The Maryknoll Fathers had instilled in me the missionary spirit. Now that we have a lot of vocations in my diocese, it is my time to share in the mission. When my bishop asked me to do missionary work, to help the Diocese of Honolulu, I needed to discern it for a few months. I […]
Archives for October 2015
Manaolana | Karen Osborne: What if you were a refugee?
I was shopping at the neighborhood corner store, just minding my own business, when the cashier started to talk with his customer about the refugee crisis in Europe. Hundreds of thousands of refugees are streaming into Europe from war-torn Syria, Iraq and other Middle East and African countries. They are looking for an escape from […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Practical preaching
Today’s tip: Use Mass announcements to preach discipleship, practical steps and life change I am a (University of Washington) Husky. The UW has a Newman Center just off campus in the heart of Greek Row. At this Newman Center, there was always a “production” type Mass announcement that got people either laughing or clapping, but […]
Manaolana | Lisa Gomes: What’s my faith have to do with church?
YOUCAT*: “No one can believe alone and by himself, just as no one can live alone and by himself. We receive the faith from the church and live it out in fellowship with the people with whom we share our faith.” [CCC 781-786] Yes, faith is a personal act, but our faith was passed on […]
Photo: Public prayer
About 50 people gathered at Thomas Square in Honolulu Oct. 13 to pray the rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy. The public prayer event was one of several gatherings organized in the Islands during the month of the Holy Rosary in October. Oct. 13 also marks the anniversary of the last apparition of Our Lady […]
Official notices: Oct. 23, 2015
October 23, 10:00 am, Meeting of the Bishops of the San Francisco Province, San Francisco, California.
October 24-25, Episcopal Visitation, St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Kailua.
October 27, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council, Chancery, downtown Honolulu; 11:30 am, Diocesan Stewardship and Development Commission, Chancery.
Star of the Sea Parish offering ministry for those who mourn
Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala has a new ministry that offers consolation and support for those who are mourning the loss of a loved one. Healing Hearts Ministry provides participants an opportunity to explore mourning through Scripture, prayer, reflection and faith sharing. If you are coping with the loss of a loved […]
Heralding back: Oct. 23, 2015
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Oct. 22, 1965 George Barati (right) rehearses with Shigeru Hotoke (filling in for Richard Kness, tenor, who had not arrived from Washington), Ethel Chung Maxson, Eunice DeMello, and Charles Scharbach (left to right) for tonight’s performance of Beethoven’s MISSA SOLEMNIS. This is the first time this masterpiece […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion | 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time: God’s mercy is everlasting
Jeremiah 31:7-9; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52 The Book of Jeremiah provides this weekend’s first reading. A few facts about Jeremiah are known from the book itself. He was from Anatoth, a village only a few miles from Jerusalem. He was the son of Hilkiah, a priest. He was a prophet for more than 40 years. […]
Skies clear for a successful scholarship golf tourney
The day started off pretty dismally, with dark skies dumping lots of rain. But by the time the golfers arrived to check in for Our Lady of Good Counsel School’s second annual Golf Scholarship Tournament Sept. 25 at the Hawaii Prince Course in Ewa, there was nothing but blue skies. Thirty-one teams of three players […]