Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] March 9, 6:00 pm, Big Island Vocation Discernment Dinner, St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Kailua-Kona. March 11, Pilgrimage to Kalaupapa, Molokai. March 13, 9:00 am, Diocesan Finance Council, Chancery, downtown Honolulu; 7:00 pm, Chrism Mass for the Kauai Vicariate, St. Catherine Parish, Kapaa. […]
Archives for March 2018
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: March 9, 2018
Just a few more weeks of Lent to go, Heraldistas. I hope this has been a spiritually rewarding time for you so far. Here is my latest quiz, a fresh round of Catholic trivia as we head into the home stretch of this liturgical season. 1) Saints The feast of St. Joseph is celebrated March […]
SISTER RUTH MARGARET RAUPP, CSJ | 1921-2018: Carondelet sister served as superior here 6 years
Sister Ruth Margaret Raupp, a sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet who served as the superior of her congregation’s Hawaii vice-province for six years in the 1990s, died Jan. 29 at Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis, Missouri. She was 96 and a religious for 71 years. Sister Ruth Margaret spent most of her religious […]
Bishop Larry Silva: The world is the banquet hall
WITNESS TO JESUS | STEWARDSHIP DAY This is the text for Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Mass for diocesan Stewardship Day, Feb. 17, delivered at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Once upon a time a king ordered that a great feast be held. He had his chancellor write up a note to the chief […]
Father Paul Smith, diocesan priest: Snorkeling with God
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald The epitome of prayer is thankfulness. If all you ever do in prayer is to thank God for all that he has given, I think that would be enough. I spend a lot of time now thanking God. I do not ask […]
Elise Italiano: Investing in young women in the church
IN LIGHT OF FAITH In a 1965 speech to the National Union of Townswomen’s Guild Conference, Margaret Thatcher quipped, “If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.” Though she was speaking about politics, it’s safe to say that many pastors across the country can sympathize, since women […]
Vatican exhibit displays design inspired by Catholic symbolism, art
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — When Pope Benedict XVI’s custom-made red leather loafers became a signature part of his wardrobe after his election in 2005, Newsweek labeled him “a religious-fashion icon” and Esquire named him “Accessorizer of the Year.” While some critics saw the media’s sudden fixation on papal fashion as […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Distributing ashes on the sidewalk?
QUESTION CORNER Q: After receiving ashes at an Ash Wednesday morning Mass, I returned home and turned on the television news. It showed some priests in a neighboring town who were out on the sidewalk in front of their church marking with ashes the foreheads of any interested lunchtime passer-by. They were in priestly vestments […]
Father John Catoir: Letting love in during Lent
My love goes out to all of you this holy season of Lent. Now that I am an old man, I see more clearly that love is the only thing that really matters in life. Things you have acquired, like wealth or power or fame, are not really important. All that matters is how much […]
Christina Capecchi: Learning from the Angel of The Gap
TWENTY SOMETHING Little did he know what a noble purpose awaited him when Don Ritchie settled into a house on Old South Head Road back in 1964. The former Navy seaman and retired salesman was eager to soak in the stunning view with his wife: an ocean cliff at Watsons Bay in Eastern Sydney known […]