By Barb Fraze Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The railroad runs more than 550 miles through 27 communities in the Brazilian Amazon. It runs so close to people’s homes that the houses have cracked, and some people have hearing loss. The trains carry minerals out of the rainforest to the coast. But the tracks separate […]
Father John Catoir: An Easter blessing
I wish you a Happy Easter, and I send you this blessing with my love and prayers. May the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the merits of the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the saints — and whatsoever good you do or suffering you endure — cleanse you of all your sins […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Raised to new life
EASTER SUNDAY Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-9. Today the Church celebrates the greatest day of its year, Easter, the feast of the Lord’s Resurrection. These readings are proclaimed at Masses during the day on Easter itself. (On Holy Saturday, the day preceding Easter, the church will have celebrated the Easter […]
Christina Capecchi: Evangelization by hitchhiking
TWENTY SOMETHING The place infants nod off and teens open up is also where road-weary adults will probe their spirituality: in the car. That’s the secret behind a new religious community, the Little Poor Friars and Poor Nuns of Jesus and Mary, who dress and live like St. Francis of Assisi: in poverty, entirely dependent […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: April 7, 2017
Happy Easter, Heraldites! I have a special quiz that will take us through Holy Week and straight into joyous Eastertide. My warmest wishes and prayers of light and love to you all as we celebrate our risen Lord! 1) Palm Sunday Palm Sunday, which is marked by Catholics on April 9 this year, commemorates Jesus’ […]
Official notices: April 7, 2017
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] April 7, 7:45 am, Bagels with Bishop, Maryknoll School, Makiki; 11:30 am, Funeral Mass for Deacon Lauren Wong, St. John Vianney Parish, Kailua. April 8, 9:00 am, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Mid-Year Meeting, Pauline Bookstore Conference Room, downtown Honolulu; […]
Talk story: Rice Bowl: hope for the vulnerable
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “At this time it’s more necessary than ever for everyone to not just stop with words, but to take concrete action so that food aid can reach suffering populations.” (Pope Francis Lent 2017) Pope Francis has helped the world focus on the natural and human disasters resulting in refugees and migrants […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: Two sides of devotion
THE HUMAN SIDE “Zion said, ‘The Lord has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me.’ Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you” (Is 49:14-15). Isaiah’s prophetic message that God is eternally devoted to us is needed now […]
Almsgiving as an act of mercy
How can we think of almsgiving in new ways during this penitential season? How can almsgiving bring about a change of heart, the conversion called for during Lent? When we give alms, we give not only money but our time and talents. We sacrifice our own comfort and desires for the good of others. By […]
Church opposes bill requiring pregnancy centers to post abortion info
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Conference has come out against proposed state legislation that would require Hawaii’s faith-based pregnancy counseling centers to post or hand out information that refers clients to contraception and abortion services. The conference is the public policy voice for the Diocese of Honolulu. In testimony submitted Feb. […]
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