Archbishop Fulton Sheen preaches at the Red Mass on July 29, 1973, in Honolulu’s Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. (Hawaii Catholic Herald file photo) WASHINGTON — The canonization cause of Archbishop Fulton Sheen has been suspended indefinitely, according to a statement issued Sept. 3 by the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, where the archbishop […]
Archives for September 2014
Pope Francis gives three lessons from Mary: Be joyful, help others, never give up
Preparing for Albania: Pope Francis leaves after a private audience with Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania at the Vatican April 24. The pope will make Albania his first European destination Sept. 21. (CNS photo/Alessandra Tarantino, EPA) VATICAN CITY — When a mother has a birthday, children send their greetings and love, so make […]
Sistine Chapel weathers surge in visitor numbers caused by ‘Francis effect’
Swiss Guards attend a Mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in this Jan. 22, 2006, file photo. The election of Pope Francis has boosted the number of visitors to the Vatican and also the Museums. To protect the Sistine Chapel, new air conditioning and LED lighting systems are being installed. (CNS photo/Maurizio Brambatti, […]
Viriditas: Father Marvin Samiano, diocesan priest
A sign of God’s love I have a friend who is hearing impaired. She would go to Mass and sit there not understanding what was going on and twiddle her thumbs. As a priest, this made me feel really sad. I determined later to learn sign language because we were friends, and also because I […]
New York cardinal backs St. Patrick’s Day Parade as ban on gay groups is lifted
NEW YORK — Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said he continues to support the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee after it lifted a ban prohibiting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups from marching openly in the annual event. The cardinal, who will be the grand marshal of the 254th St. Patrick’s Day […]
Obituary: Maryknoll Sister Margaret Frances Kulage | 1907-2014
Congregation’s oldest member, 107, served in Hawaii and the Philippines Maryknoll Sister Margaret Frances Kulage, who survived a boat capsizing in shark-infested Philippine waters and teaching assignments in Kalihi to become her congregation’s oldest member, died Aug. 28 at age 107 at the Maryknoll Sisters Home Care IV in Maryknoll, N.Y. She was a Maryknoll […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: ‘The ministers of the cup forget us’
Q: The church that we attend has front-row seating for disabled members of the congregation, and that is where my husband and I sit. At Communion time, the host is always brought to us at our seats. However, many times the ministers of the cup forget us and we don’t have the opportunity to receive […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Exaltation of the Holy Cross
To follow Jesus is to bear out own cross Numbers 21:4b-9 Philippians 2:6-11 John 3:11-17 Whenever a feast supersedes a regular Sunday liturgy in the church, Catholics should realize that the church is interrupting the usual sequence of Sunday readings to provide us with a lesson that it considers to be especially important. Such is […]
Photo: A lot of bricks
Diocesan vicar general Father Gary Secor blesses the newly renovated parking lot at Holy Trinity Church in Kuliouou, Sept. 6. The old asphalt parking lot was replaced with a new, durable type of brick surface that resists gasoline and oil drips from cars. Porous material between and under the bricks will help prevent potholes and […]
Bishop assures Pahoa of prayers amid natural disaster ‘challenges’
Bishop Larry Silva sent a letter Sept. 5 to the administrator and parishioners of a parish in the Puna District of the Big Island assuring them of his prayers as they continue to recover from a recent tropical storm and as some in their community face a potentially damaging lava flow. “I am aware of […]