SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21 The Acts of the Apostles once again this Easter season furnishes the first reading. In the readings of the weekends earlier in this season, the identity of the Apostles clearly has been established. In a critically important revelation, the Apostles exercised the very […]
Effie Caldarola: A moral duty to serve refugees
FOR THE JOURNEY Imagine that you are languishing in a foreign jail alone. You don’t know a soul in this strange country. If you return to the homeland from which you have escaped, your life is in immediate danger. Your wife and children have fled to yet another foreign country, and you wonder when or […]
Living ‘the call of the Lord’
Priestly ordination a childhood dream for Kalihi native Deacon Alfred Omar Guerrero By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu will gain a new priest May 19, when Bishop Larry Silva is scheduled to ordain Deacon Alfred Omar Guerrero in a special 6 p.m. liturgy at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. […]
Fatima at 100
The story of Mary’s appearance to three Portuguese children continues to attract worldwide attention By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — While conversion and prayer are at the heart of Mary’s messages at Fatima, Portugal, the miracles and unexplained phenomenon that accompanied the events 100 years ago continue to intrigue believers and […]
Pope Francis in Egypt
‘No act of violence can be perpetrated in the name of God’ By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service CAIRO — Calling his visit to Egypt a journey of “unity and fraternity,” Pope Francis launched a powerful call to the nation’s religious leaders to expose violence masquerading as holy and condemn religiously inspired hatred as an […]
Pope to canonize visionaries May 13
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will declare the sainthood of Blessed Jacinta Marto and Blessed Francisco Marto, two of the shepherd children who saw Mary in Fatima, Portugal, during his visit to the site of the apparitions May 13. The date was announced April 20 during an “ordinary […]
It’s confirmation season; Bishop celebrating 24 of 39 ceremonies
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva is celebrating 27 out of 44 parish Confirmation ceremonies in the diocese this year. Vicar general Msgr. Gary Secor will celebrate 17. Most confirmations are administered during the season of Easter — this year from Easter Sunday, April 15, until Pentecost Sunday, June 4. Some of […]
Bishop Larry Silva’s homily: Third Sunday of Easter
WITNESS TO JESUS Where is God is all of this? This is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Third Sunday of Easter, April 30, delivered at St. George Church, Waimanalo and Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Wahiawa, at their confirmation Masses. What makes you downcast? Is it trouble in the family? […]
Georgetown, Jesuits apologize for roles in sale of slaves
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Georgetown University and the Society of Jesus’ Maryland province apologized April 18 for their roles in the 1838 sale of 272 enslaved individuals for the university’s benefit. More than 100 descendants attended a morning “Liturgy of Remembrance, Contrition and Hope” that the university created in partnership with descendants, the […]
Liturgies and fellowship to mark ‘St. Damien Day’
May 10 is the feast day of St. Damien de Veuster, an obligatory memorial to be celebrated in the Diocese of Honolulu. Island parishes and the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary — St. Damien’s religious order — have organized upcoming liturgies and activities to honor the Molokai saint. Bishop Larry Silva […]
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