2747 Pali HighwayHonolulu, Hawaii 968r.7

[BoB) ses-310sssccpali@rcchawaii.org

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OFFICE HOURS:Tues-Thurs: 9:00 am to 5:00 pmMon, Fri & Sat: 9:O0 am to 12:00 pm

PASTORFr. Mario Raquepo

STATFDeacon Ronald ChooSister Marykutty Kottuppallil, MSMHCRosemary Hashimoto, Secretary

FAITH FORMATION

CCI)-ChildrenVelma Guieb-Mamuad

Ysuth & ConfirrnatianRosemary Hashimoto (interim)

Debbie FujiyamaPori,si: Srripf rr e firoaps

Francis Jordan

PARISH MINISTRIES

Ilomebounti & EereauernentVirginia Jordan & Helen Luke

HaspitalityTBA- (SaturdayVigil)

Donald Yee (Sunday)

Akcr SerxerNicole Heafner

Litutgicat MusicLeka Leaeno (Saturday Vigil)

Stanley Wong (Sunday)

LectarBeverly Perry

l*>!y Canmu*ion *f MassJennifer Tamayo

Sacrist'lCeline Asato & David Tom

Ju.stice & PeaceTBA_ (RespectLife)

TBA

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(Aloysius Food Pantry)TBA

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(Family Promise Hawaii)

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS

Fcrstoral CauncilPatricia 5ilva

Stere,crdsAip/0 is ci p le s hi p C oen cilBernard Ho (interim)

Finonce CouncilJames Solidum (interim)

Liturgv Commi.ssionTBA

Buildinei Plan n i ng C om mit t ee

Loretta Chee & Richard Leong

Sacial FellalrshipSui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew

WEEKEND MASS

SATURDAY (MainChurch) 4:oo pm

SUNDAY (Chapel)........... 7:15 am(Main Church) .... 9:3O am

WEEKDAY MASSChapel of St. Catherine

MONDAY* SATURDAY 8:oo dm

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CONFESSION

SATURDAY 3:oo - 3:45 pm

SUNDAY 8:45 - 9:15 am

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

Holy Rosary before Mass

vlstTATloNoFTHESICK: Priest and Homebound Minisiers 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 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 pariicipate in the preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony. Couples

should contact the office for Marriage Preparation at least 6 months before thewedding

FUNERAL ARRANGEME NTS; Kokua! Please contact your Church prior tomaking arrangements with a funeral home i/'1,;i,,,,'rl:; rtn 'i'ua:;r!itj','l'ittii ::titi.\' tr l:;ititit'i

PAR,SHIONERS: When changing address/telephone, or moving out of theParish, please kindly noti$/ 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 NIAI

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GOCID NE\fVS

Zechariah g:g-:,o lRomans 8:9, u-l-3 / Matthew 11:25-30

One day when my children were youn9, we went on a walk around theneighborhood. We encountered two girls who were about five and six years old.

The elder child had her arm around the younger and was saying convincingly,

"l'll tell you how it goes. l'll tell you what to do, and you do it." The five-year-old,

alleyes, nodded atthe wisdom of these words. lsmiled as lthought, "lt would

be nice if the world were so simple.';

Our readings today present the deceivingly simple solution to demands and

temptations. lt's as though God is saying, "l will tell you how it goes."

ln the face of war and devastation, Zechariah shows us the God of peace, who

rides a donkey but whose justice lasts forever.

ln the face of hunger, anger, and oppression, the psalmist prays to God, who

is slow to anger and abounds in mercy, who raises up the fallen and satisfies the

desire of every living thing, and whose reign lasts forever.

ln the face of death of body and spirit, Paul talks about the life that can be

ours if we but open ourselves to the Spirit of God.

And Jesus-seeing that we are burdened by temptations, the expectations ofothers, and the laws that oppress rather than help us live-invites us to become

like children, to take off the heavy yoke that binds and put on the yoke of Christ,

a yoke that gives life.

ls he telling us what to do? Yes.

