OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “God does not hide the wounds that pierced his body and soul, from our eyes. He shows them so we can see that a new passage can be opened with Easter: to make holes of lights out of our own wounds.” (Pope Francis, Holy Week General Audience Message April 5, […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Praying at home, to the God of home
FAITH AT HOME Remember when we said we’d never take the Eucharist for granted again? When we had to watch Mass online or from cars in the church parking lot? When every part of parish life — from faith formation classes to Bible studies to doughnuts on Sundays — changed overnight? Three years ago, the […]
Mary Adamski: Alleluia! It’s still Easter! Alleluia!
VIEW FROM THE PEW Happy Easter to all of you! What? You’re wondering if the writer has finally lost touch with reality? Or did the editor hold this column from a previous edition and it has aged out of use. Nope, this IS just in time; it IS still Easter and time to celebrate whether […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: In the end, all will be good
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 With deep faith and faith-filled excitement the church continues the celebration, begun a week and a day ago at Easter, of the Lord’s resurrection and final victory over death and sin. As is the case in almost every Mass of this season, the first […]
Christina Capecchi: Her life was a work of art
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 […]
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