320 W. Garvey Ave. Monterey Park, CA 91754

Saint Stephen Martyr

Catholic Church

“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.”

Fr. Joseph Magdaong

Administrator

Fr. Ali Kanissius

Associate

Armando & Irene Estrada

Deacon Couple

Monica Gonzales-Diaz

Business Manager

Alicia Vazquez

Office Manager

Beatriz Garcia

Dale Ann Torbey

Secretaries

Christina Arellano, Principal

Tel. (626) 573-1716

St. Stephen Martyr School

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)

Reconciliation

Saturdays 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm No Evening Hours

Tuesday thru Friday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Closed 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Saturday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

Fourth Sunday in

Ordinary Time

January 29, 2017

Tel. (626) 573-0427

E-mail:

st.stephen.martyr@gmail.com

website: ststephenmpk.org

The Beatitudes: Everyone has a great desire to be happy. Many offer suggestions and even write books on keys to a happy life. Today’s gospel, the Beatitudes as part of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, is the Catholic roadmap to attain happiness in life. What Jesus continues to ask us to do are totally opposite of what the world tells us on how to achieve happiness. The central point of Jesus’ teach-ing focuses on the fact that we create happiness by radiating our blessed life to others. Jesus calls us to be detached from material things: letting go of the unessential things in life and give more to the poor and needy. He wants us to care for our loved ones and value the relationships, especially of those broken relationships having resulted from anger. We need to always be hum-ble; we need to credit God’s involvement in our successes. It is not by our own might and intellect that we can achieve success in life--apart from God’s love for us. God also desires us to be merciful. Not only are we called be em-pathetic with those who suffer, but we must be willing to walk in their shoes as well. With a clean heart, we are challenged to joyfully serve our Lord with all our abilities to glorify God’s kingdom, not for our own self-interest. Jesus wants us to feel His presence in the small and ordinary events of our everyday lives. It is imperative for us to be peacemakers, not simply peace-lovers; we must proactively promote harmony within our family and community. We need to go out of our way to reconcile quar-rels. St. Paul reminds us in the second reading that God “chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise.” Therefore, there is no excuse for us not to fol-low Christ so that we too may enjoy this blessed life.

Please join the

Knights of Columbus in the Parish Hall this

Sunday, January 29th

Breakfast will be served after all of the morning Masses. The cost will

be $5.00 per person per person.

Join Fr. Joseph for a monthly Bible Study

on the 3rd Wednesday of each month in the

Church after the Novena Mass.

All are welcome

January 14th & 15th $5,262.86

Second Collection $794.83

Wednesday Novena Mass $55.00

Friday Night Mass $26.00

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND COMMITMENT

TO YOUR PARISH

This weekends second collection In honor of Catholic Schools week will be for the Parish

School.

Next weekends second collection will be for Parish Needs.

Donation statements for the 2016 fiscal year will be mailed to all registered

parishioners.

Thank you for your continued support of our parish.

Legion of Mary meets

every Wednesday

at 5pm in Room 2.

The meeting is followed by a Novena Mass

at 6:30pm in the Church.

Junior Legion of Mary

meets every Friday

from 5:00 to 6:30 in Room 2

First Friday

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Your are invited to participate during the day

on February 3rd from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm

in the Church.

Come and spend time in prayer.

The flame of the Paschal candle symbolizes

the eternal presence of Christ, light of the

world in the midst of his people; he who is

the Second Person of the Trinity, the Alpha

and Omega. The Paschal candle is

sometimes referred to as the "Easter

candle" or the "Christ candle."

The cost of this years Paschal candle will be

$700.00. Please contact the parish office if

you would like to make a donation towards the purchase

in honor of a family member(s) or loved one.

SAVE THE DATE OUR NEXT PARISH

RESTAURANT FUNRAISEER WILL BE ON

THURSDAY, FEBURAY 9TH AT BLAZE PIZZA IN ALHAMBRA.

LOOK FOR THE FLIER IN NEXT WEEKENDS BULLETIN

A Few Minutes of Prayer

in the Home

Daily prayer books are available for purchase in the

Parish Office for $1. These prayer books include the dai-

ly readings, prayers and reflection for the entire month.

NEW / USED / BROKEN

RELIGIOUS ITEMS NEEDED

The Legion of Mary is collecting religious items for their

ministry. Items needed include new, used and broken

crosses, medals, scapulars rosaries and holy cards.

Please bring your donated items to the parish office.

Thank you for your generosity and support.

