NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Dec. 1, 1967 The Most Reverend John J. Scanlan returned on Friday from the Washington meeting of American bishops. He returned as the new Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Honolulu. He was met at plane-side by the (left to right) Reverend Monsignor Benedict Vierra, P.A., pastor […]
Archives for November 2017
Father Kenneth Doyle: Father Peyton on way to sainthood?
QUESTION CORNER Q: A friend told me recently that the cause of Father Patrick Peyton had been sent to the Vatican for sainthood. Do you know how it stands and when he might be declared a saint? (I hope and pray that it will be in my lifetime.) Also, what are the stages for someone […]
Richard Doerflinger: What is sex for?
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY It began with reports that Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, over many years, used his power over aspiring actresses’ careers to sexually harass and exploit them. The allegations soon extended to other prominent men in the entertainment industry, then to candidates and elected officials of both major parties. Now each day seems […]
Christina Capecchi: The art of giving, the challenge of Advent
TWENTY SOMETHING Oprah Winfrey sings and claps when presented with the $69 lunch box that makes her 2017 “Favorite Things” list. “I looooove!” she belts out in mock falsetto. She doesn’t need to finish her sentence by naming the object of her love. It is expansive, and today, in a video of the selection process […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus will come again
1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b, 64:2-7; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:33-37 This weekend the church begins Advent and the use of biblical readings from Year B of its three-year cycle. It also is the start of a new liturgical year. Each liturgical year is carefully planned so that the seasons, and the major […]
Pope Francis continues papal pleas for disarmament
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — More than two years before the first atomic bomb was dropped, Pope Pius XII warned of the “catastrophic” consequences that could come from using the discovery of nuclear fission to create weapons. Addressing the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in February 1943, Pope Pius noted that scientists […]
The ‘Real-igious’ Life
Sacred Hearts seminarian Jeremy Sabugo, ready for priestly ordination, mixes media in his ministry By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald Faith. Family. Food. Film. Fashion. Fun. You’ll find these topics and more on “The Real-igious Life,” a blog started by Sacred Hearts Brother Deacon Jeremy Sabugo. The 29-year-old Waialua native has been […]
For Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23 | Psalm 136: A Hawaiian version
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, His aloha endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods. His aloha endures forever. To him who alone does great wonders. His aloha endures forever. Who warms the days with the sun, His aloha endures forever. And with the moon and stars illumines the night. […]
Detroit excited over beatification of Father Casey
By Mike Stechschulte Catholic News Service DETROIT — For decades during the Great Depression and afterward, Capuchin Franciscan Father Solanus Casey was the “go-to” guy for those who were sick, poor, afflicted or discouraged in their faith. Standing at the doors of St. Bonaventure Monastery on Detroit’s east side, the holy friar would welcome dozens […]
Father Jose Macoy incardinated into Diocese of Honolulu
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Jose Macoy, administrator of Sacred Hearts Parish on Lanai, was incardinated into the Diocese of Honolulu on Nov. 1 after working 14 years in Neighbor Island parishes in Hawaii. Father Jose MacoyWith his incarnation, announced by Bishop Larry Silva in the official notices in the Nov. 3 Hawaii […]
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