Hawaii’s own replica of the world-renowned image of the Marian apparition will be on display Story and photos by Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii is joining a nationwide grassroots effort started by devotees of Our Lady of Fatima to bridge the conclusion of the Jubilee Year of Mercy with the opening of […]
Archives for October 2016
Proliferation of vicars
The word means deputy or representative and is used at many levels of church life By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Parochial vicars seem to be appearing more frequently in parishes. Meanwhile, associate pastors have been vanishing from parish staff listings. What’s a parochial vicar? Let’s start with the “pastor.” Every parish gets one, or […]
It’s the month for the annual counting of weekend church-goers
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald It’s October. Time to be counted. October is the month the diocese tries to get a fix on how many people in Hawaii go to church each week. Each parish is asked to count heads at each Saturday vigil and Sunday Mass for the entire month of October. […]
Pearl Harbor chaplain’s remains identified, will be returned to Iowa
By Jill Kruse Catholic News Service DUBUQUE, Iowa — There was nothing yet infamous about Dec. 7, 1941, when Father Aloysius Schmitt woke up aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma to celebrate Mass that Sunday morning at Pearl Harbor. But just minutes after the liturgy ended, a surprise Japanese attack was underway, and Father Schmitt […]
Gay, transgender people deserve pastoral care, pope says
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM AZERBAIJAN — Catholics who are homosexual, confused about their sexuality or convinced they were born in the wrong body deserve the same attentive pastoral care as anyone else, Pope Francis said. Flying back to Rome Oct. 2 after a visit to Georgia and […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Oct. 7, 2016
The 100th anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. The month of the holy rosary. October holds much homage to our Blessed Mother, Heraldites. My latest quiz has a theme befitting such a Marian month. Let’s see how well you do with the following questions. 1) Saints The Blessed Virgin Mary is […]
Father John Catoir: How can Catholics relate to Mary?
Of all the aspects of Mary, her motherhood is the one that takes hold of the average Catholic. We can easily imagine the indescribable intimacy that exists between a mother and son. For this reason, there are a variety of ways in which Catholics apply this awareness to their own lives. Here’s one example. […]
Christina Capecchi: Listening at the keyholes
TWENTY SOMETHING When two 20-somethings slung a wire across rooftops in Boston, they were hoping to hear each other’s voices transmitted across that line. It worked, and they did, but in the process, they also picked up a far more exotic sound: powerful radio waves emitted from the sun. Alexander Graham Bell was 26 and […]
Heralding back: Oct. 7, 2016
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Oct. 7, 1966 Miss Chris Hammond left the Safeway supermarket on Tuesday with a cart of seafood as she stocked the family’s kitchen shelves in preparation for today’s and every Friday’s observance of “meatless Fridays.” She expressed surprise at the great variety of frozen and canned seafoods […]
Three Mexican priests murdered within days; motives unknown
By David Agren Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY — A priest abducted from his parish residence in the Mexican state of Michoacan has been found dead, the Archdiocese of Morelia confirmed Sept. 25. He was the third priest murdered in Mexico within days. State prosecutors say Father Jose Alfredo Lopez Guillen, pastor in the […]
