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2747 Pali Highway Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 (808) 5953105 [email protected] facebook.com/st.stephenpali OFFICE HOURS Tuesday through Saturday 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. PASTOR Fr. Khanh Pham Nguyen PERMANENT DEACON Deacon Ronald Choo ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Rosemary Hashimoto FAITH FORMATION CCD-Children Velma GuiebMamuad Youth & Confirmation Marcus Brackins R. C. I. A Debbie Fujiyama Parish Scripture Groups Francis Jordan PARISH MINISTRIES Homebound & Bereavement Virginia Jordan & Helen Luke Hospitality Lynn Kozuma (Saturday Vigil) Donald Yee (Sunday) Altar Server Darin Glipa Liturgical Music Leka Leaeno (Saturday Vigil) Stanley Wong (Sunday) Lector Beverly Perry Holy Communion at Mass Jennifer Tamayo Sacristy Celine Asato Social Justice/Respect Life Nora Maui’a PARISH ORGANIZATION Pastoral Council Patricia Silva Liturgy Commission Virginia Jordan Building/Planning Committee Loretta Chee & Richard Leong Finance Committee James Solidum (interim) Social Fellowship Sui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew CATHOLIC PARISH VISITATION OF THE SICK: Priest and Homebound Ministers are available to visit the infirm or hospitalized. Please contact the Parish. For sacramental emergency, call 595‐3105 and press #2 BAPTISM: Sacramental preparation is required. If you are expecting or have a child to be baptized, please call the Parish office for more information MARRIAGE: 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 FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS: Kokua! Please contact your Church prior to making arrangements with a funeral home PARISHIONERS: When changing address/telephone, or moving out of the Parish, please kindly notify 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 HOLY MASS CONFESSION SATURDAY (Vigil) ...................... 4:00 pm SATURDAY …..……………..... 3:00 pm SUNDAY .................................... 9:00 am & by appointment WEEKDAY ADORATION & BENEDICTION TUESDAY— SATURDAY ............ 8:00 am WEDNESDAY ...……... Following Mass S t. S Tephen

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2747 Pali Highway Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 

(808) 595‐3105 [email protected] 

        facebook.com/st.stephenpali   

OFFICE HOURS Tuesday through Saturday 

9:00 a.m. ‐ 5:00 p.m.  

PASTOR Fr. Khanh Pham Nguyen  

PERMANENT DEACON 

Deacon Ronald Choo  

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 

Rosemary Hashimoto  

FAITH FORMATION 

    CCD-Children           Velma Guieb‐Mamuad 

    Youth & Confirmation            Marcus Brackins 

    R. C. I. A           Debbie Fujiyama 

    Parish Scripture Groups           Francis Jordan   

PARISH MINISTRIES 

    Homebound & Bereavement           Virginia Jordan & Helen Luke 

    Hospitality            Lynn Kozuma (Saturday Vigil)            Donald Yee (Sunday) 

    Altar Server            Darin Glipa 

    Liturgical Music           Leka Leaeno (Saturday Vigil)           Stanley Wong (Sunday) 

    Lector           Beverly Perry  

    Holy Communion at Mass           Jennifer Tamayo 

    Sacristy           Celine Asato 

Social Justice/Respect Life           Nora Maui’a  

PARISH ORGANIZATION 

    Pastoral Council           Patricia Silva 

    Liturgy Commission           Virginia Jordan 

    Building/Planning Committee           Loretta Chee & Richard Leong 

    Finance Committee           James Solidum (interim) 

    Social Fellowship           Sui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew 

CATHOLIC PARISH

VISITATION OF THE SICK:  Priest  and Homebound Ministers  are  available  to visit the  infirm  or  hospitalized.    Please  contact  the  Parish.  For  sacramental        emergency, call 595‐3105 and press #2  BAPTISM:  Sacramental preparation is required.    If you are expecting or have a child to be baptized, please call the Parish office for more information  MARRIAGE:  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  FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS:   Kokua!    Please  contact  your  Church  prior  to      making arrangements with a funeral home  PARISHIONERS:   When  changing  address/telephone,  or  moving  out  of  the     Parish, please kindly notify 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 

 

                         HOLY MASS CONFESSION   

    SATURDAY (Vigil) ...................... 4:00 pm           SATURDAY  …..……………..... 3:00 pm                           SUNDAY .................................... 9:00 am                                                    & by appointment  

                              WEEKDAY ADORATION & BENEDICTION  

    TUESDAY— SATURDAY ............ 8:00 am           WEDNESDAY ...……... Following Mass  

S t. S Tephen

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The Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass Intentions 

PLEASE PRAY 

For the sick & homebound: ROLAND ALBARADO, PATSY TAM, MARGARET ROBELLO, HARRY BENDER, HAZEL ANDRADE, GINNY STAHL, WALLY CHANG, FANNIE GORA , GARRETT CHOY, ETHEL AU, ETHEL LEE

GOOD NEWS

STEWARDSHIP OF OUR LORD

Mahalo for your faithful service and continued generosity!

  “.  .  .  Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with 

thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”   

Philippians 4:6‐7 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

FOOD PANTRY

Mahalo for your generosity and your prayers for those whom God loves. 

