Meheula Vista, Mililani Mauka Story and photos by Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald On state land nestled in a cool, quiet Mililani Mauka suburb, Catholic Charities Hawaii officially opened a new affordable housing complex for Island seniors. A Feb. 28 blessing ceremony brought community members together with Catholic Charities Hawaii staff, Catholic parishioners, […]
Archives for March 2017
Number of marriage nullity decisions doubled in Year of Mercy
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu judged twice the number of “declarations of nullity,” commonly called marriage annulments, during the “Holy Year of Mercy” than the year before. Judicial vicar Father Mark Gantley, who heads the diocesan Tribunal office, said he “rendered 40 decisions in 2015 and 80 decisions in 2016.” […]
Hawaii bishop joins others in allowing St. Paddy’s Day corned beef, however …
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Bishop Larry Silva may not be Irish, but he has gotten in the spirit of St. Paddy’s Day this year by issuing a “dispensation from abstinence from meat” for anyone whose celebration of the wearin’ of the green would be incomplete without a slab of corned beef. When St. […]
Why fasting is a paradox
Refraining from food is not an end in itself. It points beyond itself, focusing our attention on the reality of God’s presence here and now. By David Gibson Catholic News Service Fasting is a paradox for Christians. It encompasses seemingly contradictory intentions. First, fasting appears to possess a negative quality. It asks us to do […]
Pope: Don’t worry how it’s spent, always give homeless a handout
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — People who don’t give money to the homeless because they think it will be spent on alcohol and not food should ask themselves what guilty pleasures they are secretly spending money on, Pope Francis said. “There are many excuses” to justify why one doesn’t lend a […]
Bishop’s Circle follow-up appeal in time for Lenten almsgiving
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The follow-up to the 2016-2017 Bishop’s Circle campaign launched last November went out in the mail to Catholic donors last week in time for Lent. It is a self-contained mailer and return envelope, with a message from Bishop Larry Silva. “As Catholics, we are all part of a larger […]
DEACON THOMAS PATRICK CONTRADES | 1949-2017: Husband and father ‘absolutely loved’ the diaconate
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Kauai Deacon Thomas Patrick Contrades of Kapaa, whose big heart and selfless spirit won him the respect and love of his community, died on Feb. 24. He was 67 and a deacon for 10 years. Bishop Larry Silva presided at his funeral Mass March 4 at St. Raphael Church, […]
Photo: Ode to Mary
Students from Holy Family Catholic Academy were among a dozen performing groups at the 5th Annual Hawaii Catholic Schools Choral Festival, March 2 at the Clarence T.C. Ching Gymnasium in the Maryknoll Community Center. The theme of this year’s festival was “Ode to Mary.” (Photo courtesy Deborah Manog and Hawaii Catholic Schools office)
Photo: Father to Father
Sacred Hearts Father Thomas Choo, left, greets his successor at St. Patrick Parish, Kaimuki, Sacred Hearts Father Santhosh Thottankara at the priest’s 75th birthday party, Feb. 19. “The space in front of the altar is the most sacred place,” the Kaimuki-born Father Choo told his replacement who is 30 years his junior. “It is there […]
Father John Catoir: My farewell column
As a young college student, I found myself drifting away from the church. I had a thousand questions, and I found institutional religion unappealing. If it were not for a piece of writing that spoke to my heart, by Cardinal John Henry Newman, I don’t know where I’d be today: “God has created me to […]
