“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.”

320 W. Garvey Ave. Monterey Park, CA 91754

Saint Stephen Martyr

Catholic Church

Fr. Leo Ortega, Pastor

Tel. (626) 573-0427

E-mail:

st.stephen.martyr@gmail.com

website: ststephenmpk.org

Christina Arellano, Principal

Tel. (626) 573-1716

119 S. Ramona Avenue,

Monterey Park, CA 91754

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)

Holy Days as announced

Reconciliation: Saturdays 3:30 PM—4:30 PM

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday thru Friday

9 am - 1 pm & 4 pm - 8 pm

Closed

1 pm - 4 pm

Saturday

1 pm - 5 pm

Sunday

Closed

Tenth Sunday in

Ordinary Time

June 5, 2016

Holiness is Courage, Hope, Daily Conversion Walk in the presence of God without reproach. We can journey towards holiness. For this commitment to succeed, Christians must be able to hope with courage, open themselves up to discus-sion and freely welcome God's grace. Holiness cannot be bought. Neither can it be earned by human strength. No, the simple holi-ness of all Christians, ours—the kind we are called to every day, can only be attained with the help of four essential elements: courage, hope, grace and conversion.

Holiness is a journey; holiness cannot be bought. It can’t be sold. It cannot be given away. Holiness is a journey to God's presence that I must make: no one else can do it in my name. I can pray for someone to be holy, but he’s the one who has to work towards [holiness], not me. Walk in God's presence, in an impeccable way. Everyday holiness can also be “anonymous.” And the first element needed to achieve it is courage: The path to holiness takes courage. Jesus’ Kingdom of Heaven is for those who have the courage to go forward and courage is generated by hope, the second element of the journey that leads to holiness. The kind of courage that hopes in an encounter with Je-sus. The third element of this journey towards holiness appears in Peter’s words: "Put all your hope in that grace:” We cannot achieve holiness on our own. No, it is a grace. Being good, being saintly, going every day a little 'a step forward in the Christian life is a grace of God and we have to ask for it. Courage, is a journey. A journey one must take with courage, with hope and with the willingness to receive this grace. And hope: the hope of the journey.

Having celebrated God's love for us through the Eucharist on Sunday, we are ready to en-ter this week to explore the depth of that love and the powerful call each of us is given to love one another. The Sermon on the Mount can help us be contemplatives in action this week. The Beatitudes are not eight new commandments. Rather, Jesus saw those follow-ing him and saw their weakness and their need, their goodness and their desire, even the cost they pay to follow him. He looked at them and called them “Blessed.”

Let us all begin this week letting Jesus look at us and call us blessed. Each morning we can practice choosing to focus our attention on some way we are spiritually poor or desir-ing justice, some way we are merciful or a peace maker, some way we might be experi-encing the cost of being a believer, and simply asking our Lord to convince us of our blessedness there. It is likely that each of us, every day, can be attentive to some aspect of our daily lives, some part of our relationships or responsibilities, that place us right there in a place for Jesus to tell us that we will be comforted, satisfied, blessed beyond our im-agining.

Some day this week, each of us will have the opportunity to be the salt that makes rela-tionships, faithful living, have its flavor. We will have our chances to be light in the midst of the darkness that crosses our paths. We can ask Jesus those days - whether in the morn-ing, or in brief background moments during the day - to have us not lose our flavor or to cover our light. And, all of us will face the greater responsibility of a disciple of Jesus, to avoid anger and find the path to reconciliation, to turn from lust and greed and to love genuinely and honestly.

May 28th & 29th $5,445.27

Second Collection $908.00

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR PARISH

T he monthly billings for the Together

in Mission pledges have been mailed.

It is very important that these pledges be

paid so that our parish can reach and,

hopefully, exceed our goal.

PARISH GOAL: $33,900.00

AMOUNT PAID: $21,868.00

REMAINING BALANCE: $12,032.00

Thank you for your continued support of

Together In Mission 2016

NOCTURNAL ADORATION

We invite you to participate in the Nocturnal Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, on the second Friday of each month. Shifts of adoration are one hour in length. We pray for the intentions of the Pope, the parish and all

personal intentions. We started at 8:30 p.m. with an in-formational meeting in the Room #1. All are welcome.