All that's left is for us to do it.Mary Katharine Deeley sundaybulletin@liguori.org

ALOYSIUS TOM FOOD PANTRY

Saturday, July 5:

4:oo p.m. Mass:+ Benjamin & Alison Tom

Sunday, July 6:

7:15 a.m. Mass: t Agnes Silva

9:3o am Mass: All Families

Monday, July 7:

8 am Mass:t Fr. George Kottuppallil

Tuesday, July 8:

8 am Mass: + Soo Family

Wednesday, July 9:8 am Mass: t Van Toai

Thursday, July to:8 am Mass: + You Yuen Wong

requested by Katherine Wong

Friday, July tt:8 am Mass: Holy Communion

Saturday, July tz:8 am Mass: t Becky Rojas

For the sick & homebound:ROLAND ALBARADO, MARGARET

ROBELLO, HARRY BENDER, MABEL

LUKE, JOE CHANG, DON YEE

For the recently deceased:MARTIN LUKE, DAVID LIU, BOBBY

LOWE, ETHEL LEE, ELLEN SHAM,

PATSYTAM, GWENDOLYN

JOSEPH, HAZEL ANDRADE, MARIAGUIEB, MERRY CRIS HO, YVONNEPACARRO, BERNADETTE RANN EY,

ETHEL AU, GINNY STAHL, PAUL

woNG, TONY BARON

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Ronald Brazer

Valentina Manayan

Clement ChingHarold Dang

Paulino FernandezJohn DamasKathleen Awakuni

Tlrt Joseph FrancoBecky Rojas

Mahalo for your generous donations to the Food Pantry.

STEIA/ARDSHIP OF OUR LORD

OUOTE OF TI-IT WEEK

".. Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest'

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart;

and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light..."Matthew n=9-jo

Weekly Offerings(June z8 & 29, zot4)

Saturday 4:oo pm Mass

7t5 am Mass

9:jo am Mass

T*tsl CIffering

Donationsf Colnections

Votive Offering

Peter's Pence

Facilities Repair & Maintnc

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CCD

July tz-Martyrs of China

July tg-Learn how to sew

YOUTH

July rz-Martyrs of China

Parish Stripftire Groups

Wed. July 9th9:15 a.m. & 6:3o p.m.

R.C.I.A.

Sign up for next cycle

Tuesday, July 8:

4:os *.*'r. {$at"} {h*ir Fraciic*

Wednesday, July 9:8:3* =*l-g;** =.r*.trJc.nariSilc litroratNGn

Thursday, July to7:tr+ p"!-'?" iS*r:.) (hoir practice

Saturday, July te;

B;os p.i-.r. Fellcr..sship ceiebratisnof eh* Chii:*se fllartyrs

Next Weeh: July 12th I 13th

Altar server:

[sat] -[Sun] - Ma<kenzie Martines an<i

Genesls l'*ai:n

Lector:

[Sat] - se=-id Fi*ulelF'arrdy Tom

[S un] -vc'uti"r/sever!y Ferr,v

EMHC:

[Sat] - #laris & Krisiyn I*o

[5un] * J**i;'ienr':iier Tair, svo,L*rraig:e Albarad+,Mei"iarii Ladriilcno

Ctcllection Counting: Team z

Church Cleaners: {arry:en R+ias, Se:?+;-r':. Randy Torrr, futariha Chock, h*arcy

tr*eafrier, fuiike Lorv, Tom Car:':acho

WELCOME FATHER M^ARlO-JulY Cth

We welcome our new pastor this week, Father Mario Raquepo. Please join

your parish for potluck brunch following the July 6th 9:3o a.m. Mass.

PRAY FOR OUR FRIENDS AI\ID FAMILV

Please prayforthe repose of the soul of Anthony Baron who died last week

and for his family. His Funeral Mass will be July rSth at 10:oo and visitation

9:oo a.m. with a Vigil Service at 7:oo on July r7th.

Please prayforthe repose of the soul of FatherAlan Nagai.

