2747 Pali HighwayHonolulu, Hawaii 96817

(808) s9s-310sA ssccpali@rcchawaii.orgfl facebookcom/st.stephenpali

OFFICE HOURS:Tues-Thurs: 9:00 am to 5:00 pmMon, Fri &Sat: 9100am to 12:00pm

PASTOR

Fr. Mario Raquepo

STAFFDeacon Ronald ChooSister Marykutty Kottuppallil, MSMHCRosemary Hashimoto, Secretary

FAITH FONMATION

CCDChildrcnVelma Guieb-Mamuad

Youth & CanfinnationRosemary Hashimoto tinterim)

a. c. L.4.Debbie Fujiyama

Pafish Scipture GroupsFrancis Jordan

PARISH MINTSTRIES

Homebound & Berea oementVirginia Jordan & Helen Luke

HospitalityTBA- (SaturdayVigil)

Donald Yee (Sunday)

Altar SenserNicole Heafner

Liturgical MusicLeka Leaeno (Saturday Vigil)

Stanley Wong (Sunday)

LectorBeverly Perry

Ho$r Communion at MassJennifer Tamayo

SccristyCeline Asato & David Tom

Justice & PeaceTBA

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(Respect Life)TBA

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(Aloysius Food Pantry)791

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(Family Promise Hawaii)

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS

Pastoral CouncilPatricia silva

Steuards hip / Dis cipleship CouncilBernard Ho (interim)

Finance CouncilJames Solidum (interim)

Liturey CommissionTBA

Buildinc/ Planning C ommitteeLoretta Chee & Richard Leong

Social FelloushipSui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew

WEEKEND MASS CONFESSION

SATURDAY(MainChurch)............4:oopm SATURDAY 3:oo-3:3opmSUNDAY (chapel) ........................ 7:15 am SUNDAY 8:45 - 9:15 am

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

WEEKDAY MASSChapelofSt Catherine

MONDAY-SATURDAY Siooam

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

Holy Rosary before Mass

-I-V|SITATIONOFTHES!CK: Priest and Homebound Ministers are available to visitthe infirm or hospitalized. Please contact the Parish. For sacramentalemergency, call595-31-05 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 Churchto participate in the preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony. Couples

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

FUNERALARRANGEMENTS; Kokua! Please contact your Church prior to makingarrangements with a funeral home

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

NEwPARISHIONERS: If you would like to become a parishioner of SL Stephen,please use forms available at the entrance of the Church or contact the office

E KOMO MAI

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GOOD NEWS

r Kings e9:9a, 11-13a / Romans 9:r{ I Matthew 14:22-33

We've been fortunate to make several trips to Hawaii. On one trip, we saw

lava flowing from a vent on a volcano. l'll never forget it or the offerings ofpineapples, leis, and other things native Hawaiians make to Pele, the

volcano goddess. The volcano erupts when Pele is angry; when it is quiet,

Pele has gone underground.

Great displays of power and destruction are often con-nected with divine

activity, so it seems strange that the Lord doesn't appear to Elijah in

manifestations of wind, earthquake, or fire. Rather, God speaks out ofsilence, and his first words to Elijah are, "Why are you here?"

That's a wondedul question for us today. Why are we here celebrating the

Eucharist? ls it obligation only, or is there something more?

l'd like to think we come to Mass to hear the silence of God calling to our

hearts, Here we can meet God face to face in the Word, in the priest, in one

another and, most intimately, in the bread and wine that is his Body andglood. We take him into ourselves so we won't be like Peter, who wa.lked

into the middle of a storm and began thinking the storm would destroy him

like an angry god.

Rather, we gather at Mass so we can fix our minds and hearts on Christ,

whose power is so great that it needn't manifest itself in destruction but

who, with a word, can calm every storm and take us safely into his care.

Mary Katharin e Deeley sundaybulletin @ liguori' org

ALOYSIUS TOM FOOD PA.NTRY

Mahalo for your generous donations to the Food Pantry.

