An American Catholic is honored as a missionary and physician working in the Sudan war zone By Josephine von Dohlen Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Hidden in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, a war zone for the past few years, a U.S. Catholic missionary, Dr. Tom Catena, ministers to a village of 750,000 people as […]
Archives for June 2017
Photos: Street prayers
Dozens of Catholics brought prayers and praise to the streets of metro Honolulu June 18 in the diocese’s annual procession for the Feast of Corpus Christi. The procession, which commemorates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, began at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa and made its way through the highways […]
Chaminade announces its new board of regents slate …
Vaughn G.A. Vasconcellos, chairman of Chaminade University’s board of regents, this month welcomed two newly-appointed regents and one returning regent to the board, which is the policy-making body of the university. Newly appointed board members are Keiki-Pua S. Dancil, director of business strategy development for Hawaiian Electric Company, and Roy J. Panzarella, vice president of […]
Father John Catoir: Some fear is salutary
A woman wrote to me recently: “Father I was wondering if you could offer me some suggestions? I am trying to trust in Our Lord, but I tend to be anxious, sometimes to the point of having anxiety attacks. I want to trust God, but I get so frightened.” I answered her right away, “St. […]
Lithuanian archbishop, murdered by Soviet police, beatified in Vilnius
By Catholic News Service VILNIUS, Lithuania — A Catholic archbishop who was murdered by Soviet police to prevent him attending the Second Vatican Council became the first communist-era martyr beatified in Lithuania. “Long, hard years of prison, labor camp and house arrest may have gradually impoverished this strong, courageous witness of the Gospel, but persecution […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Only spiritual rewards endure
13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a; Romans 6:3-4, 8-11; Matthew 10:37-42 This weekend’s first reading is from the first of two books in the Bible that bear a name suggesting that they are about the kings of Israel. Kings are mentioned, but from a very particular view. Kings were judged on how […]
Philippine religious superiors call for end to martial law in Mindanao
By Catholic News Service MANILA, Philippines — The Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines called for an end to martial law in Mindanao, saying that it is “not the proper response to terrorist attacks in just one city on a vast island.” “The declaration of martial law is an extreme measure, and based […]
Working vacation: Seminarians start summer assignments
By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald It’s summertime, and for many of our Diocese of Honolulu seminarians, the season brings a welcome break from the daily grind of books and classes at St. Patrick Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California or Mount Angel Seminary in Oregon. Six of the local boys in […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Receive the Holy Spirit
WITNESS TO JESUS This is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost, June 3-4, delivered at the Confirmation Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Ewa Beach; the Confirmation and Holy Ghost Festa Mass at Holy Ghost Mission, Kula; and the Hispanic Confirmation Mass at Christ the King […]
At 90, she joins her late husband in baptism
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald John and Esther Spencer of Honolulu were married 63 years when he died on Father’s Day in 2014. He was 93. “It was the saddest moment of my life,” Esther said. One of the happiest moments of her life came on May 26 at 1:30 p.m. when Msgr. Gary […]
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