2747 Pali HighwayHonolulu, Hawaii 96817
(808j ses-310s
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OFFICE HOURS:Tues-Sat: 9:00 arn to 5:00 pmMonday 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
PASTOR
Fr. Khanh Pham-Nguyen
PERMANENT DEACONDeacon Ronald Choo
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTRosemary Hashrmoto
FAITH FORMATION
CCD-ChildrenVelma Guieb-Mamuad
Youth & Con{irmationRosemary Hashimoto (interim)
$" {. t" A"Debbie Fujiyama
P aris lr Scrip ture Cr"ou p sFrancis Jordan
PARISH MINISTRIES
Homebound & EereqaetnentVirginia Jordan & Helen Luke
I{aspitalityTBA- (SaturdayVigil)Donald Yee (Sunday)
Altar SeruerNicole Heafner
Liturgical MusicLeka Leaeno (Saturday Vigit)Stanley Wong lSunday)
LectorBeverly Perry
Iloly Cammurzion at MassJennifer Tamayo
SccrisfyCeline Asato & David Tom
Justice & PeaceTBA
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(Respect Life)TBA
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(Aloysius Food Pantry)TBA
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(Family Promise Hawaii)
PARISH ORGANIZATIONS
Pastoral CouncilPatricia 5ilva
Ste ut ard ship / D isc iple ship C a u ncilBernard Ho (interim)
Finance CouncilJames Solidum (interim)
Liturgy CootmissionTBA
Buitdins I P lanning CommitteeLoretta Chee & Richard Leong
Social Fellautship5ui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew
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WEEKDAY MASSChapel of St. Catherine
MONDAY_SATURDAY 8:ooam
Effi_VISITATIONOFTHESICK: Priest and Homebound Ministers are available to visitthe infirm or hospitalized. Please contact the parish. For sacramentalemergency, call595-3105 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 marry in the churchto participate in the preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony. couplesshould contact the office for Marriage Preparation at least 6 months before thewedding
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS: KoKua! Please contactyour Church prior tomaking arrangements with a funeral home {FLtnercrls on Tuesday, Thursttay or Friday)
PARISHIoNERS: when changing address/telephone, or moving out of theParish, please kindly notifi/ the office
NEW PARISH|oNERS: 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
CONFESSION
4:oo pm SATURDAY 3:oo - 3:45 pm7:15 am SUNDAY 8:45-9:15am9:3o am
DEVOTION & ADORATIONEucharistic Adoration ...... WED Mass
Holy Rosary before Mass
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Saturday, December zz:
4 pm Vigil: Parish Families
Sunday, December z3:
7:15 am Mass: Fr. Shay Auerbach
9:3o am Mass: Parish Families
Monday, December z4:
8 am Mass: No Mass
Tuesdan December z5:
8 am Mass: SOLEMNITY
Wednesday, December z6:
8 am Mass: t Eduardo Zabanal &
souls in pl,rgatory
Thursday, December z7:
8 am Mass: + Zacharias Baron
{axniversary}
Friday, December z8:
8 am Mass, f Eduardo Zabanal &
souls in purgatory
Saturday, December z9:
8 am Mass: Elaine Yamashita{he*li:zg}
For the sick & homebound:ROLAND ALBARADO, MARGARET
ROBELLO, HARRY BENDER, GINNY
STAHL, ETHEL AU, MABEL LUKE
For the recently deceased:JANE AKI, MARTIN LUKE, IRENE
JOHNSON, DAVID LlU, BOBBY LOWE,
BEN SANTOS, ETHEL LEE, JOHN
NASCI MENTO, WALLY CHANG,
FANNIE GORA, ELLEN SHAM, PATSY
TAM, GWENDOLYN JOSEPH, HAZEL
ANDRADE, MARIA GUIEB
tzlz3 Georgia VieirraEmiliana Tangonan
:-zlz4 Victoria Makulehua
:-zlz5 Violet FarmHarold Lum
tzlz6 James RobelloHilda Azevedo
tzlzT Antone PerreiraZacarias Baron
:-zlzS Beatrice Ferreira
Stephen BeczYnski
GCI8P hIEl^iSMicah 5:e-4a / Hebrews ro:5-eo / Luke e:39-45
I love short work weeks. A Monday holiday makes the rest of the week fly by even
though l'm forced to cram five days of work into four.
