2747 Pali HighwayHonolulu, Hawaii 96817

(808) ses.31osssccpali@rcchawaii.org

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OFFICE HOURS:Tues-Thurs: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm*Mon, Fri & Sat: 9:00 am to 12:O0 pm

*Closed for Iu nch from n :jo-t: jo p. m.

PASTOR

Fr. Mario Raquepo

STAFFDeacon Ronald ChooSister Marykutty Kottuppallil, MSMHCRosemary Hashimoto, Secretary

FAITH FORMATION

CCD-Chil&enVelma Guieb-Mamuad

Youth & ConfirmationRosemary Hashimoto (interim)

ft. c. 1.,4.Debbie Fujiyama

Parish Scripture GroupsFrancis Jordan

PARISH MINISTRIES

Homebound & BereatsementVirginia Jordan & Helen Luke

HospitalityDavid Tom

Ahar SeroetZachary Choo

Liturgical MusicLeka Leaeno (S atu rday Vi g i l)

Stanley Wong (Sunday)

LectorBeverly Perry

Holy Communion at MassJennifer Tamayo

SoeristyCeline Asato & David Tom

Justice & PeaceTBA- (RespectLife)

TBA

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(Aloysius Food Pantry)TBA

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(Family Promise Hawaii)

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS

Pastoral CouncilPatricia Silva

S t e utard ship/ Di s ciple ship C oun c ilBernard Ho (interim)

Finance CouncilJames Solidum (interim)

Liturgy CommissionTBA

Social FelloushipSui Kozuma & Kitchen Crew

WEEKEND MASS

SATURDAY (Main Church )........,...SUNDAY fcnapel) ........................

(Main Church)

WEEKDAY MASSChapel ofSt. Carherine

MONDAY_SATURDAY

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CONFESSION

SATURDAY 3:oo - 3:3o pmor by appointment

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

Holy Rosary before Mass

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4:oo pm

7:15 am

9:3o am

8:oo am

VISITATIONOFTHESICK: 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 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. Couplesshould contact the office for Marriage Preparation at least 6 months before thewedding

FUNERALARRANGEMENTS: Kokual Please contact your Church prior to makingarrangements with a funeral home

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

NEWPARISHIONERS: 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

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GOOD NEWSLeviticus L3:a-2, +4-+6 I t Corinthians ro:3r-re:r / Mark r:4o-45

Teenagers fear an outbreak of acne before a major event. They're sure everyeye will focus on a small blemish that seems enormous to them. Sometimesthey even avoid going out at all until their faces return to normal.

They'refortunate notto be living in ancient lsrael, where skin outbreaks anderuptions were likely viewed as leprosy. Public contact was forbidden.

They'd have had to shout "unclean!" as they approached someone. Theirexile would have been religiously regulated, and those they met would haveavoided any touch.

The man with leprosy who approached Jesus wouldn't have touched .Jesus-it was bold of him just to ask Jesus'mercy. ln a move that surprisedeveryone, Jesus reached out to touch the one who was "unclean."

I can only imagine the man's shock and relief just at the touch of a person

who didn't see him as less than human. The wound of separation was healedat that moment, and Jesus confirmed it by healing the man's body. Nor didJesus stop there. He restored the man to his community by asking him tofollow Mosaic Law (the Law of Moses) and be declared clean.

Teenagers often think their physical flaws are the worst things they cansuffer. ln truth, it's separation-whether it comes from within us or fromothers.

Jesus has the power to heal whatever separates us and restore us tocommunity with God and others.

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ALOYSIUS TOM FOOD PANTRY

Thank you for considering the poor in your giving. t8 items were brought in for theFood PantnJ this week. Lent is coming up.

STEWARDSHIP OF OUR LORD

QUOIE OF IHE WEEK

'lf you wish, you can make me clean'." Mark t4o

Saturday, February t4:

4:oo p.m. Mass: + Siew Choo Ong

Sunday, February t5:

7:15 a.m. Mass: All Families

9:3o am Mass: t Derek Albarado

Monday, February t5:8 am Mass: t Chee Fong Young

Tuesday, February t7:

8 am Mass: t Edith DeMello

Wednesday, February r8:8 a.m. Mass: + Tony Baron

Thursday, February r9:

8 am Mass: + Ethel Au

Friday, February zo:

8 am Mass: f Paul Nakamura

Saturday, February zt:

8 am Mass: t William Hokama

For the sick & homebound:ROLAND ALBARADO, MARGARETROBELLO, JOE CHANG, DON YEE,

CARRIE TALWAR, FRED LUM

Weekly Offerings(January z4 & 25, zor5)

Soturday 4:oo pm Mass

7t5 om Mass

93o am Mass

Donations/Col lections

Votive Offering

Chapel Renovation

Special offering

Stained glass

Augustine Education

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Sergia SolidumMay TsangMary Nakagaki

Charles MariaDavid KahawaiiRaynette Calleon

2la7 Mildred SantiagoWinona PayapayaDonald RanneyGeorge WakitaJoseph Ping, Sr

Claire Li

zl:.S Richard J. CorpuzMargaret SouzaFrances Lum

zlzo Reginald Lee

Carolyn Agena

zlzt Paul NakamuraMildred HoltJohn Charles Fortune

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Mass lntentions

Feb t5th-Get ready for LentlFeb zznd-Practice Stations

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Parish Scripture (iroups

Wed. February 11th

9115 a.m. & 6:3o p.m. only

R.C.I.A.

