320 W. Garvey Ave. Monterey Park, CA 91754

Saint Stephen Martyr

Catholic Church

“We are a diverse faith-community that strives to conform ourselves into the image of

Christ in and through the power of the Holy Spirit, and nourished by The Word,

Sacraments and Tradition to give glory to God and to be a light unto the nations.”

Fr. Joseph Magdaong

Administrator

Fr. Ali Kanissius

Associate

Armando & Irene Estrada

Deacon Couple

Monica Gonzales-Diaz

Business Manager

Alicia Vazquez

Office Manager

Beatriz Garcia

Dale Ann Torbey

Secretaries

Christina Arellano, Principal

Tel. (626) 573-1716

St. Stephen Martyr School

MASSES Saturday Vigil 5:00 PM (English)

Sunday 7:00 AM (English)

9:00 AM (Spanish)

11:00 AM (English)

2:00 PM (Indonesian)

Mon-Sat Daily Mass: 8:30 AM

Perpetual Help Mass & Novena

Wednesday 6:30 PM

Friday 7:00 PM (Spanish)

Reconciliation

Saturdays 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm No Evening Hours

Tuesday thru Friday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Closed 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Saturday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

Fourth Sunday of

Advent

December 18, 2016

Tel. (626) 573-0427

E-mail:

st.stephen.martyr@gmail.com

website: ststephenmpk.org

WHEN JOSEPH AWOKE, HE DID AS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD HAD COMMANDED HIM

Advent is the beautiful moment to do a reflection regarding our life of faith, the life be-ing God’s children. Advent is the Moment to make a U Turn, we have to come back to our loving Father in Heaven by welcoming His son Jesus, our Savior. Jesus the Savior will be our special Guest, coming to our heart, coming to our family and coming to the community of the Church. Make sure that our heart, our family and our community are ready to welcome our Savior. This Sunday Gospel will be telling us about Joseph, the spouse of Marry mother of Je-sus. Not much known of Joseph except that he was the “ of the house of David and lived in the town of Nazareth”. He too was the foster father of Jesus. The last text telling about Joseph in the bible is the story when Jesus twelve years old, they lost Jesus for three days but they found him in the temple and Jesus said to Marry and Joseph: Don’t you know that must be in my Father’s house?” (Luke 2:49) Three times Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, first when he de-cided to divorced Marry quietly, the second is Joseph brought Marry and Jesus to Egypt and the third was when he came back to Israel, the angel command him not to bring Marry and Jesus to Bethlehem but to Nazareth. Joseph was the humble and holy spouse and Father. Even no more story about his life as the head of holy family of Nazareth, but we are sure that he was a good and responsible husband and father. He welcomed Marry and Jesus in his home and take care them as the humble person. We should learn a lot of Joseph to welcome Jesus, our Savior at this coming Christmas. Make sure our heart is humble and holy like Joseph. We have to pray by the interces-sion of St. Joseph for all the head of the home of the family in our Catholic Church to be the responsible parent and to make a holy family. Jesus the Savior will come and stay in our holy, humble and beautiful hearth, family and Church’s community. May we like St. Joseph open our heart and mind to listen, to understand and to act God’s words during this moment of Advent. We need among our family, we could find so many Fathers and mothers like Joseph and Marry. They had a simple life but very close each other and listen to the commands of God. Their priority is the peace and the presence of the Lord among the family than all the earthly things. The God’s command are very smooth in our deep hearth, we are able to listen his commands in the silent, like a dream. God’s commands only touched the pure and humble heart. Holy family of Nazareth, pray for us to open our hearth and family to welcome Jesus our Savior.

December 10th & 11th $5,466.50

Second Collection $2,211.00

Immaculate Conception $1,259.50

Our Lady of Guadalupe $605.00

Wednesday Novena Mass $80.00

Friday Evening Mass $24.00

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND COMMITMENT TO YOUR PARISH

P lease remember to bring all

UNWRAPPED toys/gifts

to the Parish Office by Monday,

December 19th, so that they can

be distributed the following later

that week.

Thank you for your support and generosity.

