2747 Pali Highway Honolulu, Hawaii 95817
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[808) 5e5-3105 ssccpali @rcchawaii.org facebook.com/st'stePhenPali
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OFFICE HOURS:
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9:00 am to 9:OO
*ClosedJor lunch from zz:jo-z:3o p.m.
PASTOR
Fr. Mario Raquepo STAFF
Deacon Ronald Choo Sister Marykutty Kottuppallil, MSMHC Rosemary Hashimoto, Secretary FAITH FORMATION
CCD-Children Velma Guieb-Mamuad
& Confirmation
Youth
Rosemary Hashimoto (interim) ]
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WEEKEND MASS
Debbie Fujiyama
CONFESSION
SATURDAY(MainChurch) 4:oo pm
Parish Scripture Groups Francis Jordan
SUNDAY
PARISH MINISTRIES
Homebound & Bereaueme nt Virginia.lordan & Helen Luke
(chapet).......... (Main Church)
7:15 am 9:3O am
WEEKDAY MASS
MONDAY-SATURDAY
David Tom
or by
3:3o pm
appointment
DEVOTION & ADORATION Eucharistic Adoration ...... WED Mass
Chapel ofSt. Catherine
Hospitality
SATURDAY 3:oo -
8:oo am
Holy
Rosary
before Mass
Akar
Seroer Zachary Choo
Liturgical Music VISITATION OFTHESICK: Priest and Homebound Ministers are available
Leka Leaeno (Saturday Vigil) Stanley Wong lSunday)
the infirm or hospitalized.
Lector
Please contact
the Parish. For
to visit
sacramental
emergency, call 595-3105 and press #2
Beverly Perry
Holy Communion at Mass
BAPTISM: Sacramental preparation is required. If you are expecting or have chiid to be baptized, please call the Parish office for more information
Jennifer Tamayo
Sacrisly
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Celine Asato & David Tom
Justice & Peace
TBA_
(RespectLife)
TBA
(Aloysius Food Pantry) (FamiLy Promise Hawaii)
TBA PARISH
ORGANIZATIONS -
Pastoral Council
Patricia Silva S t ew ard s hip / Dis cip le s hip Bernard Ho (interim)
MARRIAGE: The Diocese of Honoiulu 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 FUNERALARRANGEMENTS: Kokua! Please contact
C oun c
Finance Council James Solidum (interim)
Liturgy Commission TBA Social Fellouship Sui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew
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your Church prior to making
arrangements with a funeral home PARISHIONERS:
When changing address/telephone, or moving out of the
Parish, please kindly notify the office NEW PARISHIONERS: If you would like to become a parishioner of St. Stephen, please use forms available atthe entrance of the church or contactthe office E KOMO
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GOOD NEWS Acts r:r-rr I Eph lt7-23 or Ephesians 4:1-13 or 4it-2, La-a3 /M a rk r5:r5-zo Acts r:r5-:.7, zoa, zoc-z5 / r John 4::,:-:-5 / John r7:ub-r9
Part of my ministry involves sitting with families as they plan a funeral service for a loved one. There are often long pauses as thoughts flood their minds and memories fill their hearts. They share stories and grief. We picl< readings and songs and talk about prayers.
lnevitably, we talk about what will happen afterthe funeral. ltellthem grief is a process, that everyone does it differently, and that it would be good to be gentle with each other. ln my experience, it takes about six weeks just for the reality to begin setting in and to begin adjusting to this new situation.
the disciples felt when Jesus, whom they loved, was crucified in front of them. They had only just begun their grieving. I can only imagine the joy they felt when he appeared after his resurrection, eating with and teaching them again, giving them everything they needed for what was to come. I can't help but wonder how they felt when he left them again, ascending into heaven-not dead, but so very clearly not with them in the same way. We celebrate Jesus' ascension just past the six-week mark from Easter. I like to thinkthe reality of the death and resurrection has just started to sink in and that we're learning to move on in this new situation. It's no accident that Jesus' last command to us is to live that new reality and tellthe world about him. I can only rmagine how
MARY KATHARINE DEELEY sun daybu lleti n @ lig uo ri. o rg
Mahalo for your donations and gifts to the poor.
. The one who descended is also the or. *ho ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things .. .. " Ephesians 4:to Donations/Collections
(May to, zot5)
Sun.7n5 a.m.
562.oo
Sun.93o a.m.
Votive Offering
42.oo
Hall Use donation
200,oo
Chapel Renovation
75.oo
8r6.oo Mother's Day intentions
Total offering
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Tuesday, May t9: NO 8 am Mass: (Dn. Ron Choo)
Thursday, May zt: NO 8 a.m. Mass: (Dn. Ron Choo) Friday, May z:: NO 8 am Mass: 1Dn. Ron Choo) Saturday, May 2J: 8 am Mass: Allthe sick
For the sick & homebound: ROLAND ALBARADO, MARGARET ROBELLO, IOE CHANG, DON YEE, CARRIE TALWAR, FRED LUM
For the recently deceased:
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Monday, May t8: 8 am Mass: t Fred & MaryJo Meyers
FLORENCE HO, GINNY STAHL, PAUL WONG, TONY BARON, MABEL LUKE, ELLEN KALAHELE, JOHN COSTA, MARTHA OYADAMORI, CAROLYN AKI, HARRY BENDER, CHARLES HO, EDITH DEMELLO, CATHERINE AOKI, DONNA MCDONNELL, JERRY TARUTANI
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Sat.4p.m.
