RESPECT LIFE I honor of the 25th anniversary of the papal encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) and in answer to St. John Paul II’s call, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities is inviting parishes, through the support of their bishops and pastors, to join a nationwide effort entitled “Walking […]
Edna Magpantay-Monroe: Finding balance with intentional reflection
VIRIDITAS 2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald How would I self-describe myself? Hmm … I am a mom of a special needs kid, a wife, a dog-owner, a nurse by profession, a nurse practitioner by training, and a nurse working in academia at Chaminade University of Honolulu. With […]
Talk story: Old age is a season of enduring fruitfulness
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Old age is no time to give up and lower the sails, but a season of enduring fruitfulness: a new mission awaits us and bids us to look to the future.” (Pope Francis, second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, July 24) Honoring our grandparents and aging kupuna is a […]
Bishop Larry Silva: God never tires of hearing from us
WITNESS TO JESUS | 17TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of the homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 23 and 24, at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Honolulu, on the occasion of the reception of Confirmation and First Communion If you watch TV […]
Talk story: From a land shared in friendship
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “This farm is important because … we try to create hope … We connect with land, people, children. We connect with God. God is not up in the sky. He is here in everybody.” (Luigi “Gigi” Cocquio, Hoa Aina O Makaha, Oahu) Hopefully all are enjoying summer blessings in Hawaii nei, […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Why a deacon if a priest is present? Is it wrong to long for heaven?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Often, I have been at a Mass where the deacon reads the Gospel, which is fine. But then, sometimes, the deacon goes on to give the homily while the priest watches. This disappoints me and makes me feel that the deacon is overstepping his bounds. Why should a deacon, rather than the […]
Greg Erlandson: In defense of funerals
AMID THE FRAY “Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man.” (Mercutio, “Romeo and Juliet”) In the past two and a half months I’ve been to four funerals. Friends. A spouse of a friend. A child of a friend. It has been a cumulative sense of mortality and loss set against […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Death awaits all of us
19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Wisdom 18:6-9; Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; Luke 12:35-40 The Book of Wisdom is the source of the first reading for this weekend. Nighttime was when the Exodus began, the Hebrews’ flight from Egypt where they had been enslaved. They saw God as their protector, assuring that their escape would succeed. Moses […]
Christina Capecchi: The path of inspiration
TWENTY SOMETHING During his down time at work, a Minnesota surgeon often browses the New Yorker in the hospital library. One day he spotted its famed cartoon caption contest — a caption-less cartoon that calls on readers to submit captions and then vote on their favorites, to be published in the following issue of the […]
Mary Duddy: Family life and river rafting
THE MARRIED LIFE Marriage and family life is not like a scenic cruise going down a river, where you are a spectator enjoying the view. No, it’s more like a white-water rafting trip, where rapids come and go, you need to paddle hard, and you could easily fall out of the boat. At the beginning […]
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