VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “Dad? They are wearing sandals. Don’t they know?” I remember asking my father while driving home from church. It was the dead of winter in upstate New York and we were wearing boots, jackets and mittens. But the visiting friars did not […]
Webinar explores life of Joseph Dutton, Molokai’s potential third saint
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Damien and Marianne Catholic Conference hosted a webinar on Servant of God Joseph Dutton on Dec. 11. Hosting the live session was Deacon Modesto Cordero, who remains the DMCC’s president after relocating to California from Hawaii where he was previously the diocesan director of the Office of Worship. […]
Mary Duddy: Precious children, special parents
THE MARRIED LIFE Five babies were born to missionary families living in the small town of Allendale, Louisiana, this summer and fall. The last baby born was our newest grandson, Francis Liddel. I was there attending his baptism last month. Visiting Allendale is always a bit of a surprise. A lot of life is happening […]
Christina Capecchi: Bread, wine and a Norway spruce
TWENTY SOMETHING Before there were any buildings in Rockefeller Center, there was a Christmas tree. At the peak of the Great Depression, construction workers hungering for holiday cheer pooled their money to buy a 20-foot balsam fir and placed it in the center of the construction site. They decorated the tree with whatever they could […]
A meditation on Mary’s heart at the Nativity
By Cassandra Palmer Catholic News Service When you have good news to share, who is the first person you want to tell? Your closest friend or most respected mentor probably has the honor of receiving your first phone call before you share your joy with a wider audience on social media. In Luke’s Gospel infancy […]
Actress ‘friend’ of St. John Paul II dies in Kaneohe
Rudi Polt was polite but persistent in his request to have a written record of the death of his friend and fellow Oahu resident and Catholic Alina Borkowski. Because she deserved it, he said. Here it is. Borkowski was a Polish actress who called herself a friend of St. John Paul II, primarily because she […]
Official notices: Dec. 24, 2021
Bishop’s schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] December 24, 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Pearl City. December 25, 12:00 am, Christmas Midnight Mass, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu; 10:30 am, Christmas Day Mass, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu. December 26, 8:30 am, […]
Holiness and real families: Reflections for the feast the Holy Family
By David Gibson Catholic News Service Family life gets a little messy at times. Did I say “a little”? Often families need only wait an hour or two for the next mind-boggling challenge to greet them! I suspect that many families are reluctant to call themselves holy. Isn’t stress a little too tightly woven into […]
Heralding back: Dec 24, 2021
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Dec. 24, 1971 The Spirit of Christmas at St. Joseph’s, Waipahu In order to foster in the children the Spirit of Giving at this Christmas Season in imitation of God the Father Who gave His Son as His Greatest Gift to mankind, the children, faculty, and cafeteria […]
Season of angels: heavenly hosts are part of the Christian story
Season of angels Whether messengers or guardians, these heavenly hosts are part of the Christian story, both scriptural and personal By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald “See, I am sending an angel before you, to guard you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.” (Exodus 23:20) “The angel said to […]
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