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Faith Formation St. Stephen Catholic Church DEACON & FIRST MARTYR ~ A CATHOLIC COMMUNITY 2747 PALI HIGHWAY, HONOLULU HAWAII 96817 ~ 808.595.3105 Email: [email protected] Website: ssccpali.net ❈ Easter Sunday, Resurrection of the Lord ~ April 16, 2017 ❈ WEEKEND MASS PASTOR: DEVOTION & ADORTION SATURDAY [Main Church]………………4:00 PM 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 & Helen Luke Beverly Perry Hospitality Holy Communion At Mass David Tom Jennifer Tamayo Altar Servers Sacristy Celine Asato & David Tom Liturgical Music Dr. Stanley Wong Respect Life Juanita Ruis (Sat. 4:00 PM) M. Felipe Holo Holo Ministry (Sunday 7:15 & 9:30 AM) Stan Contrades ❈ HE IS RISEN ❈ Faith Formation Parish Organizations CCD-Children Pastoral Council Knights of Columbus Velma Guieb-Mamuad Patricia Silva Randy Tom Youth & Confrmation Stewardship/Discipleship Council Liturgy Commitee Brian Laroya Randy Tom Sr. MaryKuty Kotuppallil, MSMHC R.C.I.A. 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: Te 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 prior 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. Tis Sunday’s Gospel ~ April 16, 2017 ✞ Mass Intentions ✞ John 20:1-9 PAGE 148 ~ Breaking Bread Saturday, 04.15.2017 8:00 AM Mass: ✞ Ken Asato ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ E A S T E R 4:00 PM Mass: ✞ Tomiko Asato ~ Easter Vigil ~ ✞ Betty Chong ✞ Doreen & Francis Chia Saturday, April 15, 2017 ~ 7:00 PM ✞ Raymond & Nancy Tom Easter Fire ~ Procession from Courtyard to main Church Sunday, 04.16.2017 7:15 AM Mass: Healing of: Albert Chong 9:30 AM Mass: ✞ Angel Abcede ✞ Jose Pepe Abcede ✞ Catherine Abcede ✞ Yani Abcede ✞ Angie Ellie Esguerra ✞ Delfin Esguerra ✞ Laura Esguerra Monday, 04.17.2017 8:00 AM Mass: ✞ Tomiko Asato ✞ Aloysius Tom ~ Easter Sunday ~ Tuesday, 04.18.2017 April 16, 2017 7:15 AM Mass ~ 9:30 AM Mass 8:00 AM Mass: ✞ Vicky Oshiro CCD Easter Egg hunt Wednesday, 04.19.2017 Fellowship ~ Kitchen Crew 8:00 AM Mass: ✞ All Souls in Purgatory Movie Night during Easter Season Easter is the greatest feast in the Christian calendar. On this Sunday, Thursday, 04.20.2017 Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. For 8:00 AM Mass: ✞ All Souls in Purgatory Catholics, Easter Sunday comes at the end of 40 days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving known as Lent. Trough spiritual struggle and self-denial, Friday, 04.21.2017 we have prepared ourselves to die spiritually with Christ on Good Friday, 8:00 AM Mass: Happy Birthday! the day of His Crucifixion, so that we can rise again with Him in new life Valerie Ho on Easter. A DAY OF CELEBRATION Saturday, 04.22.2017 In Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches on Easter, 8:00 AM Mass: ✞ Ken Asato Christians greet each other with cries of "Christ is risen!" and respond 4:00 PM Mass: ✞ Tomiko Asato "Indeed He is risen!" Over and over, they sing a hymn of celebration: ✞ Betty Chong ✞ Francis & Doreen Chia Christ is risen from the dead By death He conquered death Happy Birthday to: And to those in the graves Carlene Takushi & Stacey Lynn He granted life! In Roman Catholic churches, the Alleluia is sung for the first time Please Pray since the beginning of Lent. As St. John Chrysostom reminds us in his famous Easter Homily, our fast is over; now is the time for celebration. For the Sick & Homebound THE FULFILLMENT OF OUR FAITH Margaret Robello, Joe Chang, Carrie Talwar, Easter is a day of celebration because it represents the fulfillment of Fred Lum, Nancy Asato, Richard Wong, Benito our faith as Christians. Saint Paul wrote that, unless Christ rose from the Bautista. dead, our faith is in vain (1 Corinthians 15:17). Trough his death, Christ ✞ For the Deceased ✞ saved mankind from bondage to sin, and He destroyed the hold that death has on all of us; but it is His Resurrection that gives us the promise of new Harry Bender, Charles Ho, Edith Demello, life, both in this world and the next. Catherine Aoki, Donna McDonnell, Jerry THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM Tarutani, Vickie Solidum, Nancy Tom, Tat new life began on Easter Sunday. In the Our Father, we pray that Lawrence Perry, Roland Albarado, Eileen “Ty