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Aloha and Welcome

We welcome all of you, parishioners and visitors, on this Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Thank you for sharing part of your day with us.  Let us join hearts and voices as we give honor and praise, glory and thanks to our God as we celebrate today’s liturgy.  Have a great week!

Today’s Theme

Jesus has pity on the crowd and miraculously feeds them.  In his compassion, the Lord answers all our needs, thus renewing his covenant of love with us.   Nothing can ever separate us from the love of Christ.

Today’s Scripture Readings

Isaiah 55:1-3	All you who are thirsty, come to the water.
Psalm 145	The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
Romans 8:35, 37-39	Nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Matthew 14:13-21	They all ate and were satisfied.

Bible Readings for the Week

Monday	Jer 28:1-7; Mt 14:22-36
Tuesday	Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Mt 17:1-9
Wednesday	Jer 31:1-7; Mt 15:21-28
Thursday	Jer 31:31-34; Mt 16:13-23
Friday	Na 2:1,3, 3:1-3,6-7; Mt 16:24-28
Saturday	2 Cor 9:6-10; Jn 12:24-26
Sunday	1Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a; Ps 85; Rom9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33

Our Riches in Christ

All of today’s readings are lush and luscious.  They  fairly drip with flavor and favor.  And they are perfect for summer’s doldrum days.  They remind us not only that God has great riches to share with us, but that we have great riches to share as well. As followers of Jesus, our job is to recognize how incredibly rich we really are, and to dip into our riches to share with others.

 First, we have a splendid story to share, a story whose “once upon a time” stretches back to the very dawn of creation.  Filled with fantastic characters and events, our story’s plot weaves its way through the lives of a chosen people; comes to a crescendo in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus; tumbles along through the Christian era, gathering as it goes the teachings, customs, and rich rituals of the church.  Like all great stories, our story is not finished; it is still being written, still being told.  Share the story.

We also have a feel for the hallowed around us and among us.  In even the most ordinary of days and seasons, people and events, things and actions, we seem able to recognize the extraordinary among us.  We know that there is more to life than meets the eye, that all things around us are somehow charged with God’s own electricity.  Share that rich sixth sense; share the holy.

Recognizing that all things are God-touched, we also possess a sense of gratitude for the bounty that surrounds us.  Realizing we are gifted, we know how to give thanks.  And we do give thanks for  all things, the bright and the beautiful, the bleak and the bare.  Appreciate, and we share the appreciation. Copyright, J.S. Paluch, Co.

Saints and Special Observances

Sunday	18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday	Dedication of the Basilica of St.   Mary’s in Rome Following the dedication of Mary as “God-bearer” by the Council of Ephesus in 431, Pope Sixtus III erected in Rome this oldest basilica in the West dedicated to the Mother of  God.
Tuesday	Transfiguration of the Lord  Celebrated by 5th century East Syrians, this feast was inserted into the general calendar by 1457 by Pope Callistus III to celebrate the defeat, announced in Rome on August 6, of the Turks at Belgrade.  (August 6 occurs 40 days before the feast of the Triumph of the Cross,  September 14).
Wednesday	St. Sixtus II and His Companions --St. Cajetan Sixtus II and four deacons were arrested on August 6, 258 while celebrating the Eucharist in the cemetery of Callistus.  By order of Valerian, they were decapitated that same day.  Cajetan died in the year 1547.  He was from Venice and co-founded (1524) with Gian Pietro Carafa (later Pope Paul IV) the Theatines (today, the Congregation of Clerks Regular [C.R.], who number about 200 religious. Cajetan was devoted to reform, prayer and ministry, especially to the poor and the sick.
Thursday	St. Dominic  Dominic de Guzman died on August 6, 1221.  He was born in Caleruega, Spain.  He founded the Order of Preachers, today numbering some 6,550 religious. He sought to bring Albigensians back into the Church through preaching and living evangelical poverty.  He was canonized in 1234.
Friday	Weekday The Lord has pity on Judah who rejoices in the downfall of Assyria.  The conditions of discipleship are revealed.
Saturday	St. Lawrence Lawrence died in the year 258, 4 days after four other deacons and Pope Sixtus II were killed.  He cared for the temporal welfare of the Roman church. He is said to have been burned alive on a gridiron.  After Peter and Paul, Lawrence is venerated as patron saint of Rome.

On Stewardship

Have you given real thought lately to how good God has been to you?  Do you give of your time, talent and treasure in proportion to what God has given you?

Health Notes from St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii

Did you know that August is American Family Month?  God created families for our blessing.  Enjoy this gift today and every day.