Saturday, October 1: 4 pm Mass: †  Bobby Lowe 

Sunday, October 2: 9 am  Mass: † Jane Aki

Tuesday, October 4: 8 am Mass:  † Bobby Lowe requested by Nancy Tom

Wednesday, October 5: 8 am Mass: † Martin Luke requested by Florence & Richard Leong

Thursday, October 6: 8 am Mass:  † David Liu requested by Toni Farm

Friday, October 7: 8 am Mass:  † Helen Tui

Saturday, October 8: 8 am Mass:  † Malaea Rossi

Weekly Offerings (September 24 & 25, 2011) 

  

Vigil  1,066.00 

9 am Mass  598.00 

                   Total Offering     1,664.00 

Donations/Collections   

Votive Offering  53.00 

Hall Use Donation  20.00 

Total  307.00 

   10/2  Helen Fujii   Richard Soo  

  10/3  Jiro Sato    Esther Marn    Betty Akana  

  10/4  Nicholas K. Zablan    Michael Kekahuna  

  10/5  Clifford Mau   Paul Shiota  

  10/6  John Mendonca   Daisy Luke   Wataru Monkawa  

  10/7  Edward Drew, Jr. 

Is 5:1–7 / Phil 4:6–9 / Mt 21:33–43 

Several summers ago I spent one day—not nearly enough time for this wine lover—in Napa Valley.  I toured a winery and was fascinated by the detailed attention the grapes  received  during  harvest.  Each  grape  is  individually  handpicked  at  a temperature  and  time  conducive  to  producing  the  most  succulent  wine.  Such tender handiwork! The  vineyard  stories  that  dominate  today’s  readings  reveal  the  owners’  similar attentive care  in establishing and tending their vines. Unfortunately, neither story ends with someone peacefully sipping a glass of Cabernet at sunset. Both reveal a betrayal of the tender care of the owner, who represents God the Father. Grapes grow wild in the Isaiah reading. In the Gospel, the hired tenants murder the owner’s servants and then—foreshadowing Jesus’ death—the owner’s son. Destruction is left in what was so tenderly built, pruned, and nurtured. It isn’t difficult to connect these stories with our lives. We know God has tenderly cared for, nurtured, and provided for us. We need only look at our many material gifts and incredible people he has blessed us with. God has never stopped “handpicking” us with incredible tenderness. But we’re often the wild grapes or the rebellious tenants. We  reject God’s  love by being ungrateful  for his numerous gifts,  instead claiming we deserve more. We  sin by our disrespect—even hatred—of others who  are his beloved  children. We abuse  the gift of God’s  creation by  ignoring environmental needs and pursuing our own gains. Today’s readings challenge us to remember the vineyard owner’s caring hand and God’s tender  love. Recalling God’s ongoing goodness can help us break our sinful patterns and respond gratefully to him. 

Janel Esker | [email protected] 

For the recently deceased: KATHLEEN AWAKUNI, HOWARD PANG, RITA HONG,DEREK ALBARRADO, RAY TOM, DICKSON YOUNG,  DOLORES & MARIANO BERENGUE, IGNACIO BABAUTA, SHIRLEY WONG,  GEORGE UYESHIRO, JANE AKI, MARTIN LUKE, JAMES CHOCK, IRENE JOHNSON, JAMES HASHIMOTO, DAVID LIU, BOBBY LOWE

Catholic Charities Hawaii . . . . . $532.00 

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Liturgical Ministries

October 2, 2011

CCD “Our Guardian Angels” 

Parish Scripture Groups ‐Wed. Oct 5 at 9:15 am & 7 pm ‐Sat. Nov 1, 2011 at 2:45 pm  

R.C.I.A. Team mtg. Oct. 2 

Youth Youth class begins Oct 16

 

Faith Formation 

Next Week: October 8 & 9

Altar Server:  [Sat] _____ [Sun] Zachary & Logan Choo & Jace Sisneroz Lector:  [Sat] Randy Tom [Sun] Chester Hughes 

 

EMHC:  [Sat] Michael & Carol Lum [Sun] Joel Tamayo, Lorraine Albarado, Meriam Ladrillono  

Collection Counting Team:     Team 2  

Church Cleaners: (Friday) Tomi Asato,  Carol Lum, Cathy Devaney and Toni Farm 

PARISH MISSION—Rediscovering the Treasure of the Mass

2nd ANNIVERSARY CANONIZATION OF St. Damien of Molokai 

NURSING HOME MASS

This week  

Tuesday, October 4: 3:30 pm (Sat.) Choir practice  7 pm Roman Missal implementation team  

Wednesday, October 5: Eucharistic Adoration until 9 am  

Thursday, October 6: 9:30 a.m. Nursing Home Mass 7 pm (Sun.) Choir practice  

Thursday, October 7: 7 pm Faith Formation Consultants 

HEALING THE PAIN OF ABORTION . .one weekend at a time

Please pray for out catechists and students who begin a new year. Oct 2—Parent Meeting/Classes upstairs 8:00 a.m. 

