“Praised be you, my Lord, through our Sister Mother Earth, who sustains us and who produces various fruit.” (St. Francis of Assisi: “Canticle of Creatures”) This summer on the Big Island, Chuukese women from St. Joseph Parish in Hilo and Sacred Heart Parish in Pahoa drove up the Hamakua Coast in two vans singing and […]
Office for Social Ministry events provide help for veterans in need
The Office for Social Ministry has a couple of events coming up for veterans trying to pick up their lives and move into successful futures. The first, for vets with new residences they are looking to furnish, is a Housewarming Party, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 31, at the Kamiano Center on the Fort Street Mall, […]
Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: We are family
“We all have the duty to do good.” (Pope Francis) Two weeks ago, these words, with the waving, smiling image of Pope Francis, were on banners flying from street lamps all over Philadelphia. This message and others like it were repeated all over New York City and Washington, D.C. We all have memories of Pope […]
Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: Images of reaching out
‘We must reach out as Jesus did.’ (Pope Francis) In his first media interviews as pope, our Holy Father spoke of “reaching out as Jesus did.” He repeated this message in his apostolic exhortation “Evangelii Gaudium” (“Joy of the Gospel”) and his encyclical “Laudato Si’.” We’ve seen him walk the talk — “reaching out” everywhere […]
Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: Bread, broken, nourishing others
“I am the bread of life … whoever eats this bread will live forever.” (John 6:35) When we were on Lanai recently for eucharistic ministry, the weekend Gospel contained the passage about Jesus being “the Bread of Life.” We are blessed to believe in a God who left us his presence in food — the […]
Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: Doing something about it
“God is able to multiply our tiny gestures of solidarity, let us participate in his gift … Jesus offers the fullness of life for those who hunger.”(Pope Francis, July 26, 2015) Many enjoy Ala Moana Beach Park for the ocean, the surf and family barbecues. Yet a few hundred yards away at Kewalo Basin, people […]
Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: Saying no to an economy of exclusion
“Let us say ‘no’ to an economy of exclusion and inequality, where money rules, rather than service. That economy kills. That economy excludes. That economy destroys Mother Earth.” (Pope Francis, Bolivia 2015) Pope Francis delivered this strong message on his recent journey to Latin America. Soon he will be in the United States where he […]
Office for Social Ministry | Talk story: Everything is connected
“O Lord, seize us with your power and light, help us to protect all life, to prepare for a better future.” (From a Christian prayer in union with creation, by Pope Francis in his encyclical “Laudato Is’” Pope Francis closes his recent encyclical on the environment with this prayer, an inspiring plea for God’s grace […]
Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: Caring for creation and each other
“The entire material universe speaks of God’s love, his boundless affection for us.” Pope Francis’ newly-released encyclical “Praised Be” is a message on how we should all relate to our earth and to each other. Reading and understanding this important document on ecology is essential for living our faith today. Helping us comprehend it more […]
Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: God be praised through Sister Earth
“Be praised, my Lord, through our sister Mother Earth, who feeds us and rules us, and produces various fruits with colored flowers and herbs.” These telling words of St. Francis of Assisi are from his famous “Canticle of the Creatures.” Composed in 1224, eight centuries before talk of climate change and saving the environment, this […]
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