STEW\FIDSHIP OF OUR LORD

QL'OIEOFTHE\AEK.... ..Afterthey got into the boat, the wind died down. Those who were in the

boat did him homage, saying, -Truly, you are the Son of God''""

Matthew4:jj

Weekly Offerings(Augz& 3, zor4)

Saturday 4:oo pm Mass

7n5 am Mass

93o am Mass

TotaiOffering

DonationslCollections

VotiveOffering

Elevator donation

FuneralDonation

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Ma rta {o for g o u r fait fifu { s erut ec an d contin u e{3 enerosi fY !

Saturday, August 9:

4:oo p.m. Mass: All Families

Sunday, August 10:

7:15 a.m. Mass: All Familiesg:3o arn Mass: + Anthony Baron

Monday, August 11:

8 am Mass: t Van Toai

Tuesday, August 12:

8 am Mass: t Fr. Alan Nagai

Wednesday, August t3:

8 am Mass: Susie Petri-heo/lng

Thurcdan August r4:8 am Mass: f Siew Choo Ong

Friday, August 15:

8 am Mass: SOLEMNITYAssumption of the BlessedVkgin Mary

SaturdayrAugust 6:8 am Mass: + Amelia dela Rosa

requested by Marissa Abcede

For the sick & homebound:ROLAND ALBARADO, MARGARET

ROBELLO, HARRY BENDER, JOE

CHANG, DON YEE

For the recently deceased:DAVID LIU, BOBBY LOWE, ETHEL

LEE, ELLEN SHAM, PATSYTAM,

GWENDOLYN JOSEPH, HAZEL

ANDRADE, MARIA GUIEB, MERRY

CRIS HO, YVONNE PACARRO,

BERNADETTE RANNEY, ETHEL AU,

GINNY STAHL, PAULWONG,TONY BARON, MABEL LUKE

8/ro Miriam McWaYneRaymond Teves

8/rr Takeo MiuraJayne CaPol

Raymond Teves

El:.z Castro NacarioChristina RodriguesJames Hashimoto

Sl:il Modesto TumarderMaryAyres

8lr+ George Robello, Sr.

Taeko AriyoshiJoaquin Gabriel

8/rS Theresa Saxton

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CCD

Aug 15th-Hip hop

YOUTH

Aug 15th-Hip hop

Parish Scripture Groups

Wed. August t3th9:15 a.m. & 7:oo p.m.

R.C.I.A.

Sign up for next cycle

Monday, August fl:6:30 p,m. Master Building Plan

lmplementation Team

TuesdaS August t2:

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

7;oo p.m. Liturgy Planning

Wednesday, August 13:

8:3o a.m.-6:45 p.m.Eucharistic Adoration

Thursday, August 14:

7:oo p.m. (Sun.) Choir practice

Friday, August 15:

Admissions Dcy (State Haliday)6:00 p.m. - Hiphop nite

Nextweeh: August 16 817Altar server:

[Sot] -Marian, JP, George Houle

[Sun] - Zachary Choo & Nalu Aki

Lector:

fsat] - Randy Tom/Teresa Bryan

[Sun] -sweetie Pacarro, FrankJordan

EMHC;

[Sct] - valerie Low, olive Houle

[Sun] * Helen Luke, GwenKurahara, Sandy Wong

Collection Counting: Team 3Church Cleaners: Lorraine Albarado,Caroline Hasegawa, Velma Mamuad

INSTALI.-ATION MI\SS

We welcome Bishop Larry Silva as our celebrant at the 9:3o a.m. Mass. FatherMario will be installed as our pastor. We are very grateful to the Bishop and toFather Mario for serving our parish. Mahalo to our council members who do so

much. We pray for Father Mario to have a long and fruitful tenure at St.

Stephen.

PFTAY FOR OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS

We were saddened to learn of the death of 5r. Florence Remata, Provincialforthe Sisters of St. Francis. Her Funeral seruices are Monday, August 18 at 5t.Pius X Church with Visitation - 3:3o - 4:45 p.m. And Mass of the Resurrection- 5roo p.m. with reception to follow. Burial Service - Tuesday, August r9,gloo a.m. Diamond Head MemorialCemetery

A,UGUST 1s-FEAST OF THE ^ASSUMPTION

. . ls NOT a Holy Day of Obligation in Hawaii or Guam. Our Mass will be

celebrated in the chapel at 8:oo a.m. (see belowfor evening event information)

MOVIE NIGHT

Saturday, August r6th After the 4:oo p.m. Pot luck supper at 5:oo P.m. and

movie begins at 6:oo p.m. Father Mario's pick Heaven isfor Real

ALTAR SERVER TR/AINING-August 24ttr

Calling Altar Servers! Training on Sunday August z4th at 8:oo a.m. All thosewho have received First Holy Communion may serve at the Table of the Lord.

