Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Kathleen T. Choi: Just one

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This Lent I gave up gum. A ridiculously small sacrifice, right? Well, let me tell you, I’m already climbing the walls. Who knew such a tiny habit could dig its claws in so deep? I’m not making this sacrifice because it’s an expensive habit or one that’s injurious to my health. It’s just a habit. […]

Effie Caldarola: A time to render your heart

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There was a time in medieval history and in some places even later when believers would use extreme methods of self-discipline, or self-punishment, during Lent, as a penance for sin. We’re most familiar with these practices from movies we’ve seen, or in my case, the historical novels I enjoy reading. Hair shirts that bit at […]

Christina Capecchi | Twenty something: Bear claws, nose rings and rock bands: the hidden lives of Catholic sisters

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Belinda Monahan has analyzed more than 100,000 animal bones in Armenia dating back from the Early Bronze Age (1,200 BC) to the Medieval period. For the 44-year-old archaeologist from New Jersey, the thrill never wears off. “When you look at a Stork’s lower-leg bone,” she says, “it’s about as long as my lower-leg bone. It’s […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion | Fourth Sunday in Lent: Looking ahead to the resurrection

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2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21 This weekend the church celebrates Laetare Sunday, the name drawn from what is the first word in Latin of the entrance antiphon: “Rejoice!” Lent is well under way. Easter is not that far in the future. The reason for rejoicing is not so trivial as to say […]

Official notices: March 13, 2015

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] March 13, 6:00 pm, Meeting with Parish Leadership of St. Theresa Parish, Mountain View. March 14-15, Episcopal Visitation, St. Joseph Parish, Hilo. March 17, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council, Chancery, downtown Honolulu; 7:00 pm, Chrism Mass for the Island of Maui, St. […]

Father Arnel Soriano, Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette: Challenges and blessings

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I grew up with the La Salette priests. My hometown of Isabela was their first mission in the Philippines. They married my parents and were always at our house, even joining us for meals. Through the influence of my mom, I studied in a La Salette school and became an altar boy. During my high […]

Mary Adamski: There won’t always be another Lent

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“I’m going to pay for this column.” That was a great lead by a political columnist in the daily paper last week, calculated to lure people to read on. Hers was an expose of machiavellian machinations on the national political scene. I’m borrowing it. My view is not with wide-angle lens but a microscopic peek […]