EPIC ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR DEC 4-DEC 10:
1) "Meet & Greet" with Deacon Wally Mitsui at our Faith Sharing on Monday, December 5. Deacon Wally and his wife, Aunty Gwen, have served at St. John Apostle & Evangelist in Mililani for many years and both have extensive ministry experience including working with youth and young adult ministry. Deacon Wally has been appointed by Bishop Larry Silva to OLS effective December 1st. 2) Join us on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, this Thursday, December 8, at 7:00 PM at St. Patrick Church in Kaimuki for the Deacon Ordination of Bro. Jeremy Sabugo, SS.CC. Bro. Jeremy is originally from St. Michael in Waialua where he was very active in various parish ministries including EPIC Ministry. 3) If you haven't reserved your spot to this year's Christmas Banquet, there are still spaces left. Get a special GROUP RATE when you buy five (5) tickets. Don't miss out on this night of 'ono food, live entertainment, games and prizes, a photo booth, and special presentations. CLICK HERE to reserve your tickets today! 4) The EPIC Food Fight is heating up! This week's "hot items" are:
5) THANK YOU to everyone who helped with our Adopt a Family project. If you haven't turned in your donations, please do so as soon as possible. CLICK HERE to see the sign-up list. Contact Us if you have any questions. 6) Order the latest official EPIC dry-fit shirt today! You can also order our original teal polo shirts as well. See the bottom of our Home page for more details. 7) The journey has begun...join us for our next EPIC Ministry young adult retreat, "JOURNEY," on February 10-12, at the St. Anthony Retreat Center. Register by December 31st for a special early bird price. CLICK HERE for more details or to sign-up.
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EPIC ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR NOV 27-DEC 3:
1) Join us for our special Thanksgiving Community Night Monday, November 28, at 7pm at OLS in the parish hall. Bring a dish to share! 2) You have only a few more days left to use promo code "EPIC2016" to save $10 off your tickets to this year's EPIC Christmas Banquet. Code valid only until Wednesday, November 30. CLICK HERE to reserve your tickets today! 3) The EPIC Food Fight is heating up! This week's "hot items" are:
4) Your participation is still needed to help us complete our lists for the Adopt a Family service project. Go to http://bit.ly/2gMjcSF to make a donation today. 5) Join us for EPIC's "An Evening with Christ" on Saturday, December 3, at the Pauline Books and Media Chapel in downtown. Eucharistic Adoration with Praise & Worship at 7pm, followed by a walk through the Honolulu City Lights. 6) Order the latest official EPIC dry-fit shirt today! See Josh or Christine to reserve your shirt for $35. Below, Josh is modeling the new design. OBJECTIVE:
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Members of EPIC Ministry in adoration and prayer in front the altar of repose at Resurrection of the Lord during the Holy Thursday Adoration Pilgrimage. Nolan is a member of ROL EPIC Ministry and is married to Ester, Assistant Coordinator of ROL EPIC.
"Want to be a saint? Then prepare to die!" – A Reaction to the SCOTUS Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage6/26/2015
by Malcolm Zara Growing up, my mother raised me to be a “good Catholic.” I learned my prayers, went to a Catholic school, and I went was dragged to church every Sunday and the other Holy Days of Obligation. If there was such thing as “Catholic Extra Credit,” I was convinced I earned it. Whenever there was a special Mass held, she would bring us to those too. We would do feast days, novenas, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s, Holy Week, and everything in between. (It’s remarkable though that I had never been an altar server.) Back then, I was super thankful that Mass was only an hour long. There was only so much of going through the motions that I could take. Sit. Stand. Kneel. Respond. Get in line. Say Amen. However, there was one Mass a year that really tried my patience. It was the Easter Vigil. One that I attended went on for almost 3 hours. I was on the verge of becoming an atheist. Something changed. As I “re-converted” to Catholicism, I began to fall in love with the way we worship. I started to perceive the motions I used to go through as a response to God’s love for us. The readings became the Living Word. The Eucharist became healing and nourishment. Mass finally meant something, and the Easter Vigil had much, much more to offer than fake extra credit points. I grew to realize that the Easter Vigil Mass was comprised of some of the most profound and spiritually moving hours of the year. When your mind wanders, you miss out on some of the beautiful poetry that happens. Take the first few minutes of that Mass for example. Imagine the darkness we start the night in as being in the tomb that Jesus’ body was laid in. As light from our candles fill the room, Jesus slowly rolls the stone-seal away. The light that enters is the hope that Jesus’ return brings to the entire world. Then, we have the readings. These words from Scripture are meant to captivate us with stories from our history. They are stories of creation, war, trials, and rescue that span different eras and generations. They remind us of the long and winding journey that we all take and that culminates in the Resurrection. It is moments like these that deepen both my understanding of our faith and my relationship with God. I no longer go to Mass because someone told me too but because I want to. Mass is a real-life encounter with the risen Jesus. My favorite one is now the Easter Vigil and I hope it can transform your life like it does for me.
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