2747 Pali HighwayHonolulu, Hawaii 96817

(808) ses-310s

c, ssccpali@rcchawaii.orgII facebookcom/st.stephenpali

OFFICE HOURS:Tues-Thurs: 9:00 am to 5:00 pmMon, Fri & Sat: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

PASTORFr. Khanh Pham-Nguyen

PERMANENT DEACONDeacon Ronald Choo

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTRosemary Hashimoto

FAITH FORMATION

CCD-ChildrenVelma Guieb-Mamuad

Youth & ConfirmationRosemary Hashimoto (interim)

R, C.I. A.Debbie Fujiyama

Parish Scripture GroupsFrancis Jordan

PARISH MINISTRIES

H omebound & B ere arteme ntVirginia Jordan & Helen Luke

HospitalityTBA

- (SaturdayVigil)

Donald Yee (Sunday)

Altar SeoerNicole Heafner

Liturgical MusicLeka Leaeno (Saturday Vigil)

StanleyWong (Sunday)

LectorBeverly Perry

Holy Communion at MassJennifer Tamayo

SacrisfyCeline Asato & David Tom

Justiee & PeaceTBA

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(Respect Life)TBA

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(Aloysius Food Pantry)TBA

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(Family Promise Hawaii)

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS

Pastoral CouncilPatricia 5ilva

Steuordship/ Discipleship CauncilBernard Ho (interim)

Finance CouncilJames Solidum (interim)

Litutgy CommissionTBA

B uilding/ Planning Co mmitteeLoretta Chee & Richard Leong

Social FellooshipSui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew

WEEKEND MASS

SATURDAY (Mainchurch).. 4:oo pmSUNDAY (Chapel) ....7:15 am

(Main Church).. 9:3O am

WEEKDAY MASSChapel of St. Catherine

MONDAY_SATURDAY 8:OO AM

CONFESSION

SATURDAY 3:oo - 3:45 pmSUNDAY 8:45 - 9:15 am

DEVOTION & ADORATIONEucharistic Adoration ...... WED Mass

Holy Rosary before Massi

-f-VISITATTONOFTHESICK: Priest and Homebound Ministers are available to visitthe infirm or hospitalized. Please contact the Parish. For sacramentalemergency, call 595-3105 and press #2

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

MARRIAGE: The Diocese of Honolulu requires couples to marry in the Churchto participate in the preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony. Couplesshould contact the office for Marriage Preparation at least 6 months before thewedding

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS: Kokua! Please contactyour Church prior tomaking arrangements with a funeral home (Funerals on Tuesday, Thursday or Friday)

PARISHIONERS; When changing address/telephone, or moving out of theParish, please kindly notit/ the office

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 MAI

Saturday, August 24:

4:oo p.m. Mass: AII Families

Sunday, August 25:

7:15 a.m. Mass: All Families

9:3o am Mass: All Families

Monday, August 25:

8 am Mass: Landi Luke (birthday)

Tuesday, August 27:

8 am Mass: t Mike Lee (anniversary)

Wednesday, August z8:

8 am Mass: Joe Almuena (healing)

Thursday, August z9:

8 am Mass: Monica Hahn (birthday)

Friday, August 30:8 am Mass, t Martin Luke

Saturday, August 31:

8 am Mass: t Merry Chris Ho

For the sick & homebound: ''

RO LAND ALBARADO, MARGARET

ROBELLO, HARRY BENDER, GINNYSTAHL, ETHELAU, MABEL LUKE

For the recently deceased:ELLEN SHAM, PATSY TAM,GWENDOLYN JOSEPH, HAZELANDRADE, MARIA GUIEB, MERRY

CRIS HO, YVONNE PACARRO

BlzS Lawrence Hu

8lz6 Bella LouisErnest Goo

Slzl Emma FreitasStanley LizamaRobert ChoyEsther LeongMichael Lee

BlzS Mary FerreiraFrancis O'BrienAlfred Lindo

Slzg Sau Tim Lee

Loretta Mau

Harry Ho

8/3o Maggie ApioNaomiYanagisawaJohn Kai

GGSD T{EIA/S

lsaiah 66:r8-zr / Hebrews !2:5-7, ::-:r3 I Luke r3:zz-3o

I pride myself on being prompt. lt's about being considerate of those

waiting for you. So my initial feelings toward the people in today's gospel-those who didn't get to the master's house before he locked the door-arenot particularly sympathetic. "should've checked your watchistoppeddawdling/planned ahead" is what cynically runs through my mind. But that'sexactly Jesus' point-once we're certain of our moral superiority and others'failures, we get in trouble.

