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. Mother’s Day is coming up, and this, too, is the month dedicated to Mary, the […]
Effie Caldarola: Easter offers hope
FOR THE JOURNEY Like life itself, Lent starts out nice and slow. And suddenly, Easter is upon us. There may have been a Lenten midway point, or maybe as Holy Week began, we realized that Lent has sped by. We ask ourselves, Did I do enough? It’s human nature to feel like maybe we […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: April 15, 2022
Easter blessings to you all, Heraldites! – H.C. Harold [forminator_quiz id=”28941″] PRINTABLE QUIZ 1) Easter Around the World Cascarones or stuffed eggs are smashed over people’s heads as a way to celebrate Easter in some Spanish-speaking countries. What are they filled with? a) Confetti b) Small toys c) Rice d) A and b 2) Good […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Six ways to celebrate Eastertide
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS Alleluia! This year the joy of Easter is amplified by the opportunity to celebrate Mass in person as a community for the first time in two years without limitations. Families will most certainly gather in the way that they are most comfortable. Many have referred to Lent 2020 being extended through the […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: He lives!
EASTER Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-9 The Liturgy of the Word for the Easter Vigil is unsurpassed in its power and magnificence among all the feasts of the year, because they center upon the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead, and in this emphasis, they pinpoint the unique identity of […]
Hosffman Ospino: Woman of wonders, lady of peace
JOURNEYING TOGETHER It is with sadness and puzzlement that our world witnesses the invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign nation, by its neighbor Russia, an exponentially more powerful country politically, economically and militarily. Of concern for everyone are the global consequences that this situation may unleash. Many fear the destabilization of Europe and potentially other parts […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: How to work for mercy at home
FAITH AT HOME We tend to look outside our walls to ask how we can help. Where are the hungry or homeless in our community? How can we care for those in poverty or prison? But the works of mercy call us to look closer: to see those around us as Christ, too. Often it’s […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: When did the Holy Spirit come? Why no altar flowers for Lenten funeral?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I have often wondered about the difference between the disciples receiving the Holy Spirit immediately after the Resurrection “on the evening of that first day of the week” (Jn 20:19-23) and the coeming of the Holy Spirit upon them at Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4). Is it two different accounts of the same event, […]
Richard Doerflinger: Gender politics and the Supreme Court
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY Judging by news coverage and social media, Senate hearings on the confirmation of appellate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer have provided more political theater than enlightenment on the law. One media storm erupted over the claim that Judge Jackson doesn’t know what a woman is. […]
Bishop Larry Silva’s 2022 Easter Message
2022 EASTER MESSAGE If Jesus is risen from the dead — which is what we celebrate at Easter — where is he now? Was his resurrection only an event to inspire his own Apostles and other disciples who knew him two thousand years ago, so that they could tell the wondrous story to inspire […]
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