The mention of booze generates a look of horror among many of the non-drinkers living and working alongside Michael P. Foley in Waco, Texas, where the Catholic dad teaches at a dry Baptist college. There’s a “skittishness,” he says. So Michael was prepared to raise eyebrows with his new book, “Drinking with the Saints: The […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Exciting ways to enhance young adult ministry
Context Every June 24, I reflect on and examine my life. This year, I realized my questions were the same, but their context had changed. Being a cradle Catholic, I memorized prayers and fulfilled obligations. I went through Confirmation in high school and made that “adult” decision to make my own the Catholic faith given […]
Manaolana | sidebar: July 3, 2015
Quote “I want them to know that their ministry is effective and that it is worth it. Thanks be to God they were there for me that day. They saved my son’s life.” | A McAllen, Texas, woman named Linda about the sidewalk counselors outside the abortion clinic three years ago who convinced her to […]
Manaolana: Hawaii rep at national ministry summit returns with insights, ideas
The National Young Adult Ministry Summit meets in Washington, D.C., last month. (Photo Courtesy of Makana Aiona) Creating collaborations between Catholic young adults and their communities was a hot topic at the National Young Adult Ministry Summit in Washington, D.C., May 5-7. The first-ever such meeting, organized in part by the National Catholic Young […]
Manaolana | Lisa Gomes: ‘You shall not have strange gods before me’
YOUCAT*: This commandment forbids us: to adore other gods and pagan deities or to worship an earthly idol or to devote oneself entirely to some earthly good (money, influence, success, beauty, youth and so on) to be superstitious, which means to adhere to esoteric, magic or occult or New Age practices or to get involved […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: The paradox of worry and weakness
I didn’t close up the windows! I worry that one day someone is going to rob us because I was careless in protecting my family. I also worry about my sons JP and Lance growing up Catholic only to aimlessly wander through young adulthood. I even worry about all 66 parishes in our state that […]
Manaolana sidebar: June 19, 2015
Quote “Now, we must entrust the soul of Baby Francis to the abundant mercy of God so that this beloved child may find finally a home in his kingdom.” | Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence presiding June 10 over a Christian burial service for the unborn child he named “Francis,” fulfilling a commitment he […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: June 5, 2015
Quote “I think really that the church needs to do a reality check, a reality check right across the board, to look at the things it’s doing well, to look at the areas where we really have to start and say, ‘Look, have we drifted away completely from young people?’” | Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of […]
Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: The call of the birds: slowing down and tuning in
“The only essential equipment for seeing birds is a pair of eyes. Good ears are a help too.” The first edition of “Birds: A Guide to the Most Familiar American Birds” smells like an old missal and reads like a manual for living well — birding as a hobby, a lifestyle and a meditation. Its […]
Manaolana | Lisa Gomes: What is necessary for a Christian marriage?
YOUCAT*: A sacramental marriage has three necessary elements: (a) free consent, (b) the affirmation of a lifelong, exclusive union, and (c) openness to children. The most profound thing about a Christian marriage, however, is the couple’s knowledge: “We are a living image of the love between Christ and the Church.” [1644-1654, 1664] I was recently […]
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