Need help talking to your teen about sensitive topics? The diocesan Office of Faith Formation and Religious Education may be able to help. In collaboration with Hamau I Loko, the office is offering “Discover the Dignity (for Parents Raising Teens),” a series of five Thursday Zoom sessions, 4-5 p.m., Feb. 18 and 24, and March […]
Lent is time to grow in faith, hope and love, pope says
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — As Christians pray, fast and give alms during Lent, they also should consider giving a smile and offering a kind word to people feeling alone or frightened because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis said. “Love rejoices in seeing others grow. Hence it suffers when others […]
‘40 Days for Life’ spring campaign underway
Deacon Gary Streff of the diocesan Respect Life office is inviting Hawaii Catholics to join him and thousands of others around the world in the 40 Days for Life 2021 campaign, which began Feb. 17 and continues through March 28. Participation includes prayer and fasting alone or with family and friends, and joining public prayer […]
‘Mystery man’ at prayer in church in New Orleans turns out to be …
By Peter Finney Jr. Catholic News Service NEW ORLEANS — Joe Delery is a lifelong Catholic and has spent a career with the New Orleans Police Department using his 6-foot-3 frame to protect and serve with the best of them, intuitively knowing how to defuse a tense standoff with a disarming gift of gab. When […]
Bishops’ worship committee drops ‘one’ word from the collect prayer
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The word “one” has been dropped from the collect, the short prayer recited at Mass by the priest celebrant immediately before the first reading. The change corrects the collect’s concluding “doxology,” the words of praise that always end the prayer. Instead of “… in the unity of the Holy […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Feb. 19, 2021
Hi Herald quiz takers, We’ve begun the season of Lent. Did you know Lent is the best time of the year to run a marathon? Because that’s when you fast! [forminator_quiz id=”25290″] PRINTABLE QUIZ 1) Scripture Omer, Ephah, Can, Cor, Mina. In the Hebrew scriptures, what do these refer too? a) names b) modes of […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Beginning our 40 days
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Genesis 9:8-15; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15 The first reading, from the Book of Genesis, presents the familiar story of Noah. It is a study of contrast and of the consequences of this contrast. Noah was faithful, whereas his world almost universally was unfaithful. God protected Noah from doom, to which […]
Christina Capecchi: When an obituary becomes a prayer
TWENTY SOMETHING I’ve never had to write an obituary. I realize how fortunate that makes me. As a professional writer, I’ve imagined what it would be like to write one. Perhaps that’s morbid, but it’s a curiosity of mine. Of all writing forms, the obituary is the life summary, the final word. It conveys what […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: Zooming through Lent
EMBRACING FAMILY Wouldn’t it be nice if Lent “zoomed” by this year? Forty days seems like an eternity when we are sacrificing! We’ve had 12 months of waiting and praying thanks to COVID-19! Isn’t that enough?! For those around the world who live a life of constant suffering, they would be grateful if they only […]
Bishop Larry Silva: How wonderfully made we are
WITNESS TO JESUS | MASS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE Here is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the Mass for the Protection of Life, Jan. 21, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu. It has been slightly shortened for space considerations. It is always puzzling to many of us […]
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