QUESTION CORNER Q: My older sister told me that after age 80, you are relieved of the duty to attend Sunday Mass. I didn’t believe her until a friend who is 86 told me the same thing. I have never heard of this. Is it true? (Ocean View, Del.) A: I have never heard of […]
Cardinal Timothy Dolan: Don’t wait to baptize your baby
COMMENTARY I just celebrated my birthday. Twenty days after I entered the world, I was carried by my godparents to Immaculate Conception Parish in Maplewood, Missouri, to be baptized by the pastor, Father John Ryan. Mom told me she and dad were nervous because they had waited almost three weeks instead of the expected […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Seeking clarity in discernment
WITNESS TO JESUS | FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered the weekend of Feb. 17-18 at Immaculate Conception Church, Lihue; Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu; and St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe, marking the Rites of Election and the retreat for deacons. Rainbows are a very common sight […]
Talk story: Rice Bowl’s eucharistic roots
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MNISTRY “Today the cry of so many of our oppressed brothers and sisters rises to heaven and moves the heart of God. Lent is a time to ask ourselves: Do we hear that cry? Does it trouble us? Does it move us?” (Pope Francis, Message for Lent 2024) Pope Francis’ 2024 […]
Effie Caldarola: Elmo and the challenge of Lent
COMMENTARY For two or three days in January, a furry red Muppet’s concern for the well-being of his followers became news, dominating Twitter, now X, and sparking discussions from National Public Radio to cable news. When the commotion died down, I was left thinking about how Ash Wednesday was very near and maybe this […]
Jenna Marie Cooper : Does a televised Mass ‘count’?
Question Corner Q: In the past few weeks, due to extreme weather, I’ve missed Mass a couple of times. My parish has a Facebook channel, so I watched the services there instead. I wasn’t able to receive Communion. In talking to the priest, though, he said that in such situations, a person can receive […]
Sister Alicia Torres : How to find our true identity
COMMENTARY Who am I? This question lurks at the core of every human heart. So often the real answer is blurred by responses we so readily grasp after, and yet time and again fail to satisfy. One response in particular, I think, gnaws at so many of us today: “I am important.” Of course […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The weight of humanity
Third Sunday of Lent Exodus 20:1-17; 1 Corinthians 1:22-25; John 2:13-25 The Book of Exodus is the source of the first biblical reading this weekend. In Hebrew history, the exodus virtually was unsurpassed as an event of great significance, unless perhaps this distinction goes to creation itself. In the exodus, the Hebrew people, enslaved […]
Mary Duddy: Be reconciled
THE MARRIED LIFE There are many ways to fast during Lent. Many involve food and drink, but Pope Francis has some other interesting suggestions: “Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude. Fast from worries and have trust in God. Fast from anger and be filled with patience.” One that hit home for me is […]
Sister Noel Macabulos, Daughters of St. Paul: Having faith in God’s plan
VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Out of all of the Daughters of St. Paul with parents in Hawaii, I think only myself, Sister Lily Duhaylonsod and Sister Joan Paula Arruda were the only ones not stationed in Hawaii. Sister Fay Pele, Sister Margaret Timothy Sato, Sister An […]
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