Sunday, May 17: 7:15 am Mass: All Families 9:3o am Mass: AllFamilies
Wednesday, May 2o: NO 8 a.m. Mass: (5r. Marykutty)
Things don't get better; they get different, and we go on.
Weekly Offerings
Saturday, May t6: 4:oo p.m. Mass: t Siew Choo Ong
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Cary Diniega John Mamuad
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Charles Armstrong Dolores Berengue
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Clarence Lopes Ruth Caracoes Lisa Ondayog
Peter Young, Jr.
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August Bettencouft Priscilla Morrison Mary Luke Howard McKee Susan Yuen Sarah Pickarski
MoJ {'/, Zaty FEAST OF THE ASCENSION Today's Feast was moved from the Thursday before to today to give more people the opportunity to celebrate the Great Feast of the Ascension which commemorates..lesus'ascent to the right hand of the Father.
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May t7-Class May z4-Class
CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAWAII
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Volunteer Services and Community Engagement Program will speak today on the services they provide and how you can be of help with their Friendly Visitor Program. We are gratefulfor allthey do.
May t7-Class Parish Scripture Groups
PRIEST CONVOCATION AND ORDINATION Wed. May zo 9:i5 a.m. & 5:3o p.m. R.C.I.,\. May z4
Pentecost celebration
Father Mario will be away at convocation May :.8 lo zz. Please pray for our bishop and priests as they meet together. There will be Holy Communion in the Chapel Tuesday through Friday. Noon Mass at the Cathedral. Friday evening, May zz will be celebrated with the Ordination of Nicholas Brown at St. Theresa at 6:oo p.m. All are invited. *Fr. Joe Carroll celebrates 5oth Anniversary of Ordination May zrst. We will have a breakfast after the B:oo a.m. Mass on Friday, May z9th.
SECOND COLLECTION Wednesday, May zo; Eucharistic Adoration
from 8:3o-9:oo a.m. Thursdan May zr: 7:oo p.m. (Sun) choir practice
May r6lt7 The Catholic Communication Campaign is a way that each of us can follow the call to enter into the world of new media and digital networks. Pope Francis emphasized the importance of this endeavor during his first audience. . . with members of the media on March t6, zot3, saying: "Be assured that the Church, for her part, highly esteems your important work." The Pope has given us an example of witnessing through new media, by his tweets and his daily homilies. . .
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BREADMAKING-June6&7
[sun]
Please order your bread for the Feast of Corpus Christi. After every Mass. What we make from the bread sale goes toward the purchase of a new piano. Thank you for your support.
Lector:
FEAST OF PENTECOST
Altar seruer:
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z4th-There is a lot going on next week Commissioning of all Lectors and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (EMOHC) at every Mass. Please let Jennifer or Bev know if
May
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[sun]
you cannot make it.
EMHC:
[sat]
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Crowning of the Blessed Mother: Please bring an offering of flowers which will be presented after Holy Communion.
[Sun]
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Pentecost Fellowship after the 9:3o a.m. Mass. Please see the sign up. We will keep it simple this year with our Marshmallow flames and a pot luck brunch with stew & lasagna. Please bring a salad or dessert. Tripler Nurses will be conducting a Blood Pressure screening and wellness check after the 9:3o a.m. Mass.
Collection Counting:,'-:;:;'-: Church Cleaners:
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Note: Beginning July
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Office hours will be Monday-Friday 9:oo to noon.
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sttys 1r, can't earn God's grace, that God just giues it to 'l'hat is so unfair. I'ue put in many hard, deliberate hours being us. generous, considerate, and understanding. The undeseruing and uttwofihy are just tlmt, yet God continues to giue to them. Wty?
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5CRIPTUML READING5
Acts
19:15-17,20-26
John 16:29-33
Acts
20:77-27
John 17:1-11
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participation in the life of God. . . .It depends entirely on God's gratuitous initiative....It surpasses the power of human inteliect and will" (1997-1998).
Ifyou've already put in many hours of hard work being good, you're already living the effects of grace operating in you. As for those you consider "undeserving" or "unworthy," the Lord is generous and loving to all. He excludes no one . Even calling a sinner to repentance is God's grace, but the sinner needs to accept the grace being offered.
20:28-38 John 17:11-19 Acts
Acts
St. Augustine knew that even the preparation of a person to receive God's grace is God's grace. Quoted in the Catechism, he said, "Indeed we also work, but we are only collaborating with God who works, for his mercy has gone before us.... [[/]ithout him we can do nothing" (2001). FR. DON KIRCHNER, CSsR sundaybulletin@liguori.org
22:30,23:6-17
John 17.20-26
25:13-21 John 21:15-19 Acts
Acts
28:16-20, 30-31 John2l.20-25
Acts
2:1-11
1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-73
or Galatians
5:76-25
John 20:19-23 or John 15:26-27 : 16:12-75
Beginning from the day after Ascension Thursday begins the Novena. . .The Feast in the Diocese has been moved to Sunday. (but we can still pray.) We are told in the Scriptures that the Apostles waited until the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul, the work of Your grace and Your love. . Firtd the complete prayers
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