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2747 Pali Highway Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

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(808) ses-310s ssccpali@rcchawaii.org facebook.com/sLstephenpali

OFFICE HOURS:

Tues-Thurs: Mon, Fri &

Sat:

9:00 am to 5:00 pm 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

PASTOR

Fr. Khanh Pham-Nguyen STAFF

Deacon Ronald Choo Sister Marykutty Kottuppallil, MSMHC Rosemary Hashimoto, Secretary

FAMH FORMATION CCD-Childrett Velma Guieb-Mamuad

Youth

& Confinnatian

Rosemary Hashimoto (interim) i?.

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Debbie Fujiyama

Pofish Scipture Groups Francis iordan PARTSH MINISTRIES

Homebound & Bercaoement

SATURDAY(MainChurch)............4:oopm SUNDAY (choper........................ 7:15 (Main Church)

Virginia Jordan & Helen Luke

Donald Yee (Sunday) Sertter Nicole Heafner

9:3O am

MONDAY_SATURDAY

SATURDAY 3:oo-3:45pm 8:45 SUNDAY - 9:15 am DEVOTION & ADORATION Eucharistic Adoration ...... WED Mass

Chapel ofSt^ Catherine

(SaturdayVigil)

Altar

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WEEKDAY MASS

Hospitality

TBA-

CONFESSION

WEEKEND MASS

8:OOAM

Holy

Rosary

before Mass

l,iturgical Music Leka Leaeno (5aturday Vigil) Stanley Wong (Sunday)

Leetor

HoIy Communion at Mass Jennifer Tamayo Soerisry Celine Asato & David Tom Justice & Peace (RespectLife) TBA

(Aloysius Food Pantry) Promise Hawaii)

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS

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Pastoral Council

Patricia Silva Steuards hip / Dis eipleship Council Bernard Ho (interim)

Finance Couneil James Solidum (interim)

Liturgy Cornrnission TBA

Building/ Flanning

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the infirm or hospitalized. Please contact the Parish. For sacramental emergency, call 595-3105 and press #2

Beverly Perry

TBATBA-

VISITATIONOFTHESICK: Priest and Homebound Ministers are available to visit

C

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Loretta Chee & Richard Leong Soeial Fellouship Sui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew

BAPTISM: Sacramental preparation is required. If you are expecting or have a child to be baptized, please call the Parish oflice for more information MARRIAGE: The Diocese of Honolulu requires couples to marry in the Church to pafticipate in the preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony. Couples

should contact the office for Marriage Preparation at least 6 months before the

wedding

Kokual Please contact your Church prior to making arrangements with a funeral home lFunerals on Tuesday, Thursday or Friday) FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS:

When changing address/telephone, or moving out of the Parish, please kindly notify the office 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 NEW PARISHIONERS:

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Saturday, March r:

"Jesus loves me, this I know."

We nod our heads when asked whether God loves us, but what would you say if you were askedr "Does God like you?"

God's love is often difficult to fathom. Some of us are rational: "God loves ev-eryone"-the unspoken thought being, "lt's his job to love me." We say this about parents as well: "She's my mom, she has to say that." This idea of God's love never moves further than the head.

Other people compaftmentalize the love: "God loves me, but only when l'm good" or "God loves only the good parts of me." Still others use God's love as a shield against responsibility: "God forgives me no matter what I do and would never judge me harshly." God becomes a marshmal-low-all sugar, no nutrition. ln reality, God's love holds us in delight as parents delight in their children. God's love rejoices in us as the Creator rejoices in endless variety and hidden mystery.

God's love doesn't come out of neces-sity. Rather, it springs out of the nature of God. Out of love, God holds us account-able for our actions, -forgives us when we ask, and is an abiding presence whether we recognize it or not. When we turn away, God is there. When we suffer, God walks with us. When we sin, God is the source of our conversion.

God grounds us in peace and joy. God doesn't love us because we are the greatest and best-in that case, none of us would be worthy. God simply

4:oo p.m. Mass: Bishop Silva Sundan March 2:

a.m. Mass: Parish Families

7:15

9:3o am Mass: Bishop Silva Monday, March 3: 8 am Mass: t Derek Albarado Tuesdan March 4: 8 am Mass: Lorelei & Josh intentions

Wednesdan March 5: A5H WEDNESDAY 8 am Mass: Conversion 7 pm Mass: Candidates & Catechumen

Thursdan March 6: 8 am Mass: Amelia Dela Rosa healing - requested by Julie Abcede

Fridan March 7: 8 am Mass, t Nancy Lum Saturdan March 8: 8 am Mass: All the Sick

loves.

We have only to seek his righteousness to know that and believe it.

Mary Katharine Deeley sun daybu lleti n @ li g uori. org

For the sick & homebound:

ALOYSIUS TOM FOOD PANTRY

For the recently deceased: MARTIN LUKE, DAVID LIU, BOBBY

Thank you for yaur generous

gfts to the Faod Pantry.

