Resurrection of the Lord Church

Social Ministry

ROL Social Ministry Structure

ROL Social Ministers
Liz Shippen lizshippen@hawaii.rr.com 808-497-7567
Bob Mace matthew25@clearwire.net 808-382-8655


Help Needed
Join the Social Ministry Team
We are looking for caring and giving parishioners to join the Social Ministry team.
Help us plan and conduct our outreach efforts, ministering to the poor among us, as requested by our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let as add your name to the names listed above. If you feel the call in your heart, please answer it by contacting
one of our social ministers and becoming part of our team.
God Bless You.

94-1260 Lumikula Street Waipahu, HI 96797
Phone: 676-4700 - - Fax: 676-4534
ROL Social Ministry E-mail Address: matthew25@clearwire.net

Volunteers are always welcomed to help in our various activities.
You can find out more information, or volunteer for an activity at the email address above.

And of course, funds are always needed to fund our various social ministry activities.
You can drop them off in the collection box in the narthex any time.
Checks, bills and coins, we gratefully accept it all and put it to God's use.
You can also send checks made out to
Resurrection of the Lord, 94-1260 Lumikula Street, Waipahu, Hi 96797.
Put for Social Ministry in the for or memo area of the check.


Catholic Relief Services


Catholic Charities Hawai'i

IHS Social Ministries
Institute of Human Services


River of Life Mission


Hawaii Food Bank


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Lighthouse Homeless Dinner Serving for August 29th

"Give us this day our daily bread"

Menu: In keeping with the prayer and theme, "Give us this day our daily bread" we will accept food donations after all three Masses the weekend of Aug 28th/29th on a table set up on the lanai. Whatever we receive at that time will be served at the Lighthouse Homeless Shelter on that Sunday evening. Whatever is left at the end of the day will be donated to either IHS, Lighthouse, or anyone in need so that whatever food we receive that day, will be given away that day. You can donate anything, meats, fresh fruit or vegetables, bread, canned goods, deserts, anything.

Preparation: If you wish to help in the preparation of the meal, come to the parish between 4 pm and 5:30 pm on the evening of Sunday, August 29th and help us prepare it. Since we don't know what we will be receiving until that day, it should be quit an adventure.

Serving and transporting: If you wish to help transport the meal to the Lighthouse Homeless Shelter in Waipahu and serve it, be at the parish at 5:30 pm on the same evening.
It's that simple. Through the generosity and service of the parish members of Resurrection of the Lord, our Lord will provide the daily meal for our brothers and sisters in need in our community.

If you have any questions, contact Bob Mace at matthew25@clearwire.net.

Thank you and God bless


Hawaii Catholic Charities Mary Jane Program. Bob Mace, Gaylene Colon, and Joyce Urehara went to the Mary Jane Program House today and presented them with the funds we raised in our pre Mother's Day sale. We also gave them $100 worth of diapers. We were given a tour of the house and met some of the girls and their babies that are staying there. Thank you again to all of you who gave your time, money and love for this good and blessed cause.

Items Needed for the Mary Jane Program Group House

Here are things we could use in order of priority-
Diapers Newborn
Diapers Size 2
Diapers Size 1
Diapers Size 3
Newborn onesies or sleepwear boy
Newborn onesies or sleepwear girl
Baby Shampoo
Adult shampoo, conditioner, and body wash
Breast pads
Nursing bras
Maternity clothing is S, M, L, or XL
Body pillows (6) for each bedroom
Gentle baby laundry detergent (Dreft etc…)

If you would like to contribute any of these items, they can be dropped off at Mass this upcoming weekend, or taken to the Parish Office anytime during the week.
Thanks again and God bless you all.


IHS Breakfast Serving
Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 6:00 am.
We meet a t the ROL office at 6:00am and depart for the homeless shelters downtown. We are usually back at ROL by 8:00am. We serve at both the men's and women and children's homeless shelters. For more information contact Matt: 497-8249 The signup sheet will be posted on the bulletin board in the worship area outside the parish kitchen.

Thank you to the RCIA and all that contributed to the collection for the Hawaii Food Bank. Besides raising over 35 boxes of non-perishable food items, the RCIA collected $197 for the Food Bank as well. Mahalo to Jo, Nadine, John, and all the RCIA members who worked hard on this project.

Results for Next Step Homeless Shelter Epiphiny Project,
Catholic Relief Services: Operation Rice Bowl Lenten Collection
& Our Lady of Guadalupe: Celebration of Life, pre Mother's Day Sale

Thanks to everyone who participated and contributed to these events.

Thank you to everyone who donated to, and participated in the CI and CII Epiphany Project at the Next Step Homeless Shelter, where you served a meal, gave gifts of pillows, pillow cases and various gift packs, entertained, and made life a little brighter for those in need. We also gave the H-5 non-profit organization a check for $2,200.

For Operation Rice Bowl, we raised $2,750.22 for Catholic Relief Services.

