QUESTION CORNER Q: Can I leave Mass after the blessing, or must I wait for the recessional hymn to be sung? (Syosset, New York) A: The final blessing is the official conclusion of the Mass, so — in that sense — once the final blessing is said, Mass is over and you may leave without […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: Lenten resolutions eager or meager?
EMBRACING FAMILY Many parents ask us questions, and we share faith-based parenting advice, based on Love and Logic and the Preventive System of St. John Bosco (Reason, Religion, Loving Kindness). We’d like to share some of these with you. We’re always preparing. We prepare food, work, laundry, dishes, the house for company. Now, it is […]
Elizabeth Scalia: Let the jeering skulls laugh
IT IS GOOD Like St. Teresa of Avila, I have a skull on my desk. Two, actually — one plain and one riotously decorated in green and purple. I think they’re funny; they remind me not to take myself, or the world, too seriously. When I have tied myself into knots due to some perceived […]
Many milestone years mark this year’s Catholic school educators gathering
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald If the number of lei piled around Raymond Abregano Jr.’s neck equaled the number of years he’s served in Hawaii Catholic schools, they would have gone above his head and tumbled off during the Annual Conference of Catholic Educators Mass on Feb. 3. As it was, the lei Abregano […]
Father Shoba Nyambe, Sulpician: Contemplating attributes of Jesus
VIRIDITAS 2 | SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Taking a break is an important part of ongoing spiritual formation. One should not wait until something severe happens. For example, after serving many years as the regional superior of the Sulpicians, I am finally taking a break. Through the […]
Heralding back: Feb. 17, 2023
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — March 2, 1973 St. Joseph School Sabers from Waipahu won the West Section Limited Division Oahu CYO Catholic Elementary Schools Basketball League Championship with a 6-0 record. The Sabers will play Holy Trinity Tigers East Champions for the Oahu CYO Limited Division Championship. Back row, left to […]
Former evangelical preacher, now Catholic, to give Lenten mission
A former evangelical minister who got his start at Hope Chapel-Kaneohe is holding a Lenten mission at a Windward parish. Jeremy Rivera will hold a three-night parish mission, at St. John Vianney Church in Kailua, March 6-8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. The mission is free and open to anyone. Rivera’s talks will “explore how the three temptations […]
Diocese of Honolulu 2023 Lenten Regulations
By the Office of Worship, Diocese of Honolulu FASTING In the dioceses in the United States, Catholics aged 18 through 59 are bound to fast on both Ash Wednesday (February 22, 2023) and Good Friday (April 7, 2023). To fast means to consume one full meal a day at most, although taking of other, […]
A celebratory March for Life in a post-Roe environment
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald You might call it a kinder and gentler March for Life, out from under the hostile shadow of the Supreme Court decision that provoked the annual protest. Roe v. Wade is gone, overturned last year by the same court. But the status of abortion availability in Hawaii remains the […]
‘Hope that leads to justice’ the theme of the Red Mass
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “Hope that leads to justice,” was the theme of the Red Mass Jan. 17 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the annual liturgy invoking the wisdom and guidance of the Holy Spirit upon Hawaii’s civic leaders. The guest speaker was president and […]
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