VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald In my family, there are several religious vocations. My brother became a priest. Two of my sisters became Reparatrix Sisters in Italy. And I became a Dominican religious sister. Growing up around the town plaza, we were close to school and the […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: We can see …
23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 35:4-7a; James 2:1-5; Mark 7:31-37 The first reading for this weekend, from the Book of Isaiah, speaks of the blind, the deaf and the lame. Today’s culture is very different from that in which this section of Isaiah was written. Physical impairments now can be managed in most cases. […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Sacred vessels
WITNESS TO JESUS | ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Here is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva delivered Aug. 14 at St. John the Apostle and Evangelist Church, Mililani, for the 50th anniversary of the parish and the installation of the pastor; and on Aug. 15 at St. Anthony Church, […]
Talk story: An extraordinary moment of prayer
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “We have an anchor: By his cross we have been saved. We have a rudder: By his cross we have been redeemed. We have a hope: By his cross we have been healed and embraced so that nothing and no one can separate us.” (Pope Francis, March 27, 2020, in St. […]
Effie Caldarola: The face in the mirror
FOR THE JOURNEY When my granddaughter Alice was just months old, she would lie on a blanket, surrounded by a plastic toy structure that had colorful objects hanging from it. When the structure was jiggled, things would twirl and rattle. But the best part, a plastic mirror, hung from the center so Alice could see […]
Richard Doerflinger: Attacking life and choice
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY Congress is heading for a collision on the Hyde amendment, and the stakes could not be higher. This amendment to bills appropriating funds for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, named after prime sponsor Rep. Henry Hyde, has prevented federal funding of almost all abortions since 1977. President Joe […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Baptism for a child of non-Catholics? What if I forgot to fast before Mass?
Question corner Q: A friend of mine asked me recently to find out if the parish I was raised in would baptize her new baby. My friend is not a Catholic, so I was surprised that she asked me this. The priest at my parish said that he could not baptize the baby because the […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The words of eternal life
21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Joshua 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b; Ephesians 5:21-32; John 6:60-69 The Book of Joshua, the source for this weekend’s first reading, looks at the period in the history of God’s people when Joshua led them. It was after the death of Moses. Even though these connections may seem to be clear, biblical […]
Father Raymund Ellorin, diocesan priest: My extended family is here
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald My favorite Scripture passage is the call of Jeremiah found in Jeremiah 1:4-5. The passage states: “The word of the Lord came to me: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a […]
Greg Erlandson: Appreciating the gift of the Mass
AMID THE FRAY Fresh from his 10-day stay in the hospital, Pope Francis dropped a Friday bombshell when he released his document, issued “motu proprio,” restoring, and in some cases adding to, the church’s restrictions on celebrating the Tridentine Mass. The outcry has been predictable and often heartfelt. Its devotees are not simply hostile reactionaries […]
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