The Knights of Columbus Council #13227 in Kona, with support from Supreme Headquarters, a private trust fund and local donors, on Aug. 28 donated $25,600 for the purchase of a second ultrasound machine for the Pregnancy Center in Kailua-Kona. The machine will enable the medical team at the center to peer into the miracle of […]
Archives for September 2018
Father George Cerniglia, Society of Mary (Marianists): From feeding cows to pastoring sheep
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING As a scholastic with the Society of Mary, we lived about 15 minutes away from the University of Dayton in Ohio where we attended classes. On the property was a farm run by the working brothers. Being a city boy, I think the superiors felt that I needed some hands-on life experience […]
Richard Doerflinger: Good, bad ideas on church reform
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY The ongoing discussion of clergy sex abuse has moved to proposals for church reform. The immediate need is for transparency and accountability. Charges against former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, and those who allegedly covered up his abuses and advanced him to an advisory role at the Vatican, must be investigated and […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: Imaging like never before
THE HUMAN SIDE “It ruined me for life.” This utterance is that of a participant in lay volunteerism. Disturbing images of working with the poor in a foreign country were burned into his memory — images of the gap between rich and poor that drive him to continue to serve the poor back at home. […]
Effie Caldarola: Mollie Tibbetts and our church
FOR THE JOURNEY Can you take any more bad news about the Catholic Church right now? I didn’t think so. The Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse and the cover-up by church officials, the disgrace of the former Cardinal McCarrick, the confusing letter by a disgruntled former papal nuncio to the U.S. in […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Sacraments for those with dementia?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I bring holy Communion to a local nursing home. Of the 66 Catholics there, many of them have no visitors. Those with dementia are asked whether they would like to receive the Eucharist, and if they say yes, I give them the host. It saddens me that Jesus suffered to give us […]
Official notices: Sept. 21, 2018
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] September 20-23, USCCB V National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry Conference, Fort Worth, Texas. September 27, Vespers in Preparation of the Welcome of Bishop Oscar Cantú as Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose. September 28, Mass of Welcome for Bishop Oscar Cantú as Coadjutor Bishop […]
Heralding back: Sept. 21, 2018
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Sept. 20, 1968 SOME DAY—Paul Turgeon, a fourth-grader in Los Angeles who intends to join the Notre Dame class of ’81, looks up to George Kunz, co-captain of this year’s N.D. grid team, while at left is N.D.’s basketballer, John Pleick of El Segundo, Calif. Paul’s father […]
Order of Malta seeks person with illness who wants to go to Lourdes
The Order of Malta Western Association U.S.A. is looking for Hawaii Catholics with “a life changing illness or physical challenge” to go on a pilgrimage next year April 30 to May 8 to bathe in the healing waters of Lourdes, France. The trip is free for the person with the illness, whom the Order of […]
Mainland priests to lead Divine Mercy Crusade
Two priests from the Mainland will lead Divine Mercy parish missions next month in six parishes on four islands. The Eucharistic Apostles of the Divine Mercy is organizing the Divine Mercy Crusade Oct. 3-10. Guest speakers are Father Joseph Aytona, mission director of the Congregation of the Fathers of Mercy based in Kentucky, and Father […]
