2747 Pali HighwayHonolulu, Hawaii 96817

(808J sgs-3105

t ssccpali@rcchawaii.orglI facebookcom/slstephenpali

OFTICE HOURS:Tues-Thursr 9:00 am to 5:00 pmMon, Fri&Sat 9i00amto 12:00pm

PASTOR

Fr. Khanh Pham-Nguyen

STAFFDeacon Ronald ChooSister Marykutty Kottuppallil, MSMHCRosemary Hashimoto, Secretary

FAITH FORMATION

CCD-ChildrcnVelma Guieb-Mamuad

Yauth & Conffrmationiosemary Hashimoto (interim)

R" C. T. A.Debbie Fujiyama

Por;ish Scripture GroupsFrancis Jordan

PARISH MINISTRIES

Homebound & BereansementVirginia Jordan & Helen Luke

HotpitalityTBA- (SaturdayVigil)

Donald Yee (Sunday)

Altar SenerNicole Heafner

Litursical MusicLeka Leaeno (Soturday Vigil)

StanleyWong (Sunday)

LectorBevedy Perry

Ho[t Communion at MassJennifer Tamayo

SacrisfyCeline Asato & David Tom

Justice & PeaceTBA- (RespectLife)

TBA

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(Aloysius Food Pantry)791

-(Family

Promise Hawaii)

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS

Pastoral CouncilPatricia Silva

Steoardship/ Dis cipleship C ouncilBernard Ao (interim)

Finance CouncilJames Solidum (interim)

Lituryy CommissionTBA

Buildine/ Planning CommitteeLoretta Chee & Richard Leong

Social FelloashipSui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew

WEEKEND MASS CONFESSION

SATURDAY (Ma,n Church )............ 4:oo Pm SATURDAY 3:oo - 3:45 PmSUNDAY6rrapet)........................7:15 am SUNDAY 8:45-9:e5 am

(Main Church) .... 9:3O am

WEEKDAY MASSChapelofSt. Catherine

MONDAY-SATURDAY 8:OOAM

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

Holy Rosary before Mass

-I-VISITATIONOFTHESICK: 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 thevvedding

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTST Kokua! Please contact your Chuich prior tomaking arrangements with a funeral home (Funerals on Tuesday, Thursday or Friday)

PARISHIONERS: V'ly'hen changing address/telephone, or moving out of theParish, please kindly noti$r the office

NEWPARISHIONERS: 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

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EKOMO NIAI

Fiftrt Sunfatl of Tasfer

6OOD NEWSActe 6:l-7 I I Pebr 2:rF9 / John 14=1-12

When the planes flew into New York's twin towers on that fateful Tuesdayin September 2oor., I had just arrived early to set up for a meeting of campusminis-ters. I had caught the first account on the car radio. "Are you listeningto this?" I asked a colleague. She hadn't heard the news, but my boss camedown from his apartment upstairs and said quietly, "l have it on TV." I

couldn't think of any-thing to say except "Show it to me; can I see it?"

We went upstairs and watched as long as we could before our colleaguesarrived, and we talked and listened and then went into Mass to pray for thelives lost and for the future of our world.

"Show mer" we say, when things seems impossible to imagine. "Showme," we say when a child comes in wide-eyed wonder with a treasure she

has just found. "Show me," Philip said, because he couldn't imagine the God-Father that Jesus was speaking about. He expected some grand sign-anearthquake, a thunderstorm, or any of the ways the presence of God was

depicted in the Old Testament.

What he did not expect was that Jesus, who was standing right in front ofhim, was God himself: "Whoever has seen me has seen the Father."

We often miss the evidence that God is with us. lt may be something as

simple as the beauty of creation or the outpouring of love and support theworld gave to the people of New York that long-ago day.

Let us praythat we see his presence in our midst this week-and always.

MARY KATHARI N E DEE LEY sun daybu lleti n @ lig uori. org

ALOYSIUS TOM FOOD PANTRYNon perishable items and rice are neededfor the Food Pantry ministry assisting

St. John the Baptist Parish in Kalihi.

