Don’t trust your pessimistic feelings. There was a great outpouring of elation from the laity and the clergy in 1959 when Pope John XXIII announced plans to convene the Second Vatican Council. He was 68 years old, and was considered too old to take on such a gigantic task. His optimism frightened the cardinals who […]
Photo: Water man Gene
Bishop Larry Silva on May 25 blesses the new pump that will soon supply St. Stephen Diocesan Center with water. The apparatus sucks water out of a 300-foot deep well to service the complex which includes residences for the bishop and others, diocesan offices, the Carmelite Convent, retreat facilities and more. The pump was christened […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Body, blood, soul and divinity
FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58 This weekend the church celebrates the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, or as perhaps it is better known by its Latin translation, Corpus Christi. The first reading is from the Book of Deuteronomy, one of the first five books of […]
Photo: Emerging Franciscan Fraternity
Members of the St. Damien of Molokai Emerging Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order on Kauai pose for a photo. They are, from left, John Bonn, Bill Dick, Elsie Pasol and Cefi Costales. Missing is Allen Reis. The Secular Franciscan Order provides an opportunity for lay Catholics and non-order religious to live a Gospel way […]
Father Mario Palanca, military chaplain: The most powerful weapon
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I am a devotee of our blessed Mother. I was born on the feast of Mary, Our Lady of Peace when it was celebrated on Jan. 24. Consequently, I had built a small chapel dedicated to the patronage of Our Lady of […]
Heralding back: June 16, 2017
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 25 years ago — June 19, 1992 Pope formally approves Damien cure The Vatican has paved the way for the beatification of Father Damien de Veuster, the 19th-century “leper priest” who lived and worked among leprosy victims in Hawaii. On June 13 Pope John Paul II approved a miracle attributed to […]
Join the global rosary relay in the cathedral
All are invited to pray the Glorious Mysteries for all priests on Friday, June 23, at 11:30 a.m. in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu as part of a global rosary relay. Deacon Modesto Cordero, director of the Office of Worship, will start off the Hawaii rosary. Each individual bead […]
Theologians ask if Luther split had to be a ‘church-dividing’ event
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Did the split between Martin Luther and the Catholic Church in 1521 have to be what theologians call a “church-dividing” event? That is the question some theologians and historians are asking in 2017, the 500th anniversary of Luther’s posting of his 95 theses on a church door […]
Official notices: June 16, 2017
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] June 17, 8:00 am, Mass for Faith Formation Conference, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi. [Msgr. Gary Secor]; 6:00 pm, Mass for Feast Day and Blessing of New Altar, St. Anthony Parish, Kalihi. [Msgr. Gary Secor] June 18, 10:30 am, Mass for Feast of […]
Bill Dodds: Staying prepared for ‘grief pockets’
YOUR FAMILY Looking back over the past four years, I can’t pinpoint when or where the scale tipped. When my days became more “not-grieving” than grieving. It wasn’t like the changing of the seasons, knowing that by May the harshness of January would be long gone. There was no predictability. No schedule. No deadline. There […]
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