Tenant applications are now being accepted for the fourth and final phase of the Meheula Vista senior affordable rental housing development in Mililani Mauka, a program of Catholic Charities Hawaii. The senior housing complex was developed by Catholic Charities Housing Development Corporation and is managed by EAH Housing. Located at the corner of Meheula Parkway […]
Archives for July 2023
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God awaits our call
14TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 This weekend, the first biblical reading is from the Book of Zechariah. Zechariah was of the priestly caste and was born in Babylon. His birth occurred during the time when many Jews were in forced exile in the Babylonian capital. He went to […]
Women’s group that prays for priests and seminarians seeks new members
The Diocese of Honolulu Spiritual Moms Apostolate is a group of devout Catholic women who pray for Hawaii’s bishop, priests and seminarians. Our diocese is blessed with a growing number of priests and seminarians. For various reasons, such as illness and relocations, the number of spiritual mothers has declined. Please consider supporting our priests […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Psalms for the summer
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS ‘Tis the season of “summer reads.” Every year, new lists of books are compiled for you to buy, pack and read on vacation or while at the beach or pool. These selections are usually supposed to be fun, short and lighthearted. My suggestion for a great read this summer is a little […]
Sister Cathie Boerboom, Religious of the Good Shepherd: Ministering on the streets
VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Back during the summers of 1985 and 1987, I worked at the Mary Jane Home in Kalihi Valley. Remember the RGS? Really Great Sisters? Actually, it is an acronym for the Religious of the Good Shepherd. Catholic Charities had invited my congregation […]
Heralding back: July 7, 2023
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — July 13, 1973 PLIGHT OF MIGRANT—A handicapped migrant farm worker in Florida hobbles along near his quarters. The state legislature recently cut rehabilitative services affecting such persons. If a migrant worker becomes permanently disabled, he can fall back on workmen’s compensation, lump sum payments based on job […]
Official notices: July 7, 2023
Bishop’s Schedule July 8, 6:00 pm, Mass with Installation of Reverend Geronimo (Eric) Castro, M.S. as Pastor of St. Joseph Church, Waipahu. July 9, 10:00 am, Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace for its Patronal Feast, downtown Honolulu. July 11, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council (video conference); 2:00 pm, Meeting […]
Our Lady of Akita: ‘Those who place their confidence in me will be saved’
OSV News July 6 marked the 50th anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady of Akita. On June 12, 1973, Sister Agnes Sasagawa of the Handmaids of the Eucharist began receiving heavenly visions in a convent located in Akita, Japan. At first she saw angelic beings worshipping the Eucharist, but then, on July 6, […]
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan: Did we go too far?
COMMENTARY While I was recently preparing my sermonette for Mass on the feast of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, I was reminded he died at only 23, having contracted the virus while ministering to victims of the plague in Rome. Then, on my radio show, I hosted “Conversation with Cardinal Dolan” on The Catholic Channel of Sirius […]
Michael R. Heinlein: Eucharist: remedy to sin
COMMENTARY “Because I always sin, I should always have a remedy.” These practical words of St. Ambrose, fourth-century bishop of Milan and doctor of the Church, point us to the unique relationship of the Eucharist to sin — a relationship that the Catechism pithily sums up by saying “holy Communion separates us from sin” (CCC […]