SECTORS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wainividio, NAVUA
Christian Meditation every Tuesday at
10.00 am in Wainividio Chapel.
Bible Study for children at 4.00pm and
Small Christian Community (SCC) gospel
sharing on Sundays at 5.00pm.
Monday 5th June, ST BONIFACE
Boniface, who was
baptized Winfrid,
lived in the eighth
century. He was a
brilliant monk in a
Benedictine monas-
tery in England. He
was the head of a
school, but he thought God wanted him to be a
missionary. He went to Frisia (Northern Nether-
lands and Germany) to begin his work. A war
forced him to return to England for a few years,
but he did not give up. Next, he journeyed to
Rome to ask the pope to tell him where to serve.
Pope Gregory II changed Winfrids name to
Boniface, which means a man who does good
deeds. Then he sent Boniface to eastern Ger-
many.
For nearly 35 years, Boniface traveled all over
Germany, preaching, teaching, and building
schools, monasteries, and convents. He went to
Rome to report to the pope about his work.
There, the pope ordained him bishop and told
him to return to Germany to continue mission-
ary work. Boniface invited monks and sisters
from England to come and help him. The mon-
astery at Fulda is probably the most famous one
started by Boniface.
As an old man, Boniface returned to Frisia to
work among the pagans. One morning, while he
was waiting to confirm a group of converts, a
band of angry natives rushed into the church
and murdered Boniface and
about 50 converts. Today
Saint Boniface is the patron of
Germany
Tuesday 6th June,
ST NORBERT
In the 12th century in the
French region of Premontre,
Saint Norbert founded a reli-
gious Order known as the
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NABUKAVESI
The community of Nabukavesi will be hav-
ing their fundraising on Friday the 9th of
June 2017 at the Parish Hall, Delana. This
is to raise funds for their soli.
Praemonstratensians or the Norbertines. His
founding of the Order was a monumental task:
combating rampant heresiesparticularly re-
garding the Blessed Sacrament, revitalizing
many of the faithful who had grown indifferent
and dissolute, plus effecting peace and reconcil-
iation among enemies.
Norbert entertained no pretensions about his
own ability to accomplish this multiple task.
Even with the aid of a goodly number of men
who joined his Order, he realized that nothing
could be effectively done without Gods power.
Finding this help especially in devotion to the
Blessed Sacrament, he and his Norbertines
praised God for success in converting heretics,
reconciling numerous enemies, and rebuilding
faith in indifferent believers. Many of them
lived in central houses during the week and
served in parishes on weekends.
Reluctantly, Norbert became archbishop of
Magdeburg in central Germany, a territory half
pagan and half Christian. In this position he
zealously and courageously continued his work
for the Church until his death on June 6, 1134.
Friday 9th June, ST EPHREM was a
major poet and theologian.
The liturgical worship con-
tains deep reflections, truth,
and beautiful poetic hymns
written by St Ephrem.
Though he was asked to
become a priest, St Ephrem
chose to remained a life
long deacon of the church.
He used song and meter to
instill the doctrines and teachings of the
Church in the minds and heart of the faith-
ful. His prolific poetry of liturgical hymns
is incomparable which is why the church
gives hime the title the harp of the Holy
Spirit.
PENTECOST Next week, Holy Trinity
First Reading: Acts 2:1-11 First Reading: Ex 34:4b-6,8-9/Dn
Ps 104: 24,29-30,31,34/1 3:52,53,54,55,56
Second Reading: Cor:12:3b-7.12-13 Second Reading: (52b)/2 Cor 13:11-13,
Gospel:Jn 20:19-23 Gospel: Jn 3:16-19
Issue No.3 REFLECTION 04th, June 2017
Pentecost Sunday
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your Faithful and
enkindle in them the fire of Your Love .Send forth Your
Spirit and they shall be created and You shall renew
the face of the earth.
Pentecost is one of the most joyful feasts in the Christian liturgical calendar, the birthday
of the Church and it is also the feast day of our Parish. For fifty days the Church has been
celebrating the great mysteries of Easter, most notably the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Pentecost is the conclusion of the Easter season. Today, the familiar story of Pentecost
will be the first reading. The Spirit blows through the upper room where the disciples are
hiding and, according to tradition, resides over each of them as tongues of fire. The disci-
ples burst forth from that upper room to preach, teach, baptize, and celebrate the Eucha-
rist. Most of them were martyred for their faith. Courage, strength, love, resolve, faith,
and conviction were the marks of the apostles as they began their ministry to the known
world after that experience of the Holy Spirit in the upper room.
