By Natalie Romano OSV News LOS ANGELES — With the Blessed Sacrament held high, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles led more than 1,000 Catholics carrying flags, rosaries and an abundance of spirit out of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel and onto the streets of the San Gabriel Valley March 25. The Saturday morning event […]
Archives for April 2023
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
By Kristin Leandro Special to the Herald April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. First established by presidential proclamation in 1983, it is an opportunity to acknowledge the importance of families and communities coming together to prevent child abuse and neglect, as well as promote the emotional and social well-being of families. On March 31, […]
Talk story: The crucifix: wellspring of hope
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “God does not hide the wounds that pierced his body and soul, from our eyes. He shows them so we can see that a new passage can be opened with Easter: to make holes of lights out of our own wounds.” (Pope Francis, Holy Week General Audience Message April 5, […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Praying at home, to the God of home
FAITH AT HOME Remember when we said we’d never take the Eucharist for granted again? When we had to watch Mass online or from cars in the church parking lot? When every part of parish life — from faith formation classes to Bible studies to doughnuts on Sundays — changed overnight? Three years ago, the […]
Photos: Friday fries
Knight of Columbus Lyle Apo fries hush puppies outside St. John Vianney Parish hall in Kailua on March 31 during a joint fundraiser for scholarships to St. John Vianney School and St. Anthony School in Kailua and anti-human trafficking organization Ho‘ola Na Pua. St. Anthony School, Kailua, seventh grader Evan Campbell serves fried fish to […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: April 14, 2023
Quizzy friends, We have made it to the Easter season! Rejoice and be glad! H.C. Harold [forminator_quiz id=”32029″] PRINTABLE QUIZ 1) Easter Season What are the five grains of incense in the Paschal candle representative of? a) The five wounds of Christ b) The five days of Holy Week c) The five miracles of Christ […]
Mary Adamski: Alleluia! It’s still Easter! Alleluia!
VIEW FROM THE PEW Happy Easter to all of you! What? You’re wondering if the writer has finally lost touch with reality? Or did the editor hold this column from a previous edition and it has aged out of use. Nope, this IS just in time; it IS still Easter and time to celebrate whether […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: In the end, all will be good
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 With deep faith and faith-filled excitement the church continues the celebration, begun a week and a day ago at Easter, of the Lord’s resurrection and final victory over death and sin. As is the case in almost every Mass of this season, the first […]
Christina Capecchi: Her life was a work of art
TWENTY SOMETHING Two parts reverence, one part mischief. That’s how I’d sum up my grandma, whose name — Elinor Marcella — captures her mix of poise and playfulness. She raised five kids with a kind of 1950s ease: neck bows and neatly coiffed hair, family dinners and at-home haircuts, playing Bud & Travis on the […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Celebrating diversity
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS April is the month our country has dedicated to celebrating diversity. Meanwhile, in our Universal Church, there is a four-year process of listening to its members to provide a framework of discussion for the 2024 Synod of Bishops in Rome. The most recent phase of the process, the continental stage, ended on […]
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