A tapestry of Blessed Paul VI hangs from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica during his beatification Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 19. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY — Beatifying Blessed Paul VI at the concluding Mass of the Synod of Bishops on the family, Pope Francis praised the late […]
A conference inspired by the sacred rhythms of prayer and worship
Some call Marianist BILAC a mini-Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. Others consider it a weekend retreat, while others see it as a “shot in the arm.” In a way, this nearly 40-year-old conference is all of these things. This year’s event, Nov. 6-8 at The St. Louis-Chaminade campus in Honolulu, carries on that reputation. In […]
Heralding back: Oct. 24, 2014
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Oct. 23, 1964 Eighth annual Herald poster contest begins – The above picture, taken last year, shows some of the 400 posters which competed for prizes at the annual Hawaii Catholic Herald poster contest. 25 years ago — Oct. 27, 1989 Bishop writes to Gorbachev on Ukrainian […]
Sister Rose Annette Ahuna, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: Through saintly parents
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING My mother is from Kohala and my father is from Kona. I spent 17 years at St. Joseph, Hilo, going to school there until the eighth grade. The Hawaiian culture that I grew up in really enriched my background and parallels the Franciscan spirit that I embraced when I became a religious […]
Photo: Public prayers for America
Local followers of the group “America Needs Fatima” hosted dozens of “rosary rallies” around the state Oct. 11, including a gathering at the state capitol in Honolulu. America Needs Fatima is a national organization that promotes the message of conversion shared by the Blessed Virgin Mary to three children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. Each […]
Stephen Kent: Rendering God superfluous
The U.S. Air Force no longer requires “so help me God” to be part of the oath taken upon the enlistment of airmen or the commissioning of officers. A toll-taker on the Garden State Parkway is suing the state of New Jersey because she claims a supervisor told her to stop saying “God bless you” […]
Photo: Seminarian deacon in final year
Hawaii seminarian and transitional deacon Nick Brown assists at an all-seminary Mass Oct. 1 at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology in suburban Milwaukee, where he is finishing his last year of study before his ordination to the priesthood. Sacred Heart is North America’s largest seminary specializing in the formation of men over 30, […]
Official notices: Oct. 24, 2014
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] October 25, 4:15 pm, Mass for Diocesan Youth Day, Sea Life Park, Waimanalo. October 26, 5:00 pm, Vigil for the Deceased for Carmelite Sisters Agnes Marie Wong and Mary Caroline Chow, Carmelite Convent at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe. October 27, 9:00 am, […]
Fatima pilgrim statue to visit Islands next month
The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be in Hawaii Nov. 1-21, visiting at least 13 parishes on Oahu and one on the Big Island. The statue, a four-foot high image of the apparition of the Blessed Mother to three peasant children in Fatima, Portugal, has been taken all over the […]
Manaolana | Karen Osborne: Peeling off the labels and expanding self-placed limits
In school, I used to hate running even more than I hated spiders or math. I couldn’t run fast in elementary school, so I was always one of the last kids to cross the finish line during gym class, a feat for which I earned incessant teasing instead of a gold medal or nifty ribbon. […]
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