St. Stephen & FIRST MARTYR ~ A CATHOLIC COMMUNITY 2747 PALI HIGHWAY, HONOLULU HAWAII 96817 ~ 808.595.3105 Email: [email protected] Website: ssccpali.net Hele Mai ~ Come join us! ❈ 22nd Sunday In Ordinary Time ~ September 3, 2017 ❈

WEEKEND MASS : DEVOTION & ADORTION SATURDAY [Main Church]………………4:00 PM Rev. Fr. Mario Raquepo Holy Rosary ……………………….Before Mass SUNDAY [Main Church]……………..…..7:15 AM (Cell) 808.228.3053 SUNDAY [Main Church]…………………9:30 AM STAFF: WEEKDAY MASS Rev. Deacon Ronald Choo Chapel of St. Catherine Sister MaryKuty Kotuppallil MONDAY ~ SATURDAY………………8:00 AM Celine Asato SACRMENT OF RECONCILIATION Tina Welch, Secretary First Wednesday of the month ~ afer 8:00 AM Mass SATURDAY………………………3:15 ~ 3:45 PM OFFICE HOURS: From 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM or by appointment Mon-Fri: 9:00 AM to 12 Noon Other Wednesdays 8:30 AM ~ 9:00 AM Parish Ministries Parish Ministries

Homebound & Bereavement Lectors Virginia Jordan & “Get behind me, Beverly Perry Helen Luke Satan! You are an obstacle Holy Communion At Mass Jennifer Tamayo Hospitality to me. David Tom You are thinking not Sacristy Celine Asato & David Tom Liturgical Music as God does, but as Dr. Stanley Wong human beings do.” Respect Life (Sat. 4:00 PM) Juanita Ruis M. Felipe Matthew 16:21-27 (Sunday 7:15 & 9:30 AM) Holo Holo Ministry Stan Contrades

Faith Formation Parish Organizations Confaternity of Christian Doctrine-Children Pastoral Council Knights of Columbus Velma Guieb-Mamuad Patricia Silva WGK Randy Tom Youth & Confrmation Stewardship/Discipleship Council Liturgy Commitee Brian Laroya Randy Tom Sr. MaryKuty Kotuppallil, MSMHC Rite Of Christian Initiation of Adults Finance Council Social Fellowship Debbie Fujiyama James Solidum Sui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew

Parish Scripture Group Francis Jordan Visitation Of The Sick: Priest and Homebound Ministers are available to visit the infirm or hospitalized. Please contact the Parish. For sacramental emergency, 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 and participate in the preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony. Couples should contact the office for Marriage Preparation at least 6 months before the wedding. Funeral Arrangements: Kokua! Please contact your Church to making arrangements with a funeral home. Parishioners: When changing address/telephone, or moving out of the Parish, please notify the office. New Parishioners: If you would like to become a parishioner of St. Stephen, please use the forms available at the entrance of the Church or contact the office. This Sunday’s Gospel ~ September 3, 2017 ✞ Mass Intentions ✞ Matthew 16:21-27 PAGE 200-201 ~ Breaking Bread SATURDAY, 09.02.2017 8:00 A.M. Mass: ✞ Ken Asato 4:00 P.M. Mass: ✞ Tomiko Asato Announcements ✞ Doreen & Francis Chia Tis Sunday, September 3 ✞ Stephanie & Federic Foo Fellowship By ✞ Raymond & Nancy Tom POTLUCK BY PARISHIONERS SUNDAY, 09.03.2017 Next Sunday, September 10 7:15 A.M. Mass: All Souls In Purgatory PLEASE NOTE 9:30 A.M. Mass: ✞ Vickei Solidum Tere will be no Fellowship after the Masses on Saturday, September 9 and Sunday, September 10 because of the Bread Sales. Coffee, water, and MONDAY, 09.04.2017 juice will be available. Mahalo for your patience. 8:00 A.M. Mass: All Souls In Purgatory

Bread Orders TUESDAY, 09.05.2017 If you have placed an order for bread, please pick 8:00 A.M. Mass: All Souls In Purgatory up your order on the Saturday or Sunday you requested. Mahalo for your generous support. WEDNESDAY, 09.06.2017 8:00 A.M. Mass: All Souls In Purgatory Holo Holo Ministry Trip THURSDAY, 09.07.2017 8:00 A.M. Mass: All Souls In Purgatory