Jesus' story reveals that people who assumed they'd be welcomed by themaster simply by association, heritage, or neighborhood are surprised to be

left outside even as outsiders from distant lands are welcomed. God doesn'tabide by our rules, divisions, and judgments.

ln fact, God delights in upending our ideas of who is right and who is wrong.Jesus states it clearly, "Some are last who will be first, and some are firstwho will be last." We hear it repeatedly-"Why do you notice the splinter inyour brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own

eye?" (Matthew 7:3)-yet we holler in political and religious arenas aboutwho will be saved, who's going to hell, and who God favors and despises.

Jesus is clear: Strive to enter through the narrow door. He says many willattempt to enter but won't be strong enough.

It's an interesting word choice-to fit through a narrow door, you need onlybe lean or thin, not necessarily strong. Perhaps he meant strong enough toresist condemning others, strong enough to focus on stripping ourselves ofsinful behaviors that keep us from intimacy with God.

g'kstwALCIYSIUS TOM FOOD PI\NTFTY

"Who wiliteach rne what is most pleasing to Gcd that I may do it?"- St. Kateri Tekak'witha

5TE\T,/ARNSHIF3 OF GUR LORDO,UCITE OF THT WEEK

" . For behold, some are last who will be first,and some are first who will be last . " Luke r3:3o

Week!y Sfferir:gs( August't7 & t8, zog)

Sat 4 pm Mdss

7n5 am Mass

9:jo am Mass

Total Offering

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Registration begins Aug z4lz5

Parent mtg. Sept B

YOUTH V

Meet Sept. t5 after mass

Parish Scripture Groups

Wed. Aug. z8- 9:t5 a.m.and at 6:3o p.m.

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Break for summer

Tuesday, August 27:

3;3+ p.n-r. s=i, cheir prectiee

Wednesday, August z8:Eucharisti; Ad+raii*nf r"crn I :3+-9:06 ;-;:'?.

Thursday, August 29:

7 p.m. CE:+ir practice iSsn.i

Next Weeh: August 31 ISePtember 1,2013

Altar server:

[Sat] -mar:an, John Fer-i"

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Lector:

[Sat] -*andy T*m/Faui W*ng

[SunJ *itlc*$e H=efner& ffiick i+a*':ada

EMHC:

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Collection Counting: Tearn t

Church Cleaners: Donna Louis, Gwe:riiurehara, L:'.r:'* Cl-rurt, ilei:bie & Paui

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UFEG=NT REQUEST TRCfu! BiSI..{GP SILI/A

Bishop Larry Silva has published a very important and urgent letter to all

parishioners in the Diocese of Honolulu regarding the issue of same-sex

marriage. lt is available today in our parish bulletin. Please read it carefully and

r"rpond accordingly. Legislators for Nuuanu are Representatives r) Takashi

Ohno (S86-g+rSlrepohno@captiol.hawaii.gov)z) Sylvia Luke (S86-

853o/repluke@capitol.hawaii.gov and Senator Suzanne Chun-Oakland (586-

6r3o/senchunoakland@capitol.hawaii.gov). A list of all others is also available.

MAHALO

Many thanks to Father Joe Carroll for filling in for Father Khanh while he is

away on retreat. Please pray he comes back refreshed in his priestly ministry.

ALTAR SER1.rER TRAINING

Mahalo to Nicole Heafner, Marian Houle and Zachary Choo for training our AltarServers this past weekend. There's a lot of small things to remember. Commissioning

will be September 8th at the 9:3o a.m. Mass. We appreciate them (and their parents

who get them to Mass early) so much that to show our appreciation we are putting

together 17 thank you bags. Please share with us in this project and bring a treat forour Altar Servers (prayer cards, individually wrapped goodies, a note) and drop it off in

the Hall before 9:oo a.m. on the morning of the 8th or bring it to the office.

