WITNESS TO JESUS | SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT Here is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the Second Sunday of Lent, delivered on March 7 and 8 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Fremont, California. What are you enslaved to? We could all make our own lists, but people are […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: When Gospel accounts conflict, Politics from the pulpit
QUESTION CORNER Q: In the Gospel for the feast of the Epiphany, Matthew indicates that the Magi visited with King Herod in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus’ birth and that apparently very soon after their visit, the Holy Family fled to Egypt to avoid the wrath of Herod and stayed there until Herod had […]
Talk story: Improved diets, improved lives
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “We all need food to nourish us and keep us healthy. Without food, we find it hard to concentrate, study, do our work or even play. Jesus often shared meals with friends and even strangers, and he teaches us to be generous in sharing what we have to eat with others.” […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Rejoice! Dawn approaches
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 Drawing from the first word, in Latin, in the Entrance Antiphon for the liturgy for this day, this Sunday long has been called “Laetare Sunday.” Laetare means “to rejoice.” The church rejoices that even amid the drabness and penance of Lent, and […]
Carolyn Woo: Integrity: To whom does it matter?
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY On Fat Tuesday, I gave a talk titled, “Business as a Force for Good.” A gentleman from the back haltingly raised a question, “What would you do when all your competitors cheat?” This is a common inquiry. People want to do good, but they are subjected to an increasingly lax moral environment […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Prayer among the online Catholic responses to COVID-19
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS A range of emotions is sweeping the nation following news reports of the spread of the COVID-19 virus within the United States. Some are thinking that reports are overblown and others are preparing for catastrophic outcomes. The coronavirus has symptoms similar to the flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Eva Andrade: Diocese tracking housing, minimum wage, mental health bills
Note: The Hawaii state legislature is temporarily closed due to COVID-19. LEGISLATIVE REPORT The Hawaii Catholic Conference, the public policy voice for the Diocese of Honolulu, has been tracking bills addressing homelessness, the minimum wage, mental health and other issues of concern now making their way through the Hawaii State Legislature. The positions and priorities […]
Bishop Larry Silva: How good is the fruit of the Tree of Life
WITNESS TO JESUS | FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Here is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva delivered March 1, at the Carmelite Convent in Kaneohe and at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu, on the occasion of the Rite of Election. If you want to successfully complete a journey, you must […]
Father Ernesto Juarez Jr., diocesan priest: ‘OK, bishop, send me’
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “Father, can you teach me how to write this properly?” asked one of the afterschool care kids. Next, however, kids being kids, came the question “Father, do you have any candy or anything to eat?” Ha! I responded with a laugh, “Finish […]
Tom Dinell: Love is the way
INVOCATION Tom Dinell, former director of Catholic Charities Hawaii, delivered this invocation for the State of Hawaii House of Representatives at the State Capitol, Feb. 7. (Dinell notes, “Every so often, even at an advanced age, one has a delightful, new, unanticipated experience. My most recent one was being asked to give the invocation at […]
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