YOUCAT*: “We fulfill God’s commission with regard to creation when we care for the earth, with its biological laws, its variety of species, its natural beauty, and its dwindling resources, as a living space and preserve it, so that future generations also can live well on earth.” [CCC 2415] In Genesis 2:15 we read, “The […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Sending you his love
Today’s tip: Send care-packages to students going to school away from home I attended the University of Washington in Seattle and I can tell you it’s a HUGE campus. In the winter, the sun was only around for six hours and though we didn’t get snow much, the rain was constant so the commute was […]
Manaolana | Young adults build faith, community through athletics
Members of Catholic Young Adult Sports of San Diego pose for a group photo while hiking to Three Sisters Falls in Cleveland National Forest in 2014. (CNS photo/courtesy Thom Hiatt, Faith in Marketing) SAN DIEGO — A ministry focusing on the excitement and friendship that can come from athletic competition is bringing young people […]
Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: The pope’s ravioli story: questions that unlock wisdom
I’m reading a book that speaks to me as a journalist, Brian Grazer’s 2015 release “A Curious Mind: The Secret To A Bigger Life.” In it, the 64-year-old Emmy-winning movie producer recounts his practice of conducting “curiosity conversations” twice a month for the past three decades to fill up his knowledge reserve and walk […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: Sept. 11, 2015
Quote “Gossiping is terrorism because the person who gossips is like a terrorist who throws a bomb and walks away, destroying; they destroy with their tongue, they don’t make peace.” | Pope Francis, delivering his homily during morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. (Catholic News Service) In the news […]
Vita Saxa. Life Rocks: Being a student pro-life advocate can be tough, even at a Catholic university
For so long, I had a limited understanding of the abortion debate as being “pro-lifers vs. pro-choicers.” We battle it out at marches, in politics and all over social media. When emotions come into play, as they so often do, it’s easy to forget that the antagonism stirred up between our two groups comes from […]
Manaolana | Karen Osborne: A concert with good music and life lessons
I went to a One Direction concert with my niece last week. Many fellow adults winced when I told them. Some said they were “sympathetic,” but, truth be told, I had a lot of fun. It was comparatively low-key. There were pyrotechnics at the beginning and at the end of the concert. There were smoke […]
Manaolana | Lisa Gomes: Why sacraments? Isn’t faith in Jesus enough?
YOUCAT*: We can and should come to God with all our senses, not just with our intellect. That is why God gives himself to us in earthly signs — especially in bread and wine, the Body and Blood of Christ. [CCC 1084, 1146-1152] It’s important that we have faith. No doubt about that. But, at […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Turning paper into people
Today’s tip: Establish a working relationship with your parish’s (registration) database. It always looks good when parishes have an event and they collect every participant’s contact and personal information (name, number, marital status, profession, etc.). But then what? If these people are never contacted, then the data collected eventually becomes useless. A rule of thumb […]
Manaolana sidebar: Aug. 28, 2015
Quote “The school effort rises and falls with the priest. If he’s engaged, it thrives. If he’s indifferent, the best efforts get undermined.” | Father Peter M.J. Stravinskas, executive director of the Catholic Education Foundation, who led a priests seminar Aug. 18 and 19 in Huntington, N.Y., that focused on Catholic education and offered advice […]
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