Third Sunday Of Lent • The Only Evidence Of LifeGREETINGS FROM THE PASTORToday we come together to celebrate the Mass for the Third Sunday of Lent. Our journey continues. In the opening verse of Luke’s Gospel, Jesus gives examples of punishment meted out for those who failed to keep the law of the Lord. Were we to judge them because they were the greatest sinners at the time? They were the ones

FIRST READING -Exodus 3:1-8,13-15The story of Moses reveals a lag time between God’s judgement and God’s mercy. Justice and mercy are two sides of the same coin but the distance between them is seldom paper thin. The history of the Israelites is a drama involving both God’s judgement and mercy.SECOND READING- 1 Corinthians 10:1-6,10-12God’s love is not conditional, but how it is experienced is

The following child was Baptized here at Sts. Peter & Paul Church on 2/28/10RAFAEL AIDAN NGAION COKEEchild ofMark Cokee & Evette Ngkaion****KIMBERLY HOOLEchild ofMark Richard Hoole & Kathryn Kazue KimuraReceived Baptism, Confirmation, and 1st Communion on 2/27/10

Work will continue on the interior of the church and will probably take several more weeks. Since this will affect only the interior of the Church, weekday masses will be held in the courtyard. Weekend masses will not be affected. However, any functions held in the church in the evenings will be affected; other arrangements will be made to accommodate those affected. Parking will also be affected

The Triduum Services are: Holy Thursday, 6:00 p.m., Good Friday, 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.; Easter Vigil, 7:00 p.m. and Easter Sunday masses are at 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.Weekly there will be Stations of the Cross at 11:15 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.Coming soon: Our Lenten Retreat which begins on March 13th and ends March 17th and during this Retreat, our Penance Service will be held

Please pray for the sick of our parish, especially ... Robert Winter, Matthew O’Rourke, Robyn Richard, Stacie Kelleher, Janine Main, Maria Heitz, Ronald Costa, Violeta Luna-Hill, Lillian Figueroa, Mildred Pacheco, Hartford Wright, Juliette Lane, Elsie Kuwada, Kathleen Gross, Ossie Omar, Olen Canamore, Joseph Marmo, Sr., Christian Dela Cruz, Pilar Gonzalez, Ethel Tamashiro, Salvatrice Cassiero,

Are you interested in assisting your parish by being a receptionist once a week? Duties include, answering the phone and answering the office entrance doorway and other duties assigned by the Parish Secretary; such as stapling and stamping. A Receptionist will be needed beginning in May for Thursday mornings. Thelma Lee who is the Thursday morning receptionist has retired. Currently, Joan

Food Awareness for 2010“One can/package of food per person, per weekend..” Aloha! Here is something I took from the recent newsletter of the I.H.S (the Institute for Human Services-Ke Ala Kupono-the Worthy Path) Not having a family and living here at the church I found this surprising. For those of you who may not know of I.H.S., they are an Emergency Shelter and offer other services to the

Chester & Pat Fuke, Mei Chan, John & Rosalie Kalwicz, Carina Yung, Rudy & Grace Devega, Susan Kim, Katrina Kim, Agada Min, and Mercedes Raneses... for maintaining Sts. Peter & Paul Church and grounds immaculately. These people spend a portion of their Saturday morning weekly keeping our Church beautiful. If you would like to volunteer, please call the Parish at 941-0675

Sts. Peter & Paul will have a Lenten Taize prayer service on March 21, 2010 at 7 PM, immediately following the 6PM Mass. Jesus Remember Me is an hour-long program in preparation for Easter with Scripture and song. In the style of Taize, we gather in a darkened church lit with many candles to sing beautiful meditative songs, listen to a few Scripture passages, and sing more beautiful songs. All