OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Lent is a time of grace to the extent that we listen to God as he speaks to us. And how does he speak to us? First, in the word of God, which the church offers us in the liturgy. In addition to the Scriptures, the Lord speaks to us through […]
Official notices: March 3, 2023
Bishop’s Schedule March 3, 8:00 am, Bagels with Bishop, Maryknoll School, Honolulu. March 4, 8:00 am, Mass for Maui Stewardship Day, St. Anthony Church, Wailuku. March 4-5, Episcopal Visitation, Immaculate Conception Parish, Ewa. March 7, 7:00 pm, Father Damien-Mother Marianne Commission, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe. March 9, 8:00 am, Clergy Workshop, SSDC. March […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: March 3, 2023
Well, fellow Lent penitents, I’ve already failed at my Lenten resolution. I was going to give up lunch meat for Lent, but I just couldn’t quit cold turkey. -H.C. Harold PRINTABLE QUIZ 1) Saints Francisca Alcover Morell, a Spanish writer and laywoman, defended the Catholic Church in more than 600 newspaper articles during the Spanish […]
Effie Caldarola: You are enough for God
FEELING IT Some people don’t believe in miracles. Other people see little miracles every day. I try to be that second kind of person, but sometimes God has to bang a drum to get my attention. During the holidays, I broke my wrist and had to wait 10 days for surgery. So, in addition to […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Can laypeople ever absolve sins? Can you have Latin chants at a Novus Ordo Mass?
QUESTION CORNER Q: If someone is dying, can anyone hear their confession and offer absolution? (Fredericksburg, PA) A: No. Only an ordained priest has the power to forgive sins sacramentally in Jesus’ name. Even in an emergency, non-ordained laypeople are not able to confer absolution; nor can Catholic deacons, even though they are ordained. Interestingly […]
Parish News: March 3, 2023
Click here for a pdf of the Hawaii Catholic Herald Parish News for March 3, 2023
Photo: Marked with the sign of repentance
Sacred Hearts Father Richard McNally marks the forehead of parishioner Ethel Ward with ashes on the evening of Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, at St. Ann Parish in Kaneohe where he is pastor. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver)
Bishop to celebrate baccalaureate Mass
If you have a child graduating this year from middle or high school or college and who isn’t attending a Catholic school, there’s a special Mass just for them. The Diocese of Honolulu’s annual Baccalaureate Mass will take place at 7 p.m. on May 5 at St. Jude Church in Kapolei. Bishop Larry Silva will […]
Family martyrdom
Parents and their seven children, murdered by Nazis along with eight Jews they sheltered, will be beatified By Paulina Guzik OSV News KRAKOW, Poland — Urszula Niemczak keeps a regular schedule. At least twice a week she carefully checks whether winter decorations or fresh flowers growing in the summer on a historical gravesite of Józef […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus is God, active, present
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT Genesis 12:1-4a; 2 Timothy 1:8a-10; Matthew 17:1-9 The Book of Genesis is the source of this weekend’s first biblical reading. As its name implies, Genesis reveals the divine origin of life and the divine plan in the forming of the Hebrew race. First and foremost, Genesis is a splendidly vivid revelation […]
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