'We Do Not Serve Ideas, We Serve People'
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HAWAII OBITUARY HAWAII WORLD Third-class relics of St. Deacon Hiram Haupu 2015 directory offers a Pope makes annulment Marianne being distributed served Maui quietly, snapshot of the Catholic process quicker, cheaper, on prayer cards humbly for 14 years Church in Hawaii more pastoral Page 3 Page 5 Page 5 Page 9 HawaiiVOLUME 78, NUMBER 20 CatholicFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 Herald$1 CNS photo/Edgard Garrido, Reuters People cheer as Pope Francis arrives for Mass in Revolution Square in Holguin, Cuba, Sept. 21. POPE FRANCIS IN CUBA ‘We do not serve ideas, we serve people’ By Cindy Wooden For decades the square has been 60 percent of the population is to build on that good instinct or Catholic News Service the site of major communist gov- baptized Catholic. But as a sign of behavior. ernment rallies and is dominated the pope’s hopes for the growth of Using the normal Sunday Mass HAVANA — As Cubans finally face by a huge image of Ernesto “Che” the church in Cuba, he granted an readings, the pope’s homily was a the prospects of calmer relation- Guevara, an Argentine Marxist exception to his normal practice reflection on the Gospel passage ships and greater ease of commu- who became a leader in the Cuban of personally giving Communion from St. Mark in which the disci- nication and commerce with the Revolution of the 1950s. only to the altar servers and other ples are arguing about who among United States, Pope Francis told The image of Che was promi- ministers at his public Masses. Five them is the greatest, and Jesus the Cuban people that love and nent at the pope’s Mass, but so was Cuban children received their first asks what they were discussing. service, not anyone’s ideology, are a banner proclaiming Pope Francis Communion from the pope at the “We, too, can be caught up in the keys to their happiness. a “missionary of mercy” and an Mass. these same arguments: Who is the “We do not serve ideas, we serve even bigger image of the merciful In his homily, Pope Francis fo- most important?” the pope said. people,” the pope told hundreds of Jesus. cused on an aspect of Jesus’ minis- “I remember more than once, thousands of people gathered in After decades of communism, try that he tries to imitate: First of at family gatherings, children be- Havana’s Revolution Square for Mass attendance in Cuba is low; all, identify the good in a person, ing asked: ‘Who do you love more, Mass Sept. 20. even the Vatican reports that only then help or challenge him or her Continued on page 12 2 HAWAII HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 Off to Philadelphia The Hawaii pilgrims headed for the Hawaii World Meeting of Families in Phila- delphia this week, parts of which Catholic Pope Francis will also attend, get together for dinner Sept. 21 at the Herald Wyndham Garden Hotel in Trenton Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu where they are staying during the Founded in 1936 trip. 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Ferrario opened the year and putting away of nearly 800 metal folding label from the front page of preparation for the Diocese of Honolulu’s chairs, the parishioners of St. Elizabeth in (reverse side). jubilee celebration last Sunday by asking Aiea are now enjoying a spacious, quiet, cool, Please correct my name. Island Catholics “to ponder ... this faith that bright, ADA-approved church. Please correct my ad- is ours” that “we may be more of a church The $3 million-plus renovation project, dress. than we are now” when we enter the next half done primarily to provide more room for a We are receiving two century of diocesan history. congregation bursting at the seams, literally copies. Please cancel this one. In a 4:30 evening prayer service at the turned the church backwards. Please cancel this sub- Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Sept. 9, The parish chopped off both the front and scription. Bishop Ferrario officially opened a year of back of the building to lengthen it 25 feet in MAIL TO spiritual preparation for the 50th anniversary each direction. The extra space allowed the Donna Aquino celebration of the founding of the Diocese of addition of 150 seats, increasing the capacity Hawaii Catholic Herald Honolulu on Sept. 10, 1991. to about 700. ... 1184 Bishop Street 50 years ago — Sept. 10, 1965 The bishop urged the nearly 200 people The renovation did not come easy. The six- Honolulu, HI 96813 In ceremonies last Sunday, His Excellency present to seek “the totality of Jesus in our month construction schedule expanded into QUESTIONS? Call Donna, 585-3321 the Most Reverend Bishop James J. Sweeney, lives.” Said the bishop, borrowing a phrase a year-long project. About halfway through, Bishop of Honolulu, blessed the new St. John from the evening’s scripture reading from during Lent, the church was burglarized and Vianney School in the Keolu Hills-Enchanted Paul’s letter to the Philippians, “What a the sound equipment was stolen. SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 • HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD HAWAII 3 Third-class relics of St.