When the Hawaii Catholic Herald called Deacon EJ Resinto June 17, the young diocesan seminarian was home on the Garden Isle, soaking in the sweet Kauai summer, cruising with friends and ohana.
Archives for June 2016
Pope questions validity of many marriages today
He says too many couples do not understand bond is for life By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ROME — Because most people today do not understand that sacramental marriage really is a bond that binds them to each other for life, many marriages today can be considered invalid, Pope Francis said. Raising a point […]
Christians must apologize for hostility against gays, pope says
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM ARMENIA — Catholics and other Christians not only must apologize to the gay community, they must ask forgiveness of God for ways they have discriminated against homosexual persons or fostered hostility toward them, Pope Francis said.
Catholic response to Orlando: Pray, act, show solidarity
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — As Orlando, Florida, and the nation moves on from the shock of the June 12 nightclub attack, many are finding that there is no set path to find solace. But in the midst of collective mourning over the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, the Catholic Church […]
Sister sisters
Dorothy Santos (right) followed a religious calling close to home. Tomboy Cecelia Santos, lit with missionary fire, wanted to go to China Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Hearts Sister Dorothy Santos and Maryknoll Sister Cecelia Santos are blood sisters who grew up on a ranch in up-country Makawao, Maui. […]
A time to serve, a time to retire
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The retirement on July 1 of Holy Trinity pastor Father Dennis Koshko signals an aloha to a time when the local diocesan seminary was a robust, vital place. Like a beacon on a hill, in this case the higher slopes of Oahu’s Koolaus, St. Stephen Seminary attracted local boys […]
Brexit vote: Europe church leaders concerned unity may be fractured
By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service OXFORD, England — European Catholic leaders expressed concern that the decision by United Kingdom voters to leave the European Union threatened unity across the continent, but they also cautioned the EU bloc to rethink its values and priorities. The concerns arose after voters decided June 23 to exit the […]
SISTER CATHERINE PELLETIER, SND | 1923-2016
Notre Dame nun taught 10 years at Holy Family Sister Catherine (Agnes St. Jude) Pelletier, a Sister of Notre Dame for 73 years, who served 10 of those years in Hawaii, died peacefully on June 6 at the age of 93 at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland. “She had a wonderful life!” said […]
Heralding back: July 1. 2016
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — July 1, 1966 Donald W. C. Won of Waipahu, a former Army Communications supervisor has been accepted as a full-time student and prospective candidate for a degree. A career Army man who retired with the rank of sergeant first class last December, Won is the first […]
Pope Francis: Never judge, instead look in your mirror
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Christians must take a good look at their own sins before calling out their neighbor’s faults, Pope Francis said. “Look at yourself in the mirror, not to put on makeup so your wrinkles can’t be seen; no, that’s not (Jesus’) advice. Look at yourself […]
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