OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Catholic education is also evangelization: bearing witness to the joy of the Gospel and its power to renew our communities and provide hope and strength in facing wisely the challenges of the present time.” (Pope Francis to Catholic educators gathered in Rome 2022) Since the beginning of his papacy, Pope Francis […]
Archives for January 2024
Effie Caldarola: Of worrying and wild things
COMMENTARY Walking through the park on a brisk winter morning, I glance at the parking lot near the playground and notice a colorful van. I see big letters on its side panel: “Worry First.” Wait a minute. I look again. Actually, it says “Worry Free,” the slogan of a utility company’s appliance service. I chuckle. […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Why so much incense at Mass?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Our daughter has totally given up going to church because of the relentless use of incense at each Mass. It doesn’t bother me but I do notice a lot of people in the congregation that obviously have problems with it. Since it causes breathing difficulties for many people is it really appropriate […]
Michael R. Heinlein: A Eucharistic Word: Tabernacle
COMMENTARY While praying in our pew after Communion during a recent Sunday Mass, our 6-year-old son decided to administer a pop quiz to his willing little sister. “What was the first tabernacle?” he asked. “I have no idea,” she replied. “Mary, of course! Her tummy held Jesus for the first time,” he answered. “But […]
Rob Schneider opens up about his conversion
By Katie Yoder OSV News In 2023, actor and comedian Rob Schneider celebrated his first Christmas as a Catholic. “I think the reason the Catholic Church works for me is it’s closest to the actual words of Jesus Christ,” the 60-year-old told Our Sunday Visitor from Arizona. Schneider spoke about his newfound faith after revealing […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Feb. 2, 2024
My gosh, quiz buddies, can you believe Lent is just around the corner? Enjoy your quiz! 1) NO GREATER LOVE Feb. 6 is the feast day of St. Paul Miki, Jesuit priest and martyr. In what country was he born? a) China b) Nigeria c) Japan d) Italy 2) LENTEN REGULATIONS In the United States, […]
Photo: Deacon candidates, officially
Permanent deacon candidates of the diocese’s cohort 11 pose for a group photo with Bishop Lary Silva following their Rite of Candidacy Jan. 14 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. They are, from left, Peter Gumataotao, Emilio Macalalad, Clifford B. Villareal, Robert Seng Berg, Alvin A. Sniffen, Julian Taifmai, Stephen E.K.L. Lee, John W. Pollard, Jared […]
Photo: Praying for Christian unity
Bishop Larry Silva, right, prays at an icon of the crucified Christ at the Taize prayer service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Jan. 24 at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. (Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina)
Free, from the Carmelites, a new Stations of the Cross
Looking for a different way to pray the Way of the Cross this Lent? Consider “A Thorn in My Side,” a Way of the Cross written by the nuns at the Carmel of the Holy Trinity Carmelite Monastery on the Pali Highway. The prayerbook is the result of a priest friend in 2020 urging the […]
Love is the only path to Christian unity, Pope Francis says
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ROME — Divided Christians will draw closer to one another only by loving God and loving their neighbors, serving one another and not pointing fingers in blame for past faults, Pope Francis said. Closing the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with an evening prayer service Jan. 25 at […]
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