Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

2747 Pali Highway Honolulu, Hawaii 95817

[808] ses-310s ssccpali@rcchawaii.org & & facebook.com/st.stephenpali

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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 PERMANENT DEACON

Deacon Ronald Choo ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Rosemary Hashimoto FAITH FORMATION

CCD-Children Velma Guieb-Mamuad

& Confirmation

Youth

Rosemary Hashimoto (interim)

brtu. r. 6. a r\, Debbie Fujiyama

WEEKEND MASS

Parish Scipture Groups Francis Jordan

SATURDAY SUNDAY

PARISH MINISTRIES

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(Main Church)

(SaturdayVigil) Donald Yee (Sunday)

Altor

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SUNDAY

3:oo-3:45 pm

8:45-

9:15 am

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

Chapel of St. Catherine

MONDAY*SATURDAY

SATURDAY ...........

9:3O am

WEEKDAY MASS

Hospitality

TBA-

(MainChurch).. 4:oo pm

(Chapet)

Virginia Jordan & Helen Luke

CONFESSION

B:oo am

Holy

Rosary

before Mass

Senser

Nicole Heafner

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

Lector Beverly Perry Jennifer Tamayo

Sccrisfy Celine Asato & David Tom Justice & Peace (Respect Life) TBA

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the infirm or hospitalized. Please contact the Parish. For

sacramental

emergency, call 595-3105 and press #2

Iloly Communion at Mass

TBA

Homebound Ministers are available to visit VtStTATtONOFTHESICK: Priest and-I-

(Aloysius Food Pantry) (Family Promise Hawaii)

BAPTISM: Sacramental preparation is required. If you are expecting or have a child to be baptized, please call the Parish office for more information

The Diocese of Honolulu requires couples to marry in the Church participate in the preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony. Couples to should contact the office for Marriage Preparation at least 6 months before the wedding MARRIAGE:

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS

Pastaral Council

Kokua! Please contact your Church prior to making arrangements with a funeral home {Funerals on Tuesday, Thursday or Friday) FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS:

Patricia Silva

Steaardship/ Discipleship Council Bernard Ho (interim)

Finance Council

PARISHIONERS:

James Solidum (interim)

When changing address/telephone,

or moving out of the

Parish, please kindly notif,/ the office

Liturgy Carnmissian TBA

Building/ Planning

C o mmitte e

Loretta Chee & Richard Leong Social Fellaaship 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 E KOMO

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Jesus mustn't ha,ve been thinking about ten-month-olds when he suggested children would ask for safe items like eggs or fish. My daughter's interests include electrical outlets, fan blades, and knives, so I think she'd be happy if we gave her a scorpion or a snake. We spend a good amount of time telling her no, much to her chagrin. Sometimes she listens, sometimes she dse,s#t; and it doesn't seern to stop-her-from rA/anting to touch the same unsafe objects in an hour.

Our daughter can't see the big picture as we, her parents, do. We can see that allowing her to stick her hand in a fan or outlet would lead to dreadful consequences; she sees only that we're denying her curiosity and fun.

And so it is with prayer and God. God can see the big picture-what is ultimately an egg for us versus a scorpion, what will bring us most abundant life. We, with our limited human minds, cannot. And so deep trust is required-we can pray for what we want and need, but we must fundamentally trust that God knows best what we need.

Jesus says that all who seek will find and all who ask will receive. But he doesn't say "all who seek will find exactly what they are seeking" or "all who ask will receive specifically what they requested." Jesus isn't Santa Claus

Saturday, )uly z7: 4:oo p.m. Mass: All Families Sunday, July z8: 7:15 a.m. Mass: All Families

9:3o am Mass: AII Families Monday, July z9: 8 am Mass:

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Tuesday, July 3o: 8 am Mass: t Eduardo Zabanal Wednesday, July 3t: 8 am Mass: + Barbara Marcum Thursday, August r: 8 am Mass: t Kam Wah Chun requested by Madeline Lum

Friday, August z: 8 am Mass: t Benigno & Maria Guieb Saturday, August 3: 8 am Mass: t All the Sick

working from our list of requests.

He simply says they will "find" and they will "receive." There will be an answer-but it's God's answer, not ours. Can we trust that God has the big picture in mind when he answers?

