Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for November 2017

Good Friday appeal gave $90,000 to Holy Land

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The Diocese of Honolulu last year contributed $89,549 to the Holy Land through the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, according to the collection’s 2016 annual report. A letter from the Commissariat of the Holy Land, dated Sept. 27, to Bishop Larry Silva thanking the diocese of its donation, called its generosity “a special grace for Christians […]

Frequently asked questions about exorcism

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By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved the English translation of “Exorcisms and Related Supplications” in 2014. The Vatican approved the translation in spring 2017. During the approval process the Secretariat of Divine Worship at the USCCB developed a series of frequently asked questions on exorcism. Because much of […]

Being a Christian entails striving for holiness, daily battle against devil

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Being a Christian means battling the devil and striving for holiness each day, Pope Francis said. “Jesus calls us to change our lives, change paths, calls us to conversion,” he said in his homily at Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae Oct. 26. There is no […]

In the end, everyone faces God with ‘empty hands,’ pope says

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — God waits for everyone, even the worst sinner who repents only with his dying breath, Pope Francis said. “Before God, we present ourselves with empty hands,” he said, meaning that all the good works people have or haven’t done throughout their lives aren’t measured to determine […]

Obituary: SISTER ANN CIC, OSB | 1929-2017

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Benedictine served her monastery as sacristan, bookstore manager, spiritual director Benedictine Sister Ann Cic, who came to the Benedictine Monastery of Hawaii in Waialua a dozen years ago, died Oct. 24 after two weeks in hospice care in Wahiawa. She was 88 and a professed religious for 66 years. Before her illness, Sister Anne served […]

Obituary: SISTER ANNE-MARIE TAMANAHA, SSCC | 1930-2017

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Maui-born religious was an educator, piano teacher director of lay associates By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sister Anne-Marie Tamanaha, a Sister of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, a music teacher and director of the lay Associates of the Sacred Hearts, […]

Faith in the ohana: more family retreats

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Story and photo by Jayne Mondoy Special to the Herald The “family retreat” continues to roll across the state. These are days of spiritual reflection, coordinated by the diocesan Office of Religious Education, that the whole ohana can attend. Parents who attended the Maui family retreat Sept. 9 at St. Anthony Parish, Wailuku, commented: “I […]

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