St. Anthony Retreat Center at 3351 Kalihi Street in Kalihi Valley is offering “Let it Be … Mary, Mother of God,” a day of recollection on the attitude of Mary, at Rose Hill, Saturday, May 26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Directing the retreat will be Sacred Hearts Sister Marie Lemert and Malulani Kamanu. Saturday Mass will […]
Archives for April 2018
Marianist Father Raymond Malley celebrating 50th years of ordination
Marianist Father Raymond E. Malley, who served for many years in Hawaii as a teacher, school chaplain and pastor, is celebrating his 50th anniversary of ordination at the Marianist Center in Cupertino, Calif. The San Francisco native, made his first profession in the Society of Mary, also known as Marianists, on Aug. 15, 1959, in […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Why did the pope celebrate Stephen Hawking?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Stephen Hawking died recently. As I understand it, Professor Hawking claimed to have proven that God does not exist. And yet the pope met with him and recognized his studies; why would the pope do that and celebrate an atheist? (central Virginia) A: Professor Stephen Hawking, the renowned British theoretical physicist, died […]
Trevi Fountain coins to continue bringing fortune to Rome’s needy
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — While millions of tourists throw a coin over their shoulder into Rome’s Trevi Fountain hoping to return to Rome one day, the money scooped out of the fountain each week offers more concrete hope to the city’s poor. Rome’s city council extended an agreement March […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: April 20, 2018
Greetings, quizarians, and welcome to your latest mental challenge. We are still immersed in the great season of Easter, so some of my questions reflect that. Otherwise, we have a little bit of this, a little bit of that. Good luck! 1. Saints The feast day of St. Mark, the evangelist, is April 25. St. […]
Photo: Korean bishop visits
Bishop Lazzaro Heung Sik You, fourth from left, of the South Korean Diocese of Daejeon, poses with other priests of his diocese April 10 at Chaminade University’s Sullivan Family Library where Korean artist Sister Benedicta Ha of the Congregation of Divine Providence, at the bishop’s left, opened her 18th solo oriental brush paint exhibition. Every […]
Bishop Larry Silva: A love that has conquered death
EASTER VIGIL/EASTER SUNDAY Here is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily delivered on the Easter Vigil, March 31, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa; and Easter Sunday, April 1, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. It is no secret that our world is filled with bad news. While our recent […]
Scenes from Holy Week 2018
Bishop Larry Silva: Ironies, contradictions and lies
REGARDING HB-2739: ‘OUR CARE, OUR CHOICE ACT’ Etymology, the study of the roots of words, has always fascinated me. Take the word “autonomy,” which derives from the Greek “auto,” meaning “self” and “nomos,” meaning “law.” To be autonomous then is to live by one’s own law. The recent discussions regarding the HB-2739, the so-called “Our […]
Father Patrick Kelly: Why Sister Jean and Father Rob matter
COMMENTARY Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt and Father Rob Hagan have been getting a lot of attention these days in the national media. They are the chaplains for the two Catholic teams, Loyola University Chicago and Villanova University, who played in the Final Four of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament last weekend.E It would be possible […]