Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for January 2019

Father Kenneth Doyle: May I give to Shriners Hospitals? When should I put away my Advent wreath?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Can Catholics morally give donations to the Shriners Hospitals? Their ads are very convincing, but aren’t the Shriners Masons? (Surry, Virginia) A: All Shriners are Masons. (The reverse, though, is not true. Shriners International began in 1872 as a spinoff of Freemasonry, with philanthropy as one of its principal goals.) Shriners Hospitals […]

Mary Adamski: Lead us not into contention

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VIEW FROM THE PEW OMG! (Nothing irreverent intended: you know that’s just text-speak for gasp.) He’s done it again. It was Jan. 16 in his weekly public audience at the Vatican that Pope Francis again suggested that we could reword the Lord’s Prayer a bit. The last time the pope opined publicly about the wording […]

Catholic parish of teen who escaped abduction credits power of prayer

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — For nearly three months, parishioners at St. Peter Catholic Church in Cameron, Wisconsin, were praying for the safe return of one of their own — 13-year-old Jayme Closs. When parishioners heard the news that she had escaped her abductor Jan. 10 and was safe, their prayers switched […]

Laura Kelly Fanucci: Ten pockets of prayer

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FAITH AT HOME January dawns, fresh and clean. The beginning of a new year. Although Advent is technically our new year in the church, January offers another jump-start — a chance to change and a renewed resolve to eat better, exercise more or waste less time online. Making time for prayer is a common resolution. […]

Official notices: Jan. 25, 2019

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] January 26, 6:45 am, St. Marianne Cope Walk (Benefit of St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii), Ala Moana Beach Park, Honolulu; 6:00 pm, Ministry & Vocations Fair and Livestream of World Youth Day, Mystical Rose Oratory, Chaminade University; 8:00 pm, World Youth Day […]

Talk story: Building communities of welcome

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “No American institution does more for immigrants than your Christian communities … Not only as the Bishop of Rome, but also as a pastor from the South, I feel the need to thank and encourage you.” (Pope Francis: Prayer during his visit with U.S. Catholic bishops in 2015) For nearly a […]