SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8 The second part of the Book of Isaiah provides the first reading for this Second Sunday of Advent. When this book was written, God’s people were very happy. Their long, dreary exile of four generations in Babylon was about to end. They […]
Christina Capecchi: Pouring out the greatest gift
TWENTY SOMETHING Oprah Winfrey looks regal in a purple pleated skirt and matching sweater, beaming on the cover of the magazine that delivers her much-anticipated Favorite Things — “112 crowd-pleasing gifts for everyone on your list.” Now in her ninth year partnering with Amazon, Oprah vouches for each product with her trademark hype: a […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Online sites make Advent prayerful
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS Dec. 8 is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and for many Catholics there is confusion around if the conception is Mary’s or Jesus’. To be clear, the Immaculate Conception is about the Mother of our Lord being conceived in the womb of her mother without the stain of original sin. […]
HOPE Services blesses its first affordable rental housing for seniors on Hawaii island
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii Island has a brand-new neighborhood in Pahoa named after the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It’s small, just 12 houses — studios for seniors experiencing homelessness. But it is breaking new ground. The project is the first permanent affordable rental housing community for seniors in the island’s Puna district, […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Words and actions
WITNESS TO JESUS | Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time This is the prepared homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva on Nov. 5, the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, at the Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, at the convention of the Diocesan Congress of Filipino Catholic Clubs. I once lived in a rectory with three other priests. […]
Talk story: Into the season of gratitude and hope
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Thank you to all those who have been so generous and so good with their time, their talent, and their treasure in helping this community to recover from this tragedy … You are all so wonderful. It’s amazing and inspiring to see all the work that you’ve done and the hope […]
Aiea pastor encouraging his parishioners to ‘adopt a tree’
By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Sebastian Soosai is planting roots he hopes will grow for generations to come. Literally. His “adopt a tree” program has kicked off at St. Elizabeth Church in Aiea where he is pastor. This initiative asks parishioners to buy a cat palm tree that will be planted on church […]
Vatican dicastery says transsexuals can be baptized
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — If it would not cause scandal or confusion among other Catholics, “a transsexual — even one who has undergone hormone treatment and gender reassignment surgery — may receive baptism under the same conditions as other faithful,” said a document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine […]
A new Vitality Task Force is writing the parish ‘playbook’
By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald The captain of a ship makes sure he and everyone on his boat reaches their final destination. But sometimes it’s not that easy. A parish, like a ship, needs a knowledgeable captain with detailed charts to navigate its way successfully through financial shoals, spiritual straights, pastoral storms and […]
Pope removes firebrand Texas bishop from diocese
By Maria Wiering and Peter Jesserer Smith OSV News Pope Francis has removed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, the Holy See Press Office announced Nov. 11. Simultaneously, Francis has appointed Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin as apostolic administrator to oversee the diocese until a new […]
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