In declaring 2015 to be the Year of Consecrated Life, Pope Francis invites us to deepen our relationship with God. We are all consecrated by baptism. God loves us very much and desires nothing more than for us to love him in return. We can do that by spending more time in prayer. Even 15 […]
Hundreds fill Waipahu church for local son’s ordination
Above, Edwin Damien Conselva prostrates himself at the altar during the Litany of Supplication. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) At 7 a.m. on Jan. 3, a rainbow arced across the blue sky above St. Joseph Church in Waipahu. The storm the night before had given way to a morning of light and rejoicing, […]
Tongan cardinal-designate called a ‘simple, humble’ man
Above, Father Mafi on the far right of a photo of Father Johnathan Hurrell’s extended family visiting from New Zealand and Tonga for this ordination in St. Patrick Church in Kaimuki in 2005. Right, Bishop Soane Mafi during a pastoral visit to Hawaii’s Tongan Catholic Communities in 2011. (HCH file photos) When Tonga’s future cardinal […]
Mary Adamski: ‘Christ’s love has gathered us into one’
Participants in last year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity pray around the Taize cross at the Newman Center. (HCH file photo) “Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.” Don’t worry, even old-time religion Catholics needn’t fret about being tested on the translation from the Latin. Here it is: “Where charity and love are, […]
Manila’s Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle prepares for the arrival of Pope Francis in the presence of the poor
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines, blesses the lot of a housing project in Pasay City during a Jan. 11 ground-breaking ceremony. The building will house 67 of the families living along a creek and roughly 300 families already living in their own tiny apartments. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn) MANILA, Philippines — “Today I […]
Recap 2014 : A month-by-month review of the Catholic news in Hawaii in 2014 as reported in the Hawaii Catholic Herald
Sisters Davilyn Ah Chick, William Marie Eleniki and Francis Regis Hadano, members of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, carry the remains of St. Marianne Cope into the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. St. Marianne’s remains, encased in a zinc box and wrapped with tapa cloth, were permanently enshrined at […]
In the second year of his pontificate, Francis continues to take ‘the world by storm’
Pope Francis greets the crowd at the start of his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 15. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) WASHINGTON — During the second year of his pontificate, Pope Francis was still feeling the love, and not just from Catholics or those from his homeland of Argentina. A Pew […]
On Christmas, pope urges people to hear the cry of suffering children
Pope Francis kisses a child during a meeting with an Italian association for large families to mark the the feast of the Holy Family in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 28. (CNS photo | Giampiero Sposito,Reuters) VATICAN CITY — The crying of Baby Jesus is not the only cry people should hear […]
2014 Vatican news highlights: from family issues to Middle East strife
Israeli President Shimon Peres, Pope Francis and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attend an invocation for peace in the Vatican Gardens June 8. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY — Controversy over family issues and the ongoing search for peace in the Middle East dominated Vatican news in 2014. Here are the highlights at a glance: […]
Year in review: 2014 brought a chance at change for millions of immigrants
A boy waves the American flag Nov. 20 at CASA de Maryland’s Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., after hearing President Barack Obama’s national address on immigration. The year 2014 brought potentially significant changes for millions of people who are in the United States illegally and either arrived here as minors or who have U.S. citizen […]
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