February SthThe Ten Commandments

Monday, February t6:HOi,!EAY

Wednesday, February t8:B:3o a,m"*-9:0o a.fir"Er.rcharistic Aeloratir>n

Thursday, February t9:7:00 p.ilr. {}:oir Practice

Friday, February zo;

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Lent begins February rSth on Ash Wednesday. Masses will be 8:oo a.m. in

the chapel and 7:oo p.m. in the church. We close our Ordinary time on ShroveTuesday (or Mardi Gras) February rTth with a supper, games, fun andfellowship, including a pifrata and the burning of palms at 7:zo p.m.Stations of the Cross begin on Feb zo at 7:oo p.m. with Lenten supper before.

A reminder that the Alshouri family of Little Bethlehem Christian will be at all

Masses this weekend of Feb 7.4lLS, the group will display a collection of hand-carved olive wood religious items for sale.

Please pray for those who will be raised to the office of Elect fromCatechumen February zznd at 2:oo p.m. at the Co-Cathedral by Bishop Larry.

These will be baptized and confirmed at the Easter Vigil in their parishes.

Father Mario and five of his seminarian classmates from the Philippines will be

celebrating their 35th ordination anniversary on Sunday, February zznd at the

9:3o a.m. Mass. This will be followed by a "traditional" Chinese New Yearfellowship. Please see the sign up at the entrance of the Church.

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Mahalo to all those who took time out to share and pray Saturday Feb. r4th.We appreciate all you do to help our Liturgies give glory to God and be thegospel and light to our community.

Father Paul Mast, Delaware priest and author, will speak Saturday, Feb. zr atPauline Books from ro:oo - 11:30 a.m. about his 5 month journey with thehomeless on the streets, in shelters and homes.

What you give up for Lent changes lives. CRS is training farmers in Tanzania

to raise soybeans as protein for food. Connects your prayers, alms and fastingto help others send their children to school, build homes and provide basic

needs. You can find a rice bowl app, stories, recipes and videos atwww.crsricebowl.org. Last yea r our parish raised.$2r78o.9o.

at Holy Trinity Church, Kuliouou on the last Sunday of the month forfamilieswith children with disabilitieswho need an adapted Liturgy. Music is providedby St. Anne's Joyful Noise choir and lectors from St. Anne and Sts. Peter andPaul. Next one will be February zznd at r:oo p.m. See you there! (Pot luck tofollow. Bring your favorite dish and talk story.)

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dear PADRE

Why can't I take Communiur in a Prctesant drur&? I agree withtheir belief that their Ccxnmunicn is merely a slrnbolic el$ratior.H ow dm this p again$ Churdr teadring?

According to canon law 844, "Catholic ministers administer thesacraments licitly to Catholic members of the Christian faithfulalone, who likewise receive them licitly from Catholic ministersalone."

The canon goes on to outline the exceptions to this rule: when "thedanger of death is present or il in the judgment of the diocesanbishop or conference of bishops, some other grave necessity urgesit," or for "members of Eastern Churches which do not have fullcommunion with the Catholic Church if they seek such on theirown accord and are properly disposed."

The Catedrism of the Catholic Churdr says that Eucharisticintercommunion with "ecclesial communities derived from theReformation and separated from the Catholic church...is notpossible" ( 1400).

The Church encourages us to celebrate with our Protestantbrothers and sisters; however, receiving Communion implies a

unity that unfortunately does not exist. Therefore, as the Catdrisnsays, we must pray for the return of "complete unity among all whobelieve in him" (1398).

FR. PATRICK KEYES. 6$'ft ' 1;r:,!.ri:;r::1.'i j:r ,; li,':t,rr i r:,:r

Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday is based on the tradition of Shrove Tuesday,that is the day before Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday is derived fromthe Anglo-Saxon word shriven, meaning to absolve from sin. While theday had no formal place in the liturgical life of the Church, it was a daycustomarily set aside for going to confession and making preparationfor the Lenten Season. Shrove Tuesday was commonly celebrated inCatholic countries as the climax of several days of feasting and merry-making ending with penance and meditation on the season about tobegin. ln many countries where the custom continues, the parties arecertainly held, but there is little emphasis on penance and preparation.Two particular celebrations are notable. The first is the famed MardiGras, best known in New Orleans. Fat Tuesday is so named from thefact that it was to be the last day when meat and rich foods could be

eaten. The other is carnival, found in various places - such as Venice -where the name implied carne vale ("all flesh, farewell"). The Carnivalwas also marked by parties and celebrations in the streets.

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