By Lindsey Weishar Catholic News Service The second reading for the Third Sunday of Advent is a place of personal resonance: “Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and […]
We need a little Christmas … after Christmas
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald I’ll admit, seasonal creep has been creeping up on me despite my best intentions. While I write this just before Thanksgiving, I still have fall decorations up and they’ll stay up through Turkey Day. But I’m well into Christmas gift shopping, I have my Christmas cards, and I have […]
Commentary: ‘Found’
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald While scrolling through Netflix recently I saw a new documentary called “Found.” The film focuses on three girls, Sadie, Lily and Chloe, who were adopted and raised by three different American families. When they are teens, they find out they are cousins through a DNA testing site. Over a […]
Memorials for children who died before birth
By the diocesan Respect Life Office Special to the Herald Have you ever noticed a memorial for the unborn on your church grounds? If so, when was the last time you meditated or prayed at the memorial for an unborn child or the child’s parents? A memorial for the unborn is a place of love […]
Commentary: The vaccine: it’s God’s gift
By Taylor Rayray Special to the Herald As a part of the universal Catholic church, we have all endured emotional, mental and physical challenges this past year-and-a-half during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mask-wearing and habitual sanitizing have become the new normal, and for a large portion of this period we have not been able to celebrate […]
Father Patrick Killilea ss.cc. | Passing the baton in Kalaupapa
KALAUPAPA DIARY I have lost a step or two since my high school running days — 60 years ago — but I still enjoy watching track and field on television. I particularly like to watch the relay races where the first runner grabs a stick (baton), takes off like a bat out of hell, passes […]
Ed and Betty Coda: Letty was love
A REMEMBRANCE Rigolette “Letty” Perez Baraquio was an amazing God-fearing/loving homemaker, educator, philosopher, disciplinarian, business owner, mother to 10 children, and lover to her husband Claudio (also known affectionately to us as “Claude”). From the outside looking in, everyone, including us and our family, wanted to be part of the Baraquio ohana. Letty was an […]
August: month of comedian-martyrs
The Romans were a tough audience By Guy Lee Special to the Herald You can Google it. Comedians have a patron saint. He is Genesius of Rome, a comedian and actor. His feast day is Aug. 25. He was martyred because, although details vary, he refused to renounce his faith after a performance. He is […]
In appreciation: What the Maui Marianists meant to me
Maui resident and lay Marianist Norman Franco wrote this article on June 12 for Marianist Father Roland Bunda, pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Wailuku, Maui, and his fellow Marianists in appreciation for the group’s long presence on the Valley Isle. After 138 years, the brothers and fathers of the community, also known as the […]
Dr. Kioni Dudley: Resurrecting Meatless Fridays
COMMENTARY Cafeterias in the 1,800 public schools in New York City are observing Meatless Mondays with meatless lunches. So are the schools in Baltimore and Oakland. The movement for Meatless Mondays is spreading to varied places across America. Globally, Meatless Monday is practiced in 40 countries. Why are they going meatless? And why haven’t we […]