LOWE, ETHEL LEE, ELLEN SHAM, PATSYTAM, GWENDOLYN JOSEPH, HAZEL ANDRADE, MARIA GUIEB, MERRY CRIS HO, WONNE PACARRO, LESTER MABERY, FLORENCE HO, ETHEL AU, GINNY STAHL

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is hidden in darkness and will manifest the motives of our hearts, and then everyone will receive praise from God. ..." : lCorinthians 4:5

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Mar 9--Class YOUTH Youth Youth

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Parish Scripturr Group

Wed. February z5 NO 9x5 a.m. &7:oo p.m.

R.C.I.A.

March 4-5:oo p.m.

Join in the MardiGras Celebration

8:oo d.m. Mass will be held in the Church and Adoration to follow. The church doors will be kept open for all who wish to pray. Materialwill be available for prayer and reflection for all those who wish to pray. The 7:oo p.m. Mass will be in the main church for all those who are unable to attend morning.

MA,RDI GFTAS-March

4th

We begin Lent with the burning of Palms on Tuesday evening . This will be the

last day of fun and games before the disciplines of Fasting, Almsgiving, good works and prayer. Dinner will be at 5:oo with a Movie (Averthe Hedge) and a look at the Seven Capital Sins) at 6:00 p.m.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS Stations of the Cross begin at Tioo p.m. with a fellowship supper from 6:oo to 6:45 p.m.

The following ministries are in charge of the Stations, please see the sign up if you would like to help in any way.

Tuesdan March 4: 4:oo p.m. (Sat.) Choir Practice

Wednesdan March 5:

March 7

Homebound

March:.4

CCD Children

March

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Lenten Penance Service

March z8

Choir

April4

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Youth Faith Formation

OPEFTATION RICE BOWL Bake & Craft Sale March Znd

Thursday, March 6:

will be raising money for the Operation Rice Bowl, Catholic Relief Services Lenten project to help those families in other countries struggling to survive on one meal a day. Please help kickstart

7:oo p.m. (Sun.) Choir Practice

our parish's Rice Bowl Collection. (After the 9:3o a.m. Mass)

8:3o-g:oo Eucharistic Adoration 6:io a,m. Liturgy Planning

CCD Religious Ed classes and Youth

PARISH MISSION-March 2A, 27 &,2?

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[Sun] -tvtackenzie M, Genesis H, Logan Choo

Lector: [Sot] - Teresa Bryan

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[Sun] - Bev Perryl(inny Jordan EMHC:

[Sat] * Kristyn & Maris Ho [Srn] - Helen Luke/Toni Farm Frank JordanlArlette Aki

Collection Caunting: Team 2 Church Cleaners: Cathy Devaney, Toni Farm, Julie Abcede

Thursday evening - Taiz6 around the True Cross with Peter Cruz Friday evening - Father George Cerniglia from Chaminade

Saturday 10 a.m. a Retreat & Workshop for caregivers and homebound ministers with Sister Marykutty

LIVING IN LOVE RETREAT MArCh 15-1 6, 2474 Often we say that we want to live our lives as Jesus would want us to.

Sometimes we hear about Pope John Paul ll's Theology of the Body and wonder how to incorporate his divine plan for couples into our everyday lives.

Some days we feel like we want to love our spouse and make him or her feel loved and special. But it can be such a mystery to know and be able to actually make this real for us with our busy lives.

A Living in Love Weekend will be presented by the best-selling authors of Passionate Parent Passionate Couple, Ed and Betty Coda, please join us at St. Stephen Church on March 15-:.6. After they experienced this mini-retreat, they learned ways to solve this mystery for their own marriage and now they want to share this good news with others. (Pease take home aflier.)

Please join them. See the website www.livinginlove.org for more information and to register or call 839-o837.

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of Canon Lau, at age 14 your daughter isn't required to fast (eating only one full meal a day, no snacks); the Church requires this only of people aged 18 through 59 because people outside those age groups need more than one full meal a day to maintain Code

good health (1252).

She is, however, old enough to abstain from meat as required of Catholics aged 1.4 rnd older. But she should replace that meat with another source of protein like cheese or fish.

Please tell your daughter that the knten fast is about preparing our heafts to celebrate the joy of Easter. Fasting and abstinence are not about starving or losing weight; they're about making room for God, deepening our relationship with Christ.

And the word abstain isn't limited to matters involving food. Your daughter can abstain from watching television, using her cell phone except in emergencies, or using the computer for anything other than schoolwork Prayer and almsgiving (donating money and/ or time to charity) are also part of our Lenten practice. Anyone can safely do these thinp to achieve the same result: growing closer to God in preparation for Easter.

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The next step: Rite of Election (March 9th)

Those who have been accepted as Catechumen now move forward to the Order of the Elect (something like electing someone to office). The are received by the Bishop at the Cathedral, they sign their names in the Book of the Elect and begin the final days of preparation. Please keep them in your prayers.