QUESTION CORNER Q: My son is dating a Protestant girl. If my son married outside of the Catholic Church, is he not permitted to take the Eucharist? I am praying that the girl consents to have a Catholic matrimony, but that is uncertain for now. A: For the most part, Catholics who do not […]
Greg Erlandson: How deep are our divisions?
AMID THE FRAY The movie, musical and now musical movie “Mean Girls” is a reminder of one of the more miserable sides of adolescence: In groups and out groups, the cool kids and the losers, the nerds and the jocks. Unfortunately, however, in groups and out groups don’t just exist in grammar schools and […]
Mary Adamski: The month of music, mayhem, feasting, fasting and love
VIEW FROM THE PEW Whoo-eee! Hasn’t February been a raucous month. Deafening decibels of music and challenging, downright belligerent chants. Extremes of bragging and dramatic tears, jeers and cheers. Events demanding conspicuous consumption of sinfully rich food and high caloric sweet treats, days and days of it. Extravagant, expensive clothes flaunted in a discordant contrast […]
Bishop Larry Silva: May there be one flock, one Shepherd
WITNESS TO JESUS | WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva at Evensong at St. Andrew Episcopal Cathedral, Honolulu, Sunday, Jan. 21, for the Week of Prayer of Christian Unity In the 16th century, the Catholic Church was a very sick sheep, […]
Talk story: Catholic schools fuel the passion for the fullness of life
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Catholic education is also evangelization: bearing witness to the joy of the Gospel and its power to renew our communities and provide hope and strength in facing wisely the challenges of the present time.” (Pope Francis to Catholic educators gathered in Rome 2022) Since the beginning of his papacy, Pope Francis […]
Effie Caldarola: Of worrying and wild things
COMMENTARY Walking through the park on a brisk winter morning, I glance at the parking lot near the playground and notice a colorful van. I see big letters on its side panel: “Worry First.” Wait a minute. I look again. Actually, it says “Worry Free,” the slogan of a utility company’s appliance service. I chuckle. […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Why so much incense at Mass?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Our daughter has totally given up going to church because of the relentless use of incense at each Mass. It doesn’t bother me but I do notice a lot of people in the congregation that obviously have problems with it. Since it causes breathing difficulties for many people is it really appropriate […]
Michael R. Heinlein: A Eucharistic Word: Tabernacle
COMMENTARY While praying in our pew after Communion during a recent Sunday Mass, our 6-year-old son decided to administer a pop quiz to his willing little sister. “What was the first tabernacle?” he asked. “I have no idea,” she replied. “Mary, of course! Her tummy held Jesus for the first time,” he answered. “But […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Curing of Peter’s mother-in-law
5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Job 7:1-4, 6-7; 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23; Mark 1:29-39 The Book of Job is the source of this weekend’s first reading. This book furnishes few details about the identity of Job. It nonetheless is one of the great literary works in the Old Testament, and one of the best remembered […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: Valentine’s Day, light switches, mirrors
EMBRACING FAMILY I do not need a reminder that Valentine’s Day is approaching. Social media, advertising and stores have reminded us of that since Christmas. The ads are replete with the familiar chocolates, stuffed animals, and other gifts. Despite the commercialism of this holiday, love is the central theme. While it is beautiful to focus […]
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