2747 Pali Highway Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
(808) ses-310s ssccpali@rcchawaii.org facebook.com/st.stephenpali
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OFFICE HOURS:
Tues-Sat:
Monday
9:00 am to 5:00 pm 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
PASTOR
Fr. Khanh Pham-Nguyen PERMANENT DEACON Deacon Ronald Choo
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Rosemary Hashimoto FAITH FORMATION
CCD-Ckildren Velma Guieb-Mamuad
Yauth
& Confirmstion
Rosemary Hashimoto (interim)
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Debbie Fujiyama Parish Scripture Groups Francis Jordan PARISH MINISTRIES tr{ arneb
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Church).. 4:oo pm (chapet) ....7:15 am (Main Church).. 9:3O am
SATURDAY (Main SUNDAY
Virginia Jordan & Helen Luke
TBA-
Chapel of St. Catherine
(SaturdayVigiL)
Donald Yee (Sunday)
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SATURDAY SUNDAY
3:oo 8:45
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3:45 pm 9:15 am
DEVOTION & ADORATION Eucharistic Adoration ...... WED
WEEKDAY MASS
Hospitality
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CONFESSION
WEEKEND MASS
MONDAY- SATURDAY .......,",";. B:oo
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Holy
Rosary
Mass
before Mass
Alter Se*ter Nicole Heafner
I-iturgical Music Leka Leaeno (Satu rday Vigil) Stanley Wong (Sunday)
Lectar Beverly Perry
I{oly Coramuniom 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
Celine Asato & David Tom
Jnstice & Feaca TBA TBA
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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 MARRIAGE:
PARISH ORGANIZATIONS
F*storal Council Patricia Silva
Stewcrdship/Discipleship Cau*cil
Kokua! Please contact your Church prior to making arrangements with a funeral home {Funerals onTuesday, Thwrstfay t:r Friday) FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS:
Bernard Ho (interim)
Finance Cauncil James Solidum (interim)
PARISHIONERS:
When changing address/telephone, or moving out of the
Parish, please kindly notif,/ the office
Litwrgy Commission TBA
uildingl Plsnning Carnmittee Loretta Chee & Richard Leong Sacial F*llawship
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Sui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew
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
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readings, including today's Gospel.
Today we hear more about the end time. The season of Advent isn't only about Jesus' coming at Christ-mas-it's also about his coming at the end of time. The descriptions of the end-time signs are dramatic and frightening. However, Jesus claims that at the exact time these terrifiying things are happening, our redemption is near. The moment things look the worst is also the moment salvation and hope are closest.
That may seem hard to believe when you're living with terror or fear. But look at Mary, who found herself an unwed mother in a culture that sometimes executed such women. She must have felt terrified, but hope and redemption entered the world through her Pregnancy and Jesus'birth. When Jesus died on the cross, all hope seemed lost, but through his suffering came life for the world. God draws nearest when we experience moments of hopelessness and despair-it's in our brokenness that God brings salvation. Secular Advent declares everything to be happy and joyful, but sadness, anxiety, and fear don't instantly disappear just because the holly and wreaths are out. Jesus reminds us to stay awake for God's healing ac-tions precisely when we feel most
Saturday, December t: 4 pm Vigil: f Patsy Tam Sunday, December z: 7:15 am Mass: Parish Famiiies 9:3o am Mass: Parish Families
Monday, December 3:
f Eduardo Zabanal & souls in purgatory
8 am Mass:
Tuesday, December 4: 8 am Mass: t Angelina Pascual requested by Steve & Arlette A,ki
Wednesday, December 5: 8 am Mass: t Eduardo Zabanal & souls in purgatory Thursday, December 6: 8 am Mass: t Eduardo Zabanal & souls in purgatory
Friday, December 7: 8 am Mass,t Benigno & Maria Guieb 7 pm Mass: S0LEMNITY
Saturday, December 8: 8 am Mass: SoLEMNIW
hopeless or anxious.
God moves in unexpected ways and will be found where we least exPect-in our Janel Esker I sundaybulletins@liguori.org most broken
places.
ROLAND ALBARADO, MARGARET ROBELLO, HARRY BENDER, GINNY STAHL, ETHEL AU, MABEL LUKE
ALOYSIUS TOM FOOD PANTRY ". .The works of God are not accomplished when we wish them,
but whenever it pleases Him.