- Vigil Service will be July r5th at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace at 6:oo

p.m. with visitation from 5:oo p.m.

- Funeral Mass on July e6th at Our Lady of Good Counsel at ro:oo a.m. withvisitation at 9:oo a.m.

- Burialto follow at z:oo p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

TASTE OF CHII\IA: CELEBRATION SF TI-IE CI{}NESE MA}tT/RS

July rzth following the Saturday 4:oo p.m. Mass. Please join your parish in

celebrating the Holy Martyrs of Chiha. The blood of the martyrs is the seed ofthe Church. (Tertullian). We are grateful for their love for God and his people.

One of the more well-known native maftyrs was a 14-year-old Chinese girl

named Ann Wang, who was killed during the Boxer Rebellion when she

refused to apostasize. She bravely withstood the threats of her totturers,and just as she was about to be beheaded, she radiantly declared, "The door

of heaven is open to all" and repeated the name of Jesus three times.cath o li cn ews ag e n cY. co m

SPECiI\L COLLECTION

June z8 & z9 The Holy Father's Peter's Pence -Thank you for your generous

support of our Holy Father's work in the Peter's Pence Collection. Our

contributions will be combined with those from our brothers and sisters

around the world to help the Holy Father provide essential relief to people in

need. Your generosity is an act of solidarity with the universal Church,

answering the call to become a witness of charity. May God bless you'

Juty re & rz Seminarian Education Fund-We need more priests and

seminarians need your help to become priests. Support the Seminarian Fund

on July az_:3. Many young men have answered this call. You can answer as

well, through your prayers, encouragement and generous financial support as

they continue to discern and follow God's calltot he priesthood.

HOUSEKEEPING

. As per Fr. Khanh's request, the locks to the Parish Hall were changed in

preparation for Fr. Mario's coming.

The office will be closed July ro & rr to complete the painting and

renovation of the bathrooms and office in the SPAM building.

The Marian Grotto is being built. Thank you for your patience as we

relocate our Blessed Mother to the front of the Church.

Monday, J.rly 7Ath Week in Ordinary

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V\bdnesday, J.tly 9St. AugustineZhao Rong &

Companions

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dear PADRE

My aunt tdd me la$ we& that the Blcsed Mcther has bwr appearing

to her fu wtral )€ars I said it was ju$ hu imaginaticn, and dre

o.mttre{ 'Tf *re ould appear to Saint Bqnaddtg why cant dre

appear to me?' Hov *ro.rld I answer that?

Dear Dillon,

Dillcn

fuk your aunt what these revelations are about. Is the Blessed

Mother telling her to go to Mass every week, to be good tothe poor, to say her prayers? If she is, I wouldn't be tooconcerned.

If however, your aunt says the Blessed Mother is telling herto sell her house or quit her job, or if she feels compelled toshare these revelations with otherso I would be moreconcerned.

The Catdrisn of the Catholic Churdr is very clear on

appmitions: "Throughout the ages, some [private revelations]have been recognized by the authority of the Church-...Guided by the magisterium..., the sur$sfiddiumknows howto discern and welcome in these revelations whatever

constitutes an authentic call of Christ or his saints to theChurch" (67).

Your aunt's sncounters with Mmy might be her imagination,or they might be something more. Your aunt should ask herpastor to recommend a spiritual director, someone she can

talk this over with and who can help her discern what willbring her closer to Jesus.

Patrid< Kryes, C SsR *rndaltulldin@ ligoi.ug

On July 9 the Church celebrates the "Chinese men and women of every

feast of the rzo Martyrs of China. age and state, priests, religious

Religious persecution has a long and lay people, showed the same

history in China, especially conviction and joy, sealing theirpersecution of Christians, unfailing fidelity to Christ and thethousands of whom have died for Church withtheir faith in the last millennium. the gift of theirOn October i-t 2ooo, Pope John lives," said the [' -Paul ll canonized rzo men, women, Holy Father f ^.rand children who gave their lives during thefor the faith in China between the canonization.years 1648 and r93o.

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