Aloha, quizmaticians, As we make our way through Ordinary Time, I thought I’d ask some ordinary questions. At least I think they are rather ordinary. Perhaps you will find a challenge or two among them. 1) Geography Approximately how many miles is the city of Jerusalem from the northern region of Galilee, where […]
Archives for August 2023
Photo: first day of school
First day On the first day of school at Rosary Preschool in Waipio, Kawena Eltagonde, left, Chanz Lizada and Theodore Angel, classmates from age 3, check out the new offerings in their age 4 classroom. (Photo courtesy of Rosary Preschool)
Four schools open year with new administrators
Four Hawaii Catholic Schools have five new administrators — four principals and one head of school — this academic year. Sacred Hearts Academy has named Cynthia McIntyre as its lower school principal. Saint Louis School has appointed Brittany Souza as elementary school principal. St. Michael School in Waialua has a new principal, Dallas Carter. And […]
‘Todos, todos, todos’
WORLD YOUTH DAY Pope Francis urges youth to return home, build a joyful church open to all By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service LISBON, Portugal — Pope Francis asked the 1.5 million young people who attended World Youth Day to take “what God has sown into your hearts” back to their home countries and build […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus appeals to all, invites all
20TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 56:1,6-7; Romans 11:13-15, 29-32; Matthew 15:21-28 The third section of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend’s liturgy with its first reading. Understanding this part of Isaiah requires some knowledge of the cultural context of the time. It was not good. Life for the Jews had changed very […]
Hawaii Catholic Herald School News: Aug. 18, 2023
Click here to view pdf of the Aug. 16, 2023, School News
Final year?
Bishop Larry Silva has been Bishop of Honolulu for 18 years, the second longest term of any Hawaii diocesan bishop after Bishop James J. Sweeney, who served 26 years. He turns 74 on Aug. 6, which means he has one more year before he is required at age 75 to submit his request for retirement […]
Seven-year parish, school financial review a success
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald It could take a while to get your financial ducks in order. Years, perhaps, if you are a Catholic parish or school unaccustomed to the particulars of worldly accounting. Seven years if you are a parish or school of the Diocese of Honolulu. In 2016, the diocese embarked on […]
Mary Adamski: Feeding the hungry in the face of opposition
VIEW FROM THE PEW I got a bit irate last week in a letter to the editor of the daily newspaper. I waxed indignant about the heavy-handed way top city officials pressured a Catholic church to knock off doing what Jesus taught us to do, giving food, drink and solace to the poor. So you […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Weeds among wheat
WITNESS TO JESUS | SIXTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered July 23, at Sacred Hearts Church, Lanai City, on the occasion of his parish visitation and his administering Confirmation and First Communion. I think of Saul of Tarsus, […]
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