By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a sea of printed signs and huge student groups in colorful toboggan caps at the March for Life rally, Ed York was an outlier. He’d made the two-hour drive to the National Mall Jan. 19 from his home in Martinsburg, West Virginia, not with a […]
Carolyn Woo: Plan B and some more
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY As the new year is often the season for making plans, my attention was captured in a gift shop by a plaque that offers the wisdom, “There is no Plan B.” I wanted it for my studio (my craft and workspace that I refuse to call an office). As strategy and planning […]
Commentary: THIS IS NOT A DRILL
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.” Modern technology appeared to amend Jesus’ warning last week, when an emergency alert in Hawaii gave both the day, Jan. 13, and the hour, 8 a.m. It was 7 minutes after 8 when hundreds […]
Sacred Hearts Academy to host science and STEM symposiums for girls
Sacred Hearts Academy will host two free symposiums for girls in February, one in science for girls in grades 5-8, and one in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields for those in grades 9-12. The 24th Science Symposium for Girls is Saturday, Feb. 17, 7:45-11:30 a.m. on the school’s campus at 3253 Waialae Avenue […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Jan. 26, 2018
We are in a super short spell of Ordinary Time, quiz friends. Here’s my latest quiz to keep fresh your knowledge of the Catholic faith and its happenings. How well will you do? 1) Saints Which Spanish saint is this quote attributed to: “If I go everywhere with you, my God, everywhere things will happen […]
Talk story: Two homilies on immigration and encountering Christ
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY The media often negatively portrays immigrants. However, in recent homilies within two days of each other, Pope Francis and Bishop Larry Silva focused on the connection between immigration and encountering Christ. This column would like to share excerpts from these inspiring homilies. On Jan. 14, the World Day for Migrants and […]
St. Anthony School in Kalihi closing after 90 years
St. Anthony School in Kalihi, after 90 years of providing Catholic education in the heart of Honolulu, will be closing this June. La Salette Father Arnel Soriano, pastor of St. Anthony parish, made the announcement during weekend Masses Jan. 13-14. A letter has been sent to parents of St. Anthony students notifying them of […]
Celebrities to do pancake duty at annual breakfast with the bishop
Local celebrities will be flipping pancakes at St. John Vianney Parish in Kailua at its school’s eighth annual Breakfast with the Bishop, Sunday, Jan. 28. A delicious breakfast buffet will be served at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and noon in the parish hall at 920 Keolu Drive. The event is a fundraiser for the school’s […]
Missile alert prompts Bishop Silva to give general absolution to deacon group
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva gave general absolution to about 45 people in a deacon formation program in response to the alert of an imminent ballistic missile attack that put Hawaii in a state of panic shortly after 8 a.m. on Jan. 13. It was the first time he had ever […]
Pope Francis to diplomats: World peace depends on right to life, disarmament
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Because everyone has a right to life, liberty and personal security, nations must find nonviolent solutions to conflict and difficulties, Pope Francis said. A culture of peace “calls for unremitting efforts in favor of disarmament and the reduction of recourse to the use of armed force […]
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