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For the sick & homebound: ROLAND ALBARADO, MARGARET ROBELLO, HARRY BENDER, GINNY STAHL, ETHELAU, MABEL LUKE For the recently deceased: KATHLEEN AWAKUNI, DEREK ALBARRADO, RAY TOM, DICKSON YOUNG, DOLORES & MARTANO BERENGUE, IGNACIO BABAUTA, JANE AKI, MARTIN LUKE, IRENE JOHNSON, DAVTD LtU, BOBBY LOWE, BEN SANTOS, ETHEL LEE, JOHN NASCIMENTO, WALLY CHANG, FANNIE GORA, ELLEN SHAM, PATSY TAM, GWENDOLYN .JOSEPH, HAZEL ANDRADE, MARIA GUIEB

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lVlidr-1;4Li,J . . to Father Shay Auerbach for celebrating Holy Mass with us. Please pray for him as he continues his ministry at Sacred Heart Parish in Richmond Virginia. . .to allthose who helped prepare, set up and participate in our St. Kateri Fellowship and our farewell to Christopher and Lise and Darrion.

Christopher's address will be: Dominican Novitiate * 3oo5 W zgth Ave. Denver, CO Sozu-37or . . .to all who helped-andatlendedlhe Xsd e ross Disaster Training workshop. We pray we never have to use the knowledge we have gained, but it is always best to be prepared.

CCD Break for summer

YOUTH Retreat-TBA P*rish Scripture Groups Wed. July 31-9:15 a.m. and 6:3o p.m.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATIGN

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Our monthly Adoration in the Chapel is coming up next Wednesday August 7th. Did last's week gospel cause you to think that you would like to try being a Mary some time? Now is your chance. Even for a few minutes. The chapel will be open from 8:45 a.m. until 7:oo p.m. for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

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l7TH-Liturgical Ministry Retreat. Open to all Liturgical Ministers and Volunteers of St. Stephen Parish. Our special speaker will be Sister lrene from Pauline Books and Media. See Val Low, Debbie Fujiyama or Father Khanh if you would like to attend. 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at St. Anthony Parish Hall in Kailua.

AUGUST z4TH/zsTH-Attar Server Training For all Altar Servers. Please attend either Saturday Morning from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a,m. or Sunday Morning 10:45 a.m. to noon. (The Commissioning will be at the 9:30 Mass on Sunday September 8th-Please be present)

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AUGUST 15Ih-FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY. This is not a Holy Day of Obligation in our Diocese, we will hold Mass at 8:00 a.m. in the Chapel.

Coda for more information at 808-839-0837.

Necct Week: August 3 €f 4,2013 Altar server:

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AUGUST 9TH-Movie night 6:30 p.m. "The Greatest Game" in the Parish Hall.

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". . .today, as Brazil and the Church around the world celebrate this feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, Grandparents Day is also being celebrated. How important grandparents are for family life, for passing on the human and religious heritage which is so essential for each and every societyl How important it is to have intergenerationalexchanges and dialogue, especially within the context of the family. . "Children and the elderly build the future of peoples: children because they lead history forward, the elderly because they transmit the experience and wisdom of their lives". This relationship and this dialogue between generations is a treasure to be preserved and strengthenedl In this World Youth Day, young people wish to acknowledge and honour their grandparents. They salute them with great affection and they thank them for the ongoing witness of their wisdom.

And now, in this Square, in all the surrounding streets, and in those homes that are experiencing this moment of prayer with us, we feel like one big family, and we turn to Mary, that she may protect ourfamilies and make them places of faith and love in which the presence of Jesus her Son is felt."

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You're asking a very good question: What does it mean to call yo=urself Ro-rn Catholic? The word cathalic (lowercase c) means "universal," which in turn means the Catholic Church is inclusive. But we do have limits.

Certain things define us as Roman Catholic, like our belief in the sacraments and the Trinity.'We need those to call ourselves Roman Catholic. But before we start excluding people for other reasons, we need to look at Scripture. John 4:742 tells the story of the Samaritan woman at the well. Matthew 9:10 tells us, 'TVhile [Jesus] was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples." In Matthew 2L:31, Jesus says, "Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you."

As I reread these passages, I thought, Jesus wanted to include too many people in the kingdom of God. That's probably what got him in trouble with the authorities.

'We must be very careful when we start drawing up lists of who shouldn't be part of the Catholic Church. Someone might thinkyou need to be left out too.

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