Archbishop emeritus of Ernesto A. Salgado of Nueva Segovia, Philippines, preaches at a Mass in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu Sept. 8. He was there to promote the sainthood cause for Bishop Alfredo F. Verzosa, the first Catholic bishop from the country’s northern Ilocos region where many of Hawaii’s Philippine immigrants have roots. […]
19 Algerian martyrs to be beatified in Algeria Dec. 8
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The beatification of 19 martyrs of Algeria, including the seven Trappist monks of Tibhirine, will be celebrated Dec. 8 in Oran, Algeria, the country’s bishops announced. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, will preside over the Mass and beatification rite for the […]
Mary Adamski: It’s not the end of the world
VIEW FROM THE PEW I wanted to get this package in the mail then get home before Mother Nature comes back to slam us with another storm. That was the gist of my counter chat at the post office last week. “You can’t blame Mother Nature,” said the clerk. “Yeah, hard to deny climate change,” […]
Academy head of school announces her retirement in 2019
Sacred Hearts Academy’s longtime head of school, Betty White, has announced that she will retire on July 1 of next year. White has been the chief administrator of the all-girls Catholic school for 27 years, following a career in teaching. In a Sept. 5 news release, White said she was thankful for the opportunity to […]
Book goes behind-the-scenes in relating search for St. Peter’s bones
By Jo Ann Zuniga Catholic News Service HOUSTON — Two Houston men shared a journey through centuries of history and a decades-long archaeological dig under the Vatican to unveil a story reminiscent of adventurer archaeologist Indiana Jones complete with German Nazis in Rome. For legendary oilman George Strake and New York Times best-selling author John […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Discipleship is not easy
25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Wisdom 2:12, 17-20; James 3:16-4:3; Mark 9:30-37 Protestants, accustomed to reading the King James, or Authorized Version, of the Bible, often ask why Catholic versions of the Scriptures include the Book of Wisdom. The King James Version omits it, because Wisdom was one of several Old Testament discounted by the […]
Photo: Donation for life
The Knights of Columbus Council #13227 in Kona, with support from Supreme Headquarters, a private trust fund and local donors, on Aug. 28 donated $25,600 for the purchase of a second ultrasound machine for the Pregnancy Center in Kailua-Kona. The machine will enable the medical team at the center to peer into the miracle of […]
Father George Cerniglia, Society of Mary (Marianists): From feeding cows to pastoring sheep
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING As a scholastic with the Society of Mary, we lived about 15 minutes away from the University of Dayton in Ohio where we attended classes. On the property was a farm run by the working brothers. Being a city boy, I think the superiors felt that I needed some hands-on life experience […]
Richard Doerflinger: Good, bad ideas on church reform
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY The ongoing discussion of clergy sex abuse has moved to proposals for church reform. The immediate need is for transparency and accountability. Charges against former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, and those who allegedly covered up his abuses and advanced him to an advisory role at the Vatican, must be investigated and […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: Imaging like never before
THE HUMAN SIDE “It ruined me for life.” This utterance is that of a participant in lay volunteerism. Disturbing images of working with the poor in a foreign country were burned into his memory — images of the gap between rich and poor that drive him to continue to serve the poor back at home. […]
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