Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known to us in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.



Book of Common Prayer

Page 216

DIOCESAN COUNCIL GRANTS

Upcoming deadlines to apply:

February 28, 2020

March 27, 2020

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ORDINATION OF ANDREW ARAKAWA

Saturday, February 29, 2020

10:00 AM

St. Alban’s Chapel, ‘Iolani School, Honolulu  

DIOCESAN YOUTH RETREAT: ONE BODY

March 20-22, 2020

Camp Mokule'ia, Waialua

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SPRING TRAINING 2020 WITH CHRISM MASS

Saturday, March 28, 2020

8:00 AM-3:30 PM

The Cathedral of St. Andrew, Honolulu

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ORDAINED POSITIONS

CHURCHES IN TRANSITION:

Parish of the Good Shepherd

Wailuku, Maui

St. Mary's Episcopal

Mo'ili'ili, O'ahu

Seabury Hall (Chaplain)

Makawao, Maui

Visit the Transition Ministry webpage HERE for more info...

LAY POSITIONS

Donation Intakers

Part-time

Christ Memorial, Kilauea

Organist & Choir Director

10 hours per week per position

St. Christopher's, Kailua

Part-time Organist

2 hours per week

St. Stephen's, Wahiawa

Click HERE for more info on all positions...

AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE:

Hawaiian-Language Book of Common Prayer & Na 'Euanelio Hemolele

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If your church is interested in installing Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) please e-mail Rae Costa. The Red Cross is offering the Diocese discounted training rates with a minimum of four persons (including neighbor islands).

A message from the Bishop

RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION IN THE AGE OF THE "CORONA VIRUS" AND DURING THE FLU SEASON

Aloha,

Receiving Holy Communion by intinction is a common practice in the Diocese of Hawaiʻi. The following is from the Diocesan Customary on receiving Holy Communion in this Diocese:

"Likewise, a person may choose to receive by intinction. This is particularly true when one is sick and chooses not to take the host alone. Please note that it is preferable to receive in this manner when a wafer host is used rather than loaf bread to prevent crumbs from accumulating in the bottom of the chalice. There are two practices of intinction: (A) In some congregations, intinction is when one dips a small corner of the host in the wine and then places the slightly moistened host into one's own mouth. Please note that if this is practiced, the person needs to be careful not to put fingers into the wine or touch the inside of the chalice, and to only dip a very small portion of the host in the wine. One should avoid placing the whole host into the wine or allowing the wine to soak the host. (B) It should be noted that some congregations practice a form of intinction in which the communicant holds the host in the palm of the hand and the Eucharistic Minister takes the host, dips it slightly in the wine and then places it on the person's tongue. Either (A) or (B) is acceptable in this Diocese and should be determined by the congregation's priest with appropriate direction and teaching. When young children (under the age of five) receive by intinction, they should have the assistance of an adult and form (B) is often preferable. For the Bishop and many in the Episcopal Church, intinction is considered to be an exceptional practice and not normative.

While the normative practice in the Episcopal Church is to consume the bread and then to share the wine from a common cup, a person may receive the sacrament in one kind (just the bread or, more rarely, just the wine) when necessary for reasons of personal health or wellbeing, or because of personal piety and practice. Typically, this is practiced by taking the bread alone and then crossing one's arms over the chest when the wine is offered.  

 

Those who are not baptized, or who though baptized decide not to receive the sacrament for personal or spiritual reasons, are invited and encouraged to come for a blessing, indicated by placing crossed hands over the chest.” 

As Bishop, I am increasingly concerned that receiving the Sacrament by intinction when the communicant dips the bread themselves into the cup of wine, is the least sanitary means of receiving Holy Communion. I think we should begin stopping the practice of option (A) for sanitary reasons. In the age of the “Coronavirus” and the flu season, I urge clergy and parishioners to rethink intinction by parishioners themselves. Our hands are often very unclean and many hands dipping into a common cup is less sanitary than a simple sip from a common cup. 

What do I suggest?

Again, as often noted in the news, our hands are the likely means of sharing most contagions. Watching multiple fingers dipping into the Chalice (sometimes up to the knuckle) has convinced me that intinction by the congregants themselves is unsanitary. I will continue to drink from the Chalice. If I am ill, I will forgo the cup altogether. Likewise, if I am in a congregation where everyone practices intinction for themselves, I will likely just start taking the bread alone. It is up to the Clergy-in-charge of each congregation to set and publicly state the standard in that church. 

Your servant in Christ Jesus,

+Bob

The Right Reverend Robert L. Fitzpatrick

Bishop Diocesan 

The Episcopal Diocese of Hawai'i

From the Bishop

THE REV. JAN CHARLES RUDINOFF, RIP

The Reverend Jan Charles Rudinoff died on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, after a short illness. 

Jan was born in Philadelphia on March 31, 1942. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and the Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained to the Diaconate by Bishop Robert Hall of the Diocese of Virginia on March 10, 1972, and to the Priesthood in May 29, 1973, by Bishop Joseph Harte of the Diocese of Arizona. He was an assistant at St. Philip’s in the Hills, Tucson, Arizona (1972-1974). From 1974 until his retirement in 2004, he served St. Michael and All Angels, Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi (as the Vicar and first Rector). He also served as the Vicar of St. Thomas, Hanalei (1974-1982), and the Vicar of Christ Memorial, Kīlauea (1982-1984). After retirement, Jan served Anglican congregations in Canada.