FRIDAY, 09.08.2017 Tuesday, September 26, 2017 8:00 A.M. Mass: All Souls In Purgatory [Signup sheets are posted in the main church and the Chapel hallway] SATURDAY, 09.09.2017 The Bus will leave between at 8:30 & 9:00 A.M. 8:00 A.M. Mass: ✞ Ken Asato Please be prompt! 4:00 P.M. Mass: ✞ Tomiko Asato Mass will be offered by Fr.Mario at the Park. ✞ Doreen & Francis Chia THINGS TO SEE: ✞ Stephanie & Federic Foo ✞ Raymond & Nancy Tom Ancient Hawaiian Archaeological Sites ✞ Edward J. Chong, Sr. ✞ David Liu World Class Botanical Garden Collections Wildlife Cultural Activities Please Pray Waihi Waterfall Hale o Lono (Restored in 2008) For The Sick & Homebound What you see: Margaret Robello, Joe Chang, Carrie Talwar, Fred Hale o Lono (House of Lono) Lum, Nancy Asato, Richard Wong, Benito Bautista. Opu Tower (Left) ~ `Anu`u Tower (Right) `Ahu (small bamboo altar) ~ Lepa (kapu sticks) Na Ki`i Akua (sacred temple images) For The Deceased Harry Bender, Charles Ho, Edith Demello, Catherine [MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW] Aoki, Donna McDonnell, Jerry Tarutani, Vickie St. Anthony Retreat Center Solidum, Raymond & Nancy Tom, Lawrence Perry, Roland Albarado, Eileen Green, Don Yee, RonKano, ~ Presents ~ Gladys Wong, Ken Asato, Tomiko Asato, Doreen & ‘Make Yourself Familiar With The Angels’ Francis Chia, Betty & Albert Chong, Shirley Wong. Saturday, September 30, 2017 ~ 9:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. Bring a sack lunch. Free will offerings gladly accepted. Located in Bishop Libert Hall at Anthony Retreat Center God speaks to those who take time to Call to register: 808.845.0065 listen, and He listens to those who Sponsored by St. Anthony Retreat Center take time to pray. 3351 Kalihi Street, Honolulu HI 96819 St. Stephen The First Martyr Sacraments & Sacramentals Knights of Columbus Council 16267 United Sates Conference of Catholic Bishops We recognize that the Sacraments have a visible and invisible reality, a reality open to all the human senses but grasped in its God-given depths with the eyes of faith. When parents hug their children, for example, the visible Contact Worthy Grand Knight Randy Tom reality we see is the hug. Te invisible reality the hug eMail Address:[email protected] conveys is love. We cannot "see" the love the hug expresses, though sometimes we can see its nurturing We continue to sell car magnets, “He Is Risen,” for a council effect in the child. banner. It is a great way to evangelize our Catholic faith. A Te visible reality we see in the Sacraments is their donation of $5.00 is appreciated for a car magnet. outward expression, the form they take, and the way in which they are administered and received. Te invisible FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL KNIGHTS reality we cannot "see" is God's grace, his gracious Council 16267 meets upstairs in the SPAM building on initiative in redeeming us through the death and Tursday September 7, 2017, at 7:00 P.M. Your attendance will Resurrection of his Son. His initiative is called grace be greatly appreciated. ~ Mahalo! because it is the free and loving gift by which he offers people a share in his life, and shows us his favor and will for our salvation. Our response to the grace of God's Saint of the Day initiative is itself a grace or gift from God by which we Sunday, September 3, 2017 can imitate Christ in our daily lives. St. Gregory The Great Te saving words and deeds of Jesus Christ are the Patron Saint of musicians, singers, students, and teachers. foundation of what he would communicate in the Pope Saint Gregory I, also known as the Great, was the Pope of the Sacraments through the ministers of the Church. Guided Catholic Church between 590 and 604 AD. by the Holy Spirit, the Church recognizes the existence of Seven Sacraments instituted by the Lord. Tey are the Gregory was born around 540 in . Te exact date of his birth is Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, the unknown. Although the Western Roman Empire had collapsed long Eucharist), the Sacraments of Healing (Penance and the before his birth, many ancient Roman families still commanded great Anointing of the Sick), and the Sacraments at the wealth and influence in the city. Gregory was born into one such family. Service of Communion (Marriage and Holy Orders). His great-great-grandfather was Pope Felix III who reigned from 483 to Trough the Sacraments, God shares with us 492. (Astute readers may suspect this to be a scandal, but this was at a so that we, in turn, can make the world holier. time before the took vows of celibacy.) His father was named Gordianus, and he was a senator and a Baptism of Rome. Gordianus also held a position in the Church with the title of Te origin and foundation of Christian Baptism is Regionarius, but there are no records from the time which describe the Jesus. Before starting his public ministry, Jesus post. Gregory's mother was Silvia, also from a noble family. Silvia's sister submitted himself to the (Gregory's aunt), Pateria are both recognized as in the Catholic