2747 Pali HighwayHonolulu, Hawaii 96817

(808J s9s-31056 ssccpali@rcchawaii.orgII facebook.com/slstephenpali

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

PASTOR

Fr. Khanh Pham-Nguyen

STATFDeacon Ronald ChooSister Marykutty Kottuppallil, MSMHCRosemary Hashimoto, Secretary

FAITH FORMATION

CCD-ChildrenVelma Guieb-Mamuad

Yourt & ConfirmationRosemary Hashimoto (interim)

R. C. t. A"Debbie Fujiyama

Parish Scripture GroupsFrancis Jordan

PARISH MINISTRIES

Homebound & BereaoementVirginia Jordan & Helen Luke

HospitalityTBA- (SaturdayVigil)

Donald Yee (Sunday)

,{ltar SenserNicole Heafner

Liturgical MusicLeka Leaeno (Saturday Vigil)

Stanley Wong (Sunday)

LectorBeverly Perry

Holy Communion at MassJennifer Tamayo

SaerisfyCeline Asato & David Tom

,Iustice & PeaceTBA- (RespectLife)

TBA

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(Aloysius Food Pantry)797

-(Family

Promise Hawaii)

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS

Pastoral CouncilPatricia Silva

Ste w ails h ip / Dis ciple s hip C o u n c ilBernard Ho (interim)

Finance CouncilJames Solidum (interim)

Liturgy CommissionTBA

Buildingl Planning CommitteeLoretta Chee & Richard Leong

Social FellowshipSui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew

WEEKEND MASS CONFESSION

SATURDAY(lvtcinChurch)-...........4:oopm SATURDAY 3:oo-3:45PmSUNDAYlchapel........................7:L5 am SUNDAY 8:45-9:15am

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

WEEKDAY MASSChapelofSt. Catherine

MONDAY-SATURDAY Srooam

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

Holy Rosary before Mass

-t-VISITAT|ONOFTHESICK: 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 marryz in the Churchto participate in the preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony. Couples

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

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS: Kokuo! Please contact your Church prior tomaking arrangements with a funeral home 6Funera ls on Tuesday, Thursday or Friday)

PARISHIONERS: When changing address/telephone, or moving out of theParish, please kindly notiff 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 KAMO TVTAI

SundaS of 'Oiutne Mur!

GOOD NEWSA<7s ztt 2-47 I 7. Peter e:33 / John zo:l9-3r

Exaltation, sincerity of heart, indescribable and glorious joy-these are the

words that describe the gathering of believers that formed the early Church

after Pentecost. Filled with the Spirit, they committed themselves to YheWay" by caring for one an-other, following the teaching of the apostles, and

breaking bread in their homes. lmagine going to Mass every week and being

greeted as an old friend or a new one, not worrying whether someone was

genuine, and feeling that something miraculous and new was in the world.

Why isn't it this way in every church? ln an age that demands proof, I

wonder whether we've grown suspicious of faith. ln a culture that thinks

most people have an angle, lwon-derwhetherwe have a hard time believing

that someone could love us so much that he would die for us'

Maybe we've all become a little more like Thomas in his doubt rather than

in his belief. I keep returning to Peter's words: "Although you have not seen

him you love him."It takes a remarkable faith to love someone you haven't seen. But parents

do it for their unborn children. We love those who have been taken from us

in death. lf we can love these, however imperfectly, surely we can love

Christ, who died that we might live. Surely we can strive to love all people,

known and unknown, because they are God's children.

ln the stories of the early Church, we see the evidence of love-joy and

compassion for all.What if every church could do this today?

MARY KATHAR I N E D EE LEY su ndayb u lleti n @ lig u ori. org

ALOYSIUS TOM FOOD PANTRY

Non perishable items and rice are neededforthe Food Pantry ministry assisting

5t. John the Baptist Parish in Kalihi-

STEWARDSHIP OF OUR LORD

SUOTE OF THE WEEK

". . ...Although you have not seen him you love him;

even though you do not see him now yet believe in him, ' ..

