April showers bring May flowers, quizzicians! We’re rolling in Eastertide and reveling in the beauty of this glorious season. Here is my latest quiz for you. Enjoy this fresh “bouquet” of Catholic trivia! 1) Saints The feast day of St. Catherine of Siena is celebrated April 29. Which pope proclaimed St. Catherine a “Doctor of […]
Obituary: Sister Therese J. Jacobs, BVM | 1929-2017
BVM Sister taught music at St. Catherine School Sister Therese J. (Therese Carmelle) Jacobs, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) who taught music at St. Catherine School in Kapaa, Kauai, died April 6 at Marian Hall in Dubuque, Iowa. She was 87 and a religious sister for 70 years. Besides teaching […]
Bishop Larry Silva: 2017 Easter Message
A past event ever so present Eleven ordinary men locked themselves away after Jesus was crucified from the well-founded fear that the authorities who executed their Master could very easily go after his disciples. Yet once they left that room, they went out to all the world to proclaim the Crucified One. In fact, they […]
Author introduces LoveEd, a new Catholic sexuality program, to diocese
Story and photo by Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii was introduced on March 25 to a new Catholic sexuality program designed to help parents with “the talk” — teaching their children about human reproduction — in an era of rampant pornography, same-sex marriage and promiscuity. Colleen Kelly Mast, nationally-known author, radio show host and […]
Bishop Silva ‘proud’ of Catholics who rallied against assisted suicide
By Catholic News Service Bishop Larry Silva told that Hawaii Catholic Herald that he was “very proud of the large number of our parishioners who signed petitions and contacted their legislators” in opposition to the physician-assisted suicide bill which the Health Committee of the Hawaii House of Representatives March 23 unanimously voted to defer. The […]
Italian? With an Indian accent? Must be Lahaina
Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald The elegant eclectic setting was reminiscent of the transformational meal in the film “Of Gods and Men” where, to the music of “Swan Lake,” each of the monks in mission became living wine poured out as in Jesus’ eucharistic sacrifice. Here, around the rectory dining table in […]
Newman Center hosting annual Good Friday Taize prayer
The Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii at Manoa will host its annual Taize Prayer around the Cross at 7:30 p.m. Good Friday, April 14. The Newman Center is at 1941 East-West Road, mauka of Korean Studies Center on the university campus. Parking is available on the UH campus or at the […]
Father Sebastian Kumar Soosai, Missionaries of Faith: The secret of our success
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald In Mark’s Gospel, we hear Jesus saying “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.” (Mk 16:15) This call to go out to preach, to proclaim and to evangelize keeps me going in my priestly ministry. Filled with […]
Heralding back: April 7, 2017
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — April 14, 1967 Mr. Clifford G. Martin, the artist who painted the fourteen stations of the cross for Sacred Heart Church in Waianae, stands near the third scene, Jesus Falls the First Time. 25 years ago — April 10, 1992 Cargos of care It was one year […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Did Jesus feel abandoned?
QUESTION CORNER Q: When Jesus was dying on the cross, according to the Gospel, he cried out, “My God, why have you abandoned me?” Why was he saying this? Did he really feel that his Father had abandoned him? (Coxs Creek, Kentucky) A: Half a century ago, when I first began to think about the […]
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