Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time

2747 Pali Highway Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

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(808) s9s-310s ssccpali@rcchawaii.org facebookcom/st.stephenpali

OFFICE HOURS:

Tues-Thurs: Mon, Fri &Sat:

9:00 am to 5:00 pm 9100am to 12:00pm

PASTOR

Fr. Mario Raquepo STAFF Deacon Ronald Choo

Sister Marykutty Kottuppallil, MSMHC Rosemary Hashimoto, Secretary FAITH FONMATION

CCDChildrcn Velma Guieb-Mamuad

& Canfinnation

Youth

Rosemary Hashimoto tinterim)

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Debbie Fujiyama Francis Jordan PARISH MINTSTRIES

Homebound & Berea oement

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

Virginia Jordan & Helen Luke

Altar

9:3O am

MONDAY-SATURDAY

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

ChapelofSt Catherine

(SaturdayVigil)

Donald Yee (Sunday)

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am

WEEKDAY MASS

Hospitality

TBA-

CONFESSION

WEEKEND MASS

Pafish Scipture Groups

Siooam

Holy

Rosary

before Mass

Senser

Nicole Heafner

Liturgical Music Leka Leaeno (Saturday Vigil) Stanley Wong (Sunday)

Lector Beverly Perry

Ho$r Communion at Mass Jennifer Tamayo

Sccristy

V|SITATIONOFTHES!CK: Priest and Homebound Ministers are available to

the infirm or hospitalized.

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Please contact emergency, call595-31-05 and press #2

visit

the Parish. For sacramental

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

Justice

& Peace

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PARISH

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

ORGANIZATIONS -

Pastoral Council Patricia silva Steuards hip/ Dis cipleship Council

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 FUNERALARRANGEMENTS; Kokua! Please contact arrangements with a funeral home

your Church prior to making

Bernard Ho (interim)

Finance Council James Solidum (interim)

Liturey Commission TBA

Buildinc/ Planning C ommittee Loretta Chee & Richard Leong Social Fellouship Sui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew

PARISHIONERS:

When changing address/telephone, or moving out of the notiff the office

Parish, please kindly

NEwPARISHIONERS: If you would like to become a parishioner of SL Stephen, please use forms available at the entrance of the Church or contact the office E KOMO

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GOOD NEWS r Kings e9:9a, 11-13a / Romans 9:r{ I Matthew 14:22-33 We've been fortunate to make several trips to Hawaii. On one trip, we saw lava flowing from a vent on a volcano. l'll never forget it or the offerings of pineapples, leis, and other things native Hawaiians make to Pele, the volcano goddess. The volcano erupts when Pele is angry; when it is quiet, Pele has gone underground.

Great displays of power and destruction are often con-nected with divine activity, so it seems strange that the Lord doesn't appear to Elijah in manifestations of wind, earthquake, or fire. Rather, God speaks out of silence, and his first words to Elijah are, "Why are you here?"

That's a wondedul question for us today. Why are we here celebrating the Eucharist? ls it obligation only, or is there something more? l'd like to think we come to Mass to hear the silence of God calling to our hearts, Here we can meet God face to face in the Word, in the priest, in one another and, most intimately, in the bread and wine that is his Body and glood. We take him into ourselves so we won't be like Peter, who wa.lked into the middle of a storm and began thinking the storm would destroy him like an angry god.

Saturday, August 9:

4:oo p.m. Mass: All Families Sunday, August 10: 7:15

a.m. Mass: All Families

g:3o arn Mass:

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Anthony Baron

Monday, August 11: 8 am Mass: t Van Toai Tuesday, August 12: 8 am Mass: t Fr. Alan Nagai Wednesday, August t3: 8 am Mass: Susie Petri-heo/lng

Thurcdan August r4: 8 am Mass: f Siew Choo Ong Friday, August 15: 8 am Mass: SOLEMNITY Assumption of the BlessedVkgin Mary

SaturdayrAugust 6: 8 am Mass: + Amelia dela Rosa requested by Marissa Abcede

Rather, we gather at Mass so we can fix our minds and hearts on Christ,

whose power is so great that it needn't manifest itself in destruction but who, with a word, can calm every storm and take us safely into his care.

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ALOYSIUS TOM FOOD PA.NTRY

For the recently deceased:

Mahalo for your generous donations to the Food Pantry.

STEW\FIDSHIP OF OUR LORD QL'OIEOFTHE\AEK ....

..Afterthey got into the boat, the wind died down. Those who were boat did him homage, saying,

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

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DAVID LIU, BOBBY LOWE, ETHEL LEE, ELLEN SHAM, PATSYTAM, GWENDOLYN JOSEPH, HAZEL ANDRADE, MARIA GUIEB, MERRY CRIS HO, YVONNE PACARRO, BERNADETTE RANNEY, ETHEL AU, GINNY STAHL, PAULWONG, TONY BARON, MABEL LUKE

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We welcome Bishop Larry Silva as our celebrant at the 9:3o a.m. Mass. Father Mario will be installed as our pastor. We are very grateful to the Bishop and to Father Mario for serving our parish. Mahalo to our council members who do so

much. We pray for Father Mario Stephen.

YOUTH Aug 15th-Hip hop Parish Scripture Groups

Wed. August t3th 9:15 a.m. & 7:oo p.m.

R.C.I.A. Sign up for next cycle

PFTAY FOR OUR FAMILY

to

have a long and fruitful tenure at St.

AND FRIENDS

We were saddened to learn of the death of 5r. Florence Remata, Provincialfor the Sisters of St. Francis. Her Funeral seruices are Monday, August 18 at 5t.

