By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — A new study about the level of Catholic belief in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist showed that a majority of Catholics do not believe that the bread and wine used at Mass become the body and blood of Christ. The report drew a strong […]
Archives for August 2019
Half-off tuition: four schools offer a deal for new families
Looking for a really great deal on a local Catholic education? Several Hawaii Catholic schools are participating in a promotional offer for half-off tuition to new students. The 50% off deal is being overseen by the Hawaii Catholic Schools department and presented through Salem Media. The promotion has been advertised on local radio stations. In […]
Cheyenne Yap: How to live a Christian life as a teenager
GUEST COMMENTARY By Cheyenne Yap “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 Being a teenager is one of the hardest phases someone can go through. Living up to the expectations of society, the pressure can get intense. […]
Photo: House blessing
Bishop Larry Silva poses with a group of other persons of Portuguese ancestry in front of the renovated two-bedroom Portuguese plantation house at Hawaii Plantation Village in Waipahu that he blessed Aug. 9. The house, modeled after the plantation homes at Poamoho Camp on Oahu, would have statues of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: AI technology helps Instagram tackle bullying
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS Over the next few weeks our kids will be heading back to school. While some look forward to the first day of school, others dread being back on campus. In fact, a recent ABC News report found that nationwide 160,000 kids per day stay home because they are afraid of being […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: How do vegans do Fridays in Lent?
QUESTION CORNER Q: What do persons who don’t normally eat meat do about the church’s rules on abstinence, such as on the Fridays during Lent? Nowadays, many Catholics are mainly fish eaters anyway, or they are vegans or vegetarians. What can they do to participate in the discipline of the church? (New Middletown, Indiana) A: […]
Effie Caldarola: Together at the potluck
FOR THE JOURNEY When I was growing up in a small Midwestern farm community, I was vaguely aware of rich folks. There were prosperous lawyers, business owners, Dad’s cousin who owned the grain mill. Our family struggled on a small dryland farm, made more challenging by my dad’s ill health. But as a kid, I […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Sharpen your pencils for the school of love
FAITH AT HOME Did you know the family is a school of love? The Second Vatican Council declared this teaching, St. John Paul II deepened it and Pope Francis affirmed it. Our Catechism of the Catholic Church spells it out clearly: The family is “a community of grace and prayer, a school of human virtues […]
Girl’s science project started the water flowing for town in Kenya
By Elizabeth Bachmann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In 2014 a science project sparked the compassion of a 10-year-old girl from Colorado. So, she set out on a walk that would change the lives of an entire town of people in Kenya. From that auspicious day in 2014 to the present, Jennifer Stuckenschneider, partnering with […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus is the key to God’s kingdom
21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 66:18-21; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; Luke 13:22-30 The Book of Isaiah provides the first reading for this weekend. Isaiah is a fascinating book of Scripture. It covers a long period of Hebrew history. Its early chapters deal with events and conditions in the southern Hebrew kingdom of Judah, before the […]
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