OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Brothers and sisters, may we be won over by the peace of Christ! Peace is possible; peace is a duty; peace is everyone’s primary responsibility!” (Pope Francis “Urbi et Orbi,” Easter 2022) Addressing thousands of worshipers at the Vatican this Easter, our Holy Father Pope Francis shared a challenging yet hopeful […]
Talk story: The Way of the Cross
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Holy God, be with us now as we meditate on your Son’s journey to Calvary. Remind us that still, in this present day, many of your children continue that walk to Calvary, carrying heavy, difficult crosses. May we, struggling with our own crosses, always remember your promises of justice, mercy and […]
Talk story: Consecration to the Immaculate Heart
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Mother of God and our Mother, to your Immaculate Heart we solemnly entrust and consecrate ourselves, the Church and all humanity, especially Russia and Ukraine. Accept this act that we carry out with confidence and love. Grant that war may end and peace spread throughout the world. The ‘Fiat’ that arose […]
Talk story: Rivers of blood and tears
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Rivers of blood and of tears are flowing in Ukraine … War is madness! Stop, please! Look at this cruelty!” (Pope Francis, Angelus, March 6) As casualties continue to rise in the Russia-Ukraine war, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church “is ready to do everything to put itself at the service […]
Talk story: Connect to one human family
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Lord Jesus, You call us to a conversion of heart during Lent, and you give us the tools to do this through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. When we pray, help us remember the needs of our sisters and brothers. When we fast, help us offer our sacrifice in union with you. […]
Talk story: From our social ministry peripheries
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “We must personally reach out to the peripheries, to those who have left the Church, those who rarely or never practice their faith, those who experience poverty or marginalization, the excluded, the voiceless, etc.” (Vatican Synod Handbook for Listening and Discernment in Local Churches) Catholics around the world, including Hawaii, are […]
Talk story: Talk story, listen and learn
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “A synodal church is a church which listens, which realizes that listening is more than simply hearing. It is a mutual listening in which everyone has something to learn.” (Pope Francis, Oct. 17, 2015) People throughout the Diocese of Honolulu are gathering to talk story as part of the current synod […]
Talk story: The synod process: encounter, listen, discern
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Whenever we enter into dialogue, we allow ourselves to be challenged, to advance on a journey. And in the end, we are no longer the same; we are changed.” (Pope Francis, Synod invitation, October 2021 While many are contemplating ways of moving ahead into a better year, Pope Francis and Bishop […]
Talk story: The eternal Word came as a speechless child
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “That is where God is, in littleness … God does not rise up in grandeur, but lowers himself into littleness. Littleness is the path that he chose to draw near to us, to touch our hearts, to save us and to bring us back to what really matters.” Pope Francis, homily, […]
Talk story: God comes to us, small and vulnerable
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Let us not live a fake, commercial Christmas! Let us allow ourselves to be enveloped by God’s closeness, by the Christmas atmosphere that art, music, songs and traditions bring to our heart.” (Pope Francis, at the lighting of the 2021 Vatican Nativity scene and tree) It’s easy to get lost in […]
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