

week (or more if possible) and pray the Holy Ro-

sary of our Blessed Mother. Pray for the Church,

for the world and for the Pope's intentions.

Pope Francis intentions for May is for Deacons.

We pray that deacons, faithful in their service to

the Word and the poor, may be an invigorating

symbol for the entire Church.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, pray for us.

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On March 24, 2020 a formal RFQ was released to 13 General Contractors. RLB contacted each of the contractors by email and/or telephone to gauge their interest in our project. 9 of 13 contractors showed definite interest in participating in our project in a Design Assist environment. • Qualification proposals are due back from the contractors on Wednesday April 15th and selection is to be made Monday May

4th. (We may have to either delay selection or attempt selection on-line) • May 2020 is still targeted as release of the RFP • RFP proposals are due in June 2020 and the start of services later that month. During this stage of the process we will be attempting to select our contractor partner in the Design Assist program. The selected contractor will become part of the Design Team with the hope being further value engineering to reduce cost in either methodol-ogy or materials to be used on our project. The selected contractor will be invited to bid through the Request for Proposal (RFP). The awarded contract would be only for pre-construction services through construction documents (CD), not construc-tion itself. The construction award would be made only after: • We have determined a final construction cost that is within our affordability range • Completion of an updated cash flow analysis with new cost numbers and updated loan interest rates • Construction Loan through the Diocese (Interest only currently 4.75%) • Post Construction Loan through the Knights of Columbus (P & I currently @ 4.04% 20 yrs.) • Approval from Diocese to proceed with construction • Approval from the Vatican since the Knights of Columbus loan requires the use of stable patrimony as security for the loan

which will be in excess of $3 million

The table below summarizes the capital campaign progress and financial status.

MASTER PLAN UPDATEMASTER PLAN UPDATEMASTER PLAN UPDATEMASTER PLAN UPDATE

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