The idea of updating the Catholic catechism to include acts that harm nature sparks Twitter debate By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ announcement that the Catechism of the Catholic Church would be updated to include a definition of “ecological sin” sent Catholic Twitter into a frenzy. Reactions ranged […]
Commentary: Event of the decade
By Catholic News Service This editorial appeared online Dec. 26 on the website of the Catholic Register, the Toronto-based national Catholic Canadian newspaper. From a Catholic perspective, few if any dates were more significant during the past decade than Feb. 11, 2013. On that day Pope Benedict XVI, citing his age and declining health, broke […]
Pope Francis begins New Year with apology, prayers for peace
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis began the New Year with an apology for losing his patience the night before with a woman who grabbed his hand and yanked him closer to her while he was greeting people in St. Peter’s Square. To get away, the pope had slapped her […]
Liturgical composers, performers to give free concerts on Oahu, Maui
The Marianist Center of Hawaii has invited two well-known liturgical composers to give two island concerts, the first at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12 in the Mystical Rose Oratory on the campus of Chaminade University and Saint Louis School, to be repeated on Maui Feb. 13 at St. Anthony Church in Wailuku. The organizers have named […]
Talk story: This year, leave your comfort zones
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Yet in the Spirit of this wonderful Christmas Story we will find Jesus most concretely when we travel out of our comfortable places. As he was first found in the poorest conditions on the night of his birth, we find him in the poor, the homeless and the hungry as we […]
Father Lane Akiona, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts: ‘Damiaan inspireert’*: Damien inspires
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald As an altar server at the former St. Sophia Church on Molokai (now St. Damien Catholic Church), I remember the Sacred Hearts priests being like modern-day Damiens. One of the priests was particularly gruff. But, he was out there fixing churches and […]
Christina Capecchi: The story of our lives
TWENTY SOMETHING I’m beginning the new year with a clean office. It seems a good place to start, a practical way to set me up for any other resolutions I make. My office used to be meticulous. Early in our marriage, my husband surprised me with a u-shaped mahogany desk he’d found on Craigslist. It […]
St. Anthony offering day retreat for those with chronic pain
St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi Valley is offering “Broken, and Blessed,” a “lectio divina” retreat for those with chronic pain or illness and/or their caregivers, Saturday, Jan. 25, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in the Rose Hill Building. “Lectio divina” is a traditional monastic practice of Scripture reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with […]
Official notices: Jan. 10, 2020
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] January 12, 2:00 pm, Mass with Rite of Admission to Candidacy for Deacon Cohort 10, St. Ann Parish, Kaneohe. January 14, 9:00 am, Red Mass, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu; 4:00 pm, Father Damien/Mother Marianne Commission, St. Francis Healthcare, […]
Photo: December donation
Four Knights of Columbus from the Joseph Dutton Council No. 7156 present a $500 check to Father Raymund Ellorin, pastor of St. George Church in Waimanalo on Dec. 22, for parish activities and operations. The Knights donate annually to St. George and also to Mary, Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala, Holy Trinity Church […]
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