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Sister Rachel Marius, Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians: A God who is loving

03/01/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I never dreamed that I would be asked to go to an overseas mission. As Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians, we are missioned in many places. However, when I was asked by my superior general to go to Hawaii, I […]

Mary Adamski: Out-of-the-ordinary mentor

02/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

VIEW FROM THE PEW How can you be awake in these fraught times without thinking about working for a living? At least that’s where your thoughts drift as you watch the daily unemployment news or join the family’s urgent conversation. I may be eased out of the job market but, like others, have times of […]

Effie Caldarola: Recovering ‘recovering’ Catholics

02/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

FOR THE JOURNEY “I’m a recovering Catholic,” our contractor announces jauntily, apropos of what I can’t remember. I think we were trying to decide on flooring for the front deck. It’s a phrase with which we’ve become familiar, so common that this guy we know only because he’s overseeing some basic repairs to our old […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: At the root of God’s law is love

02/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

7TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Leviticus 12:1-2, 17-18; 1 Corinthians 3:16-23; Matthew 5:38-48 The first reading is from the Book of Leviticus, one of the five books of the Pentateuch, the Torah, the basic revelation by God to the Chosen People. This reading reports the day when God spoke to Moses: “I the Lord, your […]

Jenna Marie Cooper: Do I have to wait until the song ends? Why is the Easter Candle not always lit?

02/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

QUESTION CORNER Q: Can I leave Mass after the blessing, or must I wait for the recessional hymn to be sung? (Syosset, New York) A: The final blessing is the official conclusion of the Mass, so — in that sense — once the final blessing is said, Mass is over and you may leave without […]

Sarah and David Herrmann: Lenten resolutions eager or meager?

02/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

EMBRACING FAMILY Many parents ask us questions, and we share faith-based parenting advice, based on Love and Logic and the Preventive System of St. John Bosco (Reason, Religion, Loving Kindness). We’d like to share some of these with you. We’re always preparing. We prepare food, work, laundry, dishes, the house for company. Now, it is […]

Elizabeth Scalia: Let the jeering skulls laugh

02/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

IT IS GOOD Like St. Teresa of Avila, I have a skull on my desk. Two, actually — one plain and one riotously decorated in green and purple. I think they’re funny; they remind me not to take myself, or the world, too seriously. When I have tied myself into knots due to some perceived […]

Father Shoba Nyambe, Sulpician: Contemplating attributes of Jesus

02/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

VIRIDITAS 2 | SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Taking a break is an important part of ongoing spiritual formation. One should not wait until something severe happens. For example, after serving many years as the regional superior of the Sulpicians, I am finally taking a break. Through the […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Be salt and light

02/01/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 58:7-10; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; Matthew 5:13-16 The Book of Isaiah’s third section is the source of this first weekend’s reading. Scholars believe that this section was written perhaps in Jerusalem for the Hebrew remnant that had returned from Babylon. This would put this section of Isaiah at a date […]