Oct 16—First day of class for Youth, after the 9:00 a.m. Mass. Oct 23—Parent Meeting with students after Mass. 

Rachel's Vineyard in Hawaii offers a beautiful opportunity for healing to any woman or man struggling with the emotional and spiritual pain of an abortion. The confiden‐tial weekend retreats focus on God’s  love and mercy  in a safe, supportive, and non‐judgmental environment.  All who seek peace and inner healing are welcome!  Join us on October 21‐23, 2011 at a private retreat center in Honolulu. A suggested donation of  $100  covers  accommodations,  7  delicious  and  healthy  meals,  beverages  and snacks,  and  all materials.  Scholarships  are  available  for  those  in  need.  To  register, please contact:  Lisa Shorba at (808) 349‐5071 or email:  [email protected]. Also  visit  us  online  at:  www.rachelsvineyard.org.  Testimonials of former Hawaii partici‐

pant: “This experience was  life‐changing for me!      It freed me of the grief and guilt  I carried for over 30 years.  Even though I thought I was "tough" or "over it," nothing helped me or healed me more than my attending the RV Retreat.”  (May 2010). 

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION BEGINNING A NEW YEAR

Our  Parish Mission October  14—15,  2011 will  feature Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio  a noted theologian and teacher.  Tickets are available after Mass for a hospitality dinner Friday, October 14th.  This week we begin introducing the corrections to the translation of the people’s parts and the Mass responses.   Please take a card home, pray  it, study  it and bring  it back  next week for an additional card to add to your collection. Brochures are available at  the entrance of  the Church  regarding  the changes  in  the translation of the Roman Missals for all who are interested. 

PARISH SCRIPTURE GROUP

In 2009 St. Damien of Molokai was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in a Mass at St. Peter Basilica on October 11. Bishop Silva will celebrate the 12 Noon Mass at the Ca‐thedral of Our Lady of Peace, on Tuesday, October 11th to commemorate the 2nd An‐niversary of the Canonization of St. Damien.  Everyone is invited  to attend.  At St. Stephen, will celebrate 8:00 a.m. Mass in the Chapel of St. Catherine in the building next to the church. Please join us. 

Parish Scripture Groups makes  its 2nd anniversary on the Feast of St. Jerome  (Sept. 30) Morning Scripture Group began a  study of  the Book of Revelation on Sept 28. Books are available for the Study. Please call the office (595‐3105) and  let us know  if you  are  interested  in  joining  the  Scripture  Group  which  meets  1st,  2nd  &  4th Wednesdays at 9:15 a.m. (after Daily Mass and Eucharistic Adoration). The Evening Scripture Study will continue with a discussion of the Sunday readings and meets every Wednesday from 7:00 p.m. (dinner at 6:30 p.m.) 

Join your parish family at Nuuanu Hale the first Thursday of the month. Our parishion‐ers at Nuuanu Hale, right across the street from the Puiwa Park, appreciate our voices joined in song. Mass begins at 9:30 a.m. in the small first floor dining room. 

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Please support your parish bulletin—call office (595-3105) for more details.

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What is an Ignatian retreat?

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WEEKLY SCRIPTURAL READINGS

Monday, October 3

Jonah 1:1—2:2, 11 Luke 10:25—37

Tuesday, October 4 St. Francis of Assisi

Jonah 3:1—10 Luke 10:38—42

Wednesday, October 5

Jonah 4:1—11 Luke 11:1—4

Thursday, October 6

Saint Bruno, priest; Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher

Malachi 3:13—20b Luke 11:15—26

Friday, October 7 Our Lady of the Rosary

Joel 1:13—15; 2:1—2 Luke 11:15—26

SUNDAY, October 9 Twenty-eighth in Ordinary

Isaiah 25:6—10a Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20

Matthew 22:1—14

Saturday, October 8

Joel 1:13—15; 2:1—2 Luke 11:15—26

Dear Devon,

How about doing an Ignatian retreat at home? Based on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit religious order, the 30 exercises in an Ignatian retreat are divided into 4 sections. Ignatius called these sections “weeks” even though the first “week” has 10 days, the second has 11, the third has 4, and the fourth has 5. Each exercise guides your reflection on a spiritual topic.

Ignatian retreats come in a variety of forms. Some last 30 days (4 to 5 hours of prayer per day) and some last 30 weeks (1 hour of prayer per day). Other formats are also available.

Doing a retreat at home means more than simply cutting a few moments out of your daily routine and shutting out conversations, TVs, games, music, calls, texts, and e-mails. We must also silence our continuous fl ow of thoughts and ideas so God can speak to us at a time when we are better disposed to listen.

An at-home Ignatian retreat will allow you to ask God to speak to you and to help you understand clearly what you’re being called to do—without abandoning your everyday obligations.

Scott Katzenberger, CSsR | [email protected] Adapted from In the Midst of Noise: An Ignatian Retreat in Everyday Life. For more information, please visit liguori.org or call 800-325-9521.

I’m swamped with work and family and desperately need a retreat, but I just can’t get away. I’ve tried sitting quietly for a few minutes every day to clear my mind, but it’s not the same. Any suggestions?

Devon