KAPAUPAPA DIARY: BARGE DAY It appeared on the horizon Aug. 22 at about 7:30 a.m. At 8 a.m. approximately it arrived in the inner harbor, and by 9 a.m. had settled in next to the pier at Damien’s Landing. Looking at it from my front porch brought to mind these lines from a Girl Scout […]
Mary Duddy: Thank God for small miracles
THE MARRIED LIFE Our grandson Elijah’s last request before he started third grade this year was to go fishing. Not like in Aunt Dorothy’s backyard canal where you catch small kine and throw them back. He wanted to catch a fish you could take home and eat. His Papa (father) assured him that if he […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus is our compass
23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Ezekiel 33:7-9; Romans 13:8-10; Matthew 18:15-20 For the first reading this weekend, the church gives us a passage from the ancient Book of Ezekiel. Ezekiel’s name in Hebrew in effect was a prayer, “May God make (him) strong.” It was fitting since, as the prophet himself said, and indeed said […]
Talk story: Coming out of the pandemic better than before
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Faith, hope and love necessarily push us toward this preference for those most in need, which goes beyond necessary assistance. Indeed it implies walking together … to build the better future we all need.” (Pope Francis, papal audience, Rome, Aug. 19, 2020) As Hawaii faces yet another “work at home, stay […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: What is the status of the women deacon commission? Standing or kneeling at communion?
QUESTION CORNER Q: A few years back. Pope Francis set up a commission to study the feasibility of permitting women to become permanent deacons. Has that commission made a recommendation to the pope, and where does the matter lie now? (Personally, I think that women deacons are long overdue, and this pope could make history […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Give them some food yourselves
WITNESS TO JESUS | 18TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva, Aug. 2, on the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time at the Carmelite Convent, Kaneohe; and at St. Philomena Church, Honolulu, on the occasion of the initiation of the Elect and Confirmation of youth […]
Sarah and David Herrmanns: Mahalo, Coronavirus!
EMBRACING FAMILY Mahalo, Coronavirus, for providing me the opportunity to change, to grow. Thanks to you, I realize God is in control, not me! Canceled summer vacations remind me how blessed I am that we can afford to travel. No large gatherings and closures help me to spend more quality time with those who are […]
Brother John Sawchenko, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts: The journey of a seminarian
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Since becoming a professed brother, I have lived in Massachusetts, Hawaii and Fiji, and I have visited other countries and cities as well. The next phase of my life is to return to the seminary to study a few more years and […]
Father Patrick Killilea, SSCC: COVID coping in Kalaupapa
KALAUPAPA DIARY Legend says that “trees are the record keepers of the earth. They are busy gathering information and holding volumes of wisdom and knowledge. Branches layer themselves with information and their leaves capture your words and actions as you walk by them.” It is also written that “the banyan tree represents a time of […]
Christina Capecchi: Catholicism’s map
TWENTY SOMETHING Fifteen years after Richard Louv’s bestseller “The Last Child in the Woods” was published, it is more relevant than ever. I’m fascinated by his insights on the “nature-deficit disorder” ailing kids. I was struck by a passage about his 1950s Midwestern childhood: “I knew my woods and my fields; I knew every bend […]
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