By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald During a recent morning social studies class at St. John the Baptist School in Kalihi, teacher Amanda Mosler and her seventh graders were wrapping up an American Revolution scavenger hunt. Loyalists and patriots battled it out to be the first to solve the last clue in the game. It […]
Archives for April 2019
Bishop Larry Silva: The glory of the empty tomb
2019 Easter Message — The emptiness of a woman whose beloved husband died is deeply painful. The emptiness of an elderly person in a nursing care facility who has no one to visit him causes more suffering than his many physical ailments. The emptiness of a man addicted to pornography grows ever more burdensome, […]
Dream come true: a ‘little bit’ Catholic to the real thing
Conversion story Enrollment in a Catholic school leads to baptism at Easter By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald When Dream Poe-Shippy transferred from a local public school to St. John the Baptist School in Kalihi at the start of the 2018-19 school year, he was ready for a change. The seventh grader had struggled some […]
Heralding back: April 19, 2019
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — April 11, 1969 Well Guarded – The Most Reverend John J. Scanlan, Bishop of Honolulu, offered the noon-day Mass on Easter Sunday at Our Lady of Peace Cathedral. The Easter Mass was enhanced by the presence of four Knights of St. Sylvester, a papal order of knights […]
Archbishop invites Parisians to light a candle to dispel fire’s darkness
By Catholic News Service PARIS — Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris invited the faithful to attend the annual chrism Mass at historic St. Sulpice Church April 17 in the wake of the massive fire that seriously damaged the historic Notre Dame Cathedral. “This will be an opportunity for all of us to manifest our unity, […]
ADELAIDA ‘IDA’ BARBOZA FREITAS | 1912-2019
Centenarian served the church in humble ways all her long life Hawaii Catholic Herald Adelaida “Ida” Barboza Freitas, companion and helper for Hawaii’s Carmelite Sisters for more than 30 years, caretaker at the CYO Camp Hauula in its heyday, and next door neighbor to three bishops at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, died at her home […]
Surgeon gives medical view of Christ’s passion
By Tom Dermody Catholic News Service DAVENPORT, Iowa — Jesus likely died from excessive blood loss, a Catholic surgeon said April 4 during a talk that examined the 18 hours of Christ’s passion and crucifixion from a medical perspective. “Christ emptied himself,” Dr. Timothy Millea told about 100 people at his home parish of St. […]
Talk story: Easter transforms vulnerability into joy
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” (Philippians 2:7-8) This final week of Lent is a time to reflect on these words of St. […]
Easter Story: Simon Peter’s special visit
By Sean M. Wright Special to the Herald “But what about Peter?” asked my son DeForeest as we returned from the Easter Vigil Mass many years ago. I’d started telling him about Jesus from the time he began to talk. By the age of 3, he was familiar with the Gospel and showed interest in […]
Embrace the cross, trust God will triumph, pope says on Palm Sunday
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Acclaimed by the crowds and knowing he was the Messiah they sought, Jesus still chose the path of humility and self-emptying, focused only on doing God’s will, Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday. “There is no negotiating with the cross: one either embraces it or rejects […]
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