QUESTION CORNER Q: I wonder about Jesus being a “sacrifice” for the expiation of sins. Why did God the Father “require” that Christ be a “sacrifice” for the forgiveness of the sins of mankind? (Louisville, Kentucky) A: I don’t believe that God the Father “required” that Jesus die such a gruesome death to redeem us […]
St. Joseph Waipahu Pilgrimage: From sugar plantation parish to robust church of today
St. Joseph Parish, Waipahu By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald During this “Year of St. Joseph,” why not visit one of the St. Joseph churches in Hawaii. In this issue, we head to our last St. Joseph Church, this time in Waipahu on Oahu. Read the rest of the St. Joseph Church stories here. Like […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Oct. 1, 2021
We’ve come to the end of the alphabet, my friends. So make sure you complete your ABCs with this last Catholic dictionary entry in my quiz stockpile. -H.C. Harold [forminator_quiz id=”27266″] PRINTABLE QUIZ 1) V At what time of day would you pray vespers? a) Morning b) Midday c) Evening d) Anytime 2) W How […]
40 Days for Life campaign to end abortion begins in over 1,000 cities
By Catholic News Service BRYAN, Texas — The national 40 Days for Life organization launched its fall campaign Sept. 22, with volunteers in over 1,000 cities across the country planning to pray, fast and hold 24-hour vigils outside abortion clinics. They also will participate in outreach to the community to promote awareness about abortion and […]
Photo: Incardinated
Father Joseph “Bong” Diaz and Bishop Larry Silva posed for photos before Mass on Sept. 16 during the the annual priests retreat at St. Stephen Diocesan Center in Kaneohe. Father Diaz was incardinated as a priest for the Diocese of Honolulu during that Mass. See story on page 7. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver)
Photo: ‘Smile and say social distance’
Priests smile for the camera in their best socially distanced fashion (masks were removed just for the click of the camera shutter) during a break at the annual priests retreat, Sept. 17. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver)
Christina Capecchi: The hidden power of play
TWENTY SOMETHING Every fall the push to do more intensifies. Sharpen your pencil and dig in. Produce more, study more, socialize more, exercise more, volunteer more. The calendar becomes the battlefield, its squares squeezed ever tighter. If summer is for vacation, fall is for achievement. But we are forgetting something. The very thing we consider […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Marriage is God’s creation
27TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Genesis 2:18-24; Hebrews 2:9-11; Mark 10:2-16 The Book of Genesis is the source of the first reading for this weekend. Among the first five books of the Bible, Genesis reveals great facts. God is the creator of all. He gives life. God also created humanity, in the genders of male […]
Official notices: Oct. 1, 2021
Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] October 7, 10:00 am, Presbyteral Council (video conference); 1:00 pm, Clergy Personnel Board (video conference); 2:00 pm, College of Consultors (video conference). October 12, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council (video conference); 2:30 pm, Annual Members of the Corporation Meeting for Catholic Charities Hawaii (video […]
Mary Adamski: Planets, seasons and saints
VIEW FROM THE PEW Much ado about something that pretty much passes us by out here in the tropics. That was my observation as various TV weatherpersons last week talked about the “last day of summer.” Despite assuming the scientific title of meteorologist, most of those cheery chroniclers of climate conditions did not display a […]
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