OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “We are called to renew our commitment to building a future that conforms ever more fully to God’s plan of a world in which everyone can live in peace and dignity … If we want to cooperate with our heavenly Father in building the future, let us do so together with […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: What’s the Catholic view on tithing? Should a couple cohabitat before getting married?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I grew up in a Protestant church but converted to Catholicism. Sometimes it seems to me that Catholics give a lot less money to their churches than Protestants do. (The Sunday collections reported in our parish bulletin would, I think, be dwarfed by some Protestants parishes much smaller than our own.) On […]
Greg Erlandson: My sense, your nonsense
AMID THE FRAY A friend of mine is threatening to run for office. His slogan will be “Stop the Nonsense.” I think it’s a slogan an increasing number of us could get behind. Nonsense is in the eye of the beholder, however, and the trick is defining what the nonsense is. For some, it may […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Speaking of resurrection
FAITH AT HOME By Laura Kelly Fanucci We don’t talk enough about resurrection. How a marriage can be resurrected: How what felt dead and gone, ready to be buried in the dark earth forever, is not always dead and gone. How a friendship can be resurrected: How speaking hard words can breathe new life into […]
Mary Adamski: Sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit
VIEW FROM THE PEW School’s out, school’s out, teacher let the students out. It’s graduation time with all the flourishes and flowers, and for other scholars, a break from the discipline and demands, homework and goals and tests. It’s still a vivid happy memory for a lot of adults like me — the bell rang […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Breaking the bonds of earth
THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD Acts of the Apostles 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:17-23; Luke 24:46-53 The Acts of the Apostles supplies the first reading, the story of the Ascension of the Lord from earth into heaven. This passage is the beginning of Acts. As is the case with the Gospel of Luke, Acts seems to have […]
David and Sarah Herrmann: Duped again by the summer illusion
EMBRACING FAMILY Ah, finally! Summer is here! Vacation! Sleeping in, going to the beach, hiking, biking, swimming, playing, and maybe even some traveling, too. It sounds perfect, simply perfect … until it’s not! Reality hits: summer break is not actually much of a break for us parents! There is the incessant planning of activities for […]
Bishop Larry Silva: ‘Nag, nag, nag’
WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Here is the prepared text of the homily Bishop Larry Silva delivered on the weekend of the Third Sunday of Easter, April 30, at Sacred Heart Church, Punahou, and May 1 at Our Lady of the Mount Church, Kalihi, and Holy Family Church, Honolulu. He administered Confirmations […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The faithful shall also rise
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts of the Apostles 15:21-27; Revelation 21:1-5a; John 13:31-33a, 34-35 Once again in this Easter season, the Acts of the Apostles supplies the first reading for the Mass. It reports some of the missionary activities of Paul and Barnabas. Although eventually they parted, Paul and Barnabas, Paul’s disciple, visited several prominent […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Ambassadors of aloha
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS Hearing the news that the Pauline Book and Media store was closing in Honolulu made me a little sad. But I also know that the Daughters of St. Paul who have been assigned to Hawaii will carry the culture of aloha wherever they go, reflecting the diversity of this amazing religious order. […]
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