Red Mass speaker Cardinal Peter Turkson offers a spiritual view of ecology, work, politics By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Cardinal Peter Turkson, head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, offered Hawaii’s civil servants a consecrated view of work, politics and environmental stewardship in his talk at Hawaii’s Red Mass, Jan. […]
Red Mass homily excerpts: ‘Co-creators with God’
Here are excerpts from the Red Mass homily of Cardinal Peter Turkson delivered Jan. 15, in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu. Co-creators with God “Our job when God put us in charge of this earth was to till and to keep it. To exercise control. God wanted us, created […]
Top Vatican official, papal advisor, the main speaker at the Red Mass
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A top Vatican official and advisor to Pope Francis will be the main speaker at the Red Mass Jan. 15 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu. The annual liturgy corresponds with the opening of the State Legislature which convenes on Jan. 16. Cardinal […]
Red Mass speaker urges officials to open their hearts to the newcomer
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald In a talk full of autobiographical detail, the head of Catholic Charities Hawaii spoke to Hawaii’s public leaders about the courage and humanity of immigrants and refugees at the annual diocesan Red Mass, Jan. 16 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. “I speak from experience,” Terry Walsh said, “that […]
Migrants and refugees will be the focus of the 2018 Red Mass talk
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Migrants and refugees, a topic close to the heart of Pope Francis, will also be the subject of the Red Mass talk by Catholic Charities Hawaii head Terry Walsh, Jan. 16 in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu. Walsh will speak about the Caritas campaign “Share the Journey,” […]
Red Mass moving temporarily to co-cathedral
Next year’s Red Mass, the diocese’s annual public prayer for guidance from the Holy Spirit for Hawaii’s public servants, is changing churches. Normally celebrated at the downtown Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, it will move to the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa at 712 North School Street. The liturgy is at 9 a.m., Jan. […]
Red Mass: Positive law is ‘reflective of the divine mind’
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The topic was law, appropriate for an audience of law makers, law enforcers and law interpreters. The homilist was Bishop Robert Barron, a high profile Catholic video evangelist and author. The setting was the diocese’s Red Mass, Jan. 17 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, the […]
Word on Fire founder Bishop Robert Barron is keynote speaker for annual Red Mass
Bishop Robert Barron, the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, will be the speaker at the diocesan Red Mass, 9 a.m., Jan. 17 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu. His topic is “The Noble Project: Law, Politics, and […]
Red Mass speaker says the world needs more ‘understanding hearts’
“The world needs many more men and women with understanding hearts,” said this year’s Red Mass speaker, quoting Pope Francis to a congregation of politicians and other civic leaders Jan. 19 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu.
2016 Red Mass | Archbishop Bernardito Auza: homily text
We ask for the Holy Spirit to illumine our minds with the light of truth and ignite our hearts with the warmth of love, so that we can lead with an understanding heart.
