COMMENTARY Want some good news? The Archdiocese of Chicago announced on Dec. 17 that its nearly 400 parishes, schools, cemeteries and offices switched to 100% renewable energy for electricity needs beginning Jan. 1. This covers about 2,000 buildings and is the equivalent of removing 15,000 cars from the road annually. In his announcement, Cardinal […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Protestants and the ‘Real Presence’?
QUESTION CORNER Q: What is the church currently teaching about the Real Presence in other denominations? I thought that at one time we recognized both the Lutherans and the Anglicans as having the Real Presence. Does that still hold true? Others? A: For context, let us recall that the Catholic teaching on the “real […]
Talk story: A careful, hopeful, joyful approach to 2024
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “He, the Only-Begotten Son of the Father, gives us ‘power to become children of God’ (Jn 1:12). This is the joy that consoles hearts, renews hope and bestows peace. It is the joy of the Holy Spirit: the joy born of being God’s beloved sons and daughters.” (Pope Francis, Christmas […]
Mary Adamski: ‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness’
VIEW FROM THE PEW “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said that in 1962, he was speaking about having faith as you move ahead through your life. The wisdom of the revered American civil rights leader being honored this week feels […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Simon, Andrew, James and John
3RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Jonah 3:1-5, 10; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 The first reading for this weekend is from the Book of Jonah, an Old Testament writing seldom presented in the liturgy. While Jonah is the central figure in this book, he was not the author. The author is unknown. Scholars believe […]
Christina Capecchi: Put 2024 on paper
TWENTY SOMETHING He began at the beginning: “Left St. Paul Jan. 23rd 98 at 4:30 P.M.” In a leather-bound journal, his neat cursive scrolled in pencil across graph paper, Frank Storms charted his epic pursuit: to strike gold in Alaska. He arrived in 1898, in the middle of a stampede — some 100,000 prospectors […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Joy to the world, the Lord is come
WITNESS TO JESUS | CHRISTMAS Here is the prepared text of the homily of Bishop Larry Silva for Christmas, Dec. 24 and 25, delivered at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu; the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu; and at St. Elizabeth Church, Aiea, with Chuukese Community. A man I know who grew […]
Talk story: For our sake, he became just like us
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “While those who exercise power seek to take their place with the great ones of history, the King of history chooses the way of littleness. None of the powerful take notice of him: only a few shepherds, relegated to the margins of social life.” (Pope Francis, homily on Christmas Eve, Dec. […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus came for the salvation of all
FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 This weekend the church invites us to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord, one of the most revered feasts in the Christian calendar. Clear and distinct in the first reading from the third section of the Book of Isaiah is […]
Deacon Gary and Val Streff: Bring God’s love to the public square
MARCH FOR LIFE 2024 All are invited to the March for Life at the State Capitol, 3-6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 19. Join us in celebrating the gift of life as we bring God’s love through prayer and example to the public square, under this year’s theme, “Aloha Kekahi I Kekahi” — love one another. […]
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