More than 700 educators from Oahu’s Catholic schools attended a day-long event of spiritual refreshment, fellowship and resource-sharing at the Annual Conference for Catholic Educators, Feb. 1. For the second year in a row, the conference was held concurrently at two different sites. At St. Ann’s Model School in Kaneohe, faculty and staff gathered from […]
Archives for February 2013
Bishop urges ‘greater effort’ by parishes to offer Penance during Lent
Seventeen Hawaii parishes have responded to Bishop Larry Silva’s request to make the Sacrament of Penance more available to parishioners during Lent, according to the diocesan Office of Worship. “During this Year of Faith, one of the great gifts that we need to make even more available to our people is the Sacrament of Penance,” […]
MMM…MEATLESS! Diocesan staffers share with Hawaii Catholic Herald readers their recipes for Lenten Fridays
No meat on Fridays. No gravy or sauces made from meat products. No problem! At the annual “Lenten Luncheon” hosted by the Hawaii Catholic Herald, diocesan employees showed that sacrificing meat during this liturgical season doesn’t also have to be a penance of bland, boring meals. In Lenten Luncheon tradition, staffers brought a bevy of […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Forget it
Scripture tells us, over and over, that we are to forgive those who hurt us. Moreover, we are to forgive others the way God has forgiven us. His forgiveness is total and unconditional. So, we, too, are to forgive and forget. That second action is the real toughie. Time helps with some trespasses. We seldom […]
Bishop to lead Alaska ‘cruise of reflection and renewal’
Bishop Larry Silva, who has led pilgrimages to canonizations in Rome and to the Holy Land, this year will lead an “Alaskan Cruise of Reflection and Renewal” with Hawaii’s deacons, Aug. 9-18. But you don’t have to be a deacon to sign up for the tour, which is being coordinated by Seawind Tours & Travel, […]
‘Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It’s been years ….’
If you were raised in the Catholic Church before 1962, you may remember the long lines waiting for confession every Saturday. Even though the church mandated confession only for serious sin, a culture of sinfulness led good and faithful Catholics to frequent, sometimes weekly, confession. Many devotional practices, including confession for venial sins, fell into […]
Viriditas: Sister Frances Therese Souza, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: Faithfulness to God makes us who we are
As I was reading an article in preparation for general chapter last year, the thought came to me that religious life and religion do not define who we are. We define what it is. I define what Franciscanism is, what the Catholic faith is, by who I am. Isn’t that cool? As you think of […]
Manaolana | Lisa’s catechism corner: What is charity?
YOUCAT*: Charity is the power by which we, who have been loved first by God, can give ourselves to God so as to be united with him and can accept our neighbor for God’s sake as unconditionally and sincerely as we accept ourselves. [1822-1829, 1844] Charity is the greatest of three theological virtues (the other […]
Manaolana | Lent: Make it a good one (You’ve got 40 days)
It’s that time of year again. Lent. Since the fourth century, your fellow faithful have been observing this period of spiritual preparation leading up to Easter. It’s a season of 40 days — excluding Sundays — that the church established to help us remember our call to prayer and living out God’s love to others. […]
Married 77 years! Angelino and Eva Ronquilio of Aiea
The Feb. 1 issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald reported Worldwide Marriage Encounter’s choice of Joseph and Helen Vierra of Waimanalo as Hawaii’s longest married couple for 2013. The Vierras recently celebrated their 75th anniversary and were nominated for the annual Worldwide Marriage Encounter contest. As it turns out, another Catholic couple in Aiea also […]
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