OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Fraternity means to lend a helping hand. Fraternity means respect, listening with an open heart…It is the challenge of our times.” (Pope Francis, Feb. 4, First International Day of Human Fraternity) While many might argue that the COVID-19 pandemic is the most profound challenge in the world today, Pope Francis contends […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: What happened to creed wording? Can you be cremated?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I recall some time ago a change in the language of the creed we say at Sunday Mass to make it more inclusive. The new phrases were things like “For us and for our salvation” and “was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became one of us.” I realized recently, though, that […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Beginning our 40 days
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Genesis 9:8-15; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15 The first reading, from the Book of Genesis, presents the familiar story of Noah. It is a study of contrast and of the consequences of this contrast. Noah was faithful, whereas his world almost universally was unfaithful. God protected Noah from doom, to which […]
Christina Capecchi: When an obituary becomes a prayer
TWENTY SOMETHING I’ve never had to write an obituary. I realize how fortunate that makes me. As a professional writer, I’ve imagined what it would be like to write one. Perhaps that’s morbid, but it’s a curiosity of mine. Of all writing forms, the obituary is the life summary, the final word. It conveys what […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: Zooming through Lent
EMBRACING FAMILY Wouldn’t it be nice if Lent “zoomed” by this year? Forty days seems like an eternity when we are sacrificing! We’ve had 12 months of waiting and praying thanks to COVID-19! Isn’t that enough?! For those around the world who live a life of constant suffering, they would be grateful if they only […]
Bishop Larry Silva: How wonderfully made we are
WITNESS TO JESUS | MASS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE Here is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the Mass for the Protection of Life, Jan. 21, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu. It has been slightly shortened for space considerations. It is always puzzling to many of us […]
Mary Adamski: Feeling angry and disappointed
VIEW FROM THE PEW There were yardmen in the neighborhood and it always makes me think they are still boys at heart, loving to make noise. And how they do love those leaf blowers, roaring on and on while they herd leaves and cuttings to the green bin. I’ll bet these guys never think of […]
Sister Ma. P. Myrle Gudilosao, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: Added value instruction
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I am enjoying my apostolate here in Hawaii. As an educator relatively new to the islands, I was not sure at first if I was making a difference in the lives of the school children entrusted to me. However, those thoughts […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Planning your Lenten journey
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS By Sherry Hayes-Peirce Last year Lent began on Feb. 26, and just one week later churches around the world began to close in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. All the best-laid plans of parishes shattered as houses of worship were shuttered. That period of quarantine was a metaphor for […]
Mary Duddy: The power of forgiveness
THE MARRIED LIFE Pope Francis says three phrases should always be spoken within a family: Please. Thank you. I’m sorry. And the hardest of these, says my husband, is to say, “I’m sorry.” How true this is. Recently I had a hard time sleeping because I knew my husband was mad at me after a […]
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