SECOND COLLECTION

We will be having a Second Collection today to assist the

School in continuing to provide a Catholic Education.

Please be generous in your offering. We thank you in ad-

vance.

Fr. Leo & Fr. Budi

Saturday, June 25, 2016

6:00 pm in the Parish Hall

FATHER’S DAY

SPIRITUAL BOUQUET CARDS

For anyone wanting a loved one to be remem-

bered in the Holy Sacrifice of Mass on Father’s

Day, June 18th and 19th, spiritual bouquet cards

are available at the entrances to the church.

JOIN US FOR A PILGRIMAGE TO THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO

DOOR OF MERCY Saturday, June 11, 2016

at 9am – 2pm Cost of tour of the The Mission is $8

(minimum of 20 people).

RSVP to Gloria Wong at 213-271-6923 (text or call) Email: glowong1@gmail.com

The Holy Land Bethlehem Christian Families will be here at our parish on June 11 & 12, to sell their

hand carved religious articles made of olive wood. The

sale of these precious articles supports their Church Mis-

sion which is to maintain the roots and the existence of

the Christian Families who are struggling to remain in

Bethlehem.

At least Ninety percent of the funds raised through the-

se sales go directly to Christians living in the Bethlehem

area. The proceeds will create more work which will

help them to survive and stay in the Holy Land since

they have no other source of income and are dependent

on the olive wood industry. Thank you for your support

and generosity.”

SAVE THE DATES

Saturday, October 8 2016

Anniversary Mass

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Parish Festival

Al caminar en la presencia de Dios sin reproche. Podriamos viajar hacia la santidad. Para que este compromiso pueda tener éxito, los cristianos deben ser capaces de tener esperanza con valentía, deben estar dispuestos a discussion abierta y recibir libremente la gracia de Dios. La santidad no se puede comprar. Tampoco se puede ganar con la simple fuerza humana. La san-tidad de todos los cristianos, nuestra santidad — por la cual estamos pidiendo todos los días, sólo puede ser lograda con la ayuda de cuatro elementos esenciales: valentía, esperanza, gracia y conversión. La Santidad es un camino, no se puede comprar la santidad. No se puede vender. No se puede

regalar. La Santidad es un camino hacia la presencia de Dios que debo hacer: nadie más puede hacerlo por mi. Puedo rezar para que alguien se sea Santo, pero él es el qe tiene que trabajar para la [santidad], yo no. Caminar en la presen-cia de Dios, de una manera impecable. Santidad de todos los días también puede ser "anónimo". Y el primer elemento necesario para lograrlo es tener valor: el camino a la santidad toma valor. El Reino de Jesús en los cielos es para aquellos que tienen el valor de seguir adelante y valor se genera por la esperanza, el segundo elemento del viaje que nos lleva a la santidad. El tipo de valor que se espera en un encuentro con Jesús. El tercer elemento de este viaje hacia la santidad aparece en palabras de Pedro: "poner toda su esperanza en que la gracia:" no podemos alcanzar la santidad en nuestra propia. No, es una gracia. Ser bueno, ser Santo, ir todos los días un poco ' un paso adelante en la vida cristiana es una gracia de Dios y tenemos que pedir. Valor, es un viaje. Un viaje uno debe tomar con valentía, con esperanza y con el deseo de recibir esta gracia. Y la esperanza: la esperanza del viaje.

Las facturas mensuales para Unidos en Misión 2015 ha sido enviada. Es muy im-portante que estas promesas sean pagadas de modo que nuestra parroquia pueda alcanzar y, con su apoyo, exceder nuestro objetivo.

META PARROQUIAL: $33,900.00

TOTAL PAGADO: $21,868.00

SALDO PENDIENTE: $12,032.00

Gracias por su apoyo continuado a

Unidos en Misión 2016

ADORACION NOCTURNA Los invitamos a participar en la adoración nocturna del Santisimo, el Segundo Viernes de cada mes. Los turnos de adoracion son de una hora de duración. Oramos por las Intenciones del Papa, por las de la parroquia y por inten-cions personales. Empezamos a las 8:30 p.m. con una jun-ta informativa en el saloñ #1 de la escuela. Todos son bien-venidos.

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

nuestra vida. Nos reunimos los Miercoles de 7pm a

9pm en el salon parroquial de nuestra Iglesia San

Esteban Martir.

