TWENTY SOMETHING I’m beginning the new year with a clean office. It seems a good place to start, a practical way to set me up for any other resolutions I make. My office used to be meticulous. Early in our marriage, my husband surprised me with a u-shaped mahogany desk he’d found on Craigslist. It […]
Effie Caldarola: Make 2020 a year of forgiveness
FOR THE JOURNEY As we trudge into 2020, a year that promises to be just as rancorous politically as the year we are ending, I find myself thinking about forgiveness. Not forgiveness as a meek act of acquiescing to evil, which is what our national climate might persuade us to believe. But forgiveness as a […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Why a crucifix instead of a cross? Can medication be used to help this condition?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Most of my family is Protestant, but I became an adult convert four years ago and was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith. Members of my family often ask me questions about Catholic beliefs, and usually I can answer them, but recently my mother asked me one that I need your […]
Richard Doerflinger: Catholic judges under the microscope
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY Catholics wanting to serve our country in the legal system are coming under intense scrutiny. In 2017, University of Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett was grilled by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about her Catholic faith. Sen. Dianne Feinstein told Barrett that “the dogma lives loudly within you, […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Be patient and draw closer to Jesus
WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the Third Sunday of Advent, delivered Dec. 14 and 15, at Mary, Star of the Sea Church, Waialae-Kahala, with Adult Confirmations; and at the Base Chapel at Schofield Barracks. In a few minutes online […]
Mary Duddy: Expectations
THE MARRIED LIFE We all enter marriage with unconscious expectations of what our spouse should be like based on our past experiences. A man may expect the admirable traits that his mother has, while a woman may emulate certain traits of her father. On the other hand, if the parents were not good role models, […]
Sister Gina Senapilo, Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Sienna: Stewardship for little ones
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “I am happy because I feel that I am more close to Jesus,” said one little child. It is really heartwarming to know the children are getting it when asked, “Do you understand what stewardship is?” Of course, some answer, “I don’t […]
Effie Caldarola: Jesus is calling
FOR THE JOURNEY It’s early on an Advent morning and I’ve just poured a second cup of coffee. I have my Scripture and I’m hoping to shift into listening mode. The phone rings. It’s my mostly ignored landline, but it’s early for robocalls. I answer. The voice is sweet and familiar. As a parish volunteer, […]
Mary Adamski: These days of December
VIEW FROM THE PEW Oh, happy day, the nativity scene is finally up and we can bask in the glow of tree lights amid the imagery of the birth in Bethlehem. While the music makes our spirits soar, take deep breaths and let the frenzy of shopping lists, mailing deadlines, meeting expectations, maybe sadness or […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Can anxiety excuse me from Mass? Can a gay person be a minister of Communion?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I was diagnosed with anxiety/mood disorder in 2003. I had spent time in the military and gone through some horrific experiences that had affected me emotionally. I have also been on Dilantin now for more than 25 years because of seizures. My psychiatrist has explained to me that I find sounds and […]
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