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For the recently deceased:
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tGNAC|O BABAUTA, JANE AKl, MARTIN LUKE, IRENE JOHNSON, DAVID LIU, BOBBY LOWE, BEN SANTOS, ETHEL LEE, JOHN NASCIMENTO, WALLY CHANG, FANNIE GORA, ELLEN SHAM, PATSY TAM, GWENDOLYN JOSEPH, HAZEL ANDRADE, MARIA GUIEB
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Wanted: socks for kupuna YOUTH Dec
9th-Choir practice
Parish Scripture Groups
Wed. Dec.
5th-
6:3o pm
R.C.i.A. Dec. 9-Traditions of Advent &
Christmas
Tuesday, Dec.4: 6:45 pm Movie Wednesday, Dec.5: 9:15 am-7pm Eucharistic Adoration
Thursday, Dec.6: 9:3oam Nuuanu Hale Mass 7 pm (Sun.) Choir practice
Saturday, Dec.8:
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ber 8th
The patroness of the United States is the lmmaculate Conception. Her feast day is a Solemnity and a Holy Day of Obligation, falls on a Saturday. The faithful are reminded to observe this as if it were a Sunday Mass. Friday 7:oo p.m. (Church) & Saturday 8 a.m. (Church)
"RESTLESS HE^ART"-December
4th (Tui:sday)
Do you know who St. Augustine of Hippo is? One of his famous prayers is, "Almighty God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you" He lived a life of dissolute and was finally baptized. His mother, Monica, prayed for him fervently and a bishop once consoled her with these words, "the child of those tears shall never perish." 6:oo p.m. Potluck supper & Movie at 6:45 p.m.
PARISH CLEANING-December Bth The Parish Annual Cleaning day will be on the Feast of the lmmaculate Conception. Come to Mass with change of clothes. Some of the projects include, cleaning windows, wiping down walls, blinds, trimming bushes, weeding, cleaning chapel and kitchen. We begin after Mass. ,A.DVENT PENI\NCE SERVICE
to get ready for
Christmas. Let us remember why we celebrate the season. Make ready your heart. We will hold our Advent Penance Service on Monday, December roth at 7:oo p.m. We recall the things that draw us away from him and prepare for the Coming of Christ the King. There will be four priests to hear individual confessions.
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EUCHA,RISTIC ADORATION Sign up to spend some time with Jesus in the chapel. lt may change your life. Next Weeh: Dec I E 9, 2012 Altar server: fsat] f1 [Sun] -Zachary & l-ogan Choo, {Zoe
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Collection Counting: Team 2 Church Cleaners: Cinny .!ordan, Val
Lui-Kwan, Celine Asato, Vera Ashitomi, Anne Yee, Barbara Guieb
SECOND COLLECTION-December 8 & 9 Support elderly religious. A parishioner writes, "As a Catholic school student from grades K-tz, I was formed to be the person I am by many religious brothers and sisters, and I am forever grateful." Show your thanks for the senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests who made a positive difference in so many lives.
Please give generously
to
next week's collection for the Retirement Fund for
Religious.
ROSARY ON TBN Channel Rose Zabanal, who comes
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to daily Mass, has arranged with the local Christian station
to begin broadcast of the rosary on Saturday evening at 8:oo pm. We are very excited that she was able to secure a spot for their group. Please support our Catholic endeavors and help pray the rosary. Make it a family project for Advent.
ADVENT PENI\NCE SERVICE in Honolulu Dec. Dec. Dec.
rrth-St. Philomena at 6:3o p.m. rzth-St. Theresa at 6:3o p.m. rzth-St. Anthony, Kalihiat 7 p.m.
Dec r8th- Blessed Sacrament at 7 p.m. Dec rgth-Holy Family at 7 p.m. Dec. rgth-St. John the Baptist ,7 p.m.
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Unlike the Solemnities of Mary the Holy Mother of God (Janr-rary 7), fu-sumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15), and All Saints (November 1), the Solemniry of the Immaculate Conception remains a holy day of obligation even when it falls oa a Monday or Saturday"
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Dear Erin. In 1846 the bishops of the United States decreed that the Blessed Virgin Mary conceivcd without sin would bc the patron of the United States. That decision was approved by Pope Pius IX ln 1.847. The move by the American bishops was somcwhat prophetic, because it predated Pope Pius's 1854 declaration of the Immaculate Conception as an infallible teaching.
This yeer the Immaculate Conception, which is celebrated on December 8, falls on a Saturday. Saturday *evening Masses that include the Sunday readingr don't
"count" as Saturday Masses, so ettending normal Saturday-evening Mass does not meet yor-rr obligation for our nation's patsonaT feast day.
Therefore, next week you'll need to adjust your schedule to include a daytime Mass on Saturday, and if you can't attend Mass on Sunday you'll need to go back for S aturday-evening Mass. Fr. Matthew Allman,
CS sR sundaybull
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