WITNESS TO JESUS This is the text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered Nov. 5 at Holy Family Church, Honolulu, on the occasion of the dedication of a new altar and Veterans Day observance with the Order of Malta. There has been much news lately about monuments to […]
Archives for November 2017
Talk story: First World Day of the Poor
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Let us love, not with words but with deeds.” (1 John 3:18) With this scriptural passage, Pope Francis established the first World Day of the Poor, Nov. 19, the last Sunday before Thanksgiving. This is also the weekend for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development collection in all parishes. Therefore it […]
Joseph Kelly: A brief history of Thanksgiving
COMMENTARY Contrary to popular opinion, the first Thanksgiving was not observed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. The “Pilgrims” — a later title given to the settlers — were Puritans who no longer wished to live in England due to religious persecution and for economic reasons. They believed the Church of England was too closely aligned […]
Father Patrick McCormick, diocesan priest: What keeps a priest going?
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald What keeps a priest going is what keeps all Christians going — we must remain active in our ministry. For priests, some of the elements are preaching, teaching and celebrating the Eucharist and other sacraments. Truth is, I am not sure whether […]
Put your smartphones down, pope says
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Mass is not a show, but a beautiful, transformative encounter with the true loving presence of Christ, Pope Francis said. That is why people need to focus their hearts on God, not focus their smartphones for pictures during Mass, he said. When the priest celebrating […]
Mass formally opens canonization cause for Chief Black Elk
By Catholic News Service PINE RIDGE, S.D. — During a Mass to formally open the sainthood cause for Chief Nicholas W. Black Elk, the Native American was described as someone who merged the Lakota and Catholic culture in a way “that drew him deeper into the mystery of Christ’s love and the church.” Black Elk’s […]
Mary Adamski: ‘Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble’
VIEW FROM THE PEW To tweak that old adage about how March weather “comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb,” the opposite is true about November this year. I’m not thinking about meteorology — wind, storm and surf stuff — but liturgy, the things we’ve been hearing in church. For the […]
Greg Erlandson: A tale of two popes
AMID THE FRAY There’s a quote attributed, probably falsely, to Mark Twain that observes, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” I suppose it is a sign that I’m getting older, because I’m starting to hear the rhymes in a lot of the current debates in the church about papal leadership. Almost 40 years […]
Hawaii gave $107K to religious retirement fund
Hawaii Catholics contributed $107,318.33 to the national Retirement Fund for Religious collection last year. This year’s collection in parishes is Dec. 9-10. Coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office in Washington, D.C., the annual appeal benefits 32,000 elderly Catholic sisters, brothers and religious order priests whose religious congregations lack adequate retirement funding. Hawaii’s Carmelite Monastery […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: The value of travel
When a student at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, was asked, “What did you fear in traveling to a foreign country most?” he replied, “Money!” He was a student taking part in Saint Vincent’s program for students going abroad to enhance their education. No doubt, handling foreign money is challenging until one learns to […]
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