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OFFICE HOURS:
Tues-Thurs:
9:00 am to 5:00 pm* Mon, Fri & Sat: 9:O0 am to 12:00 pm *ClosedJor lunch from t2:3o-t:30 p.m. PASTOR
Fr. Mario Raquepo STAFF
Deacon Ronald Choo Sister Marykutty Kottuppallil, MSMHC Rosemary Hashimoto, Secretary
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FAITH FORMATION
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CCD-Children Velma Guieb-Mamuad
Youth & Confirmation Rosemary Hashimoto (interim)
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WEEKEND MASS
Debbie Fujiyama Parish Scripture Groups Francis Jordan
CONFESSION
SATURDAY(MainChurch)............4:oopm
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SUNDAY (hapet)
PARJSH MINISTRIES
Homebound & Bereaaement
7:15
DEVOTION & ADORATION Eucharistic Adoration ...... WED Mass
ChapelofSt Catherine
Hospitality
MONDAY-SATURDAY
David Tom
3:oo-3:3opm
or by appointment
9:3O am
WEEKDAY MASS
Virginia Jordan & Helen Luke
SATURDAY
am
8:oo am
Holy
Rosary
before Mass
Akar
Seruer Zachary Choo
Liturgical Music
vlSlTATloNoFTHEslcK: Priest and Homebound Ministers are available to visit the infirm or hospitalized. PIease contact the Parish. For sacramental emergency, call 595-3105 and press #2
Leka Leaeno (Saturday Vigil) Stanley Wong (Sunday)
Lector Beverly Perry
Holy Communion at Mass
BAPTISM: Sacramental preparation is
Jennifer Tamayo
required. If you are expecting or have
a
child to be baptized, please call the Parish office for more information
Sacrisfy Celine Asato & David Tom
Justice & Peace
TBA-
(RespectLife)
TBA
(Aloysius Food Pantry) Promise Hawaii)
TBA
-(Family
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
PARISH ORGANIZATIONS
Pastoral Council
FUNERALARRANGEMENTS: Kokual Please contact
Patricia Silva S t e u:
ar d s hip / Dis c ip I e s hip C o u
Bernard Ho (interim)
Finance Council James Solidum (interim)
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your Church prior to making
arrangements with a funeral home PARISHIoNERS: When changing address/telephone, Parish, please kindly notify the office
or moving out of
the
Liturgy Commission TBA
Social Fellouship 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
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My husband likesto photograph the beauty of creation. He has gotten very good at it, sometimes zooming in to focus on the details of individual
flowers or butterflies, other times zooming out to capture the glory of a waterfall, a mountain lake, or the fiery clouds billowing from one of Hawaii's volcanoes into a night sky full of stars. Several of his photos decorate my office walls. He's justifiably proud of each. They're the work of his artist's eye and hand, so he signs them and takes care to frame them just right.
Saturday, March t4: 4:oo p.m. Mass: t Siew Choo Ong Sunday, March r5: 7:15 a.m. Mass: All Families 9:3o am Mass: t Daniel Reyes
Monday, March t6: 8 am Mass: + J.R. Gomez Tuesday, March t7: 8 am Mass: t Daniel Reyes
ln his letter to the Ephesians, Paul calls us God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus-not because we were so amazing (we were, in fact, sinners),
Wednesday, March t8:
but because he loved us.
Thursday, March t9: 8 am Mass: t Fred & Mary Jo Meyers
iohn's gospel echoes the sentiment: "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son." lf a human being like my husband can take pleasure in and be justifiably proud of the work of his own hands, then how much more can God love his own handiwork? The answer, of course, is immeasurably more. God loved us enough to give us himself in Christ Jesus, who lay down his life for us though we had done nothing to deserve it. The photos my husband creates can't thank him or give anything back to him, but it is in our powerto thank our Creator, who filled us with life and redeemed us through Jesus' death and resurrection. Today, try to love someone else a little more out of sheer gratitude that God so loves you.
MARY KATHARINE DEELEY sundaybu lleti n @ liguori. org
:lvs ro,M F9oP PANJRY
8 a.m. Mass: + Gussie Jordan
Friday, March zo: 8 am Mass: t William Hokama Saturday, March zt: 8 am Mass: Lisa Kardaras (healing)
For the sick & homebound: ROLAND ALBARADO, MARGARET ROBELLO, JOE CHANG, DON YEE, CARRIE TALWAR, FRED LUM
For the recently deceased: ELLEN SHAM, PATSYTAM, GWENDOLYN JOSEPH, HAZEL ANDRADE, MARIA GUIEB, MERRY cRts Ho, YVoNNE PACARRO, LESTER MABERY, FLORENCE HO, ETHEL AU,
Mahalo for your donations and gifts to the poor. We collected tB cans this week.
