Hidden in plain sight. That is an apt description of the risen Jesus’ presence among us. The first to see him after he rose from the dead, Mary Magdalene, thought he was the gardener — until he called her by her name (John 20:11-18). The two disciples who already knew him well walked seven miles […]
Archives for March 2023
Faith journeys
This Easter, among the more than 220 in Hawaii who will be welcomed into the Catholic faith, receiving the sacraments of initiation — Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist — will be a soldier and a second-grader By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A void not being filled When Army Specialist Sasha Robello arrived in Hawaii on […]
Talk story: A story of resiliency
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Lenten penance is a commitment, sustained by grace, to overcoming our resistance to following Jesus on the way of the cross. We need to set out on the journey, an uphill path, a trek, that requires effort, sacrifice and concentration. What awaits us at the end is undoubtedly something wondrous which […]
Photo: Blessing of the chrism
Bishop Larry Silva breathes over the holy chrism, part of the rite blessing one of three holy oils at the Chrism Mass for the Kauai vicariate, March 14, at St. Theresa Church in Kekaha. The Chrism Mass is celebrated every year during Lent. The other oils blessed are the oil of catechumens and the oil […]
Confession: a great opportunity to get right with God
By Russell Shaw OSV News When Dr. Bernard Nathanson died of cancer in February 2011, the obituary writers dutifully recorded that he’d become a Catholic back in 1996. Some even recalled the reason he gave for taking that step. In the 1960s and 1970s, Nathanson, a New York OB-GYN, had been a national leader in […]
Medically ‘changing’ sex not morally justified, say bishops
By Julie Asher OSV News WASHINGTON — Surgical, chemical or other interventions that aim “to exchange” a person’s “sex characteristics” for those of the opposite sex “are not morally justified,” said the U.S. bishops’ doctrine committee in a statement released March 20. “What is of great concern, is the range of technological interventions advocated […]
Scrub Bucket ministries offering women’s retreat
Scrub Bucket Gospel Ministries presents “I Praise You Jesus,” a women’s contemplative retreat, from 7 p.m. Friday April 28 through 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi Valley. The retreat is limited to 20 women. The cost of $275 includes a private room and bath with air conditioning, Saturday […]
Good Friday’s Taize Prayer around the Cross returns to Newman
By Jon James Special to the Herald After a three-year absence due to COVID-19, the contemplative Taize Prayer around the Cross service will be held again at the University of Hawaii Newman Center-Holy Spirit Parish on Good Friday evening, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. Taize Prayer around the Cross stems from a tradition adopted by […]
Catholic Charities promotes Tina Andrade to chief operating officer
Catholic Charities Hawaii has promoted Tina Andrade to chief operating officer where she will oversee the organization’s day-to-day operations. Andrade will be second in command of the organization behind CEO and president Robert Van Tassell. Andrade joined Catholic Charities in 2003. In her previous position as vice president in mission integration, she helped implement the […]
Photo: Scouts Mass
Bishop Larry Silva poses with a group of Catholic Boy Scouts of America and Father EJ Resinto, the chaplain for the diocesan Committee on Scouting, after a scout Mass and awards ceremony at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace March 18. (Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina)
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