Does the same hold true for this final week of Advent, which is just two days
long? Today it's still Advent (ex-pectation, anticipation, preparation); in 48 hours, it
will be Christmas (fulflllment, completion, celebration). That's a quick turnaround.
How do we fit seven days of spiritual preparation into a few hours?
We can take a lesson from Mary, who first experienced the transition from
Advent expectation to the celebration of Christmas-through her own body. Mary's
preparation included a long journey "in haste" (at several months' pregnant, I
couldn't do anything "in haste," so to me this is an especially impressive feat!) to
see her also-pregnant cousin Elizabeth. The women's joy is palpable. Elizabeth's
recognition of Mary's blessedness speaks volumes about true spiritual preparation:
"Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be
fulfilled."
Mary believed that God would do what he said he would do. She believed God
keeps promises. This was the key to Mary's holiness-trusting that God would keep
his word.
Perhaps, in this short fourth week of Advent, instead of a spiritual cramming
session, we need only undertake this basic preparation for Christmas: Believe that
God keeps his promises. God has promised that we will not be alone; God has
promised that we need not be afraid; God has promised abundant life, both here on
Earth and through resurrection.
God kept his promise to Mary. Do we trust God will do the same for us?
Janel Esker I sundaf [email protected]
,qLOYSIUS TOM FOOD PANTRY
". Go to the poor: you will find God. ' ." St. Vincent de Paul (t58t-t66o)
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. . ..Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord
would be fulfilled.. .."Luke r:45
Weekly Offerings(December t5 & t6, zotz)
Sat 4:oo pm Mass
7t5 am Mass
9:3o am Mass
Total Affering
Donation s/Co I lections
Votive Offering
Painting
Master Plan
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Dec z3rd -B:3o
a.m. Practice
Dec z3rd -Caroling Nu'uanu Hale
Dec aoth-BreakJan 6th-join in the Epiphanycelebration, gifts and games
YOUTH
Dec aoth-planning for Jan 6
Parish Scripture Groups
Wed. Dec. z6th- off
R.C.I,A.
Jan 6 zot3-Epiphany
Tuesday, Dec.z4lz5:SOLEMNITY OF CHRISTMAS
Wednesday, Dec. 26:Sffice wlll be elosedEuchzristi( Ador*tion r.rntiN 9r5 a,rl.
Thursday, Dec. z7:No Choir practice
Next Weeh: Dec 29 €t 30, 2012
Altar server:
[sot] -[SunJ ttice:e Heafr':er & Gev:esis E-.!ah*
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Lector:
[sat] *x;cneiie Mc6ir:n,KSnov !orl.!
[SunJ tse; Perry, Sairciy Wong
EMHC:
[Sat] x*icttael & Carol t-urn
[SunJ r*eten i-uke, ?oni Farm,Frank Jordan
Collection Counting: Team 5
Church Cleaners: Donna Louis, GwenKurahara, Laura Chr.rn, Debbie & Paurl
Fujiyama, Juanita Ruis
LOVING TREE
Mahalo for making our Loving Tree so successful this year. Your kind words,your prayers and your loving hearts. You have brightened the Christmas ofmany who may have been forgotten this year and reminded them thatsomeone is prayinq forthem. Emmanuelis come.
NU{.JANU HA.LE CHFIISTMAS CA.ROI-II\IG-Dec . ZSrd
Voices and cheery dispositions needed after the 9:3o a.m. Mass for about an
hour to help with Christmas Caroling at Nu'uanu Hale. Afterward we will come
and help decorate the church and have lunch. Mahalo to all who helped set up
trees and put up lights.
