TWENTY SOMETHING Two parts reverence, one part mischief. That’s how I’d sum up my grandma, whose name — Elinor Marcella — captures her mix of poise and playfulness. She raised five kids with a kind of 1950s ease: neck bows and neatly coiffed hair, family dinners and at-home haircuts, playing Bud & Travis on the […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Celebrating diversity
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS April is the month our country has dedicated to celebrating diversity. Meanwhile, in our Universal Church, there is a four-year process of listening to its members to provide a framework of discussion for the 2024 Synod of Bishops in Rome. The most recent phase of the process, the continental stage, ended on […]
Gloria Aqui and Arlenee Ver, parish staff at St. Catherine, Kapaa: Wisdom from cradle Catholics
VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald SMD: How long have both of you been working at St. Catherine of Alexandria parish in Kapaa, Kauai? AV: Let us put it this way, we are both cradle-born parishioners. Gloria is from St. Sylvester’s in Kilauea, and I am from St. […]
Question Corner: Jesus became man so I could become God? Do people talk too loudly before Mass?
QUESTION CORNER By Jenna Marie Cooper Q: I’m reading the Catechism of the Catholic Church and have a question about CCC 460. Can you please fully explain the lines: “For the son of God became man so that we might become God” and “… might make men gods.” I am to become GOD? That […]
Talk story: A story of resiliency
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Lenten penance is a commitment, sustained by grace, to overcoming our resistance to following Jesus on the way of the cross. We need to set out on the journey, an uphill path, a trek, that requires effort, sacrifice and concentration. What awaits us at the end is undoubtedly something wondrous which […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The triumph of the Lord
PALM SUNDAY Matthew 21:1-11; Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Matthew 26:14-27:66 This weekend observes Palm Sunday, recalling with such great reverence the Lord’s traditional entry into Jerusalem, beginning the drama of Holy Week. The liturgy includes two readings from the Gospels. The first, occurring at the blessing of the palms, and as the procession of […]
Mary Duddy: Run with perseverance
THE MARRIED LIFE Our son, Thomas, recently ran a marathon. He was still getting over a bad cold when he ran it but was determined to give it a try. Half-way through the race he felt spent. His inclination was to stop at that point. However, his pregnant wife and four young children met him […]
Sister Sudarshi Liyanage, Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, Philippines: From Facebook: A missionary
VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong” … (“Take Me Home, Country Roads,” by John Denver) “Take Me Home, Country Roads” is my favorite song. I am a member of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine […]
Effie Caldarola: The mental health crisis
FEELING IT It was hard to find joy in the day. Rain pelted the morning windows incessantly. I burrowed under the covers and, grasping for gratitude, told myself it was good we were getting needed moisture. After the rain came unremitting gloom, strong winds and falling temperatures. When baking cinnamon rolls brought no respite […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Do we relax Lenten fasts on Sunday?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I understand that the 40 days of Lent do not include Sundays, because every Sunday is a “little Easter” when we remember and celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. I hear people say it is “cheating” if one doesn’t abstain on Sundays from whatever one “gives up” during Lent, but I wonder why one would […]
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