VIEW FROM THE PEW An event that ignited earthshaking change still felt 500 years later will be marked next month in Hawaii as it is in most of the Christian world. For the Lutheran Church folks who plan the 3 p.m. Oct. 14 interfaith service, it’s an anniversary they celebrate every year marking the beginning […]
Sister Meristella Umdor, Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians: Taking Jesus with me
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald There are times when I honestly say, “Lord, I am so tired. Give me strength.” Other times, I might just sigh, “Whew …” But, when I do need to tell the homebound or others in the hospital that I minister to that […]
Talk story: A church without borders
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Our shared response to migrants and refugees may be articulated by four verbs: to welcome, to protect, to promote and to integrate.” (Pope Francis) During the same week in August that the Vatican released Pope Francis’s message about migrants and refugees, we were invited to Mexico to accompany immigrants on their […]
A life of stewardship: music to God’s ears
By Melissa Pavlicek, Father Ed Popish, SSCC, and Paul Pancho Special to the Herald In Psalm 24:1, David acclaimed: “The world is the Lord’s and all it contains, the world and those who dwell in it.” Through his psalms, David sang out with joy and thanksgiving for all the goodness that God bestowed on mankind. […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The unlimited mercy of God
25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 55:6-9; Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a; Matthew 20:20:1-16a The last section of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend with its first reading. Virtually none of the prophets of ancient Israel wrote when times were good, or at least when the prophets perceived the times to be good. Certainly, the author […]
Effie Caldarola: Become the body of Christ
ON THE JOURNEY When I lived in Alaska, I was an extraordinary minister of holy Communion to the homebound. Looking back, I’m rather amazed that I volunteered for this task, which often took me on ice-clogged roads that meandered haphazardly into the snowy hillsides of Anchorage. The years have turned me into a much more […]
Carolyn Woo: Raise our voice
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY The events in Charlottesville, Virginia, gave me many reasons for pause. The hatred spewed by people in white hoods with flaming torches jumped from the safety of books, movies or some isolated places to permeate the news in my home and puncture my perception that such sentiments are only on the fringe. […]
Elise Italiano: First time for eucharistic adoration
IN LIGHT OF FAITH I think I was 19 years old the first time I went to eucharistic adoration. It wasn’t regularly offered at my parish, and my family never lingered after Holy Thursday Mass. When my college chaplain informed us he was going to start offering it each week, I had to ask him […]
Father KennethDoyle: Is my mother in heaven?
QUESTION CORNER Q: My mother passed away some time ago, and I wonder whether she is now in “God’s eternal embrace.” How can I be sure? She was a good mother and she dearly loved the church, but we have been taught that everyone has some imperfections and, upon death, must be sent to purgatory […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Approach God with faith and humility
WITNESS TO JESUS This is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered Aug. 19 and 20 at St. John the Apostle and Evangelist Church, Mililani, with marriage convalidations; St. Roch Church, Kahuku, parish centennial; and St. John the Baptist Church, Kalihi, Spanish Mass. Sometimes when we […]
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