I Peter tg

Weekly Offerings(April 19 & zo, zor4)

EosterVigrl

9:3o am Mass

Total Offering

trtt6.oo

5,r66.oo

6,z8z.oo

Donationsfiollections

Votive Offering

Rice Bowl

Good FridaylHoly Land

86.oo

713.40

709.76

Martak for jour faifrtfufse*e and confinucdgentosi$ !

Saturday, April z6:

4:oo p.m. Mass: Merry Cris Ho

Sunday, April z7: :

7:15 a.m. Mass: Parish Families

g:3o am Mass: Parish Families

MondanApril z8:

8 am Mass: t Fidelma KS Khoo

Tuesdan April 19:

8 am Mass: t You Yuen Wong

WednesdanApril 3ol8 am Mass: t Florence Ho

Thursday, May t:8 am Mass: + Benigno Guieb

FridaS May z:

8 am Mass: + Anna

Saturdan May 3:8 am Mass: All the Sick

For the sick & homebound:ROLAND ALBARADO, MARGARET

ROBELLO, HARRY BENDER,

MABEL LUKE, JOE CHANG, DONYEE

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

LOWE, ETHEL LEE ELLEN SHAM,

PATSYTAM, GWENDOLYN

JOSEPH, HAZEL ANDRADE, MARIAGUIEB, MERRY CRIS HO, YVONNEPACARRO, LESTER MABERY,

FLORENCE HO, ETHELAU,GINNY STAHL, PAULWONG

4127 Beatrice Peltier

4zg ShineiMiyagi

r+lZo Laura Nobriga

5l:- Arthur NusserFrederico Cadiz, Sr.

Beningo V. GuiebClarence Lopes

Slz Jane Mikala LahilahiAki

5b Hing Kee Nip

CCD

AprilzT-ClassMay 4-May Crowning

YOUTH

April zTth-ParishPresentation

May 4th-{lass

Parish Scripturt Groups

Wed. April 3oth9:15 a.m. & 7:oo p.m.

R.C.I.A.

April zg-ClassMystagogia

Tuesday, April z9:

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

Wednesday, April 3o:8:30-9 am Eucharistic Adoration

Thursday, May t:7:oo p.m. (5un.) Choir practice

Sunday, May 4:9: oo a.m. May Crowning

NextWeeh: Msy394,2014Altar seruer:

[Sat] -tvtarian, John Paul, George

Houle

[Sun] -nachel Heafner, Maile

McGuinn, Jasmine Labrador, CarlyNakano

Lector:

fsat] - Michelle silva, David Houle

[5un] -aennet Chun, Ginny Jordan

EMHC

[Sot] * Valerie Low, Olive Houle

fsun] - Joel/Jennifer Tamayo,

Collection Counting: Team t

Church Cleaners Donna Louis, Gwen

Kurahara, Laura Chun, Debbie & Paul

Fuiiyama, Juanita Ruis

PFIAY FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Please pray for Paul K. Wong and for his family. Mr. Wong passed away on

April 6th just before Holy Week. His funeral Mass will be Monday, April z8 at

11:oo a.m. with visitation beginning at 9:3o and burial at 1:oo p'fn.

PARISH PRESENTATION-APriI 27

We are ever closer to accessibility for our Kupuna and families, find out more

after the g:3o a.m. Mass. Presentation by Mitsunaga & Associates. Father

Khanh has asked that this also be his aloha celebration.Today we also celebrate the Canonization in Rome of the two great popes.

Pope John XXllland Pope John Paul ll.

DTVINE MERCY SUND^AY

Divine Mercy chaplet will begin tomorrow after the Daily Mass in the chapel.

All interested are invited to join in this powerful Prayerforthe world.

Other Diocesan celebrations today: at Star of the Sea Church, Waialae-Kahala

$r.5 p.m.-Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet

Video talk on Pope John Paul ll (Father Donald Calloway)

3:oo p.m. -Mass celebrated by Bishop Larry Silva

FAMILY PROMISE HAWAII

Our week to host Family Promise is May rr-May r8. Mahalo to allthose who

have helped the last three visits. We will need families to prepare dinner and

help with clean up, overnight and set up and tear down. See the sign up sheet

if you can help in any of these areas.

