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Father Kenneth Doyle: What about the pain of divorce? Taking fussy kids to Mass?

06/27/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

QUESTION CORNER Q: I read your recent answer concerning divorced Catholics and their standing in the church. You and others fail to remind Catholics that the Catechism (No. 2384-85) calls divorce a grave injustice to the abandoned spouse and the children and also introduces disorder into society. How can you (and, it seems, most spokesmen) […]

Father Ajith Kumar Antony Dass, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary: In the footsteps of Father Damien

06/12/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald When I showed my family members on a map where I was going, in a blue sea with a few dots, they said, “Oh, that is far. You are going there?” But I knew that Hawaii was a very special to me […]

Father Eugene Hemrick: An ode to a friend

06/12/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

THE HUMAN SIDE When my barber David Knight who worked in the U.S. Senate building died, it felt like losing a beloved family member. One meaning of family is a group of people in the service of an individual. For years, Dave and his partners were family to me. The moment I entered the barber […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Can a Democrat be pro-life? Can you make up a missed Mass?

06/12/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

QUESTION CORNER Q: Recently, Time magazine ran an article about Tim Ryan, a Democrat congressman from Ohio, who announced his campaign for president. The article says that he “was against abortion rights until 2015.” It also says that he is a devout Catholic and names his parish. Ryan is quoted as saying, “To me, my […]

Greg Erlandson: Selling the sizzle at a parish near you

06/12/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

AMID THE FRAY “Marketing is a contest for people’s attention.” — Seth Godin I heard about a parish recently. It has regular eucharistic adoration, but only the old-timers show up, and their numbers are shrinking. There is some handwringing over this fact. Nobody wants to see it disappear when its current devotees disappear. The funny […]

Bishop Larry Silva: If you were to write a Gospel

06/12/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

WITNESS TO JESUS | SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION Here is the prepared text of Bishop Silva’s homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension, delivered June 1 and 2 at Annunciation Church, Waimea, and Ascension Mission, Puako, where he dedicated a new altar. What is the Gospel you will write? Perhaps someone may have received an […]

Christina Capecchi: How to accept criticism

06/12/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

TWENTY SOMETHING More than 19 million people tuned in to watch the final episode of “Game of Thrones” May 19, making it the most viewed show to ever air on HBO. Yet many were dissatisfied with what they saw, hurling gripe after grouse online. The finale didn’t fit the ethos of the show, they insisted. […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Father, Son, Spirit are one

06/12/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

TRINITY SUNDAY Proverbs 8:22-31; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 The church celebrates Trinity Sunday this weekend and it uses the celebration to teach us about the Holy Trinity, the mystery of three Persons in the one God. For its first reading, the church offers us a passage from the Book of Proverbs. Proverbs is one of […]

Sister Mary Angelica of God the Father, Order of Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Soaked in the rain of God’s love

05/29/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Our Carmelite monastery is located off the Pali Highway. Being on the Windward side of the island, we frequently experience rain. No wonder the grounds around the monastery teem with life: vast evergreen vegetation, trees laden with fruits that we all enjoy, […]