Padre Leo y Padre Budi

Sábado, 25 de junio 2016

A las 6:00 PM

en el Salón Parroquial

TRAJETTAS DE RAMILLETE ESPIRITUAL

PARA EL

DIA DE LOS PADRES Para todas las personas que quieran recordar a

un ser qerido en el Santo sacrficio de la Misa del

18 y 19 de junio, Día de los Padres, habrán tarjetas

de ramillete espiritual disponibles en los

mostradores cerca de las entreadas a la iglesia

este fin de semana.

APARTE LAS FECHAS

Sábado, 8 de octubre 2016

Misa de Aniversario

Domingo, 9 de octubre 2016

Festival Parroquial

WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS

SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2016 5 :00 pm Mercedes Bona (D) SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2016 7:00 am St. Stephen Parishioners 9:00 am Dolores Compean (D) 11:00 am Oscar Willamor Refuerzo (D) Girl Scout Troop 734 My Faith My Promise - Faith Renewal MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 8:30 am Richard V. Gonzales (D) For all of the Holy Souls in Purgatory TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016 8:30 am Prescy Fabricante Marcy (L) Happy Birthday - In Thanksgiving WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 8:30 am Fred Herman (D) 6:30 pm Jose E. Avila (D) THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 8:30 am St. Stephen Parishioners FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016 8:30 am Henry Tjakrawinata (D) 7:00 pm Christopher Diaz (L) In Thanksgiving SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2016 8:30 am Francisco Arrreguin (D)

Frances Salaises, Kitty Carlucci, Rosie Grego, Liza Anne Sesti,

Ana Nunez, Elaine Denery, Jose Galicia Sr., Connie Gonzales,

Norma Salazar, Michlina Kubek, Maria Cervantes, Maria Gonza-

lez, 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, Emilia Rodriguez, Dominic, Jason, Rose Valdez,

Antonia Castaneda, Natalia Castaneda, Kathy Garcia, Helen Law-

rence, Sandy Aguiar, Maria Castillo, Frances Montez, Ramiro

Sanchez, Judy Backer, Josefina Peralta, Tom Lujan, Maria Ngan

Fong Lung, Erin Gaffrey, Virginia Miranda, Frances Mosqueda,

John Jaurequi, Jeanine Lugo, Michael Alden Townsend, Natalia

Orozco, Tisha Platt, Teresa Ycedo, Larry Hernandez, Marge

LaVenture, Vic Panganiban, Concepcion Rodriguez, Elizabeth

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

Tollstrup, Howard Lee, Eva Monroy, Al Acosta, Susan Acosta,

Felipa McCrae, Angelica V. Rivas, David Perez, Doris Lau, Sandy

Adler

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?

Praise is just as important as providing food and shelter for a child. Praise is an important aspect of raising a confident child. When you praise a child, not only do you raise their self-esteem and self-concept but you increase their overall self-worth. One thing you can do is focus on the child and

describe what you see. For example, you can say: “You are so patient. That means a lot to your little brother.” For more tips on praising children please email jvienna@la-archdiocese.org or call (213) 637-7227. READINGS FOR THE WEEK

JUNE 5TH—JUNE 12TH

Sunday: 1 Kgs 14:17-24; Ps 30:2,4-6,11,12,13;

Gal 1:11-19; Lk 7:11-17

Monday: 1 Kgs 17:1-6; Ps 121:1-8; Mt 5:1-12

Tuesday: 1 Kgs 17:7-16; Ps 4:2-5, 7-8; Mt 5:13-16

Wednesday: 1 Kgs 18:20-39; Ps 16:1-2,4-5,8,11; Mt 5:17-19

Thursday: 1 Kgs 18:41-46; Ps 65:10-13; Mt 5:20-26

Friday: 1 Kgs 19:9,11-16; Ps 27:7-9,13-14;

Mt 5:27-32

Saturday: Acts 11:21-26,13:1-3; Ps 98:1-6; Mt 5:33-37

Sunday: 2 Sm 12:7-10,13; Ps 32:1-2,5,7,11;

Gal 2:16, 19-21; Lk 7:36-8:3 or 7:36-50

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is open after each Mass, Saturday

and Sunday or by appointment.

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