By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald May often arrives with blooming flowers, a feminine and subtle reminder of Mother’s Day — one day out of 31 when we celebrate some of the most important women in our lives. The Catholic Church takes it a step further by celebrating Mary, the mother of God, all month […]
Marriage ministry honors Maui couple wed 71 years
Hawaii Catholic Herald On May 10, 1952, Betty and Arthur Ventura made a commitment to God and to each other as they became a married couple at Holy Rosary Church in Paia, Maui. Seventy-one years, two children and three grandchildren later, the Venturas’ love has been recognized by Worldwide Marriage Encounter through its annual project […]
Photo: Praying for Christian unity
Bishop Larry Silva, right, prays at an icon of the crucified Christ at the Taize prayer service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Jan. 24 at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. (Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina)
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No war is worth the loss of even one life
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — While nations have a right to defend themselves and a responsibility to protect their citizens, “no war is worth the loss of the life of even one human person, a sacred being created in the image and likeness of the Creator,” said a papal message to […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Observing All Hallows Eve
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS In our Catholic tradition we don’t celebrate Halloween, we celebrate All Hallows Eve! Our “Catechism of the Catholic Church” teaches us that we should pray for the dead. “This teaching is also based on the practice of prayer for the dead, already mentioned in Sacred Scripture: Therefore [Judas Maccabeus] made atonement for […]
Photo: Priesthood candidates
Seminarians Edgar Pobre, front left, in his first year of theology at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University, and Larry Denis III, in his third year, on Sept. 22 received their Candidacy to the Holy Orders, another step in their vocation journey. The rite was presided over by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone. Joining the picture […]
Hawaii Catholic Herald School News: April 28, 2023
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Bishop Larry Silva: Homily for the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God
This is the homily that Bishop Larry Silva delivered on Jan. 1, 2023 for the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu The shepherds probably did not stay very long. After all, it was very late at night, and the couple they visited […]
Christina Capecchi: First notes: music, prayer converge
TWENTY SOMETHING From the beginning, there was music. It signaled the parade of life — comings and goings, mornings and evenings. The chirping of birds. The clatter of dishes. The croaking of frogs. Guido Monaco, an 11th-century Italian, loved it all — especially the chanting of monks. It confirmed what he had always sensed: Sometimes, […]
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