TWENTY SOMETHING Here we are, in the thick of summer, this deep and gentle place. The world is still broken, but we are given a season of delight. Sweet corn and watermelon, birdsong and bare feet and the nostalgic sensation of endless summer stretching out before us like a million tufts of cloud roaming the […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: The pope’s latest prayer intention
CATHOLIC SOCIAL TIPS Every month our Holy Father Pope Francis asks us to pray for a specific intention. For the month of July, the intention is the elderly. Every ohana, or family, should cherish its members who are the largest branches of the family tree, the kupuna, or elders. “Stand up in the presence of […]
Mary Adamski: Here’s to Catholic News Service
VIEW FROM THE PEW Every year the end of June sets off a rerun of grieving and grievance among a company of journalists and newspaper operational staffers who labored to keep island residents, and people interested in what happens here, fully informed about what’s happening in Hawaii. More than 500 of us were put out […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Being the good Samaritan
WITNESS TO JESUS | 15TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Silva for July 10, the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered at Sacred Hearts Church, Lanai City, on the occasion of the reception of Confirmation and First Communion. Someone is bullied at school, and we just […]
Talk story: Fervent message from a sweltering Rome
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The journey of faith is never a walk in the park, it is never easy for anyone, not for Peter nor for Paul, not for any Christian.” (Pope Francis on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, June 29, 2022) This summer’s severe drought and sweltering record temperatures across Italy and […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: How can one obtain relics? Why do priests leave the altar before the last song is done?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Please forgive my awful handwriting. I have multiple sclerosis and also Parkinson’s disease and can no longer do very well on a typewriter or computer. My question is: Why is it so hard to obtain first-class relics? (Also, do I need permission from my bishop to obtain them?) I am now 65 […]
Greg Erlandson: Appreciating good homilies
AMID THE FRAY Here’s an answer that should show up on Catholic Jeopardy: “Eight minutes.” The question is: “What does Pope Francis think the ideal length of a homily should be?” This pope, who has not been afraid to weigh in on controversial issues, recently addressed a topic that every practicing Catholic has probably thought […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Being the Good Samaritan
15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37 The Book of Deuteronomy, the source of the first reading for this weekend, is one of the first five books of the Bible, collectively called the Pentateuch, from the Greek word meaning “five.” These books have been venerated for many years as containing the […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: Happy new (school) year!
EMBRACING FAMILY It seems it was just the other day that we were eagerly anticipating the end of the school year and the coming of summer and all its adventures. Now we find ourselves on the cusp of a new school year, especially those with “year-round school” calendars. Where, oh where, did summer go? As […]
Bishop Larry Silva: A perfect community of love
WITNESS TO JESUS | TRINITY SUNDAY This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for Trinity Sunday, June 12, delivered at St. Joseph Church, Makawao, Maui Some years ago I led a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I was shopping for a gift at an icon shop, and I selected the […]
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