EMBRACING FAMILY Many parents ask us questions, and we share faith-based parenting advice, based on Love and Logic© and the Preventive System of St. John Bosco (Reason, Religion, Loving Kindness). We’d like to share some of these with you. Yes, that’s right: I am grateful for five and a half things. What might those things […]
Archives for January 2022
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus’ identity revealed
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Acts of the Apostles 10:34-38; Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is very important to the church’s mission of bringing us to Christ. It reveals both the identity of the Lord and begins the Gospel’s revelation of the Lord’s work of salvation. […]
Mary Adamski: Our unchanging, changing church
VIEW FROM THE PEW We’ve just accepted so many changes in the way we live since March 2020 that you wonder if we’ll ever get back to comfortable, convivial, to communal, not to mention safe and civil. Much as I don’t agree with the rebels who toss the masks and mash together in crowds, I […]
Bishop urges collection for Philippines
Bishop Larry Silva is urging Hawaii parishes to conduct a second collection for the relief for vast areas in south and central Philippines devastated last month by Typhoon Rai. The death toll has risen to 375 while 56 people remained missing. Hundreds were injured and more than 400,000 were displaced by the intense storm, which […]
Katie Prejean McGrady: Resolutions for today
WINDOW SEAT WISDOM I think New Year’s resolutions are silly. Under the guise of “get healthy” and “better yourself” we establish arbitrary (and often unrealistic) goals to eat less, move around more, spend less time on our phone, etc. One year, I resolved to use a paper planner to keep track of my to-do lists […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Shepherd or judge? A tale of two sacraments
FAITH AT HOME When I made my first confession, I clutched an index card with sweaty palms. On one side, I’d copied the act of contrition, dutifully memorized — but what if I tripped up in the heat of the moment? On the reverse was a detailed list of my sins, anxiously scribbled lest I […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Husband not able to receive ‘last rites.’ Plus: What justifies Natural Family Planning?
QUESTION CORNER Q: My husband died suddenly and did not receive the last rites of the Catholic Church. We had just come back from Mass and Communion about three hours earlier. I am very upset that he was not able to receive the last rites, and this has been very difficult on me. I would […]
Heralding back: Jan. 7, 2022
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Jan. 7, 1972 LAST STOP—His Eminence, Cardinal Terence J. Cooke, Archbishop of New York and Military Ordinary for all U.S. Armed Forces, arrived in Honolulu on the final leg of his annual Christmas visit to the military families scattered throughout the world. He was met at plane-side […]
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