THE MARRIED LIFE Marriage and family life is not like a scenic cruise going down a river, where you are a spectator enjoying the view. No, it’s more like a white-water rafting trip, where rapids come and go, you need to paddle hard, and you could easily fall out of the boat. At the beginning […]
Photo: Maui blessing
Bishop Larry Silva smiles as he sprinkles holy water inside Kahului Lani, July 19, blessing the final phase of Catholic Charities Hawaii Housing Development Corporation’s affordable senior rental project in Kahului, Maui. See story on page 7. (Photo courtesy of Catholic Charities Hawaii)
Photo: All the way from India
Wearing leis, Mother Philomena Mathew, superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians of Guwahati, Assam, in northeast India, is greeted at the convent of her sisters in Aiea July 26. Hawaii has four Missionary Sisters of Mary working in parishes on Oahu. Mother Philomena also visited her Hawaii community’s first lay […]
A new altar for a seaside mission
Bishop Larry Silva anoints and blesses St. Joachim’s sacred centerpiece in an uncommon rite By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald As the sun set over Mamalu Bay on July 26, little, white St. Joachim Church on the Punaluu shoreline lit up for a rare occasion: the dedication of a new altar. St. Joachim is the […]
Findings of two new polls on faith show that the U.S. may be in a heap of trouble
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — With the issuance of two recent Gallup polls on Americans’ belief in God and their views on morality, one could come to the conclusion that the United States could be in a heap of trouble. One poll, issued June 15, found a record rating: Fully half of […]
Interview: Pope condemns abortion, says he’s not resigning
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In a wide-ranging interview with the Reuters news agency, Pope Francis condemned abortion, dismissed the idea that he’s preparing to resign and said he still hopes to be able to visit Russia and Ukraine in the fall. Pope Francis also told Philip Pullella, the Reuters’ Vatican […]
Herald represented at annual Catholic Media Conference
The Hawaii Catholic Herald attended the annual Catholic Media Conference in Portland for the first time in a number of years and also took home a handful of Catholic Press Association awards for work done in 2021. The newly renamed CMA (formerly the Catholic Press Association) held its annual Catholic Media Conference from July 5-7 […]
Webb telescope images feed the mind and spirit, Jesuit astronomer says
By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Jesuits at the Vatican Observatory were wowed like most people by the beauty of the photos from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, but the director said they also are excited by the scientific information the telescope will reveal. “Such images are a necessary food for the human […]
Bishop ordains transitional deacon at home parish in Kona
Bishop Larry Silva ordained Arrion Rosales-Llantos a transitional deacon July 1 at his home parish of St. Michael in Kailua-Kona. About a dozen priests and five deacons participated in the ordination. In attendance were the new deacon’s parents, Philippine immigrants Errol Llantos and Lovette Rosales-Llantos of Kona and family members Lourdes Perlas Rosales and Christina […]
From Kiddy for the kiddies: Bishop blesses Mililani playground
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald It must have been agony for the kids to have to wait for the adults to finish talking. But while the purple posts and bars and ladders and platforms of the shiny new playground at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church in Mililani beckoned enticingly, the main man in […]
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