KALAUPAPA DIARY I have lost a step or two since my high school running days — 60 years ago — but I still enjoy watching track and field on television. I particularly like to watch the relay races where the first runner grabs a stick (baton), takes off like a bat out of hell, passes […]
Archives for October 2021
Sister Maria Esperanza Espino, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: A way of personal prayer
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Three days after my brother came out of the hospital, I was to leave for a mission in Africa. Although the (call to) obedience came from my Mother General, other sisters told me, “You are going to go? Your brother is still […]
Mary Duddy: A time to share family traditions
THE MARRIED LIFE As we get further into the fall and as seasons of Advent and Christmas approach, we will have lots of opportunities to celebrate. Family traditions, such as “trick or treating,” Thanksgiving, and Christmas gatherings provide special opportunities to join with extended family and friends. Big or small, let’s make the most of […]
Picking up the pro-life call
Susan Duffy leads the nonprofit Pearson Foundation of Hawaii and its Pearson Place center By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald In fall 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic, Pearson Place unveiled its new location upstairs from Pauline Books and Media Center at 1145 Bishop Street in downtown Honolulu. The pregnancy resource center, which is run […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God is everything
31ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Deuteronomy 6:2-6; Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 12:28b-34 The Book of Deuteronomy is the source of the first reading. One among the first five books of the Bible, Deuteronomy contains for Jews the basic rule of life, as a guide for living from the best source of advice, Almighty God. Moses is […]
2023 Synod of Bishops: Beginning a good journey, together
By listening to the Holy Spirit, the synod can be a process of healing, Pope Francis says By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — A synod calls on everyone to become experts in “the art of encounter” in a way that is uplifting and transformative, Pope Francis said, formally opening the process leading […]
Child saints: Religious education students learn about their holy peers and their relics
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Some were only in elementary school. Others never went to school. One was a computer whiz. Another befriended sheep and lived in a barn. All these are young people who became saints or are on the path to sainthood. Hagiographer and St. Anthony, Kailua, parishioner Peter Cruz highlighted them […]
Homecoming: Bishop of Wichita says Korean War chaplain Father Emil Kapaun conformed his life to Christ, ‘giving all he had’
By Christopher Riggs Catholic News Service WICHITA, Kan. — Father Emil J. Kapaun conformed his life to Christ, Bishop Carl A. Kemme of Wichita said about the Korean War hero at a funeral Mass for him Sept. 29. “Jesus modeled that love for us on the cross. He gave his life for us, his friends, […]
Pope, world religious leaders plead for peace, compassion, care for the earth
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ROME — Standing in front of Rome’s Colosseum, Pope Francis called on members of all the world’s religions to be courageous enough to set aside self-centeredness and instead live with true and active compassion for the victims of war and poverty and for the earth. The pope and Orthodox, […]
All school COVID cases originated elsewhere, superintendent says
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Herald checked in with superintendent of Hawaii Catholic Schools Llewellyn Young in early October to ask about the COVID-19 case numbers in parochial and private Catholic schools in Hawaii. Here are some highlights of his response. At the end of the 2020-2021 school year, 40 total […]