On this Pentecost Sunday, let us ask the Spirit to blow through our Churches and commu-
nities. Let us open our hearts, minds, and souls to the presence of the Spirit as tongues of
fire over our heads. The call of the early disciples is our call! Lets stop hiding and commit
ourselves to living our faith with joy and with the same courage and resolve as did the
early Church. The point of this column is to call each individual Christian to live his or her
faith as did the apostles after Pentecost. From the Spirit each person seeks courage,
strength, love, resolve, faith, and conviction. As the apostles burst forth with love and
joy, so todays Christians are in desperate need of the same energy that inspired the
apostles
Lets pray that at this Pentecost the Spirit will blow through the homes of Christians eve-
rywhere inspiring them to live their faith with joy and courage. The values that come
through Christian faith have the potential of transforming the world into a place of love,
peace, and joy.
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 Mass Times
Sunday Masses (Year A)
7.00am - Nakavu
10.00am - Holy Spirit Parish Church
Weekdays Masses (Year 1)
Monday
6.00am - Adoration & Benediction
6.30am - Mass (Parish Church)
Tuesday
6.00am - Adoration & Benediction
6.30am - No Mass in the morning
6.00pm - Mass (Veivatuloa)
Wednesday
6.00am - Adoration & Benediction
6.30am - Mass (Parish Church)
6.30pm - Mass (Mau)
Thursday
6.00am - Adoration & Benediction
6.30am - Mass (Parish Church)
6.00pm - Mass (Nabukavesi)
Friday
6.00am - Adoration & Benediction
6.30am - Mass (Parish Church)
Saturday
7.00am - Adoration & Benediction
7.30 am Mass (Parish Church)
Sundays Collection: Month of May
Dates Pledge
7/05/2017
14/05/2017
21/05/2017
28/05/2017
Total Bal 1356.55
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ANNOUNCEMENTS & REMINDERS
Sunday Mass Roster
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL
The PPC Meeting will be held on Sun-
day, 11th June 2017 at the Parish Hall. 11th June 2017, Solemnity of Holy Trinity - St Mark, Wailoaloa
LITURGY COMMITTEE 18th June 2017, Solemnity of Corpus Christi - Parish Youth
Meeting will be held in Delana on Sat-
urday 10th June, at 10.00am. Please
be advised that every Community
should have a representative (rep) in
this meeting. Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
Candidates for the First Holy Commun-
Fear of the Lord: With this gift the Christian becomes keenly aware of anything
ion to produce their Baptismal Certifi-
that may hurt his/her relationship with God. There is a holy fear of hurting this
cate so that they are eligible for the
relationship and grace is given to avoid these things at all cost.
Sacrament.
Wisdom: With this gift the Christian is given a special grace to ponder divine reali-
CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE
ties in his/her speculative reason. We are able to see the big picture and know
Na marama e via gole I Namosi, me
how best to be an instrument of peace and harmony in our world.
soli mai na yacamu ni bera ni cava na
vula o Jiune.
Understanding: This is the ability to have a supernatural assurance of the matters
E gadrevi na keda I wiliwili mai of faith. Life makes sense. We can make sense of the deeper parts of revelation,
Namosi. $40 me vakarautaki. AGM - make sense of suffering and understand those things that tempt us to doubt. With
17th - 21st Aug 2017. $20 - Vodovo- this gift we come to see how everything in life can work for good in accordance
do. $20 - Kana. with Gods plan.
9 ni Jiune veisiko vei ira na baraca e
Wainadoi 5 na kaloko ena yakavi. Knowledge: With this gift the Christian knows, more in the practical intellect,
Nai tavi sa tiko vei ira nai liuliu ni vei what Gods will is in this or that situation. We know how to live, how to discern
wasewase. Gods will and what decision to make in our daily life. It also enables us to learn
Na lori ena vakarautaki me kauti from our past mistakes.
keda.
Counsel: With this gift the Christian sees him/herself as a link in a chain which
makes up the entire Church. God uses each one of us to help and support one an-
other on our journey. We know what to say and how to act so as to do our part to
Sunday Soli Total build up one another.
316.15 230.25 $ 546.40
Fortitude: Simply put, it is a firmness of mind and spirit to do good and avoid
413.7 228.7 $ 642.40 evil. Its a sort of Christian courage. The Gospel will call all of us to a radical life of
297 223.8 $ 520.80 love. Fortitude gives us the strength we need to follow through.
329.7 248.5 $ 578.20
Piety: This gift enables us to first reverence and love God, but also to see the dig-
931.25 $ 2,287.80 nity of one another and reverence each other as children of God.
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