Please see sign up. REMINDER: Altar Server Commissioning and appreciationis September e4th at 9:3o a.m. Mass.

FAITH FORMATION

Religious Education CCD-Registration August 3r and Sept. 7. Please have a

copy of your child's Baptism certificate. Classes begin Sept. 21 at B:oo a.m. We

look forward to getting back into our Faith Formation classes. (Hip hop Friday)

Youth-August 15th will be a hip-hop night with Mary Rose Timmons. 5:oo

p.m. for pizza. Event starts at 6:45 p.m. Also Save the date October z5th forDiocesan Youth day. The early registration is extended to August zoth.Parish Scripture Grou5Studies continue Wednesday mornings and

evenings. We would like to begin another group for anyone interested inanother time.R.C.l.A.-Rite of Christian lnitiation of Adults will be starting up again soon. lfthere is anyone you know who would like to join the Catholic Church or is in

need of Sacraments, please see Debbie Fujiyama or contact the office.

HOUSEKEEPING

. The Marian Grotto almost completed. Mahalo to allthose who helped withthe transplanting of the flowers and to Gerald Soon and his workers forsuch a beautifuljob. The hardest part was getting the Blessed Mother up

on the stand.

Monday,Augu$ 11St.Oare,Virgin

Erekiel 1:2-5,24*18Matthew 17:22-27

Tuday,Ar4gu$ 12St. Jane Frances de Chantal

Erekiel2;8-3:4Matthew I 8: I -5,10,1 2-14

\AEdnesday,AWuS 13St. Pontian, PopeandSt. Hippolytus, Priest,

Martyrs

Ezekiel 9 :l -7 ; 1 0 :l 8-22Matthew l8:15-20

Thurday,AlrguS 14St. Maximillian Kolbe

Ezekiel l2:l-12Matthew l8:21 " 19:l

kiday,Atgu$ 15TheAssumption of the

Bless€d Virgin MaryRevelation I l:l9a; I 2:l-6, 10

1 Corinthians I 5 :20*-27Luke 1:39-56

Saturday,AuguS 16St. Stephen of Hungary

Ezekiel 18:1-10, 13, 30-32Matthew l9:13-15

$ADAlAuguS 1720th in OrdinaryIsaiah 56:1, 6-7

Romans ll:.13-15,29-32Matthew 1521-28

dear PADRE

When I pray a rffiry, $o'rld I be thinking abcut Mary and

horv the Lad is with her, tr thinking abcut \ &idr dmde I'mm, ff\,vhat?

The rosary is a chant. It's similm to humming or singing toyourself as akind ofbackground music for your thoughts and

feelings. Praying the rosary is a kind of background music as

you link your life eryerience with the life of Jesus.

This is the point of what are called the mysteries of therosary, scenes from the life of Jesus. The twenty mysteries ofChrist are the five joyful mysterieg the five sorrowfulmysteries, the five glorious mysteries, and the five luminousmysteries.

I,et Jesus'mother and her Hail Marys guide your meditation.As with chant or background musico you may seem to bepaymg no attention to them even as they keep you going.

Dont be discouraged if your thoughts wander all over theplace. Thd's part of the secret of the rosary: It opens yourdeeper selfto you and to God. The important thing is to wantto pray, to walk with Mary, to honor and love Jesus.

Like all prayer, the rosary is a power. It's shaping you andguiding you evon when what you feel is nothing and whatyou think is anything and everything.

FR. JO H N H AMRO GU E, C SsR sundaybulletin@ liguori.org

The great Feast of the Assumpticn

Celebrated every year on August r5 theFeast of the Assumption of the Blessed

Virgin Mary commemorates the death ofMary and her bodily assumption intoHeaven, before her body could begin todecay--a foretaste of our own bodilyresurrection at the end of time. Because

it signifies the Blesse.d Virgin's passing

into eternal life, it is the most importantof all Marian feasts and a Holy Day ofObligation (Diocese of Honolulu is

exempt)