The Book of Jeremiah provides the first reading for this weekend. This book is regarded as one of the major Hebrew prophetic works because of its extent and the brilliance of its language. Jeremiah descended from priests. He was from a small village, Anathoth, only a few miles away from Jerusalem.
Archives for January 2016
Photo: Deacon class lectors
Twelve candidates in their fourth year of formation for the permanent diaconate for the Diocese of Honolulu were instituted into the ministry of lector by Bishop Larry Silva in the St. Stephen Diocesan Center Chapel on Jan. 10.
U.S. priest laments destruction of Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery
By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service AMMAN, Jordan — Catholic clergy lamented the destruction of Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery, St. Elijah, and urged the international community to do more to stop such assaults. “I had the same emotional and perhaps spiritual experience as I did when I was standing over the bodies of fallen soldiers,” […]
Heralding back: Jan. 29, 2016
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Jan. 28, 1966 The 1966 Hawaii Catholic Herald Drive opens today when more than 17,000 students of Hawaii Catholic Schools officially become Herald salesmen for the month of February, Catholic Press Month throughout the United States. With subscription forms these students are on their way to your […]
Diocese of Honolulu 2016 Lenten Regulations
In the dioceses in the United States, Catholics aged 18 through 59 are bound to fast on both Ash Wednesday (Feb. 10) and Good Friday (March 25).
Academy hosting free symposium on science for girls
Sacred Hearts Academy will host its 22nd Science Symposium for Girls, 7:45-11:30 a.m., Feb. 20 at its Kaimuki campus at 3253 Waialae Avenue. It is free and open to girls in grades 5-8. The symposium’s featured speaker will be Naoko Kurahashi Neilson, an astroparticle physicist at Drexel University in Philadelphia who earned her PhD by […]
Talk Story: Connecting as one ohana during Lent
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “We need to strengthen the conviction that we are one single human family.” (Pope Francis, “Laudato Si’: Caring for Our Common Home”) In this Holy Year of Mercy, Pope Francis is calling us all to strengthen the conviction that we are truly one ohana. This Lent, the U.S. bishops are urging […]
Diocese offering Mass, anointing for World Day of the Sick
The Diocese of Honolulu, with the support of the Order of Malta, will celebrate Mass for the World Day of the Sick, at 6 p.m., Feb. 11, in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Bishop Larry Silva will preside at the liturgy which will include the sacrament of the anointing of the sick.
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is repentance required for forgiveness?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Regarding your recent column on forgiving ISIS: Must forgiveness be predicated on remorse and repentance by the offending party? I am thinking of Christ being crucified and saying, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing” — or St. Stephen forgiving those who had stoned him. (Greenwich, Connecticut) Q: […]
Get your Fat Tuesday malassadas at Damien or St. Joseph, Maui
Fat Tuesday malassadas will be available at a couple of schools this year, one on Oahu and one on Maui. The presale deadline is Feb. 1 for the very popular Damien Memorial School’s malassadas sale. The cost is $6 for a half dozen, $12 for a dozen.
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