Third Sunday of Lent

2747 Pali Highway Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

[808J s95-310s ssccpali@rcchawaii.org ri, lI facebook.com/st.stephenpali 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, MSM HC Rosemary Hashimoto, Secretary FAITH FORMATION

CCD-Children Velma Guieb-Mamuad

Youth

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Rosemary Hashimoto (interi m) .&.

c. r. A. Debbie Fujiyama '|:

Pcrish Scripture Groups Francis Jordan

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Virginia Jordan & Helen Luke

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WEEKDAY MASS

DEVOTION & ADORATION

Chapel of St. Catherine

Eucharistie:,Adoration ...... WED Mass

MONDAY-SATURDAY............ 8:ooam

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CONFESSION

SATURDAY (Main Church)...iri.ir.r 4:oo pm ....7:15 am SUNDAY (Chapel)

PARISH MINISTRIES

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Nicole Heafner

Liturgical Music Leka Leaeno (Saturday Vigi\

StanleyWong (Sunday)

the infirm or hospitalized. Please contact the Parish. For sacramental

Lector

emergency, call 595-3105 and press #2

Beverly Perry

Holy Communion at 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

Jennifer Tamayo

Saerisfy Celine Asato & David Tom Justiee & Peace (Respect Life) TBA

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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:

(Aloysius Food pantry) Promise Hawaii)

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS

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Pastaral Council

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

Patricia Silva

Stewardship/ D isiipleship

Homebound Ministers are available to visit VISITATIONOFTHESICK: Priest and-:-

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Bernard Ho (interim)

Finance Couneil James Solidum (interim)

Liturgy Commission TBA

g/P lan ning C o mmit t e e Loretta Chee & Richard Leong Social Fellouship

B uildin

Sui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew

When changing address/telephone, Parish, please kindly notiflr the office

PARISHIONERS:

or moving out of the

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 zz:

The conventional wisdom of fitness experts and health professionals is that we should drink eight glasses of water a day. This suggestion is the product of a country with the luxury of clean, abundant, easily accessible water.

Some of us are so used to processed water that we balk when we have to drink well water.

Some people think bottled water is a necessity because, in their minds, it tastes better. lt rarely hits home that in much of the world safe drinking water is scarce, if available at all. People who live in those areas have to make do with the little good water they have for drinking, cooking, and washing. ln the desert regions of the Middle East, wells were a source of life and a social meeting place. Asking for water took a little courage in a place where water was rare. Offering someone water was a great gesture of hospitality.

Jesus' request invited the woman's hospitality and led to so much more.

She opened her life to Jesus; in turn, Jesus revealed who he was and the gift of life he brings.

Living water must have sounded like a dream to a woman with a stagnant well, and maybe it does to us as well, but we do know this: Those who drink eight glasses of water a day will eventually die as surely as those who fight for even one.

On the other hand, Jesus promises that if we drink the water he gives, we will have eternal life-for he is Living Water itself.

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Sunday, March z3: 7:15 a.m. Mass: Parish Families 9:3o am Mass: Parish Families

Monday, March z4: 8 am Mass:

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Tuesday, March z5: 8 am Mass: soLEMNtrY Wednesday, March z5: 8 am Mass: Sharlimar & Bryant

(intentions) Thursday, March z7: 8 am Mass: + Ethel Au Friday, March z8: 8 am Mass' t Rosemarie Saturday, March z9: 8 am Mass: t Ruflno Baron

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

For the recently deceased:

ALSYS;US ?*T# FQGD PI\NTFIY

MARTIN LUKE, DAVID LIU, BOBBY LOWE, ETHEL LEE, ELLEN SHAM, PATSYTAM, GWENDOLYN JOSEPH, HAZEL ANDRADE, MARIA GUIEB, MERRY CRtS HO, YVONNE PACARRO, LESTER MABERY, FLORENCE HO, ETHEL AU, GINNY STAHL

Use the Rice Bowl as a reminder to add to the Food Pantry basket each week.

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fu{*r*& Afu s"fft4 STAT}$NS OF THE CROSS Stations of the Cross begin at 7:oo p.m. with a fellowship supper from 6:oo to 6:45 p.m.

