By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu is asking parishes to take up an emergency second collection for Tonga on the weekend of Feb. 26 and 27. An underwater volcanic eruption that occurred close offshore from the island nation on Jan. 15 caused damaging tsunamis and rained down ash and other volcanic […]
Archives for February 2022
Bishop Larry Silva: ‘Here I am. Send me!’
WITNESS TO JESUS | FIFTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary time, delivered Feb. 6 at Mystical Rose Oratory at Chaminade University of Honolulu. The teenaged son of my best friend noticed that one of his classmates was depressed, and he […]
Photo: Celebrating consecrated life
Sisters, brothers and priests of Hawaii’s religious orders, institutes and congregations gather for a photo with Bishop Larry Silva after a Mass celebrating the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life, Feb. 5, in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. There are nearly 30 consecrated groups represented in the Diocese of Honolulu. (Photo courtesy of Dann […]
Photo: Career day
Rosary Preschool in Waipio celebrated the start of Catholic Schools Week, Jan. 31, with Career Day and some important messages. (Photo courtesy of Lora Ogawa)
Effie Caldarola: Fishers of men
FOR THE JOURNEY Best fishing story of January: A small group of fishermen and an Irish fishing association stopped the Russian navy from conducting war games in fertile fishing territory off Ireland’s coast. The little band of Irish fishermen vowed that they would continue to send up to 60 trawlers continually into the waters during […]
Emma Dickinson: Ash Wednesday: Return to me
REFLECTION I spotted him sitting there as I hurried across the street, his head nodding from exhaustion and his light jacket doing little to shelter him from the biting cold. I nearly passed right by, as I almost always do, but I felt an urge that I just couldn’t shake: Talk to him. So I […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is there a literal hell?
QUESTION CORNER Q: What is the Catholic view on whether there is an actual, literal hell? A lot of people, including some who are Catholics, while they believe in an actual, literal heaven, say that hell is simply death. (Indiana) A: Catholic theology holds that there is an actual, literal hell. The Catechism of the […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Is your parish family-friendly?
FAITH AT HOME Who doesn’t want the church to grow or the next generation of Catholics to embrace a deep love for their faith? One simple way we can do this is by asking how our parishes are welcoming to families — of all ages, abilities, shapes and sizes. Start small. Are electrical outlets covered […]
Men must join fight against human trafficking, pope says
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Male-female relationships based on “discrimination and submission” lead to the exploitation and humiliation of thousands of women and girls each year, Pope Francis said. “Human trafficking, through domestic or sexual exploitation, violently relegates women and girls to their supposed role of subordination in the provision of […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Ash Wednesday is coming
7TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; 1 Corinthians:45-49; Luke 6:27-38 The First Book of Samuel is the source of this weekend’s initial reading in the Liturgy of the Word. Ancient in origin, scholars trace its beginnings to six centuries before Christ. This reading focuses on David, whom the Hebrews regarded […]