By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — One byproduct of canceled Masses is no offertory collection. And a byproduct of no offertory collection is puncture wounds in the budgets of parishes, dioceses and national collections. “It’s a big hit, and it’s gonna hurt,” said Patrick Markey, executive director of the Diocesan Fiscal Management […]
Archives for March 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Masses on TV, social media provide alternatives to closed church doors
Note: In the Diocese of Honolulu, a Mass with no congregation will be live-streamed from the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu each Sunday at 9 a.m. and can be accessed at https://www.facebook.com/HonoluluCathedralBasilica or www.hictv.com. By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In pandemic-unnerved America, we’re all shut-ins now. In another time, […]
Pope’s prayer to Mary during the pandemic
By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Here is a CNS translation of the prayer Pope Francis recited by video March 11 for a special Mass and act of prayer asking Mary to protect Italy and the world during the coronavirus pandemic. O Mary, you always shine on our path as a sign of salvation […]
The hand of God was on me
This remembrance by Father Rene Bisaillon, a Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette, was first published in the May 10, 2013, issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald, while he was in residence at St. Theresa Church in Kekaha, Kauai. Father Bisaillon died on March 10 in the Philippines. By Father Rene Bisaillon, MS Special […]
CORONAVIRUS: Coronavirus restrictions could renew appreciation for community, faith
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — During the coronavirus pandemic, life as most people have known it, including parish life, has come to a halt. But despite closed churches, canceled parish gatherings and limited outreach, many church leaders are emphasizing that Catholics can take this time of recommended isolation and pause of […]
As the church becomes more diverse, the Catholic vote becomes harder to define
Faith politics By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In the last presidential election, some political pundits referred to the “Catholic vote,” one that predicted Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency, and one that aligned in 2016 with the voting constituency that landed him the White House: overwhelmingly white and politically conservative voters. But […]
FATHER RENE “BIZ” BISAILLON, MS | 1931-2020
La Salette missionary to the Philippines a man of ‘inexhaustible charity’ By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Rene “Biz” Bisaillon, a Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette, who worked among the poor in the Philippines for 32 years before coming to Hawaii in 1991 to serve in parishes on Kauai and Oahu, died […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Show forth the glory of Christ
WITNESS TO JESUS | SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT Here is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the Second Sunday of Lent, delivered on March 7 and 8 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Fremont, California. What are you enslaved to? We could all make our own lists, but people are […]
A gathering place for all
Waikiki education center dedicated to the saints and residents of Kalaupapa nears completion By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Damien and Marianne of Molokai Education Center continues to take shape in the heart of Waikiki. Sitting on the corner of Ohua and Kalakaua Avenues, across from the Prince Kuhio statue, the two-story, 5,900-square-foot building […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: When Gospel accounts conflict, Politics from the pulpit
QUESTION CORNER Q: In the Gospel for the feast of the Epiphany, Matthew indicates that the Magi visited with King Herod in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus’ birth and that apparently very soon after their visit, the Holy Family fled to Egypt to avoid the wrath of Herod and stayed there until Herod had […]
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