NUUANU HALE MASS-MaY 1, 2074

During this Easter season we celebrate withPlease join our chorus of voices and Prayer

Thursday morning at g:3o a.m.our parishioners at Nuuanu Hale.

with our kupuna and residents.

MAY CROWNING

May 4th at 9:oo a.m. Parishioners are invited to join in honoring our Blessed

Mother, who brought us the Resurrected Savior of the Nations. We ask you tojoin in a decade of the rosary and if you are able offering of flowers.

CELEBFI,ATION OF ST. DAMIEN 15O YEAR ORDINATION

Friday May 9th - 6:00 p.m. Mass with the Parishes and 8:oo p.m. Concert at

Neal S. Blaisdell Arena.Saturday May roth - g:oo Mass with Bishop Larry Silva at the Cathedral ofOur of Peace and rr AM Rally at the Hawaii State Capitol

Wednesday, May 7th afterthe 8:oo a.m. Mass and closing with Benediction

at 6:45 p.m. This is followed by Parish Scripture Study. Lectors and other

Ministers are encouraged to attend to prepare for Sunday proclamation of the

Word of God. 0t rs also a great learning andfaith sharing experience.l

MONTHLY EUCH.A,RISTIC I\DOFTI\TION

Monday, AprillSActs 4:23*31John 3:1-8

Tuesdag, Apnl29St. Catherine of Siena

Acts 4:32-37John 3:7b-15

v,lednudag, Apfl 3o5t. Pius V

Acts 4:32-37Matihew 26:14-25

Thundaq,May 1

5t. Joseph the Worker

Acts 5:27*33John 3:31-36

Fnday,tAaVZ5t. Anthanasius, Bishop

Acts 5:3ut--42John 6:1-15

Saturday, May 35t Philip 6 5t. James

1 Corinthians 15:1-€John 14:6-14

5UNDAY, May4Third Sundag of €astep

Acts 2:14, 22--33l Peter 1:77-27Luke 24:13-€5

de dr PAD Rf,

A[y priut keeps ulking about the need for Catlnlia ta

"deepen our conuersion.' I'rn already Catlnlk. Wlut eke isthere n conuert to?

Many times we think of conversion as something thathappens only when someone joins the Catholic Church.But the word conuersionhas more than one meaning. As usedby your pries! it means to enter more deeply into a life offaith. As Catholics, we are indeed called to continualconversion-

I have a non-Catholic friend who has the date sheaccepted Christ on her Bible. I could putJanuary 8, 1962, onmy Bible because that's the date of my baptism, the day Iwas saved. At baptism I received the grace to convert dailywhen I am old enough to do so on my own.

But my conversion isn't something that happened once inthe past. It wasn't the last sacrament I received. It was thefirst sacrament I received as I began myjourney of faith. Wedeepen our faith and continue our conversion as we live thesacramental life ofthe Church.

This is seen most clearly througlr the sacraments ofEucharist and penance. Eucharist is something Catholicsparticipate in weekly, and most Catholics take part in thesacrament of penance at least once a year.

Why? Because we need to deepen our conversion.

FR. PATRICK KWES, CSsR sundaybulletin@liguori.org

Divine Mercy Sunday

During the course of Jesus' revelations to Saint Faustina on the DivineMercy He asked on numerous occasions that a feast day be dedicatedto the Divine Mercy and that this feast be celebrated on the Sundayafter Easter. The liturgical texts ofthat day, the 2nd Sunday of Easter,

concern the institution of the Sacrament of Penance, the Tribunal ofthe Divine Mercy, and are thus already suited to the request of OurLord. This Feast was granted to the Universal Church by Pope John

Paul ll on the occasion of the canonization of Sr. Faustina on 30 April2000. ln a decree dated 23 May 2OOg the Congregation for DivineWorship and the Discipline of the Sacraments stated that "fhroughoutthe world the Second Sunday of Easter will receive the name DivineMercy Sunday, a perennial invitation to the Christian world to face,with confidence in divine benevolence, the difficulties and trials thatmankind will experience in the years to come." These papal acts repre-sent the highest endorsement that the Church can give to a privaterevelation, an act of papal infallibility proclaiming the certain sanctityof the mystic, and the granting of a universal feast, as requested by

Our Lord to St. Faustina.