Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Tues-Thurs: 9100 am to 5:00 pm Mon, Fri & Sat: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

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PASTOR

Fr. Mario Raquepo STAFF

Deacon Ronald Choo Sister Marykutty Kottuppallil, MSM HC Rosemary Hashimoto, Secretary FAITH FORMATION

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PARISH MINISTRIES Xl *rne bou nd

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Virginia Jordan & Helen Luke

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Celine Asato & David Tom ^lustice &. Peece

(Respect Life) (Aloysius Food pantry) (Family Promise Hawaii)

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS

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Fastaral Coztncil Patricia 5ilva Ste*ardslaip / Discipleskip Council Bernard Ho (interim)

Holy

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VISITATION OFTHESICK: Priest and Homebound Ministers are available

to visit

sacramental

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:

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS: Kokua! Please contact arrangements with a funeral home

your Church prior to making

When changing address/telephone, or moving out of the Parish, please kindly notifl/ the office

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PARISHIONERS:

James Solidum (interim)

Liturgy Cammissi*tt TBA

Suitdine/ P I anning Cammitte

DEVOTION & ADORATION Eucharistic Adoration ...... WED Mass

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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Beverly Perry Noty Cammzxrzia* at Mass Jennifer Tamayo

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SATURDAY 3:oo-3:3o pm B:45 SUNDAY - 9:15 am

the infirm or hospitalized. Please contact the Parish. For

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Catherine SATURDAY B:oo 3rT'l

Litxtgi*al Music V i gi

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Chapel of 5t.

(SaturdayVigil) Donald Yee (Sunday) Altar Seraer Nicole Heafner Leka Leaeno (S aturday Stanley Wong (Sunday)

CONFESSION

WEEKEND MASS

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Loretta Chee & Richard Leong So*ial Fell*$skip Sui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew

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 NEW PARISHIONERS:

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GOOD NE\&/S Wisdom tz:r3, 16-19 / Romans 8:26-27 / Matthew 13:24-43 or 13:24-30

Saturday, July t9:

When our children were small, my husband would periodically clean out rny car. I always found his method interesting: lnto a bag would go receipts, empty juice boxes, stray books, mittens, pens, loose change, and anything that would get in the way of vacuuming the floor.

4:oo p.m. Mass: + Fr. Alan Nagai

He made no distinction, collecting even things that were obviously trash and could be thrown out. Then he'd bring me the bag to sort through. I used to laugh at him: "Really, you kept the empty soda can?" l've come to realize that his method of cleaning echoes today's parable.

Young shoots, whether wheat or weeds, look very much alike. What if, in our zeal to toss out weeds, we toss out wheat as wellT Jesus tells us it's better to wait until the end, when they look more like their true selves, and deal with

9:3o am Mass: t Amelia dela Rosa Monday, July zt: 8 am Mass: + Van Toai Tuesday, July zz: 8 am Mass: Jina Kim Asha-healing Wednesday, )uly z3z 8 am Mass: Jina Kim Asha-healing

Thursday, July z4: 8 am Mass: Jina Kim Asha-heaLing

them then.

Perhaps there's some final use for the juice box or the soda can before we

throw it away. I find this a remarkably hopeful attitude. While we would always end up throwing out a lot, we occasionally uncovered treasures that would have been lostforever.

Maybe building the kingdom of heaven is also like cleaning out a car.

Whether field or car, l'd like to think that God watches over what he plants and carefully looks for new strains of wheat among the tried and true stalks.

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Sunday, July zo: 7:15 a.m. Mass: All Families

And in his mercy, God carefully examines all before he lets go of the weeds

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Friday, July z5: 8 am Mass: Jina Kim Asha-healing Saturday, July z6: 8 am Mass: +Amelia dela Rosa

For the sick & homebound: ROLAND ALBARADO, MARGARET ROBELLO, HARRY BENDER, JOE CHANG, DON YEE

Mary Katharine Deeley sundaybulletin@liguori.org For the recently deceased: GINNY STAHL, PAUL WONG, TONY

AL$YSIUS TOM FOCD PANTF?Y

BARON, MABEL LUKE

Mahalo for your generous donations to the Food Pantry-

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S-TEWARDSHIP OF OUR LORD AUOTE OF THE WIEK

".. .And the one who searches hearts knows what is the intention of the Spirit, because Romans B:t7 he intercedes forthe holy ones according to God's will. '."

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S,x$ an, ft.ff{4 PF?AY FOF? OUF1 FRIEIVDS AND FAI/IILY Please prayforthe repose of the soul of Mabel Luke and for herfamily. . Her Funeral Mass is Friday, July z5th at rr:3o a.m. and visitation 1o:3o a.m. The burialwill be at z:r5 at Diar.nond Head.

