VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I never foresaw that when I became a religious that I would be sent to so many places to serve in so many varied capacities. From the Philippines I was missioned to Hawaii and Saipan, returning back to the Philippines. In September, […]
Richard Doerflinger: The Supreme Court as battleground
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY In its June 26 decision on freedom of speech, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a California law that forced pro-life pregnancy aid centers to tell pregnant women how to get an abortion. This “forced speech” policy, making Americans facilitate what they recognize as the unjust taking of human life, was […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Prophets and messengers
15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Amos 7:12-15; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:7-13 The Book of Amos is the source of this weekend’s first reading. Amos is one of the relatively few prophets of whom something is known. Many prophets reveal some details about themselves, but not many give more than a few details. By contrast, it […]
Effie Caldarola: Making a difference
FOR THE JOURNEY Many years ago, the Irish poet W.B. Yeats wrote, “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” Some Americans feel those words are eerily prescient right now. Things are falling apart. The crisis created at our border bids us to take action, and political action is good. But no matter what our political […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Why no prayers for Trump-Kim summit?
QUESTION CORNER Q: How do we change those Catholic Church leaders who have political bias and anger toward our president? Mr. Trump needed our prayers and support for his dialogue with North Korean President Kim Jong Un. But neither at the Sunday Mass I attended nor in our diocesan paper was there any mention of […]
Bishop Larry Silva: What has God planned for you?
WITNESS TO JESUS | SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Here is the text of the Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, June 23/24, delivered at St. Augustine Church, Waikiki. Could your being here today be a part of God’s eternal plan for […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The key to eternal life
13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Wisdom 1:13-15, 2:23-24; 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15; Mark 5:21-43 The Book of Wisdom is the source of the first reading. When this book originally was written, the plight of God’s people was very bad. They had experienced very much in their history. Among these experiences was the loss […]
Effie Caldarola: Sacramentals as a door to the sacred
FOR THE JOURNEY It was near the end of a long East Coast visit, a road trip that took us to visit a priest friend at the University of Notre Dame, the sights at Niagara Falls and an Italian cousin who was visiting my husband’s extended family. We had driven hundreds of miles, but this […]
Richard Doerflinger: A public health crisis
A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY The recent tragic deaths of fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain have dramatized what The New York Times calls the “public health crisis” of suicide. That crisis was underscored on June 8 when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the U.S. suicide rate increased […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: Causes of unkindness
THE HUMAN SIDE What are some leading causes of heartless conflicts in life? One look at kindness and its opponent gives the answer. Kindness is being well-disposed toward our self, neighbors, world, government, church and God. Kindness respects, values and promotes the development of another. Understanding the enemies of kindness is the best antidote for […]
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