Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Christina Capecchi: On cracked knuckles and self-care: a resolution for 2018

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TWENTY SOMETHING The themes emerge predictably. When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, we gravitate toward the biggies: get healthy, get organized, get a life. We vow to travel more, read more, save more and volunteer more. We conjure visions of the expansive, to live life to the fullest. Scan Twitter and you’ll find a […]

Effie Caldarola: Where gladness and hunger meet

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  FOR THE JOURNEY You may have heard this before: “The place to which God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” That line is from Frederick Buechner, an ordained Presbyterian minister, theologian and author. Most of us, within the context of our busy lives, want to […]

Commentary: THIS IS NOT A DRILL

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.” Modern technology appeared to amend Jesus’ warning last week, when an emergency alert in Hawaii gave both the day, Jan. 13, and the hour, 8 a.m. It was 7 minutes after 8 when hundreds […]

Talk story: Two homilies on immigration and encountering Christ

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY The media often negatively portrays immigrants. However, in recent homilies within two days of each other, Pope Francis and Bishop Larry Silva focused on the connection between immigration and encountering Christ. This column would like to share excerpts from these inspiring homilies. On Jan. 14, the World Day for Migrants and […]

Sister Rose Loraine Matsuzaki, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: The good thief

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I remember when my father prayed, he used to bow and clap his hands. His prayer space contained two vases with branches in it. As for my mom, she was Catholic. But, due to not understanding the Japanese language, my 11 siblings […]

Talk story: ‘Every stranger who knocks at our door’

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Every stranger who knocks at our door is an opportunity for an encounter with Jesus Christ, who identifies with the welcomed and rejected strangers of every age.” (Pope Francis, Message for the 104th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2018) 2018 marks a new year with new beginnings, building on the […]