FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21 The Second Book of Chronicles provides this Lenten weekend with its first reading. Chronicles was written about 1,000 years before Jesus. The identity of its author is unknown. As the title of this book implies, its purpose is to record the history of […]
Heralding back: March 9, 2018
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — March 8, 1968 An editorial cartoon published in the March 8, 1968, Hawaii Catholic Herald. 25 years ago — March 12, 1993 It’s official: Vatican announces the date of Father Damien’s beatification The Vatican has set Father Damien de Veuster’s beatification date: May 15, 1994, Brussels, Belgium. […]
One-day retreat centers on Holy Week
St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi Valley is offering a one-day Lenten retreat, “Journey to Jerusalem,” which follows Jesus on his final journey to the holy city where he suffered his passion and death, and rose from the dead. The retreat is 9 a.m.-3 p.m., March 24, the day before Palm Sunday, at the Rose […]
Ash Wednesday, 2018
The marking of ashes on the foreheads of Catholic faithful signals the start of the penitential season of Lent, which this year began on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, and culminates with the Easter Triduum, Holy Thursday through Easter Sunday, March 30-April 1. Bishop Larry Silva, shown here in purple liturgical vestments traditional for Lent, celebrated […]
The Rite of Election
“And now, my dear catechumens, I address you. Your own godparents and teachers and this entire community have spoken in your favor. The Church in the name of Christ accepts their judgment and calls you to the Easter sacraments. “Since you have already heard the call of Christ, you must now express your response to […]
Lent is time to notice God’s work, receive God’s mercy, pope says
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ROME — Lent is a time for Christians to get their hearts in sync with the heart of Jesus, Pope Francis said. “Let the Lord heal the wounds of sin and fulfill the prophecy made to our fathers: ‘A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit […]
‘Big Pentecost’ and beyond
Isle pastors, catechists tackle Original Order challenges, embrace sacramental surprises By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald “All that is done for the Lord will bear fruit in its own time.” Bishop Larry Silva in an April 24, 2015 letter noted that the diocese’s initiative to restore the Sacraments of Initiation to their “Original […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Called to be prophets
WITNESS TO JESUS: SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of Bishop Silva’s homily for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time delivered Jan. 28 at St. John Vianney Church, Kailua, and at St. Ann Church, Kaneohe, on the occasion of the installation of its new pastor. In a house of ill repute? […]
St. Elizabeth couple honored as Marriage Encounter’s longest married
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald At 68 years married, St. Elizabeth, Aiea, parishioners Sotero and Caridad Ragasa were recognized by Worldwide Marriage Encounter as Hawaii’s longest married couple nominated this year for that honor. Jose Alvior, who with his wife Mary Elizabeth make up the executive team of Hawaii Marriage Encounter, presented the Ragasas […]
FATHER HALBERT F. WEIDNER, CO | 1946-2018
Punahou alum was a pastor, author By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Oratorian Father Halbert Francis Weidner, the Punahou School graduate who served in priestly ministry in Hawaii for more than 15 years, died Feb. 3 in a care home in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He was 71 and a priest for 41 years. Bishop […]
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