DECEMBER 24TH, SATURDAY THE VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS

5:00 PM 12:00 AM CHRISTMAS MIDNIGHT MASS

DECEMBER 25TH, SUNDAY

CHRISTMAS 7:00 AM ENGLISH MASS 9:00 AM SPANISH MASS

11:00 AM ENGLISH MASS 2:00 PM INDONESIAN MASS

DECEMBER 31ST, SATURDAY

NEW YEAR’S EVE 5:00 PM ENGLISH MASS

JANUARY 1, 2016, FRIDAY

SOLEMNITY OF MARY THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD

7:00 AM ENGLISH MASS 9:00 AM SPANISH MASS

11:00 AM ENGLISH MASS 2:00 PM INDONESIAN MASS

The Parish Office will be open on Saturday, December 24th from

11 am—5 pm The Parish Office will be closed

Sunday and Monday, December 25th & 26th

We will reopen on

Tuesday, December 27th

with our regular office hours Legion of Mary meets every Wednesday

at 5pm in Room 2.

The meeting is followed by a Novena Mass

A Few Minutes of Prayer in the Home

Daily prayer books are available for purchase in the

Parish Office for $1. These prayer books include the daily

readings, prayers and reflection for the entire month.

This Sunday, December 18th at 4 p.m.

Come and Join us as we prepare the Church for

Christmas.

Thank you to everyone who has joined in our various fundraisers over the last

few month. Here are the results:

Panda Express = $47.86 The Diner on Main = $235.83

Sunday Mimosa Brunch = $1,105.00 Christmas Boutique = $180.00

Your support is very much appreciated.

MISAS NAVIDEÑAS

Sabado, 24 de diciembre

Vigilia de Navidad

5:00 PM Inglés 12:00 PM Misa de medianoche

Inglés

Viernes, 25 de diciembre

Natividad del Señor

7:00 AM Inglés 9 AM Español 11 AM Inglés

Jueves, 31 de diciembre

Víspera de Año Nuevo

5:00 PM Inglés

Viernes, 1° de enero

Fiesta de María, Madre de Dios

:00 AM Inglés 9 AM Español 11 AM Inglés

LIBRERÍA DE SAN ESTEBAN

Está abierta después de cada

misa, el Sábado y el Domingo o

por cita. Mas de 12,000 Regalos

│ DVDs │ Libros │ Biblias

│ Joyeria y Accesorios │ Rosari-

os │ Novinas y Artículos

religiosos. Apoye a nuestra parroquia. Apoye al

Librería de San Esteban

El Ministerio de Oración “Luz del Espirtu Santo”

Los invita a orar, alabar, glorificar al Señor y darle gra-cias por todos Los beneficios recibidos cada dia de nues-tra vida. Nos reunimos los Miercoles de 7pm a 9pm en el salon parroquial de nuestra Iglesia San Esteban Martir.

Este Domingo, 18 de diciem-

bre a las 4:00

Venga y acompáñenos a

preparar a nuestra iglesia para

la Navidad.

Gracias a todos los que asisti-eron a nuestros diferentes

eventos para recaudar fondos en los últimos meses. Aquí

están los resultados:

Panda Express = $47.86 The Diner on Main = $235.83

Mimosa Brunch los domingos = $1,105.00 Boutique de Navidad = $180.00

Agradesemos su apoyo.

Exposición del Santísimo

Estas cordialmente invitado a participar el día 6

de enero de 9:00am a 7:00 pm en la iglesia a la

adoración del santísimo.

Ven a pasar tiempo en oración durante

estos tiempo.

5 minutos de Oracion en el Hogar

Los misales con oraciones diarias están disponibles en la

Oficina Parroquial por 1$. Estos misales incluyen las lecturas

diarias, oraciones y reflexións para el mes entero.

Por favor recuerde de traer todos los juguetes/regalos SIN ENVOLTURA a

la oficina parroquial el lunes, 19 de diciembre, por lo que pueden ser dis-

tribuidos más tarde en la semana.

Gracias por su apoyo y generosidad.

HORAS DE OFICINA PARA LA NAVIDAD

La Oficina Parroquial estrara abierta el sabado, 24 de diciembre

de las 11 am - 5 pm

La Oficina Parroquial estrara cerrada el domingo y lunes

25 y 26 de diciembre.

Vamos a reabrir el martes, 27 de diciembre

con nuestra horas de oficina regulares.

WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2016 5:00 pm Fernando Nunez (D) Dario Soto - Montenegro (D) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2016 7:00 am St. Stephen Parishioners 9:00 am Victoria Elena Jacek (D) Jose Castellanos (D) Ana Maria Maynez de Marquez (D) 11:00 am Lung - Tam Family - In Thanksgiving Pio & Nessie Rongavilla - 50th Wedding Anniversary MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2016 8:30 am Rocio Hurstrom - Happy Birthday!!! TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2016 8:30 am Jose M. Yacat (D) Alfredo Valenzuela (D) Ana Villamor Delauin (D) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2016 8:30 am Rodolfo Compeañ (D) Alejandrina Ruiz Compeañ (D) 6:30 pm In Thanksgiving to the Holy Family THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2016 8:30 am St. Stephen Parishioners FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2016 8:30 am Victorio Calarra (D) Marissa Islas - Happy 21st Birthday!!! 7:00 pm Victor Valdez - Happy Birthday!!! SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2016 8:30 am St. Stephen Parishioners

Frances Salaises, Kitty Carlucci,

Liza Anne Sesti, Ana Nunez,

Elaine Denery, Jose Galicia Sr.,

Connie Gonzales, Norma Sala-

zar, Michlina Kubek, Maria Cervantes, Maria Gonzalez, Jeanine

Gregory, Peggy Jasso, Elena Dulay, Alex Vasquez, Armando Loo,

Annamae Koch, Rita Thoms, Elizabeth Dodge, Virginia Medina,

Rita A. Durazo, Ernest Durazo, Rudy Barraza, Sally Sandoval, Emi-

lia Rodriguez, Dominic, Jason, Rose Valdez, Antonia Castaneda,

Natalia Castaneda, Kathy Garcia, Helen Lawrence, Sandy Aguiar,

Maria Castillo, Frances Montez, Ramiro Sanchez, Judy Backer, Jose-

fina Peralta, Tom Lujan, Maria Ngan Fong Lung, Erin Gaffrey, Vir-

ginia Miranda, Frances Mosqueda, John Jaurequi, Jeanine Lugo,

Michael Alden Townsend, Natalia Orozco, Tisha Platt, Teresa

Ycedo, Larry Hernandez, Vic Panganiban, Concepcion Rodriguez,

Elizabeth Canadas, Maria Mazloom, Phil Cisneros, Kenneth Adler,

Carol Tollstrup, Eva Monroy, Al Acosta, Susan Acosta, Angelica V.

Rivas, David Perez, Doris Lau, Sandy Adler, Ray Fratino, Mike

Riffey, Linda McWeeney, Nancy Perales, Florence Kreslake, D.

Tam, A. Tam, Brandon, Eduardo Aguilar

Prayer list will be updated on a monthly bases. If you would

like to add a name or make changes to the above list. Please

contact the parish office.

Did You Know? With the popular game Pokémon Go, kids can inter-

act with virtual game components in real-life loca-

tions. Some features of the game can present seri-

ous dangers for children using the app and inter-

acting with other gamers. “PokéStops” – locations

in which players can collect Pokémon – can be anywhere, and

recently, one was reported to be at the entrance of a rehabili-

tation center that housed sex offenders. Parents should be

aware of the game’s features and monitor children’s use to

ensure that any Pokémon collecting is done safely.

For a copy of the VIRTUS® article “Pokémon Go and Social

Networking,” email:

jvienna@la-archdiocese.org or call 213-637-7227.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

December 18th — December 25th

Sunday: Is 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-6; Rom 1:1-7;

Mt 1:18-24

Monday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25; Lk 1:5-25

Tuesday: Is 7:10-14; Lk 1:26-38

Wednesday: Sg 2:8-04 or Zep 3:14-18; Lk 1:39-45

Thursday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; Lk 1:46-56

Friday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24; Lk 1:46-56

Saturday: 2 Sm 7:1-5; 8-12, 14, 16; Lk 1:67-79

Sunday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29;

Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25]

Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13;

Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14

Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12;

Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20

Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6;

Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14]

ST. STEPHEN BOOKSTORE

is open after each Mass, Saturday

and Sunday or by appointment.

12,000+ Gifts │ DVDs │ Books

│ Bibles │ Jewelry and accessories

Rosaries │ Devotional and

Religious Items │ Artwork.

One stop shop for Catholic gifts and

resources. Support the Saint Stephen Bookstore. All

donations of used or new items can be delivered di-

rectly to the bookstore."