Students from Damien Memorial School hold signs opposing abortion at Oahu’s annual March for Life Jan. 22 at the Hawaii State Capitol. Far right, a pro-life advocate holds a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe during the 7th Annual Maui March for Life in Kahului on Jan.26. (Maui photo courtesy of Norman Franco)
Archives for February 2019
Photo: Praying for Christian unity
People pray around the Taize cross during the 2019 Prayer for Christian Unity Taize Service at the Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The ecumenical event has been held since 2008 and is now sponsored by the Diocese of Honolulu and the Hawaii Council of Churches. This year’s prayer service […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Feb. 8, 2019
Friends, Roman Catholics, countrymen, Lend me your ears and your intellect as you take this issue’s quiz! And speaking of Romans, here’s a joke for you. What do you call a sleepwalking nun? A roamin’ Catholic! Harold 1) Saints You might think of Feb. 14 as Valentine’s Day but it also marks this memorial feast […]
Talk story: The scourge of human trafficking
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Human trafficking is an open wound on the body of contemporary society, a scourge upon the body of Christ.” (Pope Francis) Last month, the Vatican’s Migrants and Refugees Section released a new document, “Pastoral Orientations on Human Trafficking,” highlighting the harsh realities of modern-day slavery that include forced labor, the sex […]
Retreat center offering introduction to centering prayer workshop
All are welcome to join in a introductory/refresher workshop on centering prayer, March 2, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi. Contemplative Outreach of Hawaii and St. Anthony Retreat Center staff will present simple steps to establish a daily practice to spend time in silence and to deepen your relationship with God. […]
Applauding Catholic educators
Hawaii Catholic Schools Week ended with the Annual Conference of Catholic Educators (ACCE) for Oahu teachers, administrators and staff at St. Ann Church in Kaneohe on Feb. 1. This year’s national Catholic Schools Week theme was “Catholic Schools: Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed.”
Need growing on Kauai’s north shore
The need is great and is growing for Haena and Wainiha, the north Kauai communities still suffering from the effects of last year’s devastating floods. St. William Mission Church in nearby Hanalei reopened for worship on Jan. 6 after nearly nine months of rebuilding and flood recovery. During this chaotic time the mission’s food pantry […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Isaiah, Paul and Peter
5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 The Book of Isaiah is the source of the first reading this weekend. It was composed in a time when tranquility prevailed in the southern Hebrew kingdom of Judah, but dark clouds were forming on the horizon. Isaiah, believing that God had […]
Court upholds blasphemy acquittal of Asia Bibi
By Catholic News Service ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Supreme Court upheld its acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy. Asia Bibi is now free to leave Pakistan and is expected to join her family in Canada, where they were granted asylum. A Canadian bishop who has worked on arranging for Bibi to […]
Effie Caldarola: ‘Why I send my kids to Catholic school’
FOR THE JOURNEY When the ground shifts beneath your feet, you fall back on faith. Sometimes, it’s a small earthquake that jolts you from deep slumber. Your spouse may not even stir unless it’s a really good slammer. Other times, you’re hauling the laundry up the stairs and it rolls in slowly. Or a desk […]
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