Aloha, my Quiz buddies! The days of the year are going by quite quickly. Don’t get caught up in the holiday rush. Take some time for this week’s quiz. You’ll thank me later! 1) SING A BEAUTIFUL SONG Who is the patroness of music and musicians? a) St. Melodia b) St. Cecilia c) St. Teresa […]
Archives for November 2023
What is a penal precept?
Bishop Larry Silva has issued a “penal precept” prohibiting Father Alfred Rebuldela, a retired priest of the Diocese of Honolulu who was credibly accused of sexually abusing a minor as a young priest more than 40 years ago, from presenting himself as a priest or from exercising any priestly ministry. (See “Official notices” on […]
Former cosmetics exec gives it all up for the priesthood
By Gina Christian OSV News At age 50, seminarian Scott-Vincent Borba doesn’t consider his to be a late vocation. “God called me at age 10,” he told OSV News. “I just accepted late.” Now in his pastoral year at St. Patrick’s University and Seminary in Menlo Park, California, Borba chuckled as he recalled his first […]
Younger U.S. priests increasingly identify as conservative
By Gina Christian OSV News A closer look at the largest survey of U.S. Catholic priests in 50 years has revealed “a major shift in how priests view themselves and their priesthood,” said researchers. Compared to their older peers, younger priests are far more likely to describe themselves as theologically orthodox or conservative, politically conservative […]
Hawaii Catholic Herald Parish News: Nov. 24, 2023
Click here to view a pdf of the Parish News for the Nov. 24, 2023, Hawaii Catholic Herald.
100 gather for day of prayer and fellowship for vocations
About 100 adults, teens and children, and representatives of four religious communities, attended a day of prayer and fellowship Nov. 11 at the Paewalani house in Kaneohe hosted by the Leadership Association of Religious Congregations in Hawaii, or LARC. The event celebrated National Vocation Awareness Week. The religious communities who set up exhibits and handed […]
CatholicTV channel taking a pause
CatholicTV, otherwise known in Hawaii as KUPU-TV, is temporarily off the air. The channel that carried the popular Catholic television network, known for its video Masses, rosaries, chaplets, and other faith-filled programming, has new owners. CatholicTV will be back on air in mid or late January on 14 KEKE-TV. Viewers are still able to […]
Clinic at St. Peter’s extends hours ahead of World Day of the Poor
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Idris, who sleeps on a sidewalk a couple blocks from the Vatican, waited more or less patiently under the colonnade surrounding St. Peter’s Square to speak to his physician, Dr. Massimo Ralli. The doctor was giving interviews Nov. 13 about the Vatican’s “Madre di Misericordia” (Mother […]
Pope welcomes migrant he’s been praying for since July
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — When Mbengue Nyimbilo Crepin told Pope Francis of his harrowing journey to Italy and about the deaths of his wife and 6-year-old daughter in the desert along the border between Libya and Tunisia, the pope told him he had been praying for them since July. Nyimbilo, […]
No war is worth the loss of even one life
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — While nations have a right to defend themselves and a responsibility to protect their citizens, “no war is worth the loss of the life of even one human person, a sacred being created in the image and likeness of the Creator,” said a papal message to […]