A BIG “THANK YOU” TO OUR PARISHIONERS FROM SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN PARISH COMMITTEE

We asked for your contribution to the January 14-15 Se-cond Collection to make site safety improvements for our church and school facilities, and you generously gave us $1,968.86. Your extraordinary contribution enables us to (1) purchase the necessary supplies to complete all site safety improvements, (2) subsidize tuition for two parishioners to be trained in April 2017 by the Archdi-ocese of Los Angeles to be VIRTUS facilitators, so that trainings and refreshers can be given to St. Stephen pa-rishioners and volunteers in English, Spanish and Indone-sian languages, and (3) invite speakers and plan activities to celebrate and improve awareness of the National Child Abuse Prevention Month (April). We thank you very much for your support. May God bless you and keep you al-ways.

Las Bienaventuranzas: Todo el mundo tiene un gran deseo de ser feliz. Muchos ofre-cen sugerencias e incluso escribir libros sobre las claves de una vida feliz. El evangelio de hoy, las Bienaventuranzas como parte del Sermón del Monte de Jesús, es la hoja de ruta católica para alcanzar la felicidad en la vida. Lo que Jesús sigue pidien-do que hagamos es totalmente opuesto a lo que el mundo nos dice sobre cómo lograr la felicidad. El punto central de la ense-ñanza de Jesús se centra en el hecho de que creamos felicidad irradiando nuestra bendita vida a otros. Jesús nos llama a desprendernos de las cosas materiales: dejar ir las cosas no esenciales en la vida y dar más a los pobres y necesitados. Él quiere que cuidemos a nuestros seres queridos y valoremos las relaciones, especialmente de aquellas relaciones rotas que han resultado de la ira. Necesitamos ser siempre humildes; Nece-sitamos acreditar la participación de Dios en nuestros éxitos. No es por nuestro propio poder e intelecto que podemos lograr el éxito en la vida - aparte del amor de Dios por nosotros. Dios también desea que seamos misericordiosos. No sólo somos llamados empathetic con los que sufren, pero debemos estar dispuestos a caminar en sus zapatos también. Con un corazón limpio, somos desafiados a servir alegremente a nuestro Señor con todas nuestras habilidades para glorificar el reino de Dios, no para nuestro propio interés. Jesús quiere que sintamos Su presencia en los eventos pequeños y ordinarios de nuestra vida cotidiana. Es imperativo para nosotros ser pacificadores, no simplemente amantes de la paz; Debemos promover proactiva-mente la armonía dentro de nuestra familia y comunidad. Necesitamos salir de nuestro camino para conciliar las dispu-tas. San Pablo nos recuerda en la segunda lectura que Dios "escogió a los necios del mundo para avergonzar a los sabios". Por lo tanto, no hay excusa para no seguir a Cristo para que también nosotros podamos disfrutar de esta bendita vida.

Estados de donaciones correspondientes al año 2016 seran enviarán por correo a todos

los feligreses registrados a finales de enero.

Gracias por su apoyo continuo a nuestra parroquia.

SE NECESITAN ARTÍCULOS RELIGIOSOS NUEVOS / USADOS / ROTOS

El grupo Legión de María está recolectando artículos religiosos para su ministro. Se necesitan cruces, medallas, rosarios escapularios y estampitas. Por fa-vor de coloqar sus artículos dentro de la caja que esta ubicada en el vestíbulo de la iglesia. Gracias for su generosidad y apoyo.

El Ministerio de Oración “Luz del Espirtu Santo”

Los invita a orar, alabar, glorificar al Señor y darle gracias 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.

5 minutos de Oracion en el Hogar Los misales con oraciones diarias están disponibles en la

Oficina Parroquial por 1$. Estos misales incluyen las lecturas di-arias, oraciones y reflexións para el mes entero.

MUCHAS "GRACIAS" Les pedimos su contribución para una segunda colecta el 14-15 de Enero para mejorar la seguridad en de nuestra y las instalaciones escolares, y generosamente coletamos $1,968.86. Su contribución extraordinaria nos va a permite (1) comprar los suministros necesarios para completar todas las mejoramintos de seguridad, (2) subsidiar la matrícula pa-ra que dos feligreses puedan ser entrenados en abril de 2017 por el Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles para ser facilitadores de VIRTUS, para que podamos entrenar a nuestro ministros (3) poder invitar a oradores y planificar actividades para celebrar y mejorar la toma de conciencia del Mes Nacional de Pre-vención del Maltrato Infantil (abril). Muchas gracias por su apoyo. Que Dios los bendiga y los guarde siempre.

