HAWAII SPECIAL SECTION HAWAII WORLD Shepherd’s pay: How Hawaii Hawaii’s 2018 jubilarians Physician-assisted suicide: Trevi Fountain coins to priests are compensated for celebrate anniveraries of On cutting short the end-of- continue bringing fortune their work vows, ordinations life journey to Rome’s needy Page 3 Pages 5-8 Page 9 Page 18 HVOLUME 81,awaii NUMBER 8 CatholicFRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018 Herald$1 HOLINESS Pope Francis ges- tures during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 4. CNS photo/Paul Haring Is being loving, not boring Pope Francis’ new exhortation on sanctity: ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’ (‘Rejoice and Be Glad’) By Cindy Wooden Saying he was not writing a theological trea- by an elderly Italian journalist who claimed the Catholic News Service tise on holiness, Pope Francis focused mainly on pope told him he did not believe in the exis- how the call to holiness is a personal call, some- tence of hell. VATICAN CITY — God calls all Christians to be thing God asks of each Christian and which re- “We should not think of the devil as a myth, saints — not plastic statues of saints, but real quires a personal response given one’s state in a representation, a symbol, a figure of speech people who make time for prayer and who life, talents and circumstances. or an idea,” the pope wrote in his exhortation. show loving care for others in the simplest ges- “We are frequently tempted to think that ho- “This mistake would lead us to let down our tures, Pope Francis said in his new document liness is only for those who can withdraw from guard, to grow careless and end up more vul- on holiness. ordinary affairs to spend much time in prayer,” nerable” to the devil’s temptations. “Do not be afraid of holiness. It will take he wrote. But “that is not the case.” “The devil does not need to possess us. He away none of your energy, vitality or joy,” the “We are all called to be holy by living our poisons us with the venom of hatred, desola- pope wrote in “Gaudete et Exsultate” (“Rejoice lives with love and by bearing witness in every- tion, envy and vice,” he wrote. “When we let and Be Glad”), his apostolic exhortation on “the thing we do, wherever we find ourselves,” he down our guard, he takes advantage of it to de- call to holiness in today’s world.” said. stroy our lives, our families and our communi- Pope Francis signed the exhortation March He wrote about “the saints next door” and ties.” 19, the feast of St. Joseph, and the Vatican re- said he likes “to contemplate the holiness pres- The path to holiness, he wrote, is almost al- leased it April 9. ent in the patience of God’s people: in those ways gradual, made up of small steps in prayer, Much of the document was written in the parents who raise their children with immense in sacrifice and in service to others. second person, speaking directly to the individ- love, in those men and women who work hard Being part of a parish community and receiv- ual reading it. “With this exhortation I would to support their families, in the sick, in elderly ing the sacraments, especially the Eucharist and like to insist primarily on the call to holiness religious who never lose their smile.” reconciliation, are essential supports for living a that the Lord addresses to each of us, the call Pope Francis also noted the challenges to holy life, the pope wrote. And so is finding time that he also addresses, personally, to you,” he holiness, writing at length and explicitly about for silent prayer. “I do not believe in holiness wrote near the beginning. the devil just two weeks after an uproar caused Continued on page 11 2 HAWAII HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • APRIL 20, 2018 Hawaii Catholic Herald Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu Founded in 1936 Published every other Friday PUBLISHER Bishop Larry Silva (808) 585-3356 [email protected] Bishop’s page EDITOR Patrick Downes (808) 585-3317 [email protected] ADVERTISING Shaina Caporoz (808) 585-3328 [email protected] CIRCULATION Donna Aquino (808) 585-3321 [email protected] HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD (ISSN-10453636) Periodical postage paid at Honolulu, Hawaii. Published ev- ery other week, 26 issues a year, by the Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii, 1184 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. 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The the offerings to the parish or to Good Shepherd Sunday this amount is the same for a pastor, another charity of their choice. weekend is an appropriate time to parochial vicar, monsignor, vicar Because diocesan priests do reflect on the work of our earth- general and hospital chaplain. not take the vow of poverty, they ly shepherds and how much we And the bishop. The boss chooses may keep whatever they make. appreciate them. These would to get equal pay. Priests of other dioceses working be primarily our pastors, par- This amount will change for in Hawaii also make the same ish administrators and parochial some on July 1.