In an effort to help more Hawaii Catholics fulfill what the Catechism of the Catholic Church calls a “moral obligation” to vote, Bishop Larry Silva is asking local parishes to conduct voter registration drives during Masses over the June 21-22 weekend. Voter registration forms will be passed out in the pews and Mass-goers who are […]
Archives for June 2014
Letter by Bishop Silva to parishioners of registering to vote
Office of the Bishop Diocese of Honolulu June 7, 2014 To All Parishioners in the Diocese of Honolulu Dear Sisters and Brothers: I am writing about a very important issue for our community: voting. With all the hype about “separation of church and state” we can be deceived into thinking that our participation in the […]
Congratulations Hawaii Catholic High School Classes of 2014
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Photo: Special presentation
Hawaii’s Knights of Columbus Supreme Council presented Special Olympics Hawaii a check for $3,500 on May 15. Pictured at the presentation, from left, are Dan Epstein, vice president of sports and sports marketing for Special Olympics Hawaii; Michael P. Victorino, Hawaii state deputy, Knights of Columbus; Nancy Bottelo, Special Olympics Hawaii president and CEO; and […]
Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: How the son of a president proved himself
Being the son of an American president comes with as many pressures as it does privileges, especially when you’re his first boy and you bear his name. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. felt that his dad, President Teddy Roosevelt, demanded more of him than of his three younger brothers. The boyhood levity expressed in his broad Howdy-Doody […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Pentecost
The divine Spirit descends Acts 2:1-11 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 John 20:19-23 This weekend the church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feasts of the liturgical year. It is richly biblical in its background and is profoundly educational both in its own message as well as in its place in the chronology of events […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: June 6, 2014
Quote “Doubts with the faith and struggles are good things because that’s going to make your faith stronger. Even if there are elements of the church you can’t agree with, don’t ever give up your relationship with Jesus Christ. That is a living, real relationship.” | Salt Lake City Bishop John C. Wester in a […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Saints alive!
When it comes to the saints, I’m drawn to those whose lives resemble mine. I can’t always figure out what Jesus would do. However, among the 8,000-plus saints, blesseds and venerables, there’s always someone suitable to my present need. Some remain friends for life. When I was eight, a Catholic neighbor gave me a tiny […]
Manaolana | Priesthood calling: Different paths, one burning desire, as vocations are discerned
Father Joseph Cazenavette, right, and other clergymen lay their hands on men during their ordination Mass at St. Dominic’s Church in Washington May 23. Statistics for this year’s ordination class show that the median age of the men is 32 and a Catholic education stands out as a strong factor in their background. (CNS photo/Bob […]
Letter to the Herald: Recalling a saint’s self-sacrifice
Bravo Darlene Dela Cruz for your excellent report on the church’s sesquicentennial celebration of Father Damien de Veuster’s arrival Ein Honolulu on March 19, 1864. As the perfect sacrifice of Christ, holy Mass, we know, is the sacramental presence of the Nazarene’s sacrifice of the Cross. In this same connection, what John Bannister Tabb celebrates […]