Visitation - 3:3o - 4:45 p.m. And Mass of the Resurrection - 5roo p.m. with reception to follow. Burial Service - Tuesday, August r9, gloo a.m. Diamond Head MemorialCemetery Pius X Church with

A,UGUST 1s-FEAST OF THE ^ASSUMPTION

. . ls NOT a Holy Day of Obligation in Hawaii or Guam. Our

Mass

will

be

celebrated in the chapel at 8:oo a.m. (see belowfor evening event information) Monday, August fl: 6:30 p,m. Master Building Plan lmplementation Team TuesdaS August t2: 4:oo p.m. (Sat.) Choir Practice 7;oo p.m. Liturgy Planning

Wednesday, August Eucharistic Adoration

Thursday, August 14: 7:oo p.m. (Sun.) Choir practice

Friday, August 15: Admissions Dcy (State Haliday) 6:00 p.m. - Hiphop nite

Nextweeh: August 16 817 Altar server: [Sun]

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JP, George Houle

Zachary Choo & Nalu Aki

Lector:

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Saturday, August r6th After the 4:oo p.m. Pot luck supper at 5:oo P.m. and movie begins at 6:oo p.m. Father Mario's pick Heaven isfor Real

ALTAR SERVER TR/AINING-August 24ttr

13:

8:3o a.m.-6:45 p.m.

[Sot] -Marian,

MOVIE NIGHT

- Randy Tom/Teresa Bryan

[Sun] -sweetie Pacarro, Frank Jordan EMHC;

[Sct] - valerie Low, olive Houle [Sun] * Helen Luke, Gwen Kurahara, Sandy Wong Collection Counting: Team 3 Church Cleaners: Lorraine Albarado, Caroline Hasegawa, Velma Mamuad

Calling Altar Servers! Training on Sunday August z4th at 8:oo a.m. All those who have received First Holy Communion may serve at the Table of the Lord.

Please see sign up. REMINDER: Altar Server Commissioning and appreciation is September e4th at 9:3o a.m. Mass.

FAITH FORMATION Religious Education CCD-Registration August 3r and Sept. 7. Please have a copy of your child's Baptism certificate. Classes begin Sept. 21 at B:oo a.m. We look forward to getting back into our Faith Formation classes. (Hip hop Friday) Youth-August 15th will be a hip-hop night with Mary Rose Timmons. 5:oo p.m. for pizza. Event starts at 6:45 p.m. Also Save the date October z5th for Diocesan Youth day. The early registration is extended to August zoth.

Parish Scripture Grou5Studies continue Wednesday mornings and evenings. We would like to begin another group for anyone interested in another time.

R.C.l.A.-Rite of Christian lnitiation of Adults will be starting up again soon. lf there is anyone you know who would like to join the Catholic Church or is in need of Sacraments, please see Debbie Fujiyama or contact the office.

HOUSEKEEPING

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The Marian Grotto almost completed. Mahalo to allthose who helped with the transplanting of the flowers and to Gerald Soon and his workers for such a beautifuljob. The hardest part was getting the Blessed Mother up on the stand.

dear PADRE When I pray a rffiry, $o'rld I be thinking abcut Mary and horv the Lad is with her, tr thinking abcut \ &idr dmde I'm m, ff\,vhat?

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Erekiel 1:2-5,24*18 Matthew 17:22-27

Tuday,Ar4gu$ 12 St. Jane Frances de Chantal

Erekiel2;8-3:4 Matthew

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\AEdnesday,AWuS 13 St. Pontian, Popeand St. Hippolytus, Priest,

Martyrs Ezekiel 9 :l ; 1 0 :l

8-22 -7l8:15-20

Matthew

The rosary is a chant. It's similm to humming or singing to yourself as akind ofbackground music for your thoughts and feelings. Praying the rosary is a kind of background music as you link your life eryerience with the life of Jesus.

This is the point of what are called the mysteries of the rosary, scenes from the life of Jesus. The twenty mysteries of Christ are the five joyful mysterieg the five sorrowful mysteries, the five glorious mysteries, and the five luminous mysteries.

I,et Jesus'mother and her Hail Marys guide your meditation.

As with chant or background musico you may seem to be paymg no attention to them even as they keep you going.

Dont be discouraged if your thoughts wander all over the place. Thd's part of the secret of the rosary: It opens your deeper selfto you and to God. The important thing is to want to pray, to walk with Mary, to honor and love Jesus.

Like all prayer, the rosary is a power. It's shaping you and guiding you evon when what you feel is nothing and what you think is anything and everything.

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Thurday,AlrguS 14 St. Maximillian Kolbe

Ezekiel

l2:l-12 " 19:l

Matthew l8:21

kiday,Atgu$ 15 TheAssumption of the Bless€d Virgin Mary Revelation I l:l9a; I 2:l-6, 10 1 Corinthians I 5 :20*-27

Luke 1:39-56

Saturday,AuguS 16 St. Stephen of Hungary

Ezekiel 18:1-10, 13, 30-32

Matthew

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20th in Ordinary Isaiah 56:1, 6-7 Romans ll:.13-15,29-32

Matthew

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The great Feast of the Assumpticn Celebrated every year on August r5 the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary commemorates the death of

Mary and her bodily assumption into Heaven, before her body could begin to decay--a foretaste of our own bodily resurrection at the end of time. Because it signifies the Blesse.d Virgin's passing into eternal life, it is the most important of all Marian feasts and a Holy Day of Obligation (Diocese of Honolulu is exempt)