VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald We are still in the Easter Season relishing the resurrection of Jesus, marveling and rejoicing with prolonged Alleluias. But how does this affect the ups and downs that we daily experience? St. Augustine, in speaking of those who have been born again […]
Mary Adamski: Imagine Hawaii without immigrants
VIEW FROM THE PEW There was a piquant hint of exotic cultural flavor adding nuance to heavier undertones of current events that made our feast the successful fusion sought by its creative chefs. Oops, I was trying to mock the pretentious tone of a trendy foodie reviewer but that didn’t work. I should just say […]
Carolyn Woo: Two nuggets for commencement season
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY It is commencement season and I am collecting my thoughts for upcoming speeches. Because of space, let me share two of five nuggets harvested from experiences that span both professional setbacks and achievements as well as personal joys and losses. First, it is good to make plans and set goals. Use these […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Members of the risen Body of Jesus
WITNESS TO JESUS | SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER Here is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) delivered April 28 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace celebrating Confirmation and First Communion, and with the Vietnamese Catholic Community at the Co-Cathedral of St. […]
Talk story: Celebrating the Paschal Mystery in the Eternal City
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “I came that they may have life and have it to the full.” (John 10:10) The Easter Season is a special time for Christians around the world to celebrate the fullness of life, renewal and the Resurrection in the Risen Lord. We were blessed to be in the Eternal City of […]
Greg Erlandson: A letter in the inbox of every young Catholic
AMID THE FRAY Attention Catholic young people, by which I mean everyone under 30: Pope Francis has written you a letter. Called “Christ Is Alive,” it is a historic document in that it isn’t just a letter about young people. It is to young people. Whether you are in high school or in college or […]
Sister Ermelinda Tagnipez, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: Valuing the virtue of honesty
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING “How can I make a return to the Lord for all the good He has done for me?” (Psalm 116:12) My heart is always grateful to God for all the wonderful things he has done in my life. It is hard to believe that I have reached the 25th year of my […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Do I have to go to Mass in pain? Isn’t the ambo for readings only?
QUESTION CORNER Q: In a few weeks I will turn 65 years old. I have arthritis in most of my joints; in the early spring, when it’s rainy and damp, the arthritic pain can be unbearable. Is it a sin to miss Sunday Mass, given the extreme pain? When is it acceptable to stop going […]
Christina Capecchi: All the news that’s fit to print
Twenty Something “Wife Returned After Having Fine Funeral.” The headline of a 483-word story in the March 15, 1904, edition of The New York Times bore a sly nod to Tom Sawyer. A man named Ignacio Valente was charging the city with a funeral bill he had been wrongfully issued, according to the Times. It […]
Msgr. Owen Campion: ‘Peter, do you love me?’
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts of Apostles 5:27-39, 40b-41; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 Again this weekend, the church presents as its first reading for liturgy in Eastertime a passage from the Acts of the Apostles. The mere construction of Acts is a lesson. Actually, it is a continuation of St. Luke’s Gospel. Its underlying lesson […]
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