Photo Galleries > PARISH LIFE II
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ST. STEPHEN'S FISH FRY'S
Fish fry's are a big part of the social life of St. Stephen, whether our traditional fish fry in September, or the ones held during the season of Lent, they bring a lot of Parishioners, former Parishioners who have moved away, and many other visitors to our Parish. One guarantee - they are the best in town! Come jin us! -
IS IT READY YET?
Tommy Bosso, who was born and grew up in the Parish comes to every fish fry to cook. St. Stephen remains an imortant part of your life no matter where you move. -
VICENT ROSES ENJOYS HIMSELF
Vincent Roses, Treasurer Emeritus of the Holy Name Society, enjoys himself - as always - at all our fish fry's. -
THEY EVEN COME FROM JAPAN !
Tamiko Polakiewicz enjoys her fish ! A native of Japan, she enjoys our socials tremendously.
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DESSERTS ! YUM !
Nelda Tronu serves desserts. This is one of the works the members of the Ladies' Society perform.
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THEY COME IN ALL AGES !
Natalie and Madeline Simpson enjoy themselves at a recent fish fry.
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PARISHIONER JOYCE CALHOUN
Joyce Calhoun and her family are proud members of our Parish.
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PARISHIONERS JOHN AND DIXIE FERRARO
John and Dixie Ferraro are among the Parishioners who enjoyed one of our recent socials. -
PARISHIONER BARBARA STOLLENWERK
Parishioner Barbara Stollenwerk and her sister, Carol, have been members of the Parish since they were born. Barbara is President of the Ladies' Society. -
WE GET OUR JUST (SWEET) DESSERTS !
Caryl Hyland, Josie McBride, Tamiko Polakiewicz and Nelda Tronu at the dessert table.
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THE SERVING TABLE
Joyce Clopton serves Merlin Borras (recently deceased) and others their fish and other goodies.
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LADIES' SOCIETY MEMBERS
Dr. Caryl Hyland and Mrs. Nelda Tronu are among the dedicated members of St. stephen Ladies' Society who help out at the differents Parish affairs. Nelda has been a member of St. Stephen since shortly after her Baptism into the Church during the Holy Year of 1950 !
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LENTEN ADORATION
During the season of Lent there is Eucharistic Adoration every Thursday evening, after Low Tridentine Mass, from 7 - 8 PM. It s a special time for those who participate. Come join us.
The rest of the year we have Holy Hour on the Thursday before First Friday of the month.
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ADOREMUS IN AETERNUM SANCTISSIMUM SACRAMENTUM !
The Eucharist is the constitutive element on which the Church is built.
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THE BODY, BLOOD, SOUL AND DIVINITY OF CHRIST
How very privileged we are that Our Lord chose to stay with us in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. We should visit Him at every occasion posible. There are can be fed, comforted and enlightened.
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LEGION OF MARY ACIES 2009
Since Fr. Pérez is the Spritual Director of the Pensacola Comitoium of the Legion of Mary, the Legioanries come to St. Stephen each year on a Sunday close to the Feast of the Annuntiation, to renew their promises to Jesus through Mary. This year we were blessed to have over three hundred Legionaries present.
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LEGION OF MARY ACIES 2009
The Acies ceremonies take place within the frame of Adoration with Rosary and Legion of Mary prayers and Solemn Vespers of the Annuntiation.
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PARISHIONERS LILLIAN AND ANNELLE CREDEUR
Lillian and Annelle Credeur have been Parishioners of St. Stephen for many years. Sadly, this past week Annelle passed away after a short illness. Her mother, Lillian, remains as one of the oldest parishioners and one of the oldest Active Legionaries of Mary in the Comitium. We give thanks for them and all the other wonderful Parishioners like them.
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EASTER EGG HUNT 2007
Colin Delaney stops to "chat" with one of Fr. Pérez's Manx cats, Toffeecat Fatima, who is enjoying all the children bustling around. Life does afford one some small, but rpiceless, pleasures at times.
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EASTER VIGIL 2007
One of the happiest days in the Church's Liturgical calendar is that of Easter and the great Easter Vigil. Here we see Father with some of the Altar Servers on the Altar. Alleluia, alleluia! He has risen as He said!
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THE MANDATUM CEREMONY OF HOLY THURSDAY
Fr. Pérez, in obedience to Christ's command at the Last Supper, washes the feet of twleve men form the Parish every Holy Thursday at the Mass of the Lord's Supper. Here he is seen washing the foot of Parishioner, Richard Terrell, several years ago.
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GOOD FRIDAY
Kathleen Maria Collins joins Father and some of the Servers at the Altar after Good Friday services. Father's Good Friday Sermon has now been put on Cd by St. Joseph and Lighthouse Media Communications. Come listen to it live!
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HOLY THURSDAY 2005
St. Stephen has one of the most beautifully decorated Repositories in Pensacola. Here many visitors and Parishioners come on Holy Thursday to spend some time with the Lord as He undergoes again, symbolically, the Agony at the garden of Gethsemani, until Midnight. A somber, yet beautiful night. Come join us!
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HOLY THURSDAY SUPPER
The Collier Family, Sean, Megan and Richard at the Holy Thursday supper after the Mass, in which the Priesthood and vocations, acolytes, are honored.
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HOLY THURSDAY 2009
Ist Lt. Matthew A. Collier, who was winged that day, with his mother (right) Mrs. Collier and Parishioner Kathleen O'Reilly.
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1HOLY THURSDAY 2009
Fr. Pérez with Parishioner, Lt. Matthew A. Collier, who was winged that afternoon. He now goes on to San Diego, North Carolina, and then deployment. He will remain in the prayers of all here as all our service men and women in the Military who serve our country.
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GOOD FRIDAY
The Relic of the True Cross honored and venrated here on this holy day of days when Christ gave His life for our Salvation on this very Wood. The Altar is flanked by symbols of the Passion of Christ: the whip or flagellum; the robe and lots; the rooster; the nails and crown of thorns.
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GOOD FRIDAY
By His stripes we have been healed...
I tell you solemnly, before the cock crows twice you will have denied Me thrice...
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GOOD FRIDAY
For My vestments they cast lots...
They have nailed My hands and feet.... Hail to the King !
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GOOD FRIDAY
The Tomb: the King of glory dies so that we may have life. He lies beneath the Altar of Sacrifice, our Paschal Lamb. To Him be all praise and glory, foever and ever. Amen.
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FR. AUGUSTINE HUE THANH NGUYEN - RIP
This past May 12, 2009 a good friend of St. Stephen and frequent visitor who also often said Masses for Fr. Pérez whenever he had to be away was called by God, Lord of Life, to Himself. Ordained in Vietnam in 1964, Father opened at least fifteen parishes and many clinics for the poor there. He suffered persecution and imprisonment under the perfidious communists and eventually came to America. He founded the local Vietnamese Parish, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs out of the abandoned St. Thomas More School and built a beautiful church in honor of the Holy Martyrs of Vietnam. He had to rebuild the church when it caught fire on Chritsmas Eve. Father loved the Church, the Holy Father, the Priesthood and his people, who loved him in turn. He was also very fond of animals, especialy birds and fish, which he tended with great care, as well as flowers and gardening. He will be missed by many. Requiescat in pace! Fr. Augustine, pray for us!
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THE BREINER WEDDING
The wedding of Dr. Boris Breiner, Professor at Cambridge University in England, and Deborah McGhee from Pensacola took place here in late April, 2009. The now Mrs. Breiner is in the RCIA program to become a Roman Catholic. We wish the young couple many blessings - and many children!
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