COMMENTARY My wife took Christ off our living room wall the other day. It was a postcard image of a mosaic created by Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik. She couldn’t bear to have it up. Rupnik is a remarkably gifted artist. His mosaics adorn chapels and buildings from the St. John Paul II National Shrine in […]
Pope decides women will be voting members of synod
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — At least three dozen women will be voting members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October, Pope Francis has decided. In a decision formalized April 17, “the Holy Father approved the extension of participation in the synodal assembly to ‘non-bishops’ — priests, […]
True faith is open to others, Pope Francis repeatedly says in Hungary
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service BUDAPEST, Hungary — Praising the piety and charity of Hungarian Christians and their commitment to supporting traditional family life, Pope Francis said Christ also calls them to open their hearts — and perhaps their borders — to others in need. When it comes to the church or to […]
Bride of Christ
A local doctor answers the call to be a ‘Consecrated Virgin Living in the World’ By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald When Lorraine Manlolo was doing her medical residency, she came across a story online showing a young woman in a wedding gown. This bride, the headline read, had “married Jesus Christ.” After clicking […]
Hawaii’s 2023 JUBILARIANS
“God, our Father, guide of humanity and ruler of creation, look upon these your servants, who wish to confirm their offering of themselves to you. As the years pass by, help them to enter more deeply into the mystery of the church and to dedicate themselves more generously to the good of humanity.” –Prayer of […]
Pastors bring back the shared cup to a cautious faithful
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva on Holy Thursday brought back reception of the precious blood by the sharing of the Communion cup to a cautious faithful for the first time since March 2020, the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hesitancy is likely because some parishioners are still wary of the […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Dutton’s journey to Emmaus
WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER This is the prepared text of the homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva for the Third Sunday of Easter, April 23, at Blessed Sacrament Church, Stowe, Vermont, on the occasion of the 180th birthday celebration of Servant of God Joseph Dutton. When we think of a journey, […]
At 40, talking story
Three local sisters, contemporaries, come together over shave ice to reflect on their lives as religious Sharing shave ice and conversation after a recent lunch together, three Oahu women with more than 40 years each lived as local members of religious orders talked about their experiences in professed religious life today and what comes next. […]
Bishop preaches at Joseph Dutton birthday festivities in Vermont
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva was invited last weekend to Stowe, Vermont, a place made famous by the von Trapp Family singers and its ski slopes, and has again gained renown, this time for a Hawaii connection, as the birthplace of Ira Joseph Dutton, the third sainthood candidate to emerge from […]
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Welcome home, new Catholics
CALLED TO HOLINESS Becoming a Roman Catholic was one of the best decisions I ever made, and certainly the most life-changing. But in truth, I had only a vague notion of the deep waters I was wading into. What would have been helpful over the past 40 years? Here are a dozen things I wish […]
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