Who asked God to become a human being anyway? Certainly not those who praise God but still like to keep him in a safe place, away from any interference he might have in their daily lives. Certainly not those who see God’s law as oppressive of their human freedom and who lock him away in […]
Archives for December 2013
Catholic school teacher’s aide writes ‘something new’ about an old value
Ginger Kamisugi, a teacher’s aide at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City, reads to students her new book, “Something Different, Something New,” Dec. 4. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) A new children’s book written by a teacher’s aide at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City aims to […]
Christmas carol favorites
Childhood memories, soaring notes, haunting melodies, joyful lyrics? Why do some Christmas songs make our hearts quiver and our souls melt? The Hawaii Catholic Herald asked a few friends to name their most favorite Christmas carol and to explain what made it special. Here are their responses compiled and gently edited. Karen Kung, diocesan human […]
Coordinating Christmas angels: Catholic Charities’ ‘Holidays from the Heart’ connects the giver with the receiver
Students from Star of the Sea School look at the ornaments on their “Giving Tree,” which have written on them Christmas wish items for Catholic Charities Hawaii clients and others in the community. Students and parishioners have given generous donations to fulfill these holiday needs. A new Catholic Charities program geared toward Volunteer Services and […]
OBITUARY: Benedictine Father Timothy Ottman served Hawaii in parishes, monastery for 30 years
Benedictine Father Timothy M. Ottman, who came to Hawaii more than 30 years ago to work as a parish priest for a decade before retiring at the Benedictine Monastery in Waialua, died Dec. 5 in a Waialua foster care home. He was 92. He had been in religious life, first as a Trappist monk, since […]
Mary Adamski: The Lord is coming and the house is clean. Halleluia!
The house always had to be shining clean for Christmas and since Mom ruled, we the children took the vacuum cleaner nozzle into the deepest corners and the dustcloths to the tops of all those many framed things on the walls. That wasn’t quite going where no kid had been before, but it was shifting […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Less aw, more awe
I have a quarrel with nativity scenes. St. Francis created the first Christmas crèche to encourage our devotion to Christ. He put real straw in a real manger and brought a real ox and donkey to a rocky crevice in the hillside. They illustrated his sermon on poverty and humility. In today’s nativity scenes, the […]
Official notices: Dec. 20, 2013
Bishop’s calendar December 20, 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi. December 21, 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, Holy Cross Parish, Kalaheo; 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, St. John Apostle & Evangelist Parish, Mililani. [Fr. Gary Secor]; 5:00 pm, Mass at Immaculate Conception Parish, Lihue. December 22, 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, […]
Three Honolulu pro-life events will mark Roe vs. Wade anniversary
Three Honolulu pro-life events in January will mark the U.S. Supreme Court’s Jan. 22, 1973, Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. A Luminary Ceremony and Prayer Service, 5:30-8 p.m., Jan. 22, at the Hawaii state Capitol will honor the millions of babies lost to abortion. The event is being sponsored […]
Letter to the Herald: Two good reasons to subscribe
Two good reasons why I subscribe to the Hawaii Catholic Herald (although not a resident of Hawaii) are because of the spiritual columns of Fathers Catoir and Rolheiser. The November 22 edition was unusually well done. Father Rolheiser wrote on celibacy. Father Catoir’s column had to do with coping when things don’t go our way […]
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