Bishop Larry Silva will preside at a Mass celebrating the 180th birthday of St. Marianne Cope, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, in the Almeida Center at Saint Francis School, 2707 Pamoa Road in Manoa. All are invited. The Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, St. Marianne’s order, also will commemorate her birthday […]
Archives for January 2018
Sister Rose Loraine Matsuzaki, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: The good thief
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I remember when my father prayed, he used to bow and clap his hands. His prayer space contained two vases with branches in it. As for my mom, she was Catholic. But, due to not understanding the Japanese language, my 11 siblings […]
Talk story: ‘Every stranger who knocks at our door’
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Every stranger who knocks at our door is an opportunity for an encounter with Jesus Christ, who identifies with the welcomed and rejected strangers of every age.” (Pope Francis, Message for the 104th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2018) 2018 marks a new year with new beginnings, building on the […]
On the Zambian streets, the kids know her as Mama
By Dave Hrbacek Catholic News Service MAPLE LAKE, Minn. — Carol McBrady has no biological children. Yet on the streets of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, she is known as Mama Carol. It started 16 years ago when she was invited to visit Africa to help care for children with AIDS. She was supposed to […]
Heralding back: Jan. 12, 2018
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Jan. 19, 1968 An editorial cartoon highlighting the annual “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity” sponsored by the Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute. 25 years ago — Jan. 15, 1993 A call for education, reconciliation The Diocese of Honolulu has entered the Hawaii sovereignty discourse as a […]
In advance of Christian unity week, Newman to show film about the life of Taize founder
In anticipation of the Taize ecumenical service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, the Newman Center will show the new film, “Moments in the Life of Brother Roger,” who founded the Taize Community of Brothers in France, 7 p.m., Jan. 18. The film will […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Jan. 12, 2018
Happy New Year, Herald readers! Here’s your first quiz for 2018. May the coming year bring you faith, hope, love and more Catholic trivia knowledge! 1) Saints St. Thomas Aquinas, whose feast is celebrated Jan. 28, was a friar under which religious order? a) Dominicans b) Benedictines c) Franciscans d) Augustinians 2) Scripture In the […]
Paul VI could be canonized in 2018, newspaper reports
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Blessed Paul VI could be declared a saint in 2018, perhaps during the Synod of Bishops, an institution he re-established after the Second Vatican Council, according to the newspaper of his home diocese. La Voce del Popolo, the newspaper of the Diocese of Brescia, Italy, reported […]
God created male, female identities with inherent beauty, dignity, say faith leaders
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In an open letter Dec. 15, a group of 20 Catholic bishops and other religious leaders described as “deeply troubling” the movement today “to enforce the false idea — that a man can be or become a woman or vice versa.” “We acknowledge and affirm that all human […]
At least 23 church workers killed in 2017, Vatican says
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The majority of Catholic Church workers violently killed in 2017 were victims of attempted robberies, the Vatican’s Fides agency said, with Nigeria and Mexico topping the list countries where the most brutal murders were carried out. The agency said 23 people working for the church worldwide […]