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St.Stephen Catholic Church Sunday Bulletin
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2747 Pali HighwayHonolulu, Hawaii 96817
(808) ses-310s
c, [email protected] facebookcom/st.stephenpali
OFFICE HOURS:Tues-Thurs: 9:00 am to 5:00 pmMon, Fri & Sat: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
PASTORFr. Khanh Pham-Nguyen
PERMANENT DEACONDeacon Ronald Choo
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTRosemary Hashimoto
FAITH FORMATION
CCD-ChildrenVelma Guieb-Mamuad
Youth & ConfirmationRosemary Hashimoto (interim)
R, C.I. A.Debbie Fujiyama
Parish Scripture GroupsFrancis Jordan
PARISH MINISTRIES
H omebound & B ere arteme ntVirginia Jordan & Helen Luke
HospitalityTBA
- (SaturdayVigil)
Donald Yee (Sunday)
Altar SeoerNicole Heafner
Liturgical MusicLeka Leaeno (Saturday Vigil)
StanleyWong (Sunday)
LectorBeverly Perry
Holy Communion at MassJennifer Tamayo
SacrisfyCeline Asato & David Tom
Justiee & PeaceTBA
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(Respect Life)TBA
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(Aloysius Food Pantry)TBA
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(Family Promise Hawaii)
PARISH ORGANIZATIONS
Pastoral CouncilPatricia 5ilva
Steuordship/ Discipleship CauncilBernard Ho (interim)
Finance CouncilJames Solidum (interim)
Litutgy CommissionTBA
B uilding/ Planning Co mmitteeLoretta Chee & Richard Leong
Social FellooshipSui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew
WEEKEND MASS
SATURDAY (Mainchurch).. 4:oo pmSUNDAY (Chapel) ....7:15 am
(Main Church).. 9:3O am
WEEKDAY MASSChapel of St. Catherine
MONDAY_SATURDAY 8:OO AM
CONFESSION
SATURDAY 3:oo - 3:45 pmSUNDAY 8:45 - 9:15 am
DEVOTION & ADORATIONEucharistic Adoration ...... WED Mass
Holy Rosary before Massi
-f-VISITATTONOFTHESICK: Priest and Homebound Ministers are available to visitthe infirm or hospitalized. Please contact the Parish. For sacramentalemergency, call 595-3105 and press #2
BAPTISM: Sacramental preparation is required. If you are expecting or have achild to be baptized, please call the Parish office for more information
MARRIAGE: The Diocese of Honolulu requires couples to marry in the Churchto participate in the preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony. Couplesshould contact the office for Marriage Preparation at least 6 months before thewedding
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS: Kokua! Please contactyour Church prior tomaking arrangements with a funeral home (Funerals on Tuesday, Thursday or Friday)
PARISHIONERS; When changing address/telephone, or moving out of theParish, please kindly notit/ the office
NEW PARISHIONERS: If you would like to become a parishioner of St. Stephen,please use forms available at the entrance of the Church or contact the office
E KOMO MAI
Saturday, August 24:
4:oo p.m. Mass: AII Families
Sunday, August 25:
7:15 a.m. Mass: All Families
9:3o am Mass: All Families
Monday, August 25:
8 am Mass: Landi Luke (birthday)
Tuesday, August 27:
8 am Mass: t Mike Lee (anniversary)
Wednesday, August z8:
8 am Mass: Joe Almuena (healing)
Thursday, August z9:
8 am Mass: Monica Hahn (birthday)
Friday, August 30:8 am Mass, t Martin Luke
Saturday, August 31:
8 am Mass: t Merry Chris Ho
For the sick & homebound: ''
RO LAND ALBARADO, MARGARET
ROBELLO, HARRY BENDER, GINNYSTAHL, ETHELAU, MABEL LUKE
For the recently deceased:ELLEN SHAM, PATSY TAM,GWENDOLYN JOSEPH, HAZELANDRADE, MARIA GUIEB, MERRY
CRIS HO, YVONNE PACARRO
BlzS Lawrence Hu
8lz6 Bella LouisErnest Goo
Slzl Emma FreitasStanley LizamaRobert ChoyEsther LeongMichael Lee
BlzS Mary FerreiraFrancis O'BrienAlfred Lindo
Slzg Sau Tim Lee
Loretta Mau
Harry Ho
8/3o Maggie ApioNaomiYanagisawaJohn Kai
GGSD T{EIA/S
lsaiah 66:r8-zr / Hebrews !2:5-7, ::-:r3 I Luke r3:zz-3o
I pride myself on being prompt. lt's about being considerate of those
waiting for you. So my initial feelings toward the people in today's gospel-those who didn't get to the master's house before he locked the door-arenot particularly sympathetic. "should've checked your watchistoppeddawdling/planned ahead" is what cynically runs through my mind. But that'sexactly Jesus' point-once we're certain of our moral superiority and others'failures, we get in trouble.
