QUESTION CORNER Q: Since Christmas is on Monday this year, can I go to a Christmas vigil Mass on Sunday and have it fulfill my Sunday and Christmas obligations? (Boston, MA) A: As you note, in 2023 Christmas eve falls on a Sunday. And like all Sundays Catholics are required to attend Mass in […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Let it be done to me!
COMMENTARY What if the best thing for us to do during Advent is not more, but less? When faced with the coming of Christ — in the most visceral way any human could experience another’s arrival, as a mother welcoming new life — Mary did not say “Let me do it!” or “Let me […]
Hospital by Christ’s birthplace struggles to operate amid war
By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News The Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem, located just 1,500 steps from the birthplace of Christ, is confronting significant challenges amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip 45 miles away. The hospital, the premier maternity hospital and neonatal critical care center in the Bethlehem region of […]
Three Kings Parades flood Poland’s streets on Epiphany
God’s love is for everyone in the world, because everyone can fit around the manger By Paulina Guzik OSV News WARSAW, Poland — Every year on the feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 6, Polish cities get flooded with joyful Three Kings Parades. Designed as theatrical performances that recall the historical event of Jesus’ birth and […]
Photo: Happy birthday to you
Pope Francis blows out the candle on his birthday cake during an audience with children assisted by the Vatican’s pediatric clinic in the Paul VI Hall Dec. 17, 2023, his 87th birthday. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Island youth join thousands of other teens ‘expressing their faith with no boundaries’
NATIONAL CATHOLIC YOUTH CONFERENCE By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Twelve high school students from the Diocese of Honolulu traveled across the country last month to join 12,000 other young Catholics at this year’s National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) in Indianapolis, Indiana. The youth filled Lucas Oil Stadium Nov. 16-18, their enthusiasm fulfilling this year’s […]
Bishop to ordain 8 permanent deacons in January
By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald A psychologist, war veterans, a baker, an electrician, a former prison warden, a truck driver. These are some of the men who make up the diocese’s 10th class of permanent deacons to be ordained next month. Eight men, collectively called Cohort 10, are closing in on five years of […]
Bishop Larry Silva: You are a tabernacle
WITNESS TO JESUS | SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THE KING This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the feast of Christ the King, delivered Nov. 25 and 26 at Annunciation Church, Waimea, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of dedication of the church, and at […]
St. Joseph Kokua Center: Spontaneous compassion in Upcountry Maui
By Brian Perry Special to the Herald The Maui wildfires left their mark on Upcountry, Maui, on the slopes of Haleakala, destroying 16 homes in Kula and three in Olinda. In a compassionate response, the Upcountry and Catholic communities have rallied to help impacted families and created the St. Joseph Church Emergency Kokua Center. Although […]
Father John Molina incardinated into the Diocese of Honolulu
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva announced the incardination of former Somascan Father John Molina into the Diocese of Honolulu in the Official Notices of the Nov. 24 Hawaii Catholic Herald. He was publicly welcomed to the presbyterate of the diocese Dec. 1 at the final Mass of the annual convocation of […]
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