Hi quizzers, Why did the parishioners giggle during the priest’s homily? They had Mass hysteria! Hopefully this didn’t happen during any of the Christmas services you were at recently. 1) Scripture In the Dec. 29 Gospel reading, Matthew tells the story of when the Holy Family fled to Egypt. How did they know it was […]
Archives for December 2019
Photo: Christmas lights
A volunteer hangs Advent lights on Holy Trinity Church in Kuliouou on Dec. 1 to the delight of commuters along Kalanianaole Highway. “Seeing a church with lights reminds me of the reason for the season,” said one. Lights went up on the trees and walls of the parish property. According to the pastor, Capuchin Franciscan […]
Photo: Filipino Catholic Club carolers
The Filipino Catholic Club of St. Jude Parish in Kapolei went caroling this month at Pearl City Nursing Home in Aiea and Ka Punawai Ola care home in Kapolei. The FCC carolers were Nestor Abellana, Beng Agbunag, Angie and Marc Armas, Vangie Catipon, Brigida Cariaga, Pat Dukes, Lina Fortier, Delio and Gloria Gutay, Tere Hunt, […]
It’s Advent, let’s dance
Blessed Sacrament Church invites guests to Mass and a prom By Leimomi Kondo Special to the Herald On the evening of Nov. 30, the catechists and youth group of Blessed Sacrament Church in Pauoa organized a Prom Advent evening by inviting guests to the 5 p.m. Mass and the potluck dinner that followed in the […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Christmas continues
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS As a mainlander, the tradition of spending a week on Maui during Pearl Harbor Week has become a part of my Advent each year. My husband Brad Peirce, a former Rainbow Warrior volleyball player, is drawn to the islands to celebrate his Dec. 8 birthday. As a non-Catholic he doesn’t understand the […]
Mary is loving mother, humble disciple, pope says on Guadalupe feast
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service ROME — Celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Francis said she reminds Catholics of her true essence as a woman, a mother and a “mestiza” or person of mixed race. She revealed herself to St. Juan Diego as a “mestiza” to show “that she is everyone’s […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Husbands, love your wives
FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY Sirach 3:2-7, 12-14; Colossians 3:12-21; Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 The Book of Sirach is part of the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament. As are many other books in this body of writings, it is highly practical. When these books were written, albeit at different times and in different places, Jewish […]
Bishop in Pearl City for feast of Christ the King
By Naomi Amuro Special to the Herald Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the Mass of the Solemnity of Christ the King Nov. 24, the last Sunday of the liturgical year, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Pearl City. The Mass was well-attended. Concelebrating was the pastor, Sacred Hearts Father Santhosh Thottankara, and parochial vicar, […]
Early Kalaupapa Christmases
“Christmas is coming and a New Year approaches and I send you my best wishes.” – Father Damien writing to his family in 1885 By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Christmas in Hawaii in the mid- to late-1800s was a much simpler holiday than today. On Molokai’s isolated Kalaupapa peninsula, where those suffering from Hansen’s […]
2019 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE: Bishop Larry Silva
Bishop Larry Silva 2019 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE They had to go forth from where they were most comfortable. Mary and Joseph, from the backwater town of Nazareth, had to travel to the little town of Bethlehem. While it was the ancestral home of the house of King David, and they were ordered to go there to […]