VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Our motherhouse in Boston has several communities. There is the provincialate community, the novitiate community, the infirmary community and the main community which is called the Damascus Community. The Damascus Community is the largest and consists of over 40 sisters who help […]
Fadi Youkhana: Remember Nineveh, and the forced exodus of its Christians
LOCAL VOICES In June 2014, Daesh (Islamic State) fighters swiftly defeated the fleeing Iraqi Army to capture Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and the capital of Nineveh province. Mass exodus and genocide against the non-Sunni population ensued. The once largest city in the world, for the first time in 2,000 years, lost its Christians. My […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The Good Shepherd
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts of the Apostles 4:8-12; 1 John 3:1-2; John 10:11-18 The Acts of the Apostles again is the source of an Easter season’s weekend’s first reading. Peter, once more the spokesman for the Apostles, is filled with the Holy Spirit. He is not speaking on his own. In this story, Peter […]
Effie Caldarola: Much is required
FOR THE ROAD Every Saturday, a local newspaper features excerpts from Sunday homilies, including occasional Catholic ones, in a section called “From the Pulpit.” Easter weekend featured a Unitarian minister’s reflections. Unitarians profess a free search for truth and meaning and do not assert any creed. Needless to say, their theology can be very different […]
Rosary relay for priests at the co-cathedral
This year, the diocesan participation in the Global Rosary Relay for Priests will take place June 8 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. The Sorrowful Mysteries will be recited from 11:30 a.m. to noon. All are invited to participate spiritually in their homes, schools or offices. For information call diocesan coordinator Easter Almuena at the […]
Parish offers ministry for those who mourn
Mary, Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala has a ministry that offers consolation and support for those who are mourning the loss of a loved one. Healing Hearts ministry provides participants an opportunity to explore mourning through Scripture, prayer, reflection and faith sharing in six sessions. If you are coping with the loss of […]
Terminally ill mother: Euthanasia push robs ‘friends, family of joy’
By Marilyn Rodrigues Catholic News Service SYDNEY — In March, as Anna Corry lay dying, she sent out a request to speak publicly about her opposition to euthanasia. The 50-year-old former nursing educator had endured an aggressive type of breast cancer since her diagnosis in January 2016. This January, she and her husband, Martin, a […]
St. Anthony Center offering retreat on Mary’s example
St. Anthony Retreat Center at 3351 Kalihi Street in Kalihi Valley is offering “Let it Be … Mary, Mother of God,” a day of recollection on the attitude of Mary, at Rose Hill, Saturday, May 26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Directing the retreat will be Sacred Hearts Sister Marie Lemert and Malulani Kamanu. Saturday Mass will […]
Marianist Father Raymond Malley celebrating 50th years of ordination
Marianist Father Raymond E. Malley, who served for many years in Hawaii as a teacher, school chaplain and pastor, is celebrating his 50th anniversary of ordination at the Marianist Center in Cupertino, Calif. The San Francisco native, made his first profession in the Society of Mary, also known as Marianists, on Aug. 15, 1959, in […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Why did the pope celebrate Stephen Hawking?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Stephen Hawking died recently. As I understand it, Professor Hawking claimed to have proven that God does not exist. And yet the pope met with him and recognized his studies; why would the pope do that and celebrate an atheist? (central Virginia) A: Professor Stephen Hawking, the renowned British theoretical physicist, died […]
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