By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service YAKIMA, Wash. — Seminarian John Washington was looking for a summer cultural experience as he prepared to end his academic year at Chicago’s Mundelein Seminary and he found it in an agricultural field in central Washington. The seminarian from the Archdiocese of Atlanta spent his summer tending to Washington […]
Archives for November 2018
Letter to the Herald: Condemn the war-making
The sisters and brothers of Sacred Heart Church in Pahoa have watched at least one cherished member of our parish family withdraw after many years of devoted, loving service. The reason this dedicated parishioner gave for leaving the family was what they saw as our numerous pastors’ reluctance to address the horrific magnitude and endlessness […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Nov. 16, 2018
I’m thankful for you, dear readers, as you challenge your Catholic knowledge yet again this week. Help yourself to an extra slice of pie next week on Thanksgiving! – H.C. Harold 1) Catholic Hawaii Sacred Heart Parish in Punahou and St. Pius X in Manoa will decluster as of Jan. 1 and each get their […]
Official notices: Nov. 16, 2018
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] November 20, Priests’ Day at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, Menlo Park, California. November 22, 9:00 am, Thanksgiving Day Mass, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu. November 23, 3:00 pm, Father Damien/Mother Marianne Commission, St. Francis School, Manoa. November 25, […]
Retirement collection benefits elderly sisters, brothers, religous order priests
The annual Retirement Fund for Religious collection will be held Dec. 8-9 in the Diocese of Honolulu. Last year, Hawaii parishioners gave $107,756.19 to the collection. Among the local beneficiaries of the collection this year was the Carmelite Monastery in Kaneohe. The national appeal is coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office in Washington. The […]
Heralding back: Nov. 16, 2018
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Nov. 29, 1968 MEMORY OF A PRESIDENT — Governor John A. Burns presents the 1968 John F. Kennedy Memorial Scholarship in history to Mrs. Carol Kendrick Haskin, a Chaminade College senior. Bequests from the fund, established almost immediately after Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, are made on or […]
In northeastern Kenya, priest finds, rescues vulnerable children
By Doreen Ajiambo Catholic News Service MERU, Kenya — As dawn breaks in this eastern Kenyan town, Father Francis Riwa and his team head to the streets to find and rescue vulnerable children. On an average day, they take three children to St. Rita Catholic Church, where his congregation has donated food, blankets, clothing and […]
Carolyn Woo: ‘Fearfully, wonderfully made’
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY During a lecture at an Asian university on how businesses and the students’ future careers in this sector can bring about constructive social and environmental change, a question shot out of the blue: “Dr. Woo, I have problem engaging on this macro question when I feel like I am unable to move […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: The best defense against depressing times
THE HUMAN SIDE How do we keep our minds healthy in light of all the disturbing events in our world? How do we successfully deal with senseless crimes, starving children, devastating hurricanes, forest fires, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? Some suggest we turn off the news totally or at least periodically. This is true. Whenever travel […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Where do ‘single Catholics’ fit in?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Where do single people “rank” within the Catholic Church? Many times we are asked to pray for those who are married or who have followed a calling to the religious life — but how many times has anyone in any parish been asked to pray for those who are single? Are we […]
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