By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — It’s called “taking a knee,” and many professional athletes around the country have made the gesture publicly to protest police brutality. Lately, even police officers showing solidarity have kneeled around the country before those protesting the May 25 killing of George Floyd, who died after being filmed […]
Archives for June 2020
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: ‘I am the living bread’
FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58 This weekend the church celebrates the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, or as perhaps it is better known, by its Latin translation, Corpus Christi. Feasts in the church have a dual purpose. They call Catholics to celebrate with faith the […]
Letter to the Herald: A bit of Newman history
Reading your article “Future of Newman Center uncertain” (May 29, 2020) brought back fond and nostalgic memories of our times with the Newman Club, memories and friendships that have lasted a lifetime. We would like to begin to clarify one thing in your article, which we hesitate as it would date us, and that is […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Online evangelizing goes viral
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS During the nearly three months that our nation has been living under quarantine, our clergy have needed to shift their thinking about using non-traditional ways of evangelizing in the absence of in-person interaction. In the era of COVID-19, when an important way to connect with the faithful is online, some of our […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: God created one race: the human race
EMBRACING FAMILY Every day we are asked to show our love as Christians: Going to church weekly; opening the door for someone; helping at a food bank; sending our children to Catholic schools or religious education; reading the Bible; forgiving our spouse; helping with homework; letting someone else choose the TV channel. We all know […]
Photos: Maryknoll mask donation
The Maryknoll School family donated more than 2,500 reusable handmade fabric masks to two local nonprofit organizations, Lanakila Pacific and Navian Hawaii (formerly Hospice Hawaii), May 22, to help kupuna and nurses stay protected against COVID-19. For two-and-a-half weeks, using repurposed Maryknoll aloha-print fabric, families, alumni and community members took up needle and thread to […]
Heralding back June 12, 2020
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — May 22, 1970 FIRST GRADE READERS – Achievement tests reveal that Hawaii’s Catholic school students are above the national norm in the reading process. The students pictured above attend Maryknoll Elementary School. In the back row are John Agrellas, Peter Stahl, Kris Markey; front row, Samuel Makahanaloa, […]
Happy to be back
Hawaii pastors and administrators report that the reopening of Hawaii’s Catholic churches for Mass May 30-31 went smoothly for the most part thanks to plenty of planning, masking tape, sanitizing liquid, faith and aloha. Here are their reports. Immaculate Conception, Ewa The reopening for public Masses went well. I did see a lot fewer parishioners […]
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