Hawaii Catholic Herald People still hoping to make a pilgrimage to Italy during the Jubilee Year have an opportunity this November with a trip hosted by EPIC Ministry. The statewide ministry for young adults has teamed up with Catholic Travel Centre, a California-based tour and pilgrimage company, to offer “A Wine and Spirit Journey to […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Nonalcoholic wine is not valid matter
Question corner Q: I’m a parish priest and recently, when I went to order hosts and sacramental wine for my parish, I noticed the company I usually shop from was offering something called “nonalcoholic church wine.” I told the lady on the phone that I imagine this isn’t valid matter for consecration at a Mass, […]
Pastors bring back the shared cup to a cautious faithful
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva on Holy Thursday brought back reception of the precious blood by the sharing of the Communion cup to a cautious faithful for the first time since March 2020, the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hesitancy is likely because some parishioners are still wary of the […]
Some U.S. dioceses are lifting restrictions on Communion cup
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — As many restrictions put in place at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have been lifted, some Catholic dioceses around the country are returning, or already have returned, to offering consecrated wine in the chalice for Communion while others are waiting to do so. Some dioceses lifted […]