OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MNISTRY “Today the cry of so many of our oppressed brothers and sisters rises to heaven and moves the heart of God. Lent is a time to ask ourselves: Do we hear that cry? Does it trouble us? Does it move us?” (Pope Francis, Message for Lent 2024) Pope Francis’ 2024 […]
Talk story: God’s whispering voice of hope and aloha
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “We are here to worship the God who never abandons us, but who embraces us with his whispers of comfort, love and care. And despite the difficulties you have had … know that God’s hand is moving in thousands of people throughout Hawaii, the United States, and the world in […]
Talk story: It is a burden of love
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Jesus can enter the lives of those who live with so little peace, who have to sleep by day to guard against the human predators who prowl at night … Jesus chooses each one of us to witness his presence to someone in our lives.” (Bishop Larry Silva, homily, Feast […]
Talk story: From calluses to chalices
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “You are the salt of the earth … You are the light of the world.” (Matthew 15, “Sermon on the Mount”) In this year of the Eucharistic Revival, the Sunday Feast of Corpus Christi was followed by a week of daily Gospel readings from the Sermon on the Mount, which included […]
Talk story: Gathering in, leading out
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (Jn 10:10, Feast of the Good Shepherd) From Easter to Pentecost, the joyful words “Jesus is Risen, Alleluia” resound around the world wherever Catholics are gathered. The Paschal season provides Christians the opportunity to experience the hopeful joy that comes […]
Talk story: Embarking on the Lenten journey
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Lent is a time of grace to the extent that we listen to God as he speaks to us. And how does he speak to us? First, in the word of God, which the church offers us in the liturgy. In addition to the Scriptures, the Lord speaks to us through […]
Talk story: Charity and the pursuit of justice
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Love — caritas — is an extraordinary force which leads people to opt for courageous and generous engagement in the field of justice and peace … Justice is inseparable from charity.” (Pope Benedict XVI, “Caritas in Veritate” Pope Francis began New Year’s Day 2023 with a prayer, deeply heartfelt worldwide, for […]
Talk story: God is always near
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The Virgin Mary of Guadalupe wants to meet us too as she one day met Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac. She wants to stay with us. She begs us to allow her to be our mother, to open our lives to her Son, Jesus and to welcome his message […]
Talk story: On the synodal path, together
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Let us pray that the Church, ever faithful to the Gospel and courageous in preaching it, may live in an increasing atmosphere of synodality, and be a community of solidarity, fraternity, and welcome.” (Pope Francis, The Pope’s Video 10, Worldwide Prayer Network, October 2022) Pope Francis releases a prayer intention at […]
Talk story: Old age is a season of enduring fruitfulness
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Old age is no time to give up and lower the sails, but a season of enduring fruitfulness: a new mission awaits us and bids us to look to the future.” (Pope Francis, second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, July 24) Honoring our grandparents and aging kupuna is a […]
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