By Bronwen Dachs Catholic News Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa — While most expatriate aid workers left South Sudan after a brutal attack on foreigners in the capital, a group of Catholic missionaries chose to stay. “We stayed because we are committed to the ordinary people who are suffering so much,” La Sallian Christian Brother […]
Archives for September 2016
Letter to the Herald: Sept. 9, 2016
Iconic photo The Hawaii Catholic Herald front page cover of Aug.26 is truly an iconic photo of Mother Teresa. The wrinkles on her face have come out from not drinking water. This photo, taken at the Damien beatification in Belgium, is the result of dehydration in her choosing to experience in a prayerful way […]
Talk story: Setting prisoners free
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The Lord secures justice for the oppressed … sets the prisoners free … lifts up those who are bowed down” (Psalm 146:7 quoted by Pope Francis in his call to the Jubilee Year of Mercy) As we enter the last months of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, families from around Oahu […]
Official notices: Sept. 9, 2016
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] September 9, 12:00 pm, Mass for National Day of Prayer for Peace, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu; 6:00 pm, Mass honoring the 75th anniversary of the Diocese of Honolulu with the Maui Vicariate, St. Anthony Church, Wailuku. September […]
Sisters committed to serving poor, vulnerable people in Mississippi
By Marnie McAllister Catholic News Service NAZARETH, Ky. — The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth commit in their mission statement to “risk their lives” in their ministry to the poor and vulnerable. “You don’t know what that’s going to be like or look like,” said Sister Susan Gatz, president of the religious order. “But now […]
Heralding back; Sept. 9, 2016
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Sept. 16, 1966 Compassionate words from the Holy Father will undoubtedly live long in the memory of this father and his little daughter afflicted with polio. (NC Photo) 25 years ago — Sept. 13, 1991 ‘How good it is’ “Ecce quam bonum … How good it is […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Am I free to marry?
QUESTION CORNER Q:I was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church. When I was younger, I served as an altar boy for several years. About 12 years ago, I got married in a Methodist church. I never had the marriage “convalidated” in the Catholic Church since my wife was against involving another member of the […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: The wonderful world of theology
THE HUMAN SIDE In Robert Bolt’s play “A Man for All Seasons,” Rich, who is enamored with the glory of court life, pleads with St. Thomas More for a court appointment. More replies, “Why not be a teacher? You’d be a fine teacher. Perhaps even a great one.” “And if I was, who would know […]
Father John Catoir: Pure prayer is a joy
Pure prayer is a joy. This idea came from British Benedictine Abbot John Chapman, a biblical scholar and popular preacher who died in 1933. He taught that prayer is not necessarily found in our lofty thoughts or words, nor is it a matter of pious feelings; he insisted you should never force feelings of […]
Christina Capecchi: Dreaming of the Caribbean
TWENTY SOMETHING The phone call came when I was boiling sweet corn — suppertime on a hum-drum Sunday whose excitement peaked with a trip to the grocery store. It had been months since I’d spoken with my college friend Wendy, but she skipped right over the small talk: She’s moving to St. Croix. When I […]
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