Who Catholic Relief Services is in 91 countries, housing the homeless, feeding the hungry, and comforting and healing the sick. Representing the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, CRS lives the Gospel call to stand in solidarity with the poor, who are our sisters and brothers. In 2012, 93 percent of your donations to CRS went […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Feb. 28, 2014
So here we are, quizzicians, at the end of February and the start of Lent. We’re “March-ing” on with a diverse set of quiz questions to keep you going into the new liturgical season. 1) Saints St. Romanus of Condat, whose feast day is celebrated Feb. 28, is said to have miraculously cured two madmen […]
Diocese of Honolulu 2014 Lenten Regulations
FASTING In the dioceses in the United States, Catholics aged 18 through 59 are bound to fast on both Ash Wednesday (March 5) and Good Friday (April 18). To fast means to consume one full meal a day at most, although taking of other, smaller quantities of food at the other customary mealtimes is permitted. […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Consider the birds of the air Isaiah 49:14-15 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Matthew 6:24-34 It is not difficult to imagine the frustration with which the author of the third section of Isaiah felt as he heard the despairing and critical remarks of the people around him. Times were bad. They were very bad. The people long […]
Photo: Anointing of the Sick
Several dozen faithful gathered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace Feb. 11 for a special Mass commemorating the World Day of the Sick. Bishop Larry Silva laid hands on a parishioner during the liturgy as he administered the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)
Bishop ‘recovering well’ from knee surgery
Bishop Larry Silva underwent knee surgery Feb. 18 and is expected to be back celebrating Mass in public as early as Ash Wednesday, according to his assistant. Denise Oliveira of the bishop’s office said Bishop Silva has been “recovering well” after the five-hour total right knee replacement procedure done at Queen’s Hospital. The bishop was […]
Viriditas: Brother Peter E. Zawot, Christian Brothers
Fresh starts Some people say that moving around from one place to another is not a very good thing to do. Since entering religious life, I have lived in nine different communities all over the eastern part of the United States, in the south and now in Hawaii. Each time I embark on a journey […]
The story of Ann Kazimirski
On Jan. 27, as part of Catholic Schools Week, the seventh and eighth graders of Holy Family Catholic Academy in Honolulu had the privilege of meeting Seymour Kazimirski, picture above with eighth grader Magellan McCartney, who told them the story of his mother, a Holocaust survivor. Holy Family eighth grader Ayla Tago wrote the following […]
It’s Friday. What’s in that broth?
Careful readers of church rules may sense a slight loosening this year of the regulations (page 2) regarding abstinence from meat on the Fridays in Lent. The regulations state: “meat broths or condiments made from animal fat are OK.” This seems to contradict past guidelines which, up to last year, read: “On days of complete […]
Action alert: Legislative support sought for housing first, rental trust fund
As part of its commitment to end homelessness in Hawaii, the Hawaii Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the Diocese of Honolulu, is asking Hawaii Catholic Herald readers to contact state lawmakers and express support for two housing initiatives now going through the state legislature. The initiatives are as follows: “Housing First”: appropriate $1.5 […]
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