Jesus' story reveals that people who assumed they'd be welcomed by themaster simply by association, heritage, or neighborhood are surprised to be
left outside even as outsiders from distant lands are welcomed. God doesn'tabide by our rules, divisions, and judgments.
ln fact, God delights in upending our ideas of who is right and who is wrong.Jesus states it clearly, "Some are last who will be first, and some are firstwho will be last." We hear it repeatedly-"Why do you notice the splinter inyour brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own
eye?" (Matthew 7:3)-yet we holler in political and religious arenas aboutwho will be saved, who's going to hell, and who God favors and despises.
Jesus is clear: Strive to enter through the narrow door. He says many willattempt to enter but won't be strong enough.
It's an interesting word choice-to fit through a narrow door, you need onlybe lean or thin, not necessarily strong. Perhaps he meant strong enough toresist condemning others, strong enough to focus on stripping ourselves ofsinful behaviors that keep us from intimacy with God.
g'kstwALCIYSIUS TOM FOOD PI\NTFTY
"Who wiliteach rne what is most pleasing to Gcd that I may do it?"- St. Kateri Tekak'witha
5TE\T,/ARNSHIF3 OF GUR LORDO,UCITE OF THT WEEK
" . For behold, some are last who will be first,and some are first who will be last . " Luke r3:3o
Week!y Sfferir:gs( August't7 & t8, zog)
Sat 4 pm Mdss
7n5 am Mass
9:jo am Mass
Total Offering
Dcnations/CcIIections
Votive Offering
Facilities
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1,711.OO
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Registration begins Aug z4lz5
Parent mtg. Sept B
YOUTH V
Meet Sept. t5 after mass
Parish Scripture Groups
Wed. Aug. z8- 9:t5 a.m.and at 6:3o p.m.
It,c.l.A.
Break for summer
Tuesday, August 27:
3;3+ p.n-r. s=i, cheir prectiee
Wednesday, August z8:Eucharisti; Ad+raii*nf r"crn I :3+-9:06 ;-;:'?.
Thursday, August 29:
7 p.m. CE:+ir practice iSsn.i
Next Weeh: August 31 ISePtember 1,2013
Altar server:
[Sat] -mar:an, John Fer-i"
C**rg* Heu!*
[Sun] -*ar"iy i-i*kan*, fieeirel
i{*afr"ier & tutaiie lk'icGuinn
Lector:
[Sat] -*andy T*m/Faui W*ng
[SunJ *itlc*$e H=efner& ffiick i+a*':ada
EMHC:
fsat] - 'Jiii= i"iou]e,l'a; Low
fsunJ -* Gwsn K*ra*ar*, tra-k*J*rxg, Sa=*y fu"u'*ng
Collection Counting: Tearn t
Church Cleaners: Donna Louis, Gwe:riiurehara, L:'.r:'* Cl-rurt, ilei:bie & Paui
F,-.rjiy**r*, ;,:anil* f uris
UFEG=NT REQUEST TRCfu! BiSI..{GP SILI/A
Bishop Larry Silva has published a very important and urgent letter to all
parishioners in the Diocese of Honolulu regarding the issue of same-sex
marriage. lt is available today in our parish bulletin. Please read it carefully and
r"rpond accordingly. Legislators for Nuuanu are Representatives r) Takashi
Ohno ([email protected])z) Sylvia Luke (S86-
853o/[email protected] and Senator Suzanne Chun-Oakland (586-
6r3o/[email protected]). A list of all others is also available.
MAHALO
Many thanks to Father Joe Carroll for filling in for Father Khanh while he is
away on retreat. Please pray he comes back refreshed in his priestly ministry.
ALTAR SER1.rER TRAINING
Mahalo to Nicole Heafner, Marian Houle and Zachary Choo for training our AltarServers this past weekend. There's a lot of small things to remember. Commissioning
will be September 8th at the 9:3o a.m. Mass. We appreciate them (and their parents
who get them to Mass early) so much that to show our appreciation we are putting
together 17 thank you bags. Please share with us in this project and bring a treat forour Altar Servers (prayer cards, individually wrapped goodies, a note) and drop it off in
the Hall before 9:oo a.m. on the morning of the 8th or bring it to the office.