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Please pray also forthe repose of the soul of sr. M Aurelia sanchez, o.p. Her Funeral Mass is Tuesday, )uly zznd at 7:oo p.m. with viewing from 5:3o p.m. at Resurrection of the Lord Church in Waipahu.

Parish Scripture Groups

FAITH FORMATION

YOUTH

Wed. July z3rd 9:15 a.m. & 6:3o p.m.

-hornebound

outreach

July zTth-Our CCD families, parents and grandparents are invited to stay after Mass to help make birthday cards for our kupuna and homebound parishioners.

R"C.t.A. Sign up for next cycle

\A/ELCOME ST. MARIANNE COPE

Thursday, July 3r, zor4-Enshrinement Ceremony at the Cathedral of our Lady of Peace La:45 Oli & Welcome-Front Steps of the Cathedral (followed by Midday Liturgy of the Hours) tt:. 4e.-12 -.oo Ve n e rat on ez:oo-Memorial Mass celebrated by Bishop Larry Silva i.:3o-4:3o Veneration followed by Evening Prayer

Tuesday, July zz: 4:so p.i!1. (Sat.i {hoir Praetic*

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Mahalo for you generous donation to the Seminarian Education Fund. Your total gifts were $1,35r.oo. Please continue to pray that when Father Mario is readyto retire we will have priests to take his place.

HA1I1iAII CATHOI.IC CHARISMATIC CONFEFAENCE

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Father David Pinovak (special speaker) at the Catholic Charities Keeaumoku St.Father Dave has held several ministry positions at

Campus on Franciscan University, and was also the Director of Seminary Formation for his Franciscan Community in Washington, D.C. Fr" Dave is presently the Director of Franciscan Pathways an evangelistic/preaching outreach of his Franciscan Community.

Call 78t-9254 or email chariscenter.hccs@gmail.com in order to receive a registration form.

POPE FRANCIS INTERCESSIONS Join in prayerwith the Holy Father: That sports may always be occasions of human fraternity and growth.

That the Holy Spirit may support the work of the laity who proclaim the gospel in the poorest countries.

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INTERCESSION FOR LIFE

Church Cleaners:Sui Kozuma, Fatti Siiva, Mary Kano, Lccna Auerbach, Rose

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For the vulnerable in our society - the unborn, the elderly, migrants, and the poor: That they may be treated with respect, dignity and love.

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My famitlt has been strugling with itrc issue of tithing. Does the Bible mention this somewhere? Should it be a percentage of my net or gross income?

The word tithe means "10 percent." The Bible, especially the Old Testament, is filled with references to tithing, mostly as a way to help the poor. Deuteronomy 1,4:22 says, "Each seed that grows in percent of your gross the field." In today's terms, that's 10 annual income.

Tithing is only one part of stewardship, which means taking good care of something that's been entrusted to you. In the Church, stewardship means grving our time and talent as well as our treasure. But you asked about tithing, so that's what I'll focus on here. 'fi/riting a check is only one way to give your treasure.

If you truly cannot give 10 percent of your income, try to raise the difference from other sources, whether as a member of the parish fundraising committee or on your own. For example, if you have a talent like cooking, crafting, or carpentry, create and sell a product specifically to raise money for the parish. If you have a skill the parish needs and would have to pay for, perform that service for free. Offer the service free to others in exchange for a donation to the parish in your name.

Apply some creativity to the situation, and you may even find a way to raise more for the parish than you would have just by writing a check.

FR. PATRICK IGYES, CS sR sundaybulletin @ li guori. org

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Lord Jesus, you were born of the Virgin Mary, the daughter of Saints Joachim and Anne. Look with love on grandparents the world over. Protect them! They are a source of enrichment for families, for the Church and for all of society.

Support them! As they grow older, may they continue to be for their families strong pillars of Gospel faith, guardian of noble domestic ideals, living treasuries of sound religious traditions. Make them teachers of wisdom and courage, that they may pass on to future generations the fruits of their mature human and spiritual experience. Lord Jesus, help families and society to value

the presence and roles of grandparents. May they never be ignored or excluded, but always encounter respect and love. Help them to live serenely and to feel welcomed in all the years of life which you give them. Mary, Mother of all the living, keep grandparents constantly in your care, accompany them on their earthly pilgrimage, and by your prayers, grant that all families may one day be reunited in our heavenly homeland, where you await all humanity for the great embrace of life without end. Amenl