7TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; 1 Corinthians 15:45-49; Luke 6:27-38 The first book of Samuel supplies the first reading this weekend. Originally this book, and its companion, the Second Book of Samuel, were combined in one volume. In the third century BC, scholars translated the ancient Hebrew Scriptures […]
Catholic Charities offers free tax prep for seniors
Catholic Charities Hawaii is teaming up with AARP and Goodwill to provide tax assistance for Hawaii seniors and its housing clients. Hawaii elders and others who need assistance preparing their 2018 tax returns have two Catholic Charities locations to go to get help. Walk-in appointments are available at the agency’s Clarence T.C. Ching Campus on […]
Love, marriage & family
The diocese is gathering a plethora of programs to help strengthen home life in Hawaii Here’s a snapshot of the groups that fall under the Marriage and Family Ministries program that Bishop Larry Silva called together about 10 years ago. Compiled by Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Marriage and Family Ministries Program Introduced to […]
Bishop Larry Silva: On the recent news regarding abortion access
WITNESS TO JESUS Last October I visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. Like the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., it documents the horrors of the Nazi regime in its crimes against humanity, especially the six million Jews it put to death. Its purpose is not to keep the evil alive but to remind […]
New book tells Isles’ Catholic history — church by church
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A commendable new book about the Catholic Church in Hawaii comes from an unlikely source — two writers and an illustrator who all live in the Baltimore area. “Catholic Churches of Hawaii — A Shoal of Faith” by Evan A. Ponton and Philip H. Scharper Jr., illustrated by Tara […]
World Youth Day Hawaii attendees energized at vigil
By Kacie Yamamoto Special to the Hawaii Catholic Herald The culmination of World Youth Day in Hawaii took place at an overnight event on Saturday, Jan. 26, at Chaminade University’s Mystical Rose Oratory. It centered on food, new friendships and a renewed sense of faith. The event drew young adults from around Oahu. The […]
Pilgrim postcards from Panama
Big Island Catholics reflect on their experience at World Youth Day 2019 A small Big Island group of four teens and nine adults, including Father Stephen Macedo, pastor of Annunciation Parish in Waimea, and Father Konelio Faletoi, the pastor of St. Michael Parish in Kailua-Kona, traveled to Panama City, Panama, for World Youth Day, Jan. […]
Father Atonio ‘Niko’ Falaniko, diocesan priest: All around and all the above
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald You can find me everywhere. Some days I say Mass here at the cathedral basilica. On Fridays and Sundays, I say Mass at the Carmelite Monastery. Sometimes on Sundays, I also say Mass at Queen’s Medical Center, or at various parishes. Not […]
Seeking Christ’s face
Some believe that a hilltop shrine in Italy holds the true veil of Veronica By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service MANOPPELLO, Italy — At the Shrine of the Holy Face in Manoppello, visitors see a transparent cloth encased between two glass panes within an ornate silver frame above the sanctuary’s altar. Once light is […]
Ask Father Kenneth Doyle: Why do the properties of bread, wine remain? Do miscarried babies go to heaven?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I firmly believe that at Mass the Eucharist becomes Christ’s body and blood. But here’s what I don’t understand: Why then do the properties of the bread and wine still affect people — for example, those with wheat allergies or alcoholics? (Danville, Indiana) A: Not surprisingly, this is a bit difficult to […]
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