From our Celebration of Life sale, we raised $1,744.95 (with some funds still coming in) for Hawaii Catholic Charitie's, Mary Jane Program

Mahalo for your Generosity and God bless to all

Six Month Plan for Social Ministry

January 2010

CI and CII Epiphany Project at the Next Step Homeless Shelter - Served a meal and gave gifts of pillows, pillow cases and various gift packs. We also gave the H-5 non-profit organization a check for $2,200.

Special Collection
Cold Cuts, Cheese and Chips for Lighthouse Homless Shelter Dinner

IHS Breakfast Serving: Sunday, January 24 at 6 am

Lighthouse Homeless Shelter: Sunday, January 31 at 4:30 pm

February 2010

Special Collection
Rice for IHS

IHS Breakfast Serving: Sunday, February 28 at 6 am

Lighthouse Homeless Shelter: February 28 at 5:30 pm

March 2010

Special Collection
Diapers for Women's and Children's IHS and Molokai

IHS Breakfast Serving: Sunday, March 28 at 6 am

Lighthouse Homeless Shelter: Sunday, March 28 at 5:30 pm

Operation Rice Bowl Lenten Collection for Catholic Charities Hawaii. For Operation Rice Bowl, we raised $2,750.22 for Catholic Relief Services.

April 2010

Special Collection
Toilet products to be distributed to various agencies

IHS Breakfast Serving: Sunday, April 25 at 6 am

Lighthouse Homeless Shelter: Sunday, April 25 at 5:30 pm

May 2010

RCIA Collection for Hawaii Food Bank

IHS Breakfast Serving: Sunday, May 23 at 6 am

Lighthouse Homeless Shelter: Sunday, May 30 at 5:30 pm

Our Lady of Guadalupe Mothers Day Sale with proceeds going towards Hawaii Catholic Charities, Mary Jane Project.From our Celebration of Life sale, we raised $1,044.95 (with some funds still coming in) for Hawaii Catholic Charitie's, Mary Jane Program

June 2010

Special Collection
School Supplies

IHS Breakfast Serving: Sunday, June 27 at 6 am

Lighthouse Homeless Shelter: Sunday, June 27 at 5:30 pm

 

Do you know where the food goes that is collected at the side of the altar before mass or during the collection of gifts? It is taken by our parish members to 2 other parish food pantries to be distributed to those in need. Those parishes are Sacred Hearts in Waianae and Our Lady of Good Counsel in Pearl City. Sacred Hearts feeds about 90 families every other week. Our Lady of Good Counsel feeds about 150 families a week. Alice, one of the directors of the OLOGC pantry, told me that they often run out of food and that ROL has been a blessing, saving them many times with our donations. These are just 2 of the many parishes that maintain food and toiletry supplies for the needy in their communities. Although Resurrection of the Lord does not maintain its own food pantry, it is still fulfilling the request of our Lord Jesus Christ to "feed the hungry" by collecting and delivering food to those parishes that do. This is the very essence of our Catholic Social teaching and our faith.

Matthew 25: 35-40
'For I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
a stranger and you welcomed me,
naked and you clothed me,
ill and you cared for me,
in prison and you visited me.'
Then the righteous will answer him and say
'Lord when did we see you hungry and feed you,
or thirsty and give you drink?
When did we see you a stranger and welcome you,
or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison,
and visit you?' And the King will say to them in reply,
'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for
one of these least brothers of mine,
you did for me.'

Share Your Wealth

God wants us
to be our brother's keeper.

To feed the hungry,
to clothe the naked,
to shelter the homeless,
to instruct the ignorant,
at a personal sacrifice,
is what God
wants us to do.

What we give to the poor
for Christ's sake
is what we carry with us
when we die.

As Jean-Jacques Rousseau say:
"When man dies
he carries
in his clutches hands
only that which
he has given away."

Peter Maurin - Easy Essay

Ongoing Outreach Activities

Fourth Sunday of every month at 6:00 am
IHS Breakfast Serve
At Men's and Women's Shelters
Look for the signup sheet on the
bulliten board outside the parish kitchen.

Last Sunday of every month at 6:00 pm
Lighthouse Homeless Shelter
We prepare and serve dinner
for the homeless families.
Look for the signup sheet on the
bulliten board outside the parish kitchen.

Collection of needed items for
IHS homeless shelter
River of Life homless shelter

Collection of Gifts (food and toiletry items) for Food Pantries
OLGC, Sacred Hearts

Blood Bank of Hawaii - ongoing (Parish Health Ministry)
blood drives 4 times a year @ ROL

Bereavement Ministry

Benedictine Monastery - 1st Saturday (normally) of every month - led by Rick McGough

Home and hospital visits (w/or w/o communion) to the incapacitated, shut-ins - (Parish Health Ministry, Father Paul, and parishoners at ROL)

August - annually Donations of huli-huli chicken from annual parish BBQ chicken sale

Annual Advent Food, Bake & "Stuff" Sale (Teenage Confirmation Candidates and Families)
Funds raised range from $2,500.00 - $3,000.00
Annual, to benefit a targeted needy organization/group for Confirmation Epiphany Service every January (since 2003)

