2t47 Pali Highway Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 (BoBJ s9s-3105
F:r ssccpali@rcchawaii.org EJ facebook.com/st.stephenpali OFFICE HOURS:
Tues-Thurs: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Mon, Fri & Sat: 9100 am to 12:00 pm PASTOR
Fr. Khanh Pham-Nguyen PERMANENT DEACON Deacon Ronald Choo
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Rosemary Hashimoto FAITH FORMATION
CCD-Chi\dren Velma Guieb-Mamuad
Yauth & Confirmrztion Geno & Christiana Astarita
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!.,4". Debbie Fujiyama P aris h Sc rip ture Croup s Francis Jordan PARISH MINISTRIES
WEEKEND MASS SATURDAY (Main SUNDAY ghapet)
trlomebaund & Bere&$ement Virginia lordan & Helen Luke
pm am 9:3o am
4:oo 7:15
WEEKDAY MASS Chapel oiSt. Catherine
(SaturdayVigil)
Donald Yee (Sunday) Altar Seruer Nicole Heafner
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(Main Church) ..
Hospitality
TBA-
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CONFESSION
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SATURDAY 3:oo - 3145 pm SUNDAY 8:45-g:15am DEVOTION & ADORATTON Eucharistic Adoration ...... WED & Monthly 9:oo a.m.
Holy
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7 p.m. First Wednesday
before Mass
Litutgical Music Leka Leaeno (Saturday Vigil) Stanley Wong (Sunday)
Lector Beverly Perry
Holy Cammunie>n at Mass Jennifer Tamayo
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VISITATIONOFTHESICK: Priest and Homebound Ministers are available to visit
the infirm or hospitalized. Please contact the Parish. For
sacramental
emergency, call 595-3105 and press #2 BAPTISM: Sacramental preparation is required. If you are expecting or have a child to be baptized, please call the Parish office for more information
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Pectce (Respect Life) (Aloysius Food Pantry) (Family Promise Hawaii)
ORGANIZATIONS -
Pastaral Council Patricia Silva Ste aardship/
Diseipleship Cauncil
Bernard Ho (interim) Fiaance Council James Solidum (interim)
Liturgy Commissian TBA
Planning C ammittee Loretta Chee & Richard Leong Sacial Feltro*ship
B uitding/
Sui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew
MARRIAGE:
The Diocese of Honolulu requires couples to marry in the church
to participate in the preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony, couples should contact the office for Marriage Preparation at least 6 months before the wedding
Kokua! Please contact your Church prior to making arrangements with a funeral home gttnerals on Tuesday, Tkurstlay or Fritlay) FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS:
PARISHIONERS:
When changing address/telephone, or moving out of the
Parish, please kindly noti$/ the office NEW PARISHIoNERS: If you would Iike to become a parishioner of st. Stephen, please use forms available at the entrance of the Church or contact the office E
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On this Solemnity of the Epiphany, we celebrate ,o-ur-o.v1/L.rnexpected-: inheritance{he quite undeserved gift of Jesus. Saint Paul writes that the Gentiles
are "co-heirs" to this great gift, but what have we done to deserve such grace? Our culture constantly tells us how much we "deserve'-you've worked hard, so treat yourself to a new outfit, a giant bowl of ice cream, an expensive car.
But in the simplest of places-the tiniest of towns, this little hamlet of Bethlehem-comes a gift we could never do enough to deserve. The magi
recognized this-they prostrated themselves in homage and were changed by their encounter with Jesus. They "went home a different way"-not just physicalln but spiri-tually. Now that the Christmas season is winding down and the long-awaited gifts have
been unwrapped and put away, maybe we can look at the gift of Jesus with Epiphany eyes. May we welcome Jesus today like an unexpected inheritance check in our mailbox-with delighted hearts, humble spirits, and grateful souls. Janel Esker sundaybulletins@liguori-org
ALOYSIUS TOM FOOD F'ANTRY ,'. No matter how much you offer, what remains is always more; and you will be giving nothing that is your own because all things come from God. And just as a man iannot overtake his own shadow, which receded with every forward step and always stays the same distance. . ln the same way also we cannot outdo God in our gifts, for we do not give anything that is not his or that surpasses his own bounty' " St. Gregory Nazianzen (+j9o)
STEW^A.RDSHIP CIF OUR LORD
Monday, January 7: 8 am Mass: + Ethel Lee (zst Anniv) Tuesday, JanuarY 8: 8 am Mass: Holy Communion
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Wednesday, JanuarY 9: B am Mass: Holy Communion Thursday, January to: B am Mass: Holy Communion Friday, January tt: 8 am Mass, t Eduardo Zabanal Saturday, January tz: 8 am Mass: f Raymond Torn
For the sick & homebound: ROLAN D ALBARADO, MARGARET ROBELLO, HARRY BENDER, GINNY STAHL, ETHELAU, MABEL LUKE
For the recently deceased: JANE AKI, MARTIN LUKE, IRENE
JOHNSON, DAVID LlU, BOBBY LOWE, BEN SANTOS, ETHEL LEE, JOHN NASCIMENTO, WALLY CHANG, FANNIE GORA, ELLEN 5HAM, PATSY TAM, GWENDOLYN JOSEPH, HAZEL ANDRADE, MARIA GUIEB
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Helen de Rego
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Wednesday, Jan 9: tzsa*aristi< Fudoration fltess
The priests of the diocese (including your pastor and Fr. Joe Carroll) will be on retreat next week. There will be Communion Service instead of Daily Mass (Tues, Wed & Thurs). Pray for those who serve us so faithfully and so well.
STEWARDSHIP OF TIME, TI\LENT,A.ND TREI\SUF?E A heartfelt Mahalo for all that was given out this Christmas season:
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R.C.I.A. Jan 6th
For many countries, this is traditionally the day where gifts are exchanged. Christmas being a tirne for family our Faith Formation students put together a Epiphany Feast Day celebration of "Sharing Gifts and Talents". Please join in our celebration after the 9:3o a.m. Mass for a brunch of pasta and merriment.
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Thursday, Jan to: Choir practice (Sun choir)
Time & Talent: Those who spent countless hours get the Main Church, Chapel and Parish Hall ready for Christmas and put the lights and star up outside. lt was certainly a brighter Christmas this year. (Reminder: What goes up, must come down. January :.3th after the 9:3o a.m. Mass) We received many comments and a few cards from parishioners at Nu'uanu Hale as well as the homebound who were touched by your gifts, thoughts and personal notes. Mahalo to all who reached out with a loving prayer. The gifts were received with thankful hearts and much appreciated by caregivers as well, especially the warm blankets and socks. Just in time for the cold wet weather. . Our Faith Formation-CCD who put together a wonderful story of the Nativity with song and costumes. They served as Lectors, Greeters and baked cookies for the families.
Next Week: Jan 12 A 13, 2013 Altar server:
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SAVE THE DATE-2-.413 March for Life Sat, z6 Jan zoe3 @ r:oo PM - 5:oo PM at the State Capitol "A Clear Voice for Life" lf you do not speak up forthe little ones who are dying each day, who will?
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