Maria Regina R.C. Church

Mass Schedule for Ascension Thursday Wednesday May 12 - 4:00pm Thursday May 13- 7:00am, 9:00am and 12:00pm

Saint Damien of Molokai May 10 Few saints in the history of the Church have received, both in his own lifetime and later, the fame and admiration of Saint Damien (Joseph) de Veuster (d. 1889). The Flemish priest of the order of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary volunteered to work among society’s ultimate outcasts, the lepers confined to the Hawaiian island of Molokai, knowing he would most likely die of the disease. In the face of the vile smells and hideous bodily deform...ations caused by Hansen’s Disease, Damien was practically the only person of his time willing to touch lepers, whom he nursed in their squalid huts and eventually prepared for burial, even digging their graves. He farmed and with his own hands built chapels, hospitals, and houses. Through preaching, confession, the Mass, and eucharistic adoration., he attempted to instill courage and hope in people who were sunk in despair. Confined to the island, he made his own confession by shouting his sins to a priest on board a ship in the harbor. His superiors considered Damien impetuous and foolhardy and were suspicious of the worldwide publicity he inspired. They were not the only ones; a Protestant minister of Hawaii wrote a defaming letter about Damien, which was subsequently published in a Sydney Presbyterian newspaper and then famously rebutted by the non-Catholic author Robert Louis Stevenson. Eventually, reliable helpers began to arrive on Molokai and after Damien’s death, one of these, the German-American nun St Marianne Cope (d. 1918) helped turned the mission into a flourishing center of both physical and spiritual ministration. See more

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5th Sunday of Easter Come pray with us! Saturday 4:00pm Sunday 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am and 12:00pm Today’s Gospel, is the Vine and the Branches, and Jesus explains to his disciples that he is the vine, and we are the branches, and his Father is the caretaker, the gardener, the dresser of the vineyard.

Mass for the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Schedule: Saturday 4pm Sunday 7:30am, 9am, 10:30am, & 12 noon Come pray with us!

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Why is the color green used for ordinary time? MSGR. BILL KING Prayer involves all of our senses. It involves being alive to touches of God’s grace everywhere around and within us. Color in a church is more than decoration. In public worship, it has a role similar to music, art and architecture of a church to teach, to inspire, to help gather our thoughts.... Green is used as a liturgical color during the weeks known as Ordinary Time. Generally, this period of time occurs from the end of the Christmas season until the beginning of Lent, and from the end of the Easter season until the beginning of Advent. Far from being a filler between other liturgical seasons, Ordinary Time has its own meaning, signified by its own color. At its etymological root, the word ordinary has a rich meaning, far beyond the usual understanding of humdrum, commonplace or everyday. The word has its source in a Sanskrit, or Indo-European, word, which entered into Latin as the verb orior, meaning to rise up, to be stirred up and to grow. The word for east in Latin, oriens, conveys the same rich meaning: It indicates the rising of the sun. Hence, Ordinary Time is, for Catholics, the opportunity to allow the Lord to stir up our faith, to allow our spirits to rise and to grow in our spiritual life. The color green brings this meaning to the fore, since it is a color that evokes life and growth.