Short Term or One Time Outreach Activities

The Next Step" homeless shelter, Honolulu - dinner once a month, last served January 2008
monetary, food donations - periodically

2007: HOPE families, Kalaeloa; The U.S. Vets Homeless Shelter, Kapolei as part of OLPH outreach ministry; St. Rita Church outreach

The Giving Tree (Hawaii Catholic Charities) - annual Advent/Christmas project

Central Oahu American Cancer Relay for Life - annual (2006, 2007)

Ministry to HOPE families, Kalaeloa as needed

The Mary Jane Center - ongoing, as requested, Confirmation Candidates' individual service
Workdays
Donations of baby, maternal items

The last 10years: miscellaneous, periodically
IHS: various drives for donations of mugs, reading materials (books, magazines), clothing, toys, personal items, supplies
Waipahu Hall Elderly: annual Thanksgiving luncheons through 2004 (Epiphany projects)
Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center, 2004-2006 (Epiphany projects)
Workday (cleaning, landscaping)
Thanksgiving luncheon
Maililand Transitional Shelter, 2004-2006
Epiphany gift of household items
Epiphany celebration - landscaping and luncheon

2008 - Thanksgiving collection of food and funds for the people of Molokai along with Saint John's Hui O' Laulima (Group of Helping Hands). Raised $2,000 plus a large quantity of food items.

2008 - The Giving Tree (Hawaii Catholic Charities) - annual Advent/Christmas project.

December 2008 - Keiki Shopping and Bingo for the residents of Hope for a New Beginning Homless Shelter

Short Term or One Time Outreach Activities (Cont.)

Christmas and New Year 2008-2009 Epipany Project for residents of Kakaako and Puahala Next step homeless shelters by our Confirmation I & II classes and all at ROL. Funds raised $2,600, plus toiletry items.

February 2009 - Dance at ROL parking lot. Non perishable food item suggested donation for church food pantries.

March, 2009: Parishioners of ROL gave $7,112.42 to the Passionist Overseas Missions.

Lent 2009: Operation Ricebowl for Catholic Relief Services

April / May 2009 - Service project. Jackie Aganon, a Confimation I candidate, collecting non perishable food items for Hawaii Food Bank.

May 2009 - Collect money and Mcdonal's $10 Arch Gift Cards for homeless.

August 2009 - Father Damien Art Sale with proceeds going towards the Blessed Damien Parish Building Fund.

November / December 2009 - Giving Tree Collection for Oahu and Molokai Children.

January 2010 - CI and CII Epiphany Project at the Next Step Homeless Shelter - Served a meal and gave gifts of pillows, pillow cases and various gift packs

Lent 2010 - Operation Rice Bowl Lenten Collection for Catholic Charities Hawaii

April 2010 - RCIA Collection for Hawaii Food Bank

May 2010 - Our Lady of Guadalupe Mothers Day Sale with proceeds going towards Hawaii Catholic Charities, Mary Jane Project

Ten things we can do for our Lord and the least among us.

1. Serve: Our Lord's time on this earth was all about service. Service to you and me.
How can we in return serve him? By serving the least among us, we serve Our Lord Jesus Christ.

2. Volunteer: Help ROL at our monthly IHS breakfast or monthly Lighthouse evening meal.
Volunteer to help the Hawaii Foodbank, Catholic Charities Hawaii or many other worthwhile local organizations.

3. Love: To love another person is to see the face of God. Any service we are involved in must be done as an act of love.
Unconditional love for our Lord Jesus Christ and our Brothers and Sisters in need. Our church is not about personal
avoidance of hell, but salvation for all souls by our faith, acts, love and prayers; bringing souls to Christ is our goal.

4. Care: If we are truly members of one holy, catholic and apostolic church in the Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
then we need to care for and about the least among us. We need to act on that caring. Even if it is just in
small acts, unseen to all but God, we need to care and to act.

5. Feed: Bring non-perishable food to mass for gifts to be distributed to the hungry. Even one can or box is appreciated.
Buy an extra fast food meal or sandwich and give it to the brother or sister digging through a trash can. We all see them.

6. Clothe: Give the clothes you no longer wear, but is in good condition, to organizations that distribute it to the poor.
Bring them to the Church and we'll distribute them to the poor.

7. Visit: Do you know any older persons that live alone? Any one in a hospital or home that no one visits? Visit them.
Take them something to eat. Read to them. Listen to their stories. Drive them to the store, doctors, and our church.
Pray with them. Wash them. Care for them. Love them.

8. Inspire: Invite your family and friends to join you in service. Create your own social service projects and get others
involved. Share your ideas and projects with us.

9. Vote: Vote for candidates that support Catholic values and beliefs, like Pro Life. Check out
http://www.procon.org for information on candidate's positions.

10. Pray: Pray for our brothers and sisters in need; the homeless, the hungry, the vulnerable, the sick, the lonely,
the addicted and the incarcerated. Pray in your room. Pray with your family. Pray with your friends.
Pray with those in need. Prayer is a powerful tool.

Office of Social Ministry, Diocese of Honolulu

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