VIEW FROM THE PEW Seeking peace at the end of a day, our eyelids are a screen with flashing images from the past weeks of civil unrest as protestors force us to confront our ugly national sin of racism. Some images are inspiring sights of people of diverse ethnic roots and many hues joined together […]
Official notices: June 26, 2020
Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] June 26, 9:00 am, St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii Board of Directors (video conference). June 27, 10:00 am, Diocesan Review Board (video conference). June 27-28, Episcopal Visitation, St. John the Baptist Parish, Kalihi. July 1, 6:15 pm, Holy Hour for Vocations, Co-Cathedral of St. […]
Heralding back: June 26, 2020
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago —June 19, 1970 FRIEND AND HUMAN BEING — Left, during a recent visit to Ala Wai School, Officer Ronald Souza, Patrol Division of the Honolulu Police Department, had lunch with the students and discussed with them the roles of the policeman and student within the community. Conscious of […]
Father Patrick Killilea, SSCC: Under the banyan tree
KALAUPAPA DIARY It was about 10 a.m., Kalaupapa time, on June 10, as we gathered in the shade of the giant banyan tree on Staff Row. Some of us sat on metal chairs, others sprawled on the grass, while others stood on in the outer rim of the shaded area. We observed the proper social […]
Elise Italiano Ureneck: Living off the labor of others
FINDING GOD IN ALL THINGS One of my daily rituals during the pandemic has been to take a walk in my neighborhood. It’s a chance to step away from the news, to cultivate some quiet and introspection, and to pay more sustained attention to people and place. At this point, I’ve come to think of […]
Mary Marrocco: ‘This is my body’
COMMENTARY What did Jesus mean by “this is my body”? These words of his seem to be everywhere in the New Testament (all three synoptic Gospels, 1 Cor). Nor can we escape them in the fourth Gospel where we might wonder, with his original audience, what Jesus could possibly mean by saying “unless you eat […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: June 26, 2020
Hey there HCH friends, Here’s a science joke for you. Why are atoms Catholic? Because they have mass. Now take my massively entertaining quiz! Please. [forminator_quiz id=”22951″] PRINTABLE QUIZ 1) Current events Pope Benedict XVI, 93, recently went to visit his ailing 96-year-old brother Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, in Germany. The monsignor spent much of his […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: How many Masses can a priest celebrate?
QUESTION CORNER Q: During the current pandemic, given the limitation on attendance imposed by civil authorities, we are planning to hold simultaneous Masses in our church and parish hall. We anticipate having to hold a total of 11 weekend Masses, but there are only two priests assigned to our parish, with another one coming to […]
LGBT equality ruling’s full impact on church ‘yet to be seen,’ some say
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — With the 6-3 Supreme Court decision June 15 banning job discrimination against individuals in the workplace identifying as LGBTQ, the Catholic Church in the United States has a new moment of reckoning. But it may be too early to tell what the full impact of the ruling […]
Photo: Baby bottle donation
Gary Jose, the Knights of Columbus state program director, presents a donation check to Susan Duffy, president of the Pearson Foundation for the Pearson Place Pregnancy Resource Center, which recently relocated to 1145 Bishop Street, in downtown Honolulu, above the Pauline Book and Media Center. The donation of $5172 came from this year’s “Baby Bottle […]
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