GINNY STAHL, PAUL WONG, TONY BARON, MABEL LUKE, ELLEN KALAHELE, JOHN COSTA, MARTHA OYADAMORI, CAROLYN AKI, HARRY
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through him. . " John 3:t5
BENDER, CHARLES HO, EDITH DEMELLO, CATHERINE AOKI
Weekly Offerings
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John McOuillan
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John Apio Hatsuyo Furuta
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Henry Rocha Donald Gora
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Eugenio Dela Cruz Roderick Akiona
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Today is the day.
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March t5 & zz-Class
lf you're
interested, or you know someone who should be
interested, in helping those in need, serving our parish, growing in faith, or obtaining exclusive access to top-rated insurance protection for your family, then joining St.
Stephen Council
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Columbus
is the organization for
you.
Informational meeting Sunday at 3:oo p.m. in the SPAM Conference Rm.
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Class
Parish Scripture (iroups
Wed. March ttth 9:15 a.m. and 6:3o p.m. R.C.l.A.
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supper):
Mar. zo-RCIA/Choir, Debbie Fujiyama Mar. z7-Youth, Carmen Saito Stations of the Cross begin at 7:oo p.m. with supperfrom 5:oo-6:4o p.m.
of
a Lenten Penance Service, Father Mario will offer the
Sacrament of Reconciliation at 5:3o on Fridays before Stations and after. Cathedral Basilica Penance service is March z8 at ro:oo a.m.
F.AITH FORMATION NEWS
This week
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CCD-Gigi Labrador and Marissa Abcede will lead us in created weavings to be used on Palm Sunday. All those who are interested are invited Saturday, March z8 from 9:oo to noon. Youth will be on retreat next weekend, Please pray for Kevin & Carmen Saito and the students as they seek God and make their faith living. Parish Scripture Groups are sponsoring a Passover Seder Wed. Apr. r. All those who are interested are invited to sign up as there is limited
from palm fronds
Sunday, March t5: ,:G0 p.m. Knights of Col
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Wednesday, March t8: 8:3c a.m.-9:oo a.m. Eucharist!c Aci,:ration
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This week Fridaythe presentation will be interspersed with song. St. Augustine said he who sings prays twice. The following groups will lead Stations during our Lenten observances (Pease see coordinators if you would like to help with stations or the
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"Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me" (Mt z5:4o). Today, we are reminded that lesus identified himself with our poorest brothers and sisters. The Catholic Relief Services Collection serves.Jesus in the victims of human trafficking, in those who sufferfrom unjust laws, and in those who need pastoral care and humanitarian assistance across the globe. Through your support with today's Collection, you help Jesus in disguise. Please be generous.
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Mahalo to allthose who helped bake bread last weekend. They made $1,59o.oo.
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PLEASE PRAY F9R FAMILY AND TRIFND: 0 Mr. George Dolan will be leaving our islands. He
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has been a parishioner for 3o + years. Please pray for him as he journeys on. Mr. Donald Yee will be joining us for 9:3o a.m. mass. Please continue to pray for him and his family.
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the whole truth that God has revealed." Religion is defined as "a set of beliefs and practices followed by those committed to the service and worship of God." Therefore, we ex?ress our faith and put it into action through our religion. So our faith has both a personal and a communal dimension.
The danger lies in making our faith something so personal and individual that it loses this communal contex't. 'V/e do what we do and believe what we believe as members of a conrmuttitl, of faith. So whilc my faith rcquires a pcrsonal decision on my part, it's not something so individualized and personal that I can speak of it apart from the Christian community in which I erprcss it. As baptized Christians, we are members of the living Body of Christ. Since all rnembers of a body are important to the proper function of the body as a whole, it's important that we function as members of a communiry of believers who hold a common faith. F
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oil of gladness," he said April 17, noting that priestly joy "is
a
priceless treasure, not only for the priest himself, but for the entire faithful people of God."
Pope Francis made his remarks on the priesthood during the morning's chrism Mass, which takes place in the Catholic Church each year on Holy Thursday and involves the blessing of oils used for the sacraments of confirmation, holy orders and the anointing of the sick."
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