EUCHARISTIC ADOF?ATION
Our monthly Adoration takes place September 4th in the chapel after the B:oo
a.m. daily Mass and concludes with Benediction at 6:(! p.m. All are invited totake time out of your busy days to spend time in prayer for our schools, our nation
and our world.
BISHOP'S PASTOR"AL \/ISIT
October rz & r3. Please take time to fill out the survey in preparation for the
Bishop's visit in October. The Bishop wants to hear from all our parishioners
no matter how small. Your ideas and concerns are importantThis visit coincides with the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation for B of our
young people. Please pray for them as they begin the final preparation to receive this
important Sacrament: Zachary Choo, Benett Chun, Jonah Chun, Claire Devaney,
Rachel Heafner, Carly Nakano, Madison Seto and Jace Sisneroz. (Sorry I l"ft offClaire's name last week)
FAITH FORMATION - \lVHAT's \A/HAT con"iinued
RCIA - (Rite of Christian lnitiation of Adults) - The RCIA stands for the Rite ofChristian lnitiation of Adults. RCIA in its purest form is for those adults who have not
yet been baptized-however in reality those that are converting from other Christian
religions often go through the RCIA as well as baptized Catholics who need tocomplete Sacraments of initiation. The RCIA is a process by which adults are
introduced to the life of the Catholic Church through catechesis and liturgy. When an
adult becomes Catholic they receive all 3 sacraments of initiation at the same time-Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation. Debbie Fujiyama is our Coordinator. Lively
discussionsr prayer and true conversion through formation are a part of each RCIA
class.
Monday, Auqust 261 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 8b-10
Matthew 23;13-22
Taesday, Aaqust 275t. Monica
1 Thessalonians 2:1--8Matthew 23:23-26
Wednesrlay, Auqast 2ESt. Augustine
Bishop Er Docton
1 Thessalonians 3:7-1"3Matthew 23:27--32
Thursday, Auqust 29The Passion of
5t. John the Baptist1 Thessalonians 3:7-13
Matthew 6:17-29
Friday, h:wgust 305t. Rose of Lima, Virgin
I Thessalonians 4:1-8Matthew 25:1-13
Saturday, Auqust 31
l Thessalonians 4:9-11Matthew 2514--30
stlNDAY, Septewrber 1
Turentg-second Sundagin Ordinaru Time
Sirach 3 : 17-1 8,2O,28-29Hebrews 12:18-19,22-24a
Luke 14:1, 7-14
3 St. Gregorythe Great
B Birth of theBlessed Virgin Mary
St. Peter Claver
St. |ohn Chrysostom
Our Lady of Sorrows
St. Corneliusand St. Cyprian
St. Robert Bellarmine
St. Andrew Kim Taegon,St. Paul Chong Hasangand CompanionsSt. MatthewSt. Cosmas and St. DamianSt. Vincent de PaulSt. WenceslausSt. Lawrence Ruizand CompanionsSt. Michael, St. Gabrieland St. Raphael
de ar PAD Rf,
Last year Pope Benedict XVI named huo naa Doctnrs of the
Church. What does that title mean? Saint Hildegarde of Bingen
was said to be tlrcfourthfemale Doctor. WLn are the otlrcr three?
While all saints are exceptionally holy, popes bestow thehonorary title Doctor of the Church to saints ofexceptional wisdom and learning who have had a
monumental theological or doctrinal impact on theChurch.
Saints Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory theGreat were the original four Doctors of the Church. SaintThomas Aquinas was accorded the distinctions Doctar
Angelicus aLnd Doctor Communis for his purity of life and forclallity of thought that seemingly stretched beyond theconfinesof the human intellect. Saint Alphonsus Liguoriwas named a Doctor most quickly-only eighty-fouryears after his death.
Last October, Pope Benedict named SaintJohn of Avilaand Saint Hildegard of Bingen as the thirry-fourth and
thirty-fifth Doctors. Hildegard joined Teresa ofAvila andCatherine of Siena (both named Doctors by Pope Paul VIin 7970) and Th6rdse of Lisieux (Pope John Paul II in1ee7).
It's worth mentioning that although Pope John Paul IIcanonized 480 people, he named only one Doctor:Th6rdse, who was canonized by Pope Pius K in1925.
Fr. Byron Miller, CS sR [email protected]
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