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March zgth following the 4:oo p.m. Mass celebrating the Feast Day of a saint from the Philippines who was martyred on Guam. Please see the sign up near the entrance of the Church. Please sign up today so that we have an idea for how much to prepare.

LEI*?=T.J trTNANCE SERVICES All the faithful are encouraged to receive Holy Communion at least once .during the Easter Season and receive

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the Sacrament of Reconciliation. These o -/:oo p.m. St. Anthony Kalihi o -/:.oo p.m. Holy Family Church are the parishes in our Vicariate and April rz Saturday th ei r P e n ance Se rvices. . i.o:oo a.m. Cathedral of Our Lady April I Tuesday c /:oo p.m. Blessed sacrament of Peace . 6:30 p.m. St. Philomena

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Thursday; March z7:

Our annual Spring Cleaning for our Parish will be on Saturday, April rzth after the 8:oo a.m. Mass until noon. We will be cleaning inside, Parish Hall, Kitchen, Chapel and outside. Please see the sign up at the entrance to the church

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Our Scripture Study Seder Meal is on again this year. We will hold Tuesday, April r5th of Holy Week. Please reserve a spot today.

fast approaching:

F*!r:l S*xtd*y: Saturday 4 pm, Sunday

7:15 am & 9:3oam o Tuesday, Wednesday of Holy Week. B am Mass in the chapel 0 FI*LY Tt'EiJRSilAL: fJ* * +:',": Mess, MASS of the LORD'S SUPPER at 7:oo P.m. * o GCrG* ilF-ii].dY: lii* I em l"lass, Good Friday of the Lord's Passion at 3:oo pm o i€*El: 5aftr:"**:;-: 8 am Morning Prayer (no tr4ass) and t"trC + prn Mess o il€S?Effi ij'E=gi of the Lord's Resurrection: Gather at 6:3o p.m. (sunset is at 6:4j) r SA$?E& SLirv* AY: NO 7:e5 a.m. - combined with 9:3o a.m. in the church Easter egg hunt and Fellowship to follow. Bring what you gave up for Lent!

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Presented by Faith in Action Diocesan Drama Community March 27, z8 & z9 at 7:3o p.m. and March 3o at 3:3o p.m. Tickets $25l$zo For Tickets and information call zzz-o644 or email at dioceseshawaiidrama@rcchawaii.org.

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The beach can calr. the scul and lead to praise of God,

but this is not the worship fu asks of as. This worship, ever since the days of Moses and Pharaoh, has been the keeping of a Sabbath Day in a gatheriag of a whole people, a ccmmr.rnitySo in the Book of Exodus, God gives this messege ta Pharaoh: "Irt my people go" tlat they m*y hold a feast for me in the wilderness" (5:1).

For Catholics, weekly Mass celebrates aur deepest nettlre and calling as the people of the God of the Bible. Worship is far God first of a[[ and above e]l- Fi*d this attitr:de in yourse[ and you will find more in the Mass than you ever dreamed possible. You will &nd wh*t every human heart is seeking: the Love we clul give ourselves to, whatJesus teaches as the first and greatest commandment.

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Jesus also teaches that the second gre:*est comn:andment is to love your neighbcr as yaursel{ This is what we o*en find difficult aboutweekly M*ss: all those peaple! But staying with them and prayingwith them, cryingbabies and all, is the worship God asla ofyour heart.

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Lent, at liturgies where the Elect are present. The Elect are those in our midst who are preparing for Baptism. Part of their journey to the font is that they have been received among us, the Rite of Acceptance, and they have been enrolled in the Book of the Elect in the Rite of Election.

Even if these rites are not celebrated at the liturgy we attend, or not celebrated in our parish or congregation at all, it can be wonderful to

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reflect upon the journey these Elect are making during Lent, as an inspiration and source of renewal for us in our journey.

These are ancient rites and they may, at first, seem strange to us. But they are profoundly rooted in our human experience. We need to examine (scrutinize) how we are, the areas of our lives where we are tempted, or seriously sin - in what we do and what we fail to do. We really need healing and the strength that can come from the support of our sisters and brothers. (more to come)

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