and baptism given by John Orthodox churches. Gregory had a , but nothing is recorded, the Baptist. Te waters By Baptism we neither his name or his fate. did not purify him; he become members of Gregory's family was very wealthy and owned estates on the island of cleansed the waters. . . . the Church, the Body Sicily which provided income. Jesus did not need to be of Christ. When Gregory was just two years old in 542, the Plague of Justinian baptized because he was swept through the region. Tis plague was caused by a now-extinct strain totally faithful to the will of Yersinia Pestis, more commonly known as the Black Death. Te plague of his Father and free from sin. However, he wanted was the most severe outbreak of deadly disease the world had ever known to show his solidarity with human beings in order to and remained the worst such incident until the Black Death in the 14th reconcile them to the Father. By commanding his century. About a third of the population in Italy was wiped out by the disciples to baptize all nations, he established the disease. means by which people would die to sin – Original For more on Pope St. Gregory the Great see: and actual – and begin to live a new life with God. http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=54 In Baptism, the Holy Spirit moves us to answer Christ's call to holiness. In Baptism, we are asked to walk by the light of Christ and to trust in his To trust God in the light is nothing, but trust Him in the dark wisdom. We are invited to submit our hearts to — that is faith. Christ with ever deeper love. Stewardship of Our Lord Faith Formation Weekly Offerings PARISH (August 26 & 27, 2017) Daily SCRIPTURE Ordinary Income Expenses GROUP Scriptural Income Readings Parish Hall Flooring $1,100.00 The 9:30 A.M. Wednesday Parish Scripture Elevator Fund $165.00 Group will continue to meet in the SPAM Monday, September 4 Mass Intentions $40.00 Conference Room, on September 6. 1st Tessalonians 4:13-18 Sr. MaryKutty Fund $175.00 St. Rosalia Sat./Sunday Offerings $1,756.00 Te Council meets on ♦ ♦ ♦ Tai Chi Fund $10.00 the third Tursday of Tuesday, September 5 Votive Candles $54.00 1st Tessalonians 5:1-6, the month, at 6:00 9-11 Total Income $3,300.00 P.M. in the SPAM St. Teresa of Calcutta Gross Profit $3,300.00 Conference Room. ♦ ♦ ♦ Net Ordinary Income $3,300.00 Wednesday, R.C.I.A. ~ CATHOLIC Beliefs (Cont.) Net Income $3,300.00 The Cardinal Virtues (Cont.) September 6 defined prudence as recta ratio agibilium, “right Colossians 1:1-8 reason applied to practice.” Prudence requires us St. Eleutherius Last Week $7,289.50 to distinguish between what is right and what is ♦ ♦ ♦ wrong. Tursday, September 7 Mahalo Tus, as Father Hardon writes, "It is the Colossians 1:9-14 We are grateful to all who generously contribute intellectual virtue whereby a human being St. Cloud their time, talent, and treasure to our Parish recognizes in any matter at hand what is good and ♦ ♦ ♦ Community. what is evil." If we mistake the evil for the good, Friday, September 8 we are not exercising prudence—in fact, we are Micah 5:1-4 showing our lack of it. St. Adrian Faith Formation PRUDENCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE ♦ ♦ ♦ Saturday, September 9 So how do we know when we're exercising Colossians 1:21-23 prudence and when we're simply giving in to our St. Peter Claver own desires? ♦ ♦ ♦ Father Hardon notes three stages of an act of prudence: Sunday, September 10 “to take counsel carefully with oneself and 23rd Sunday from others” Please see the Bulletin’s “to judge correctly on the basis of the In Ordinary Time accompanying insert. evidence at hand” First Reading “to direct the rest of one’s activity according Ezekiel 33:7-9 (127A) Right of Christian to the norms determined after a prudent [Page 201, Breaking Bread] Initiation of Adults judgment has been made.” Since prudence can take on a supernatural Responsorial Psalm Classes begin on Sunday, October dimension through the gift of grace, we should If today you hear his voice 1, after the 7:15 A.M. Mass. If you are carefully evaluate the counsel we receive from harden not your hearts. interested in becoming a Catholic, please others with that in mind. When, for instance, the [Page 201, Breaking Bread] speak with Debbie Fujiyama or call the express their judgment on the justice of a Church office for more information. particular war, we should value that more highly Second Reading than advice of, say, someone who stands to profit Romans 13:8-10 Catholic Beliefs monetarily from the war. [Page 202, Breaking Bread] And we must always keep in mind that the The Cardinal Virtues (Cont.) definition of prudence requires us to judge Gospel Te four hinges of the moral life. correctly. If our judgment is proved after the fact Matthew 18:15-20 PRUDENCE to have been incorrect, then we did not make a [Page 202, Breaking Bread] “Right Reason applied to Practice” “prudential judgment” but an imprudent one, for As the Catholic Encyclopedia notes, Aristotle St. Salvius of Albi which we may need to make amends.