By Chiree Souza Got spirit? Got community? Got faith? Got prayer? Then I invite you to participate in the Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation (VLCFF) through the University of Dayton. I chose to pursue the Certificate in Catechesis — a two-year rigorous but rewarding program that helped me to be a better evangelizer and […]
Archives for November 2017
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Nov. 3, 2017
My first quiz of November, Heraldistas. I’m just chillin’ as the Island autumn air turns crisp and the anticipation of the holidays starts to brew. Pull up in your favorite chair with a nice cup of tea — this Catholic quiz is worth cozying up with! 1) Saints Which of the following is NOT true […]
Reader contribution: Drama in the cockpit
By George Brosky This is a true-life experience I had while on a business trip to Kalaupapa, Molokai, 50 years ago. I worked as a drug detailman calling upon doctors to inform them how to use the latest company drug. To go to Kalaupapa, you had to fly on a small two-engine Beechcraft plane since […]
Official notices: Nov. 3, 2017
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] November 3, 9:00 am, St. Francis Healthcare System Board of Directors, Liliha Campus. November 5, 8:30 am, Mass at Holy Family Parish, Honolulu. [With Order of Malta, Veterans Day observance] November 7-10, National Assembly of Filipino Priests USA, Houston, Texas. November 13-15, Fall […]
Reader contribution: Infinite God, finite people
By Tom Dinell We humans have a problem trying to grasp the infinite. We are finite. Our language is finite. And yet we, including me, seek to describe a God who is so far beyond us that our words fail us. “As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways […]
Christina Capecchi: No baby, but still giving thanks
TWENTY SOMETHING Even before she was married, Emily Stimpson Chapman asked for baby prayers. “I’d be in an antique store buying little trinkets for the wedding decorations, and I would be asking strangers: Pray that we have a baby!’” she said. “If I’ve talked to you over the past two years, I’ve asked you to […]
Father John Catoir: Private conscience and the church
The late Bishop Fulton Sheen explained that there are two kinds of truths: “Outer truths, which we master, like the distance of the sun from the earth; and inner truths, which master us; for example: God is merciful to the penitent. Inner truths affect a person’s destiny, like a vocational calling; they are matters of […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Do prayers change God’s mind?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I’m confused about something and would be grateful for your help. Does prayer change God’s mind? Can someone be moved to the head of the line if we pray hard enough? (Cuba, Missouri) A: To answer this question, we first need to admit our limitations. I cannot pretend to know the mind […]
John Garvey: Making and renewing vows
INTELLECT AND VIRTUE Last week a friend invited my wife and me to join her in celebrating the 50th anniversary of her perpetual vows. It was a simple but moving ceremony. There was a Mass with guests and members of her religious community. At the offertory she renewed her vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Follow the Lord in confidence
31ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Malachi 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10; 1 Thessalonians 2:7b-9, 13; Matthew 23:1-12 The Book of Malachi provides this weekend’s first reading. The prophet’s name, Malachi, reveals his role. In Hebrew it means “messenger of God.” As a prophet, he brought God’s message to the people. Often in prophetic writings, as in this weekend’s […]
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