STEWARDSHIP OF OUR LORD

QTJOTEOFTHETA,E(

"..You are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own,so that you may announce the praises" of him who called you out of darkness

Weekly Offerings(May ro & tt, zot4)

Saturdoy 4:oo pm Mass 4oo.o8

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DonationslCollections

VotiveOffering 86.oo

7:'t5am Mass

9:3o am Mass

Total Offering

235.oo

872.55

tr5ol.63

Mother'sDoy 95.oo

Family Promise 17o.oo

Ma rta{o for jour faiffifu{ seruice and con{inuedgenewifl !

Saturday, May 17:

4:oo p.m. Mass: t Paul KH Wongrequested by Richard & Florence Leong

Sundan May r8:

7:x5 a.m. Mass: All Families

9:3o am Mass: + George Ueshiro

MondaS May 19:

8 am Mass: t Van Toai

Tuesday, May 20:

8 am Mass: Angela & Chris

lntentions

Wednesdan May zr:

8 am Mass: t Florence Ho

Thursday, May zz:.

8 am Mass: Beverly Tom intentions

Friday, May z3:

8 am Mass: Carrie Talwar

Saturday, May 24.8 am Mass: : f Al Tom

For the sick & homebound:ROLAND ALBARADO, MARGARET

ROBELLO, HARRY BENDER,MABEL LUKE, JOE CHANG, DONYEE

F o r th e rece ntly deceased :HAzEL ANDRADE, MARIA GUIEB,MERRY CRIS HO, WONNEPACARRO, BERNADETTE RAN NEY,

ETHEL AU, GINNY STAHL

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5lz1

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5lz3

Charles ArmstrongDolores Berengue

Clarence Lopes

Ruth Caracoes

Lisa OndayogPeter Young, Jr.

August BettencourtPliscilla MorrisonMary LukeHoward McKeeSusan YuenSarah Pickarski

5lz4 Emelia Panela

lrene Blaisdell

Mo! 18, aor4

CCD

May t8-ClassMay z5-Class

YOUTH

May t8-The ChurchMay z5

-The Holy Spirit

Parish Scripture Groups

Wed. May zrst

9:r5 a.m. & 7:oo p.m.

R.C.I.A.

May zothj:3o p.m.Blessed Virgin Mary

Tuesday, May zo:

4:oo p.m. (Sat.) Choir Fractice

Wednesday, May rt:B:3o-9 am Eucharistic Adoration

Thursday, Mayzl7:oo p.m. (Sun.) Choir practice

NestWeeh: May 24 A 25,2014Altar sewer:

[sat] -[Sun] -lace Sisneroz, AdamMartines, Logan Choo, Nalu Aki

Lector:

[SatJ - Richard LeonglMichelle Silva

[Sun] -Sweetie PacarroiArlette Aki

EMHC:.

[Sat] - Kristyn & Maris Ho

[SunJ - Gwen Kurahara, SandyWong

Collection Counting: Team 4ChurchCleaners: Carmen Roias, Bea

Tom, Randy Tom, Martha Chock, MarcyHeafner, Mike Low, Tom Camacho

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

Our celebration of First Holy Communion has been moved up to May z5th atg:3o a.m. Mass. Mahalo to all our catechists and parents for helping ourstudents prepare for this ir4portant Sacrament. Please pray for these studentsto remain faithful to Christ and his Church and that they will be able to oneday celebrate their 2,oooth Holy Communion with their own children andgrandchildren. Everyone is invited to a reception to follow.

JUNE FELLOWSHIPS

June 8-PENTECOST celebration. The celebration of the Church. After 9:3oa.m. Mass Allare invited.June I5-FATHER'S DAY tribute to our dads, barbecue/movie 'Most'::t:ooa.m. until 2:oo p..m.June zz-Family Stewardship Appreciation gathering 2:oo-4:oo p.m. moreinformation to come

MAHALO

. Mothe/s Day-Mahalo to Reba Choo and the CCD children who made thespecial gifts for our moms and to those who helped 'dethorn' and preparethe roses for Sunday. Your gifts and sacrifice for moms is greatlyappreciated.

