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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: March 27, 2015

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Happy, happy Easter, Heraldians! I can’t wait to rejoice with the universal church and celebrate the resurrection of our Lord. Here’s a great quiz sprinkled with Easter-related themes to carry us into the new liturgical season. 1) Saints Which saint composed a prayer with the following famous line: “It is in pardoning that we are […]

Heralding back: March 27, 2015

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — March 26, 1965 The St. Joseph’s Redbirds, champions here in the Parks and Recreation and also the Laupahoehoe Invitational 12 year basketball tournament, are pictured above. The future Cardinals, pictured from left to right are, kneeling, Rodney Pacheco, mascot. Front row, Roy Shupe, Steven Carvalho, Leslie Tachibana, […]

Sister Judy Resta, Sisters for Christian Community: Living a joyful song

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Fifteen years ago when I started hospital ministry, it was parish-based. Hospitals used to give the chaplain a list of the Catholics there. From that list, I would go around and visit the sick, while also bringing them Holy Communion. Now, however, my work is more inclusive. Queen’s Medical Center has a non-denominational chaplaincy program […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion | Fourth Sunday in Lent: Looking ahead to the resurrection

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2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21 This weekend the church celebrates Laetare Sunday, the name drawn from what is the first word in Latin of the entrance antiphon: “Rejoice!” Lent is well under way. Easter is not that far in the future. The reason for rejoicing is not so trivial as to say […]

Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: Bowlful of prayers, quizzes

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“Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and enrich others by our own poverty.” —Pope Francis All over the United States, including Hawaii, people are using Catholic Relief Service Rice Bowl activities such as “Lenten Prayer Eggs” and quizzes […]

Poems to the Herald

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My soul burns in wonder By L.L. Rocheford, Special to the Herald Oh! How dark is the night, That creates shadows of anxieties, That softly haunt the morning light. The dawn of heaven’s sunlight, Stirs a burning in my soul, That exhorts me on my path to God. Yet darkness will come again, As the […]

Heralding back: March 13, 2015

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — March 12, 1965 In their first year as participants in the annual Hawaii Catholic Herald Circulation Drive during Catholic Press Month, the students of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Pearl City, won the first prize and plaque for the outstanding Oahu elementary school and also the top […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: March 13, 2015

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Lent may be a season of penance, quizzicals, but the coming of spring reminds us that days of refreshment and renewal lie ahead. Here’s a quiz full of timely Catholic trivia tidbits to ponder as you continue your Lenten journey. 1) Saints Pope Francis’ installation ceremony in 2013 took place on March 19, the feast […]