Jan is survived by his wife, Paula, children and grandchildren.

Jan's service will be on February 22, 2020, at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Lihue, at 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jan's memory to St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church or Kauaʻi Hospice. The address for St. Michael and All Angels is: 4364 Hardy Street, Lihue, HI 96766.

ALMIGHTY AND ETERNAL GOD, to whom there is never any prayer made without hope of mercy, be merciful to the soul of your faithful servant, Jan, being departed from this world in the confession of your Holy Name that he and all the departed may be welcomed into the company of thy saints, through Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Rest eternal grant him, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.

The Right Reverend Robert L. Fitzpatrick

Bishop Diocesan 

The Episcopal Diocese of Hawai'i

Bishop-in-Charge

The Episcopal Church in Micronesia

FUNERAL SERVICE FOR THE REV. GUY HIWA PILTZ

Funeral services have been announced for the Reverend Guy Hiwa Piltz who died on Monday, January 20, 2020. The public is invited to attend the service that will be held at St. Jamesʻ Episcopal Church in Waimea, on Saturday, February 22, 2020, at 10:30 AM. Casual attire; no flowers. Memorial donations may be made in his honor to North Hawaiʻi Hospice.

The Rev. David Stout of St. Jamesʻ wrote a lovely letter to parishioners about Fr. Piltz when he passed. That letter can be viewed HERE.

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SPRING TRAINING 2020 WORKSHOPS ANNOUNCED

If you havenʻt already done so, register now for the Dioceseʻs Spring Training event taking place Saturday, March 28, 2020, at The Cathedral of St. Andrew in Honolulu. Following a Chrism Mass, participants will attend pre-selected workshops for Clergy, Wardens, Treasurers, Youth Leadership and Family Ministries. There will also be a special morning gathering of SPICE, the Dioceseʻs newest ministry for spouses, partners, and widows of clergy, that will engage in Centering Prayer and a lesson on converting a shirt to a tab-shirt.

Leading the Clergy and Wardenʻs track will be the Rev. Cn. Dawn Davis, author of Revive, “a small-group discipleship program for active lay leaders to help them grow in confidence as spiritual leaders who love God and want to live a Jesus-shaped life." Wardens and Treasurers will also spend time with some of the members of the Diocesan Support Center Team that includes the Bishop, Accountant Danny Casey, Business Manager Rae Costa, and our Chancellor Wayne Yoshigai.

The Youth track will be led by members from the Diocesan Youth Design Team that will provide information, resources and best practices for building a successful youth ministry. Jenny Wallace, our Godly Play Trainer, will lead the Family Ministries track, sharing their newest offering, Stories of God at Home, designed to help stimulate family storytelling alongside the stories of God.

The fee for the day is only $15 and includes lunch. For more information and to register, click on the button below. Airfare for neighbor island clergy, wardens, treasurers and youth workers will be covered.

Continuing Series



TEACHINGS BY CLERGY

Priests are ordained to be “faithful pastors, patient teachers, and wise councilors” (BCP, p. 534). These Reflections will be offered over the next few months in the e-News and on the Diocesan website HERE.

Our fourth Teachings by Clergy piece is by the Rev. Raymond Woo, Vicar of St. Lukeʻs Episcopal Church, Honolulu.

REFLECTION ON THE NICENE CREED:

"We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty"

The Roman Emperor Constantine, after declaring the Christian religion as the official religion of the Roman Empire in 313 CE (the Common Era), called a very important Church Council of Bishops and clergy at Nicea (in the city of Iznik in Eastern Turkey today) in 325 CE to work on a summary statement of the Christian faith. One of the reasons for the Council was to clarify and summarize what the core of the faith was in the midst of very diverse and different theological opinions about what the nature of God was, and how within the Godhead (a theological term attempting to describe the internal aspect of Godhead based on the Bible): how God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit might relate to one another. The other reason for calling the Church Council was Constantine wanted to promote peace throughout the Roman Empire (Pax Romana) and to unify the Empire by means of having one singular religious faith tradition. Too many religions might be very divisive for the people, thus causing havoc and unrest in the Empire, so thought the Emperor.

The Church Council met again, after several interim sessions within the next 5 decades since 325 CE, for the second time in 381 CE with another generation of Bishops and clergy in the Capitol of Contanstinople (in modern day Istanbul, Turkey) known as the Council of Constantinople.  READ MORE

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CAMP MOKULEʻIAʻS SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULE

Camp Mokuleʻiaʻs summer camp schedule is now posted and registration is open! With over a dozen camps planned, lots of options are available so that children and youth can take advantage of all the fun and adventure the Camp has to offer! Listed below are the dates of this yearʻs camps. To learn more, visit the Camp Mokuleʻia website through the button below.

In addition, the following Elementary Day Camps (Grades 1-5) will be taking place at churches around the Diocese:

EPISCOPAL LENTEN RESOURCES

February 26 is Ash Wednesday and the start of the Lenten season. The Episcopal Church has a number of resources to help you and your church observe Lent that can be found on their website HERE.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED REMINDERS

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DIOCESAN YOUTH RETREAT: "ONE BODY"

March 20-22, 2020

Camp Mokule'ia, Waialua

All middle school and high school youth are invited for a weekend of worship, discovery, fellowship and FUN! Cost is only $99, and scholarships are available. For more information and to register, click HERE.