COMMENTARY For two or three days in January, a furry red Muppet’s concern for the well-being of his followers became news, dominating Twitter, now X, and sparking discussions from National Public Radio to cable news. When the commotion died down, I was left thinking about how Ash Wednesday was very near and maybe this […]
Jenna Marie Cooper : Does a televised Mass ‘count’?
Question Corner Q: In the past few weeks, due to extreme weather, I’ve missed Mass a couple of times. My parish has a Facebook channel, so I watched the services there instead. I wasn’t able to receive Communion. In talking to the priest, though, he said that in such situations, a person can receive […]
Sister Alicia Torres : How to find our true identity
COMMENTARY Who am I? This question lurks at the core of every human heart. So often the real answer is blurred by responses we so readily grasp after, and yet time and again fail to satisfy. One response in particular, I think, gnaws at so many of us today: “I am important.” Of course […]
Acclaimed author shared faith through fiction
By Russell Shaw OSV News Flannery O’Connor was not an evangelist. She was an artist, one of the most gifted American fiction writers of the 20th century. But a profoundly Catholic theological vision informs her art, giving her stories resonance and depth that sound deep — and sometimes deeply disturbing — spiritual chords. Explaining […]
Hawaii Catholic Herald Parish News: March 1, 2024
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: March 1, 2024
Pax et omne bonum, amici mei, Quizland! 1) OCIA What is the name for the series of rites for adults who wish to be baptized which are celebrated in the third, fourth and fifth weeks of the Lenten season? a) Exegesis b) Scrutinies c) Exorcisms d) Mystagogies 2) HEALING What is the name of the […]
Contemplative women’s retreat planned for April
Women seeking to gain a deeper awareness of God’s love are invited to register for a contemplative retreat hosted by Scrub Bucket Gospel Ministries, an independent ministry based in Kailua. The three-day retreat, titled “Be Still My Soul,” will be presented by ministry co-founder Maxine Pollock and will take place April 26-28 at St. […]
BROTHER LIAM NOLAN / 1939-2024
Beloved educator embraced his adopted Hawaii home By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald On the occasion of celebrating 60 years of consecrated life a decade ago, Christian Brother William P. “Liam” Nolan shared his impressions of Hawaii following his arrival in the state in 1998. It was the first time the educator had lived […]
Theme set for day honoring the elderly
Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has chosen a line from Psalm 71 — “Do not cast me off in my old age” — as the theme for the 2024 celebration of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. In a note announcing the theme for the day, which will be […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The weight of humanity
Third Sunday of Lent Exodus 20:1-17; 1 Corinthians 1:22-25; John 2:13-25 The Book of Exodus is the source of the first biblical reading this weekend. In Hebrew history, the exodus virtually was unsurpassed as an event of great significance, unless perhaps this distinction goes to creation itself. In the exodus, the Hebrew people, enslaved […]
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