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Reflection: Experiencing loss with the hope of the Resurrection

06/04/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald Over the past 50 days, we have experienced the joys of the Resurrection as we journey throughout the Easter season, for Christ our Savior has been sacrificed. Within these 50 days, we have also experienced a transition in our universal church with the passing of the late Holy […]

Filed Under: Columns, Commentary, Features Tagged With: Anthony Selvanathan, Easter, resurrection

Talk story: Easter greetings help build bridges of hope

04/23/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Office for Social Ministry “Let the Church and the world rejoice, for today our hopes no longer come up against the wall of death, for the Lord has built us a bridge to life.” (Pope Francis’ Easter message on the Vatican’s 2025 Easter card from the Dicastery for Integral Human Development) As we celebrate this […]

Filed Under: Columns, Commentary, Local News Tagged With: Catholic Relief Services, Dicastery for Human Integral Development, Easter, Office for Social Ministry, Talk Story, Vatican

Christians in Holy Land celebrate Easter despite hardships

04/23/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News BETHLEHEM, West Bank — The pews of the St. Catherine Church in Bethlehem were full and it was standing room only, as parishioners dressed in colorful Easter finery filled in for the Easter Sunday Mass. For some, it was a matter of choice and tradition to attend Mass at their […]

Filed Under: OSV News Tagged With: Bethlehem, Easter, Holy Land, St. Catherine Church

Share the hope of Jesus’ resurrection with those in need

04/09/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Catholic Stewardship Consultants www.CatholicSteward.com What hope Jesus’ resurrection offers to us! Indeed, had he not raised himself from the dead, our faith would be in vain, as St. Paul says. And yet, this hope is for every human being, even those who do not know him. Jesus calls us as Catholic Christians to rejoice […]

Filed Under: Features, Local News Tagged With: Catholic Stewardship Consultants, Easter, resurrection, stewardship

Stations of the Cross are not limited to Lenten season

03/12/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By D.D. Emmons OSV News The Way of the Cross is one of the most personal, meditative and graphic of any Catholic devotion. We spiritually join Jesus on the “via dolorosa” (sorrowful way) leading to the place of the skull, suffering with him as he struggles to carry the cross on that first Good Friday. […]

Filed Under: OSV News Tagged With: Easter, Lent, Stations of the Cross, Way of the Cross

Mary Adamski: Crises, hard times prompt reflection and a new outlook

05/22/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

View from the Pew Pentecost has always been one of my favorite church holy days. I love the imagery of the Holy Spirit appearing as tongues of fire over the apostles, freeing them from fear and sending them forward afire with zeal to share what Jesus taught them. It’s a resounding “amen” finale to 50 […]

Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Easter, Eid al-Fitr, Gaza, Israel, Mary Adamski, Pentecost, view from the pew

Bishop Larry Silva: Let us sing ‘Alleluia!’

04/10/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

WITNESS TO JESUS | EASTER Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered for the Easter Vigil at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu on March 30, and on Easter Sunday at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu on March 31. The Saturday after Jesus died was, as the […]

Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Bishop Larry Silva, Easter, homily

Easter message: Pope Francis prays for peace amid ‘absurdity’ of war

04/10/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Just as Jesus removed the stone that sealed his tomb on the morning of the Resurrection, on Easter Christ alone “has the power to roll away the stones that block the path to life” and which trap humanity in war and injustice, Pope Francis said. Through […]

Filed Under: Catholic News Service Tagged With: Easter, Gaza, Israel, Pope Francis, Ukraine

Bishop Larry Silva: This Easter light of mine

04/12/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

WITNESS TO JESUS | EASTER This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday, April 8 and 9, delivered at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu The liturgical directives are very clear: The Easter Vigil is to be celebrated at night, after darkness has […]

Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Bishop Larry Silva, columns, Easter, homily

Faith journeys

03/29/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

This Easter, among the more than 220 in Hawaii who will be welcomed into the Catholic faith, receiving the sacraments of initiation — Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist — will be a soldier and a second-grader By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A void not being filled When Army Specialist Sasha Robello arrived in Hawaii on […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: catechumens, Easter, Local News

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