Exposición del Santísimo

Estas cordialmente invitado a participar el

día 3 de febrero de 9:00am a 7:00 pm en la

iglesia a la adoración del santísimo.

Ven a pasar tiempo en oración durante

estos tiempo.

DESAYUNO Acompañe a los Caballeros de Colón

en el salon parroquial hoy

domingo, 29 de enero

Desayuno sera servido después de todas las misas.

El costo será de $5.00 por persona por persona.

WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2017 5:00 pm St. Stephen Parishioners SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2017 7:00 am Luciano Cambiaso (D) Yolanda De Los Angeles (D) 9:00 am Esperanza Garcia (D) Irineo Garcia (D) Antonio Perez (D) 11:00 am Jose & Josefa Fernandez (D) Yolanda Martinez (D) MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2017 8:30 am Luciano Cambiaso (D) TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017 8:30 am Luciano Cambiaso (D) Josefa Fernandez (D) Souls in Purgatory WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2017 8:30 am Maria Marcos Alvero (D) Angela Love (L) Lisa Prado (L) 6:30 pm Luciano Cambiaso (D) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2017 8:30 am Luciano Cambiaso (D) All Souls FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2017 8:30 am Luciano Cambiaso (D) Aborted Babies 7:00 pm St. Stephen Parishioners SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2017 8:30 am Luciano Cambiaso (D) Lost Souls

Frances Salaises, Kitty

Carlucci, Liza Anne

Sesti, Ana Nunez,

Elaine Denery, Jose Galicia Sr., Connie Gonzales, Norma Salazar,

Michlina Kubek, Maria Cervantes, Maria Gonzalez, Jeanine Grego-

ry, Peggy Jasso, Elena Dulay, Alex Vasquez, Armando Loo, An-

namae Koch, Rita Thoms, Elizabeth Dodge, Virginia Medina, Rita

A. Durazo, Ernest Durazo, Rudy Barraza, Sally Sandoval, Emilia

Rodriguez, Dominic, Jason, Rose Valdez, Antonia Castaneda, Na-

talia Castaneda, Kathy Garcia, Helen Lawrence, Sandy Aguiar, Ma-

ria 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, Vic Panganiban, Concepcion Rodriguez, Elizabeth

Canadas, Phil Cisneros, Kenneth Adler, Carol Tollstrup, Eva Mon-

roy, Al Acosta, Susan Acosta, Angelica V. Rivas, David Perez, Do-

ris Lau, Sandy Adler, Ray Fratino, Mike Riffey, Linda McWeeney,

Nancy Perales, Florence Kreslake, D. Tam, A. Tam, Eduardo Agui-

lar, Elaine Hernandez, Javier Valdez & Family, Dora Gomez, Linda

Gomez, Francisco Paniagua

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?

Pay attention to and address risky behavior It is possible for children to abuse other children, and that when it happens, the effects can be devastating for the child who has been abused. As caregivers, make sure to notice any young people who are exhibiting be-haviors that are troublesome or inappropriate. Be there

to step in when high-risk behavior is present. Support the youth, and give him/her the opportunity to get professional help, to go to counseling with a therapist that is trained in this issue, and to talk with you about the challenges they are facing so that together you can find solutions. For a copy of the VIRTUS© article “Turning Our Attention to Teen and Youth Offenders,” email jvienna@la-archdiocese.org or call (213) 637-7227.

ST. STEPHEN BOOKSTORE

is open after each Mass, Saturday

and Sunday or by appointment.

12,000+ Gifts │ DVDs │ Books

│ Bibles │ Jewelry and accessories

Rosaries │ Devotional and

Religious Items │ Artwork.

One stop shop for Catholic gifts and

resources. Support the Saint Stephen

Bookstore. All donations of used or new items can be deliv-

ered directly to the bookstore." READINGS FOR THE WEEK

January 29th—February 5th

Sunday: Zep 2:3; 3:12-1; 1 Cor 1:26-31; Ps;

Mt 5:1-12

Monday: Heb 11:32-40; Ps 31:20 - 24; Mk 5:1-20

Tuesday: Heb 12:1-4; Ps 22:26b-28, 30-32;

Mk 5:21-43

Wednesday: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Ps 103:1-2, 13-14,

17-18a; Mk 6:1-6

Thursday: Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18;

Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22-32

Friday: Heb13:1-8; Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9abc;

Mk 6:14-29

Saturday: Heb 13:15-17, 20-21; Ps 23:1-6;

Mk 6:30-34

Sunday: Is 58:7-10; Ps 112:4-9; 1 Cor 2:1-5;

Mt 5:13-16