By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — When Loretto Sister Jeannine Gramick began her ministry to gay and lesbian Catholics 50 years ago, she likely never imagined she would be exchanging letters with a pope. But that’s what happened, and it started fairly innocuously. New Ways Ministry, which Sister Gramick co-founded with the late […]
Archives for January 2022
Indian officials say lease expired, force nuns off land in Uttar Pradesh
By Catholic News Service NEW DELHI — The Missionaries of Charity congregation has been forced to shut Nirmala Shishu Bhawan, a home for orphaned, destitute and abandoned children in Uttar Pradesh state, after its lease expired. The Defence Estates Office demanded $250,000 from the nuns for trespassing. The closure came on the heels of the […]
Greg Erlandson: Bridging divides
AMID THE FRAY The anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot that humiliated Congress and horrified a good portion of our nation has gone more or less as one might have predicted during these divided times. The two political parties went to their respective corners, one to commemorate the anniversary and the other to criticize the […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is it confession or reconciliation? Did the Virgin Mary have other kids?
QUESTION CORNER Q While I know that only confession will reconcile me with God, I am confused about the terminology used in my parish. (We are a rural parish and have very few opportunities for confession, but there is always the chance to make a private appointment for confession.) Any scheduled confessions are now announced […]
Effie Caldarola: Studying our history
FOR THE JOURNEY The book, “We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families,” is at once both stunning and horrifying. Searching for something to read, I picked up this 1998 bestseller at my daughter’s house. But I paused. Was the story of Rwandan genocide relevant or was it ancient […]
Omicron has some pastors returning to social distancing
Others are leaving it up to worshippers to space themselves By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19 hit the Hawaiian islands right around the time that the Diocese of Honolulu lifted requirements for social distancing in Catholic churches throughout most of the state. The latter decision had been made […]
2021 in review: A look back at the events and images from another year marked by the coronavirus pandemic
Compiled by Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Here is a month-by-month review of the Catholic news in Hawaii in 2021 as reported in the Hawaii Catholic Herald. January A Jan. 8 memo from the Diocese of Honolulu said it would not “mandate” the COVID-19 vaccine for persons who work in Hawaii’s Catholic parishes, schools and […]
At evening prayer for the last day of the year, Pope Francis said that problems may remain, but God-given hope never fails
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Christian hope grants those who suffer the assurance that God does not abandon his people in their time of need, Pope Francis said. “Problems do not vanish, difficulties and worries are not lacking, but we are not alone; the Father ‘sent forth his son’ to redeem us from […]
Bishop Larry Silva: The day God married humanity
WITNESS TO JESUS | CHRISTMAS Here is the prepared text for the homily for the feast of Christmas, Dec. 25, delivered at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu, and the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu. Starry skies and starry eyes. Magic moments and majestic music. Fear and trembling amidst fantasy and romance. […]
School superintendent Llewellyn Young keynote speaker at Red Mass
Superintendent of Hawaii Catholic schools Llewellyn K. Young Jr. will describe how he steered the state’s Catholic educational system through the turbulence of the coronavirus pandemic as the guest speaker for the Diocese of Honolulu’s Red Mass, 9 a.m., Jan. 18, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. The Mass, celebrated during the […]
