CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS Dec. 8 is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and for many Catholics there is confusion around if the conception is Mary’s or Jesus’. To be clear, the Immaculate Conception is about the Mother of our Lord being conceived in the womb of her mother without the stain of original sin. […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Words and actions
WITNESS TO JESUS | Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time This is the prepared homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva on Nov. 5, the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, at the Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, at the convention of the Diocesan Congress of Filipino Catholic Clubs. I once lived in a rectory with three other priests. […]
Talk story: Into the season of gratitude and hope
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Thank you to all those who have been so generous and so good with their time, their talent, and their treasure in helping this community to recover from this tragedy … You are all so wonderful. It’s amazing and inspiring to see all the work that you’ve done and the hope […]
Mary Adamski: Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts
VIEW FROM THE PEW We finished the Thanksgiving shopping early this month, taking advantage of some minimally reduced prices at the supermarket and drugstore. Not much expectation these days of real bargain prices on a big bird or ham or premium veggies or pumpkin pie. “Good deal” seems to have become a fairy tale; […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Separating sheep from the goats
FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17; 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28; Matthew 25:31-46 This weekend the church concludes its liturgical year of 2023. Next week, a new year will begin with the First Sunday of Advent. The church closes the year with an excited and fervent proclamation of Christ as the king of all. […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: Thank you for my family’s complaints
EMBRACING FAMILY Many parents ask us questions, and we share faith-based parenting advice, based on Love and Logic© and the Preventive System of St. John Bosco (Reason, Religion, Loving Kindness). We’d like to share some of these with you. In November, we read so many things about being thankful. “Thanks” is embroidered on pillows, […]
Sister Ursolina Santos Asinas (Sister Rosal), Missionary Sisters of Faith: Be fruitful, be happy
VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Before I came to Hawaii in 2021, I worked in a school and in my religious congregation in Italy for about 10 years. As a Missionary Sister of Faith of 39 years, I remember early on a priest telling me, “Wherever you […]
Effie Caldarola: Why does death take us by surprise?
COMMENTARY A beloved relative died in October — not an immediate family member, but someone who, throughout many years, was a reliable, solid presence; one of those even-keeled anchors that every extended family needs. As he grew older, he was widowed and experienced the loneliness that accompanies loss. We kept in touch. I suppose […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: What does the church teach about resisting rape?
QUESTION CORNER Q: As a cradle Catholic, I was taught that the denial of Christ is gravely wrong, that Christians must be prepared to die rather than apostatize. However, now I’ve become aware of a claim that I am not sure about. It has been asserted by someone claiming to be Catholic that in […]
Elizabeth Scalia: When the holy water fonts are dry
COMMENTARY In chapter 31 of her autobiography, the 16th- century Carmelite St. Teresa of Avila — one of four female doctors of the church, including her spiritual daughter, St. Thérèse of Lisieux — urges us toward frequent use of one particular, very common and (usually) widely available sacramental. “From long experience I have learned […]
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