QUESTION CORNER Q: I need some clarification on the church’s marriage laws. I am a Catholic currently married to a divorced non-Catholic whose first marriage was not in the Catholic Church. I tried to arrange to marry him in the church, but a parish priest told me that my husband-to-be would need to get his […]
Archives for September 2017
Talk story: Welcome, protect, promote, integrate
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” (Leviticus 19:34) On Aug. 15, the Feast of the Assumption, Pope Francis wrote in his […]
Father John Catoir: What God has joined together
Everyone agrees with Jesus, “What God has joined together, let no man put asunder.” (Mark 10:9) When a marriage case comes before any diocesan tribunal, the question before the chief judge is this: Was this marriage joined together by God, or not? In other words, the presumption of validity can be challenged. If the presumption […]
Official notices: Sept. 8, 2017
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] September 9, 5:00 pm, Confirmation Mass, St. Joseph Parish, Makawao. September 10, 11:00 am, Mass for the Feast of Our Lady Queen of Angels and altar dedication, Our Lady Queen of Angels Parish, Kula. September 12, Pilgrimage for Priests to Kalaupapa, Molokai. September […]
Ching Foundation gives $40,000 to Hale Kau Kau
Hale Kau Kau, a ministry of St. Theresa Church in Kihei, in July was awarded a $40,000 grant from The Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation to enhance the homebound meal delivery services to the elderly, sick and disabled in South Maui. It is Hale Kau Kau’s mission, to alleviate hunger by providing nutritious meals to the […]
Christina Capecchi: Evangelization and the solar eclipse
TWENTY SOMETHING The rain fell heavy Monday morning in Des Moines, Iowa. Bleary-eyed travelers plotted alternative routes over eggs and potatoes at the Embassy Suites. A white-haired man wearing a Saturn shirt had heard it would be clearer in Columbia, Mo., than Kansas City, Mo., and decided to attempt the added hour of travel for […]
Bishop to receive award for diocese’s part in global rosary
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Ireland-based organization Worldpriest will give Bishop Larry Silva an award for “outstanding promotion and participation in the Global Rosary Relay for Priests” at the noon Mass Sept. 21 in Honolulu’s Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. At 11:30 a.m. on June 23, the Honolulu cathedral joined more […]
Father John Molina, Somascan Fathers: Becoming what we receive
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Perseverance cannot be gauged by how long one has stayed in whatever vocational path one has followed, but by how much one has prayed. If our prayer is lacking, everything else will be lacking. As a priest who loves celebrating each Mass […]
Couple demands priest’s apology for past KKK actions
By Catholic News Service ARLINGTON, Va. — A Catholic priest in the Arlington Diocese who wrote a column asking forgiveness for the time he spent as a member of the Ku Klux Klan 40 years ago when he was “an impressionable young man” has never paid court-ordered restitution for cross-burning and other racist actions he […]
Msgr. Gary Secor among speakers at Basic Christian Community retreat
Msgr. Gary Secor, Father EJ Resinto and Benedictine Sister Mary Jo McEnany will be the featured speakers at the Basic Christian Community of Hawaii’s 2017 annual community retreat, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sept. 16, at the Benedictine Monastery in Waialua, Oahu. All are invited. The theme for the event is “Spirit alive! Spirit on fire! Rekindle […]
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