Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for February 2015

The way of a cross

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Photos by Walter Bacxa Special to the Herald It’s been more than seven years since an earthquake revealed severe damage to St. Michael Church in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island, requiring the tearing down of the 157-year-old structure. Now, its parishioners are eagerly anticipating the completion of a new church and are getting a look […]

Pope Francis: Don’t let meatless Fridays be selfish, soulless, seafood splurge

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Pope Francis elevates the Eucharist during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome Feb. 18. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)   VATICAN CITY — Real fasting isn’t just restricting food choices, it must also include cleansing the heart of all selfishness and making room in one’s life for those in need and those […]

Conference spreads message and promise of stewardship

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Stewardship, correctly understood and properly practiced, will energize your parish. That message was hammered home in a variety of ways at a diocesan morning conference Feb. 7 at St. Elizabeth Church in Aiea by visiting and local speakers eager to spread the gospel of stewardship. The presenters emphasized for the 300 attendees what stewardship was […]

Father Arnel Soriano, Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette: Challenges and blessings

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I grew up with the La Salette priests. My hometown of Isabela was their first mission in the Philippines. They married my parents and were always at our house, even joining us for meals. Through the influence of my mom, I studied in a La Salette school and became an altar boy. During my high […]

Simple cardboard bowl fights poverty around the world

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This year marks the 40th anniversary of Catholic Relief Service’s Rice Bowl, the Lenten program known for its iconic cardboard “rice bowl” used by millions of Catholics across the United States. The CRS Rice Bowl has become a tradition for Catholic families, parishes and religious educators. Since its inception, it has raised $250 million to […]

Pope Francis exhorts new cardinals to exercise charity with a sense of justice

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New Cardinal Soane Mafi of Tonga greets pilgrims from his country after a consistory at which he was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 14. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)   VATICAN CITY — In a Valentine’s Day ceremony to create 20 new cardinals, Pope Francis offered a meditation […]

Father Gary Secor to replace retiring cathedral rector

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Bishop Larry Silva has announced the retirement March 1 of Father John Berger, rector of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Stepping into his place will be Father Gary Secor. The bishop made the announcement in the “official notices” published in this issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald (see page 2). The bishop’s […]

Manaolana | The real best movies, family films of 2014

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Agata Trzebuchowska stars in a scene from the movie “Ida,” which won the Oscar this year for best foreign film. (CNS photo/Music Box Films)   NEW YORK — The year just past saw the release of a number of films whose celebrated cinematic quality was not matched by moral merit. Writer-director Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood,” for […]

Mary Adamski: There won’t always be another Lent

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“I’m going to pay for this column.” That was a great lead by a political columnist in the daily paper last week, calculated to lure people to read on. Hers was an expose of machiavellian machinations on the national political scene. I’m borrowing it. My view is not with wide-angle lens but a microscopic peek […]