Founder of L’Arche changed the lives of the intellectually disabled By Michael Swan Catholic News Service TORONTO — Jean Vanier, 90, founder of L’Arche communities and co-founder of Faith and Light, died May 7. Vanier had been suffering from cancer and was assisted at a L’Arche facility in Paris. Vanier was the author of some […]
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Kansan returns to Australia saint’s tomb in thanks for Parkinson’s cure
By Catherine Sheehan Catholic News Service SYDNEY — Exactly 10 years to the day — July 18, 2018 — Ricky Peterson of Kansas City, Kansas, knelt once more at the tomb of St. Mary MacKillop in suburban North Sydney, Australia, this time with a prayer of thanksgiving for the seemingly miraculous event that had […]
Terminally ill mother: Euthanasia push robs ‘friends, family of joy’
By Marilyn Rodrigues Catholic News Service SYDNEY — In March, as Anna Corry lay dying, she sent out a request to speak publicly about her opposition to euthanasia. The 50-year-old former nursing educator had endured an aggressive type of breast cancer since her diagnosis in January 2016. This January, she and her husband, Martin, a […]
Mary Adamski: ‘Protect us from all anxiety’
VIEW FROM THE PEW You must have heard the advice “keep calm and carry on” memorializing the British stiff-upper-lip fortitude during World War II when Nazi bombing attacks ravaged London and other cities on their island. Funny and foolish parodies of that sentiment can still be seen in T-shirts on folks who only know about […]
Mary Adamski: Searching for the words
VIEW FROM THE PEW If you’re like me, your mind has been spinning with adjectives as we watch the horrendous Marco Polo conflagration and its aftermath. How grievous for families of the dead who will always anguish over their awful last minutes. Most of us cringe to contemplate being in the bleak position of the […]
Rooted in hope
A Big Island breadfruit planting project is spotlighted in the Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl campaign By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald India. Zambia. El Salvador. Mexico. Ethiopia. Hawaii? In this year’s Lenten Rice Bowl campaign, Catholic Relief Services is shining the spotlight on a grassroots outreach project on the Big Island among […]
Effie Caldarola: Are outward signs of faith offensive?
FOR THE JOURNEY I am settling into my cramped seat in a small aircraft when I smell it: the nauseating odor of fried food in close quarters. I turn, ready to glare, when I see that the culprit, a middle-aged man, is bowed in prayer over his meal, hands folded, eyes closed. All is forgiven. […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Failing Lent
IN LITTLE WAYS How’s your Lent going? Mine’s been … unexpected. My plan was to refrain from sweets and donate money to a food-focused charity. I would read up on hunger issues and attend at least one extra worship service a week. I give myself a B- on sweets. I haven’t had dessert or forbidden […]
Cardinal Soane Patita Paini Mafi
When Pope Francis named Bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafi a cardinal a year ago, the Tongan church leader didn’t see it coming. “There was no warning at all,” he said.
Mary Adamski: When a loss for words is preferable
Being at a loss for words is not a trait prevalent in my family. We are storytellers and we love to give advice. People in power positions don’t know how lucky — or is it unfortunate? — they are that they’re not on our speed dial for input on remedies for the state of the […]