CHF?ISTMAS MA55 SCHEDULE
+ Monday, December z4th (No 8:oo a.m. morning Mass) Christmas VigilMass begins at 5:3o p.m. All children who are participating in the please be
here at 4:3o p.m. in the SPAM building (where we have CCD classes). We willhave snack and a drink and their costumes. Family and friends will sing carols
beginning at 5:oo p.m. in the church. Afterward you are welcome to stay forcookies and saimin in the Parish Hall. Mahalo for all who helped to prepare
our Liturgy.
There will be fellowship before the Midnight Mass beginning at 9:3o p.m.All are invited to share in singing Christmas carols from around the worldand warming our hearts and voices to celebrate the end of long nights and
the coming of light. Mahalo to all who have helped to plan and put thiscelebration of Christmas together.
f Midnight Mass Liturgy begins at midnight. On this nighg the days begin
to get longer and the nights shorter. We celebrate the coming of the one who
overcame the darkness of death and sin. Please come early for caroling (rr:r5p.m.) and quiet prayer. Mass will be followed by jook and bread.
I Tuesday, December z5th Christmas Day Liturgy will be held in theChapel of St. Catherine, next door to the church. lt will be a bit tight, butwarm and festive. Mahalo to all our daily Mass attendees who helped
decorate the chapelfor Christmas.
EPIPH^A.NY CELEBR,ATICIN
Our Christmas celebration continues with the commemoration of the coming
of the Wisemen on the Solemnity of the Epiphany. Our youth will be puttingtogether our Epiphany Celebration of Sharing of Gifts Breakfast Fellowship on
January 6th following the 9:3o a.m. Mass. We had many gifts to share last
year. If you would like to participate in the sharing of your talent, please see
one of our youth or Geno or Christiana Astarita. Practice will be January 5that ro:oo a.m. (also Family Mass singing practice)
S./\VE Tl-lE DATE-ZO 13 Manch for Life
Sat, z6 Jan zor3 @ r:oo PM - 5:oo PM at the State Capitol "A Clear Voice for Life"*lf you do not speak up for the little ones who are dying each day, who will?
Monday,December 242 Sam 7:1-5. Bb-:.Z.14a. 1.6
Luke 1.:67-79i .ri.*: : *S r'*!,-...: i..; s1..-.-
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Malthew 1:1-25
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Isaiah 62:11-12Titus 3:4-7
Lu1<e Z:75-2C).ii,:i:::$ .- J :i 1r;,; r.irii l*r*:"j
Isaiah 52:7-10Hebrews 1:1-6John 1:l-15
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Judges 13.2-7.24-25aLuke 15-25
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Isaiah 7:10-14Luke 7:26--38
Friday,December 26The Holg lnnocents, Martgns
lsaiah 48:17-19Luke 1:39-45
Saturday,December 295t. Thomas Becket,
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1Samuel1:24-28Luke 1:46-56
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The Puritans also believed the festivitics associatcd w-ith
Christmas often led people to inappropriate behavior. Theirdisapproval \ /as so strong that for scvcral dccaclcs in thcserrenteentir century, Christmas celebrations u,ere illegai inparts oiNeu.'England.
Opposition to Christmas as a holidav or liturgical tcastrloesn't, hou,ever, mean tllat the Puritans $,eren't Christian.Christianiry has to do rvith rccogrizing and loliorving Christas the ()ne true Son trf God and Savior. and this the Puritar-rs
did.
It's not necessary to celebrate the religious feast day ofChristmas to believe in Christ. In fact, for several of theChurch's early centuries, the celebration of Christmas was
spotty. The feast day took time to develop within the Church,and the date of its celebration on December 25 only trulybecame settled for'Western Christians in the fourth century.
Fr. Mqtthew Allman, CS'R I [email protected]
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Prepare well-Use an Advent Wreath, Go to Confession, Celebrate thetwo Feasts of the Blessed Mother (Dec. B and Dec 12)The Octave of Christmas-celebrate for B days all the way untilJanuary 7st, the Solemnity of BlessedVirgin Mary, the Mother of God.
Better ye! play Christmas music all the way until lanuary 13th, theBaptism of the Lord which officially marks the last day of the season.