OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God.” (1 Jn 3:1) Advent is a season calling us to make straight the paths in our world so we can receive the coming of Emmanuel, God with us, in the form of a […]
Talk story: Providing for holiday harvest
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “I am working for God and do so cheerfully.” (St. Marianne Cope of Molokai) These inspiring words were printed on a beautiful magnet given out at a Mass celebrated Nov. 8 by Bishop Larry Silva at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace commemorating the saint’s arrival in Hawaii 135 […]
Talk story: Hearing the cry of the poor
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The poor man cried out and the Lord heard him.” (PS 34:6) This Scripture passage is the theme for World Day of the Poor, Sunday, Nov. 18. It is also the first line in Bishop Larry Silva’s letter, published in the Nov. 2 Hawaii Catholic Herald, urging support for the […]
Talk story: ‘When you did it for the least’
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY By Father Robert Stark Hawaii Catholic Herald “For I was a stranger and you took me in … when you did it for the least, you did it to me. (Matthew 25:35) When the young Jesus Christ spoke these words 2000 years ago, he gave us a simple template of what […]
Talk story | Synod of Bishops: For each, a story, a dream, a desire
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY By Father Robert Stark Hawaii Catholic Herald “Jesus does not leave us alone in our adventure, especially in moments that put us to the test.” (Pope Francis at the “Young People for Uniqueness, Solidarity and Creativity” gathering during the Synod of Bishops on Youth, Rome, Oct. 6) ROME — During […]
Talk story: A church on the move
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “This is what it means to be a church on the move: unafraid to go out and get involved, even when it might seem that we pour ourselves out, lose ourselves, in going forth to the weak, the neglected, those dwelling at the margins of life.” (Pope Francis in Lithuania, Sept. […]
Talk story: Healthily engaging young and old
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “On this Day of Prayer, I wish first to thank the Lord for the gift of our common home and for all those men and women of good will committed to protecting it … for the efforts being made to develop more sustainable agriculture and more responsible nutrition. … Finally let […]
Talk story: The gift of family
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The family is the foundation of civil society and of the church, and without strong families, both suffer. (Bishop Larry Silva, at the 2016 World Meetings of Families which Pope Frances attended in 2016) Last month, as residents scrambled frantically to prepare for the arrival of a category-5 storm, it was […]
Talk story: Encountering God in persons with disabilities
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “How many disabled and suffering persons open their hearts to life again as soon as they realize they are loved! How much love can well up in a heart simply with a smile.… Each of us, sooner or later, is called to face — at times painfully — frailty and illness, […]
Talk story: Sorrow and mourning flee away
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY The burning sands will become pools, and the thirsty ground, springs of water. And the ransomed of the Lord shall enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy. They meet with joy and gladness … sorrow and mourning flee away. (Isaiah 35: 7, 10) “Families Belong Together and Free.” We recently saw […]
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