BERKELEY, Calif. — It’s just before noon on a sunny Saturday on Berkeley’s Fourth Street, a busy boulevard of upscale cafes, shops and businesses. The gleaming Apple store is doing a bang-up business in the next newest thing; a steady stream of customers await tables at Bette’s Oceanview Diner, where weekend breakfast is a daylong […]
Manaolana: Hawaii rep at national ministry summit returns with insights, ideas
The National Young Adult Ministry Summit meets in Washington, D.C., last month. (Photo Courtesy of Makana Aiona) Creating collaborations between Catholic young adults and their communities was a hot topic at the National Young Adult Ministry Summit in Washington, D.C., May 5-7. The first-ever such meeting, organized in part by the National Catholic Young […]
Manaolana | Lisa Gomes: ‘You shall not have strange gods before me’
YOUCAT*: This commandment forbids us: to adore other gods and pagan deities or to worship an earthly idol or to devote oneself entirely to some earthly good (money, influence, success, beauty, youth and so on) to be superstitious, which means to adhere to esoteric, magic or occult or New Age practices or to get involved […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: The paradox of worry and weakness
I didn’t close up the windows! I worry that one day someone is going to rob us because I was careless in protecting my family. I also worry about my sons JP and Lance growing up Catholic only to aimlessly wander through young adulthood. I even worry about all 66 parishes in our state that […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: June 5, 2015
Quote “I think really that the church needs to do a reality check, a reality check right across the board, to look at the things it’s doing well, to look at the areas where we really have to start and say, ‘Look, have we drifted away completely from young people?’” | Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of […]
Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: The call of the birds: slowing down and tuning in
“The only essential equipment for seeing birds is a pair of eyes. Good ears are a help too.” The first edition of “Birds: A Guide to the Most Familiar American Birds” smells like an old missal and reads like a manual for living well — birding as a hobby, a lifestyle and a meditation. Its […]
Manaolana | Lisa Gomes: What is necessary for a Christian marriage?
YOUCAT*: A sacramental marriage has three necessary elements: (a) free consent, (b) the affirmation of a lifelong, exclusive union, and (c) openness to children. The most profound thing about a Christian marriage, however, is the couple’s knowledge: “We are a living image of the love between Christ and the Church.” [1644-1654, 1664] I was recently […]
Manaolana | Makana AIona: I see you
“How old are you JP?” We hold up our index finger. He looks back at his hands and wiggles his little fingers. The other morning, I was driving and I started rubbing my right ear. I turned around to check on JP and he was looking at me and rubbing his right ear too! Steph, […]
Manaolana | Pope Francis: Advice to lovers
Take your time, grow in knowledge of one another, be open to God’s surprises VATICAN CITY — Couples who are seeking to marry, even those who have lived together, should value their engagement period as a time to grow in mature love and in profound knowledge of each other, said Pope Francis. The pope urged […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: May 22, 2015
Quote “It’s a tool for collaboration in the parish and it’s a tool for the new evangelization.” | Brandon Kuboushek, a member of the parish evangelization committee at Holy Spirit Parish in Dubuque, Iowa, which in unveiling its app earlier this year joined the effort by more parishes nationwide to reach out to the faithful […]
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