Quote “When your priorities are right, it isn’t hard to make a decision. Live your life by faith.” | Former NFL player and coach Herm Edwards, in his keynote address at the Diocese of Sioux City’s Bishop’s Dinner for Catholic Schools Oct. 12. Edwards, now an ESPN football analyst, said that with daughters attending Catholic […]
Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: Art among us, art within us
Looking back, the son that was born to Leopald and Anna Maria Mozart on a Tuesday evening in late January seemed to arrive with fully formed symphonies bound up in his tiny body, waiting for ink and instrument. At age 3, the toddler nicknamed Wolfgangerl was identifying thirds on the clavier and by 5, he […]
Manaolana | Lisa’s catechism corner: Why do we hand on the faith?
YOUCAT*: We hand on the faith because Jesus commands us: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:18) [91] A few years ago, Pope Benedict XVI invited the church to spend a year in reflection on our Catholic faith. “Faith is both a personal and a communal act: it is a gift from […]
Manaolana |Makana’s helpful hints: It’s simple … not easy
I like to hear about people’s aspirations. It gives me a good gauge on where their hearts are. I’ve had many aspirations myself, but now only one. When my parish young adult ministry was “re-branding” itself, the name RISE and a three-word mission statement were chosen. This mission statement is a summary of the church’s […]
Manaolana | Karen Osborne: Peeling off the labels and expanding self-placed limits
In school, I used to hate running even more than I hated spiders or math. I couldn’t run fast in elementary school, so I was always one of the last kids to cross the finish line during gym class, a feat for which I earned incessant teasing instead of a gold medal or nifty ribbon. […]
Manaolana | Lisa’s catechism corner: Why are the Beatitudes so important?
YOUCAT*: Those who yearn for the kingdom of God look to Jesus’ list of priorities: the Beatitudes. [1716-1717, 1725-1726] As preparations begin for the next international World Youth Day celebration in Krakow, Poland, in 2016, Pope Francis has asked young people to reflect upon the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12). When Jesus gave us the Sermon on […]
Manaolana | Makana’s helpful hints: Can I be perfectly honest with you?
“By its very nature, lying is to be condemned. It is a profanation of speech, whereas the purpose of speech is to communicate known truth to others.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2485) The point of speech is to pass truth on to others. The purpose of every word we say or action we take […]
Left Behind: First movie in trilogy, weaves fiction with rapture theology
Nicolas Cage stars in a scene from the movie “Left Behind.” (CNS photo/Teddy Smith, courtesy Stoney Lake Entertainment) NEW YORK — The fundamentalist conception of the rapture, as described in the best-selling “Left Behind” novels, may be arriving — for the first time — at a movie theater near you. Three earlier films, all […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: Oct. 24, 2014
Quote “If only we all would be infected with this holy hurry to go out and walk the paths of our age with the Gospel in our hands and the Spirit in our hearts.” | Pope Francis expressed in an Oct. 15 letter to the bishop of Avila, Spain, his wish for the church to […]
Manaolana | Baseball player leaves the field to pursue the priesthood
OAKLAND, Calif. — Bishop Michael C. Barber was able to do what general manager Billy Beane could not: Call Grant Desme to Oakland. Four years ago, the Oakland Athletics and the baseball community were stunned when Desme responded to an invitation to spring training by retiring from baseball at age 23 to pursue a vocation […]