Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for March 2015

Creating a three-dimensional image of the Crucifixion has ‘enriched my soul,’ says artist

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NEW ORLEANS — Jed Malitz appends “V2” to the name of his art gallery in New Orleans’ Warehouse District. The “V2” stands for “Version 2” — both in art and in life. Inside Malitz’s gallery, floor-to-ceiling black drapes bisect the rectangular gallery space. In front of the drapes, visible as soon as someone walks in […]

Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: Moved by stories of hunger

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Entering Holy Week, Christians everywhere focus on the Greatest Story ever: the Passion Narrative. During Lent, U.S. Catholic schools have been using the Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl online app to allow students to share their thoughts about stories of hunger around the world. Here are examples of what some seventh and eighth graders in […]

Heralding back: March 27, 2015

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — March 26, 1965 The St. Joseph’s Redbirds, champions here in the Parks and Recreation and also the Laupahoehoe Invitational 12 year basketball tournament, are pictured above. The future Cardinals, pictured from left to right are, kneeling, Rodney Pacheco, mascot. Front row, Roy Shupe, Steven Carvalho, Leslie Tachibana, […]

Father Kenneth Doyle | QUESTION CORNER: Was the crucifixion necessary?

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Q: I have been a Catholic all my life, but I have never really understood why Jesus had to die for our sins. Couldn’t God have just forgiven us? (Eagan, Minnesota) A: Your question is one that has occupied theologians over the entire history of Christianity. I side with your position: God is God, and […]

Message of mercy: Let Jesus cleanse you of your sins, Pope Francis urges

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Pope Francis gives the homily while celebrating Mass at St. Mary Mother of the Redeemer Parish on the outskirts of Rome March 8. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)   VATICAN CITY — Christian faith and a moral life are responses to God’s mercy and not the result of “titanic” human effort, Pope Francis said. In meetings and […]

A walk with the suffering Lord: Each station is a ‘supreme offer of reconciliation and peace’

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“Every new suffering of Jesus is a seed of future joy for humanity, every jeer, a premise of glory. Along that way of suffering Jesus’ every meeting — with friends, with enemies, with the indifferent — is a chance for one final lesson, one last look, one supreme offer of reconciliation and peace.” Archbishop Piero […]

Vatican security always on high alert, chief says after IS threats

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VATICAN CITY — The head of Vatican security said Islamic State militants have threatened the Vatican, but there are no indications of any planned attack. The Vatican gendarmes, Swiss Guards and the Italian state police that patrol the perimeter of Vatican City State are always on high alert, said Domenico Giani, the commander of the […]