St. Augustine Feast Day Celebration, Friday, August 16th

The feast day of our patron saint, St. Augustine,  will be celebrated on Friday, August 16th, 2002 with a Brunch Buffet at the Hale Koa Hotel, Waikiki Ballroom, 1st Floor.  A limited number of tickets are available at the Rectory Office at $25.00

per person.  Open seating arrangements have been made with tables of eight per table.  Please get your tickets now!  Tickets will not be available at the door.  Final count and deadline is August 13, 2002.

Second Collection Today

As today is the first Sunday of the month, it is designated as Building/Maintenance Fund Sunday.  A second collection will be taken up at all Masses to help defray the high costs of maintaining our buildings and premises.  Through your generosity we have completed payment on our main stained glass window located above the main doors of the church. We are presently repairing all the stained glass windows along both sides of the Church. In addition, our church roof is in needy repair and termites are taking their toll on our annex building used for Religious Education classes.  Please be as generous as you can in helping us.  Mahalo nui loa!!!!  May the Good Lord who gives all reward you a hundredfold.

Hauoli La Hanau

Birthday greetings are in order to those who are celebrating a birthday this week.  May you enjoy your very special day and may the  Lord above bless you with his choicest graces and blessings.  Happy Birthday to:

August 4th	Jovelyn Ybanez Gecain
	Fatafehi Liti
	Angelo Pineda
August 5th	Mary Keenan
August 6th	Elizabeth Russell
August 7th	Arnold Capellas
	James Keenan
	Rodney Mariano
	Helen Ochtyun
	Devy Salvador
	Silvano Vogrig
August 8th	Gladys Bradbury
	Joseph Gutierrez
	Gerald Munns
	Elizabeth Palepale
	Ed Wong
August 9th	Charlotte Amidon
	Jacqueline Hammond
	Margaret Hochwalt
	Lawrence Montero
	Edgar Williams
August 10th	Ester Dela Torre
	Laura Trosino
	Mieko Wozniak

Happy Anniversary

Congratulations and best wishes to those who are celebrating a wedding anniversary this week.  May the Lord bless you and keep you together for many years to come.  May you have many more anniversaries to celebrate together.  God bless you. Happy Anniversary to:

August 7th	Mr. & Mrs Robert St. Sure  (9 yrs.)
August 10th	Henry & Eugenia Pao (11 yrs.)

We Remember Our Sick

Lord, we pray for our sick  brothers and sisters.  We ask  for your healing power that they may be well again.  We pray especially for: 
Bessie Almodova, Helen Ochtyun, Sybil Wong, Al Caron, Russell Quaintance, Frank Fernandez, Sr., Sal Taboda, Sammy Houseberg, James Kauhane, Anna Falzarano, Annie McLain, Eunice Mohrdick,  Han Sul Il, Quon Hoon Leong, Ellen Lui, Mary Wenthen, Edgar Skip Kudlich, John Trask, Anthony Rodrigues, Viola Kaimi, Miriam Wong, Ellen Ho, John Lee, Helen Tavares, Agnes Cordeiro, Francis Chock, Teresita Daley, Theresa Abril-Betters, Veronica Medeiros, Lani Kula, Father Gabriel Vanden Broucke, Father Timothy Jacobs, and all the sick and dying.

May She Rest in Peace

We extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends and relatives of the late Barbara Cannon. Barbara was a faithful member of the Altar Rosary Society. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in peace.

 

This Week at St. Augustine

Sunday, 4th	18th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Second Collection for      Building/Maintenance Fund
Monday, 5th	No 8:00 pm AA Meeting
Tuesday, 6th	9:30 am OE Meeting
	12:30 pm AA Meeting
	6:00 pm Novena to OLPH
Wednesday, 7th	11:00 am Ladies’ AA Mtg.
	5:30 pm Haw’n Choir Prac.
	7:30 pm Tongan Choir Prac.
Thursday, 8th	6:00 pm RCIA
	7:00 pm Youth Choir
	No 8:00 pm AA Meeting
Friday, 9th	No 8:00 pm AA Meeting
Saturday, 10th	Church Cleaning

Census Update

In preparation for the new sets of envelopes, we are updating our Parish Census.  If you have any changes in your mailing address and/or telephone number, please fill in the form below.

Name__________________________________

Address________________________________

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Telephone # ____________________________

Envelope number ___________

(Please send me a box of envelopes for year 2003

[     ].)
New parishioners are encouraged to please fill in the above form. Mahalo.

Please cut and return in collection box or Rectory Office.

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