“We’ve always seen it as a ministry.” Ed Coda sits in a conference room at the Honolulu office of his family-run financial planning business. He and his wife Betty on Oct. 26 are taking time out of their day job to reflect on the other major work they’ve undertaken for the last three decades — teaching Natural Family Planning.
Pope blesses St. Marianne statue in D.C.
Pope Francis paused on the second day of his Sept. 22-27 whirlwind trip to the United States to gaze on a bronze likeness of Molokai’s St. Marianne Cope embracing an orphaned Kalaupapa girl, bless it, and place his hand on the child’s head.
Miracles, Francis-style
The second time he passed by, we locked eyes for about a millisecond and it was one of the most exhilarating moments of my life.
Privilege and sadness: life of a missionary
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Father Clyde Phillips, Maryknoll Fathers Privilege and sadness: life of a missionary Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I remember when Maryknoll Father John Joyce used to give us our report cards when I was in grade school at St. Joseph School in Hilo. He always gave them […]
Synod had difficult moments, pope says
The first task of the Catholic Church “is not to hand down condemnations or anathemas, but to proclaim the mercy of God,” Pope Francis told members of the Synod of Bishops on the family.
Photo: Papal blessing
Bishop Larry Silva blesses a painting of Pope Francis in the downtown Honolulu chancery lobby, Oct. 27.
Photo: Century of sisters
Century of sisters Sister Mary Joane Caritas Gepitulan of the Daughters of St. Paul carries items from the Pauline bookstore in downtown Honolulu during a special Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Oct. 25. The Daughters of St. Paul celebrated at the liturgy the 100th anniversary of the founding of the […]
De-clutter, make room for the spirit
Effie Caldarola: FOR THE JOURNEY A member of my faith-sharing community devoted one year to buying nothing. Nothing, at least, that wasn’t a necessity. She bought food, of course, and if her printer ran out of ink, she would deem that a necessary purchase. She paid her utility bills and her mortgage, but she added […]
Christina Capecchi: Searching for peace with help from a sage
TWENTY SOMETHING It is the book that somehow surfaces when you need it most — manna for the multi-tasker, solace for the stressed. It is the book you stock up on to give to others, to slip in Christmas stockings, to pay it forward. It is the book that spiritual directors recommend again and again: […]
Got enemies?
Kathleen T. Choi: IN LITTLE WAYS The danger with reading Scripture is coming across passages that hit home — hard. Recently, I read Luke 6:27-38 about loving your enemy and doing good to those who hurt you. The verses challenged me. Who are my enemies, and how do I treat them? The first enemies I […]
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