Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Study groups will revisit top synod topics

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  Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has decided that some of the most controversial issues raised at the first assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality will be examined by study groups that will work beyond the synod’s final assembly in October. The possible revision of guidelines for the training of […]

Newman Center welcomes all to Good Friday Taize Prayer

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Hawaii Catholic Herald The University of Hawaii’s Newman Center will again sponsor the traditional Good Friday Taize Prayer around the Cross March 29 at 7:30 p.m. The candlelit ceremony includes chants, prayers, reflections, a Scripture reading of the Passion and a period of meditative silence. The prayer culminates with small groups of participants kneeling and […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Life is changed for the better

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EASTER SUNDAY Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-9 A variety of biblical readings occurs in the course of liturgical celebrations for Easter. For instance, the Liturgy of the Word for the Easter Vigil is unsurpassed among all the feasts of the year. These reflections center upon the readings for the Eucharist […]

Mary Adamski: Bevy of birds brings focus, inspiration

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VIEW FROM THE PEW Every time I set out on this journey of stringing words and ideas together, my mind drifts back to student days. I’m back in a high school math class desperately mentally mumbling formulas for some GPA-significant test. A worse nightmare, it’s a college philosophy class where the overnight caffeinated cramming is […]

Making their way back: Parishioners across the state are returning to Sunday worship as the pandemic’s impact fades

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Isle parishes see rebound in Sunday Mass attendance By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald While still far from its pre-pandemic level, Sunday Mass attendance in Hawaii has been slowly rising after plummeting in the first year that COVID-19 brought the world to a standstill. Conducted every October, the statewide annual count of parishioners attending […]