“How old are you JP?” We hold up our index finger. He looks back at his hands and wiggles his little fingers. The other morning, I was driving and I started rubbing my right ear. I turned around to check on JP and he was looking at me and rubbing his right ear too! Steph, […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: May 22, 2015
Quote “It’s a tool for collaboration in the parish and it’s a tool for the new evangelization.” | Brandon Kuboushek, a member of the parish evangelization committee at Holy Spirit Parish in Dubuque, Iowa, which in unveiling its app earlier this year joined the effort by more parishes nationwide to reach out to the faithful […]
Manaolana | Makana AIona: Love of a father
I couldn’t believe what Abraham did on that mountain with his son! Abraham had decided in his mind that he was going to go through with the sacrifice of his son. He had completely let go. I connected with Abraham’s story of faith when I was discerning my call to priesthood. But it was the […]
Manaolana | Lsa Gomes: Why is it called the ‘Good News’?
YOUCAT*: Without the Gospels we would not know that God sends his Son to us men out of his infinite love, so that despite our sins we might find our way back to eternal fellowship with God. [422-429] Nowadays we receive good news in a variety of ways — a text message, through Facebook or […]
Manaolana | Karen Osborne: Providing hope where none seems to exist
I’ve been thinking a lot about hope, lately. I live in Baltimore and for the past few weeks, we’ve been in the news for peaceful and violent reasons. We’ve seen the entire spectrum of protest, from burning police cars to calm speeches in front of City Hall following the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore […]
Manaolana | Krakow calling: Experience the church universal at World Youth Day 2016
World Youth Day is a little more than a year away. Will you be there?! Local Catholics — youth, young adults and chaperones — are invited to travel with Bishop Larry Silva and the diocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry to Krakow, Poland, July 22-Aug. 2, 2016. That’s where millions of faithful are […]
Manaolana | Sidebar
Quote “This is the great challenge to which God is calling humanity in the 21st century: To finally stop abusing the garden God has entrusted to us so that all may eat its fruits.” | Pope Francis, in a live video address May 1 to the opening ceremony of Expo 2015 in Milan. Among other […]
Manaolana | Lisa’s Catechism Corner: What does the Holy Spirit do?
YOUCAT*: The Holy Spirit makes me receptive to God; he teaches me to pray and helps me to be there for others. [738-741] St. Augustine calls the Holy Spirit “the quiet guest of our soul.” Pope Benedict XVI explained that the Holy Spirit is “God eternally giving himself.” Keeping this in mind … … The […]
Manaolana | Makana’s Helpful Hints: Love for a friend
Happy Easter! Today’s Gospel reading from St. John picks up in the middle of the “Last Supper Discourses,” where Jesus gives a clear, simple definition of the greatest love as sacrifice. “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friend” (John 15:13). In the following two verses, Jesus lets […]
Manaolana | The greatest show on earth pauses for a greater show from heaven
FAIRFAX, Va. — Brazilian trapeze artist Estefani Evans flies through the air above the center ring, mesmerizing the gasping spectators below. The 25-year-old performer for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus soared to different heights in that same center ring at the Patriot Center in Fairfax when she received the Catholic sacrament of confirmation […]
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