. Family Promise Hawaii-Mahalo to the Asato family, the Ho family, RCIAFaith Formation, Daily Mass family, the Leuta family and others forproviding dinners for our guests. A special thanks to those who are servingas overnight volunteers. Mahalo for your sacrifice and compassion. Thankyou also to our generous donors.

. Website-We have a website, needs a little tweeking, but it is up andrunning. Please check it out www.ssccpali.org. Mahalo to Mel Labradorand his family for the many gifts they have brought to our parish.

COUPLES RETRE^AT

Living in Love Mini-Retreat June zr-zz, zor4Often we say that we want to live our lives as Jesus would want us to. Sometimes wehear about Pope John Paul ll's Theology of the Body and wonder how to incorporatehis divine plan for couples into our everyday lives. Some days we feel like we want tolove our spouse and make him or her feel loved and special. But k can be such a

mystery to know and be able to actually make this real for us with our busy lives. ALiving in Love Weekend will be presented by the best-selling authors of PassionateParent Passianate Couple, Ed and Betty Coda, please join us here on June zt-zz. Afterthey experienced this mini-retreat, they learned ways to solve this mystery for theirown marriage and now they want to share this good news rdith others. Please jointhem. See the website www.livinginlove.org for more information and to register. Orcall 839-o837.

ST. ANN CHURCH AND SCHOOL

Saint Ann's Church & Model School is seeking an administrative assistant towork in the Religious Educationft/outh Ministry Office. Please call our officefor details or call the Religious Education Office at (8oB) 247-3ogz, ext. ro4 orsubmit your resume to rnoguchi@stannshi.org

Monday,May 19

Acts 14:5-18John7421-26

. Tuesday,May205t. Bernardine of Siena

Acts 14:19-28John 14:27-31a

tNednesdag, May215t. Christopher Magallanes,

Priest 6 Companions

Acts 15:1-6John 15:1--8

thursday,May225t. Damien de VeuEten

Acts 15:7-21John 15:9-11

Fndag,May23Acts 15:22-€1John 15:9*11

SaIurdat4, Mat424Acts 16:1-10

John 15:1&-21

stlNDAY, Mag25Sixth Sundag of €asterActs 8:5-8, 74--\7

1 Peter 3:15*18John 14:15*21

How does a priest keep

someone he knows fromperson?

the confession oJ a grieuous sin by

afecting his relationship with that

One of a priest's most sacred responsibilities is theconfidentiality of the confessional. This confidentialityencompasses everyone, even the priest and penitentoutside the confessional. A priest is not allowed todiscuss the confessed sin with the person outside theconfessional unless permission is granted for furthercounseling.

The confessor is also forbidden to use any knowledgegained through the sacrament of reconciliation torestrict the penitent. For instance, if a pastor'sbookkeeper confessed he was embezzling money, thepastor could not use the knowledge acquired in theconfessional to fire the person.

Priests generally try to forget the specific sinsparishioners confess to us, and it really isn't thatdifficult. Contrary to what many think, a parishioner'ssins do not rush into my mind when I speak to him orher.

'We have aJl sinned, done things we are ashamed ofthings we wouldn't want anyone to know about, thingswe would not want others to define us by. Thisknowledge and the grace of the sacrament help us lookpast the mistakes of others and recognize Christ withinthem. FR. RICK POTIS, CS"R sundaybulletin@liguori.org

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with a sincere sorrow for sin and a desire to make a new begtnning, God isthere to meet us with forgiveness.As human beings, however, we may need a more concrete way ofexperiencing God's love for us. A person who loves us might show his or herlove by making time for us, writing us a note, treating us to a special meal, orbuying us a gift. We may already know that our friend cares for us, but theconcrete attention is a confirmation and reassurance that human loverequires. We Catholics believe that God has given us the sacraments as a wayof showing that we are receiving the gift of his love in very real and down-to-earth ways. {mare at http://bustedhalo.com/questionbox/why-should-i-go-to- co nf e ss i o n - d oe s n t- g o d- a I r e a d y - k n ow -t h ot- i m- so r ry -f o r- my - s i nsl

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