EUCHARISTIC ADOF?ATION

Our monthly Adoration takes place September 4th in the chapel after the B:oo

a.m. daily Mass and concludes with Benediction at 6:(! p.m. All are invited totake time out of your busy days to spend time in prayer for our schools, our nation

and our world.

BISHOP'S PASTOR"AL \/ISIT

October rz & r3. Please take time to fill out the survey in preparation for the

Bishop's visit in October. The Bishop wants to hear from all our parishioners

no matter how small. Your ideas and concerns are importantThis visit coincides with the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation for B of our

young people. Please pray for them as they begin the final preparation to receive this

important Sacrament: Zachary Choo, Benett Chun, Jonah Chun, Claire Devaney,

Rachel Heafner, Carly Nakano, Madison Seto and Jace Sisneroz. (Sorry I l"ft offClaire's name last week)

FAITH FORMATION - \lVHAT's \A/HAT con"iinued

RCIA - (Rite of Christian lnitiation of Adults) - The RCIA stands for the Rite ofChristian lnitiation of Adults. RCIA in its purest form is for those adults who have not

yet been baptized-however in reality those that are converting from other Christian

religions often go through the RCIA as well as baptized Catholics who need tocomplete Sacraments of initiation. The RCIA is a process by which adults are

introduced to the life of the Catholic Church through catechesis and liturgy. When an

adult becomes Catholic they receive all 3 sacraments of initiation at the same time-Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation. Debbie Fujiyama is our Coordinator. Lively

discussionsr prayer and true conversion through formation are a part of each RCIA

class.

Monday, Auqust 261 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 8b-10

Matthew 23;13-22

Taesday, Aaqust 275t. Monica

1 Thessalonians 2:1--8Matthew 23:23-26

Wednesrlay, Auqast 2ESt. Augustine

Bishop Er Docton

1 Thessalonians 3:7-1"3Matthew 23:27--32

Thursday, Auqust 29The Passion of

5t. John the Baptist1 Thessalonians 3:7-13

Matthew 6:17-29

Friday, h:wgust 305t. Rose of Lima, Virgin

I Thessalonians 4:1-8Matthew 25:1-13

Saturday, Auqust 31

l Thessalonians 4:9-11Matthew 2514--30

stlNDAY, Septewrber 1

Turentg-second Sundagin Ordinaru Time

Sirach 3 : 17-1 8,2O,28-29Hebrews 12:18-19,22-24a

Luke 14:1, 7-14

3 St. Gregorythe Great

B Birth of theBlessed Virgin Mary

St. Peter Claver

St. |ohn Chrysostom

Our Lady of Sorrows

St. Corneliusand St. Cyprian

St. Robert Bellarmine

St. Andrew Kim Taegon,St. Paul Chong Hasangand CompanionsSt. MatthewSt. Cosmas and St. DamianSt. Vincent de PaulSt. WenceslausSt. Lawrence Ruizand CompanionsSt. Michael, St. Gabrieland St. Raphael

de ar PAD Rf,

Last year Pope Benedict XVI named huo naa Doctnrs of the

Church. What does that title mean? Saint Hildegarde of Bingen

was said to be tlrcfourthfemale Doctor. WLn are the otlrcr three?

While all saints are exceptionally holy, popes bestow thehonorary title Doctor of the Church to saints ofexceptional wisdom and learning who have had a

monumental theological or doctrinal impact on theChurch.

Saints Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory theGreat were the original four Doctors of the Church. SaintThomas Aquinas was accorded the distinctions Doctar

Angelicus aLnd Doctor Communis for his purity of life and forclallity of thought that seemingly stretched beyond theconfinesof the human intellect. Saint Alphonsus Liguoriwas named a Doctor most quickly-only eighty-fouryears after his death.

Last October, Pope Benedict named SaintJohn of Avilaand Saint Hildegard of Bingen as the thirry-fourth and

thirty-fifth Doctors. Hildegard joined Teresa ofAvila andCatherine of Siena (both named Doctors by Pope Paul VIin 7970) and Th6rdse of Lisieux (Pope John Paul II in1ee7).

It's worth mentioning that although Pope John Paul IIcanonized 480 people, he named only one Doctor:Th6rdse, who was canonized by Pope Pius K in1925.

Fr. Byron Miller, CS sR sundaybulletin@liguoi.org

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