Kingdom come, on earth as it is in Heaven.” Green, Don Yee, Ron Kano, Gladys Wong, Ken Asato, Tomiko Asato, Doreen & Francis Chia, (Continued on the back page under Easter In Te Catholic Church.) Betty Chong St. Stephen The First Martyr Faith Formation♢ Knights of Columbus Council 16267 Contact Worthy Grand Knight Randy Tom eMail Address: [email protected] We continue to sell car magnets, “He Is Risen”, for a council banner. It is a great way to evangelize our Catholic faith especially during the Lenten season [Sat. 04.22] ~ Krysten Ho, Maris Ho culminating with Easter. A donation of $5.00 is [Sun. 04.23] ~ Wes Fong, Frank Jordan appreciated for a car magnet. What does it mean to be a Catholic Man? Ecce Homo —Behold the Man [Sat. 04.22] ~ Val Ho, Randy Tom [Sun. 04.23] ~ Jennifer & Joel Tamayo, Meriam How does a Catholic man love? Ladrillono Therefore, men, ask yourself: what are your friends like? Do you have friends with whom you share the mission of holiness? Often young men will go to the seminary and discover the difference made by Christ- centered friendships, and their lives are transformed. Tis friendship is not Church Cleaners limited to religious orders and priests. Te renewal of masculinity cannot Group 2 ~ Saturday, April 22, 2017 happen without banding together as brothers and true friends. In my own Donna Louis, Gwen Kurahara, Laura Chun, life, ever since my first year as a priest, I have been richly blessed by Debbie & Paul Fujiyama, Juanita Ruis brother priests in the Jesus Caritas Fraternity. Teir commitment to Eucharistic adoration and simplicity of life, their fidelity to Christ in Parish Scripture Group celibacy and daily prayer, their fraternal love, wise counsel and encouragement have richly influenced and inspired me to persevere in my Te 9:30 AM Wednesday meeting of the own mission in Christ. It has been a joy to see how fraternity in my Parish Scripture Group continues in the diocese has grown and flourished through participation in our Men’s SPAM conference room. Conferences, Knights of Columbus, Tat Man is You, Cursillo Movement, and other such groups and events. Tere is room to grow, of course, but already the fruits of the Spirit are evident among these Catholic brothers Pastoral Council and friends. Te Pastoral Council meets on the third Conversely, we have seen what happens when men, young and old, do Tursday of the month, at 6:00 PM in the not form or sustain healthy friendships. Many, looking in the wrong SPAM Conference Room. places, find themselves in the false brotherhood of gangs, or without brotherhood at all, isolated and alone, and lacking these critical formative R.C.I.A. Corner experiences of accountability and the trusted fellowship that only true friendship provides. Sunday, April 16, 2017 Into Te Breach ~ An Apostolic Exhortation To Catholic Men (No Class today) Most Rev. Tomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix T ere are reports that nearly 14 million Catholics have left the faith Happy Easter! and that sacramental Catholic marriages have dropped by 41% since the year 2000. Tese factors, and the many others which have contributed to the growing spiritual battle within the Church, caused Phoenix Bishop Tomas Olmsted to publish his apostolic exhortation Into the Breach. C.C.D. Corner Attention All Member Knights of Columbus Sunday, April 16, 2017 (No Class) Council 16267 EASTER SUNDAY A 2nd Degree exemplification will take place on Friday, April 21, 2017, at 7:00 PM Easter Fellowship after the 9:30 AM Mass Please text or email WGK Randy whether or not you will be attending. Easter Egg Hunt for children Your attention to this will allow WGK Randy to plan for the ceremony. Please join your Parish family in the festivities Stewardship Of Our Lord Easter In The Catholic Church (Continued) Weekly Offerings: (April 8 & 29 2017) through Pentecost, 50 days after Easter. (Te Ordinary Income Expenses Church also urges us to take part in the Sacrament of Confession before receiving this Daily Income Easter communion.) Tis reception of the Scriptural Easter Fund $20.00 Eucharist is a visible sign of our faith and our Elevator Fund $1,440.00 Readings participation in the Kingdom of God.
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