FOR THE JOURNEY So, after two years, I finally succumbed to COVID-19. When I woke up feeling like a cold was coming, I wasn’t surprised. I’d been exposed by a grandchild. Nevertheless, since I was going out to lunch with friends, I took a quick test. Negative. On the drive home, I started to feel […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Communion for divorced, remarried?
QUESTION CORNER Q: If a Catholic gets married by a priest, later gets divorced, then gets married by a judge, can that person still receive the holy Eucharist? A: The short answer is “no,” but there is so much more to it than that. First, to explain the rule: The church is a communion of […]
Mary Adamski: The season of elections
VIEW FROM THE PEW Hasn’t this been a headache of a month so far? We survived all the noise and absurd promises, nasty accusations and dire predictions. Whether you were tuned into the red spin or blue spin, it’s been like living in the midst of a rock-crushing operation. I admit that as a news […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus will come again in glory
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:37-44. The church organizes the biblical readings at Mass into three cycles, A, B and C. This weekend, that of the First Sunday of Advent, begins the new church liturgical year. Therefore, the readings for this weekend, and until Advent 2023, will be within Cycle A. […]
Christina Capecchi: No cell phones, no problem
TWENTY SOMETHING It started with news from Camp Wapo, the Bible camp I’d attended as a kid. The camp counselors in Amery, Wisconsin, enforce a strict no cell-phone policy: Ditch your iPhone when you arrive, get it back when you leave. My reaction surprised me. I felt relief, triumph, a sense that the arc of […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Digital tools to share your Advent
SOCIAL CHURCH TIPS Digital tools to share your Advent By Sherry Hayes-Peirce One of the most visible symbols of the Advent season is the wreath we place in our homes, lighting a candle on it for each of the four weeks on the journey to Christmas. Creating a unique Advent wreath every year with your […]
Sister Philisita Jyrwa, Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians: To the farthest mission
VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald India is a diverse country with different castes, cultures and clans. I am from a tribal culture. In my family’s clan system, which is matrilineal, our title is inherited. Our language, food, dress, lifestyle, ceremonial rites and even burial systems are different […]
Bishop Larry Silva: She heard the cry of the poor
WITNESS TO JESUS | 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time Here is the prepared text of Bishop Silva’s homily for the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time, delivered Oct. 23 at St. Francis Church, Kalaupapa, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the canonization of St. Marianne Cope (Oct. 21) I can imagine a very lonely […]
Effie Caldarola: ‘Take care to guard against all greed’
FOR THE JOURNEY My great-grandfather, a refugee from the devastating famine in Ireland, came to Nebraska to farm. Generations later, I grew up on that farm. I have roots — literal and figurative — in the land he purchased, a very small acreage of which I still own. These roots help me to identify with […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God will triumph
33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Malachi 3:19-20a; 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12; Luke 21:5-19 The Book of Malachi is the source of this weekend’s first reading. Malachi was not a proper name for a person in ancient Israel. Rather, it was an abbreviation of an informal title, “Messenger of God.” This prophet is thoroughly in step with […]
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