A Blessed Easter to All! HVOLUME 81,awaii NUMBER 6 CatholicFRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018 Herald$1 CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz The risen Christ is depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Aloysius Church in Great Neck, N.Y. Easter, the feast of the Resurrection, is April 1 this year. 2 HAWAII HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • MARCH 23, 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] EDITOR Patrick Downes (808) 585-3317 [email protected] REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz (808) 585-3320 [email protected] ADVERTISING Shaina Caporoz (808) 585-3328 [email protected] CIRCULATION Donna Aquino (808) 585-3321 [email protected] HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD The risen Christ (ISSN-10453636) Periodical postage paid at Honolulu, Hawaii. 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Murphy of Seattle was a keynote speaker at [email protected]. an all-day conference on stewardship held March 10 at the Sheraton MEMBER Princess Kaiulani Hotel in Waikiki. … Catholic Press Association The archbishop is the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ committee on the just published pastoral letter, “Stewardship: a Disciple’s Re- sponse.” ADDRESS CORRECTIONS Archbishop Murphy called stewardship, “a way of life; it calls for a To make corrections to your subscription name or ad- change of heart; it is an expression of our faith.” dress, cut out the address label from the front page 10 years ago — March 21, 2008 (reverse side). Damien portrait by paralyzed artist, student assistants Please correct my name. Please correct my ad- unveiled at capitol dress. A mixed-media portrait of Blessed Damien de Veuster, created by We are receiving two local artist Peggy Chun with the help of Hawaii Catholic grade school copies. Please cancel this one. students and an artist from Poland, was unveiled at the State Capitol Please cancel this sub- on the afternoon of March 14. scription. 50 years ago — March 22, 1968 “The Damien” is an 8 feet by 4 feet image that combines painting Father Gabriel Van den Broucke, SS.CC., kneels before the Most and mosaic pieces. Chun, who has ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is MAIL TO Donna Aquino Reverend John J. Scanlan, Bishop of Honolulu, during his installa- completely paralyzed except for her eyes and uses a letter board to Hawaii Catholic Herald tion as new pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Waikane. communicate. 1184 Bishop Street Father Joseph Ferrario was acting master-of-ceremonies. Catholics of Eighteen months ago, she started directing students at Holy Trinity Honolulu, HI 96813 the area attended the afternoon Mass and welcomed their first resi- School in Kuliouou to paint quarter-inch paper squares with different QUESTIONS? dent pastor. watercolor “formulas.” Last fall, Holy Trinity teacher Shelly Mecum Call Donna, 585-3321 flew Polish artist Magdalena Hawajska to Hawaii to help complete the project using Chun’s vision. MARCH 23, 2018 • HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD EASTER 3 2018 Easter message MOST REVEREND LARRY SILVA, BISHOP OF HONOLULU Transformed and led into fullness of life pioid addiction has become a public health hazard. Many states are considering legalizing recreational marijuana. The teen suicide rate is appalling, and while we lament this fact, we seek ways for others who are suffering pain to end their own lives legally. When things become difficult in relationships many simply walk away from them. While we Owould like to believe that suffering is just a part of life, when we encounter it in our own lives, instead of dealing with it as a symptom that something in ourselves or in our culture needs to be healed, we tend to anesthetize ourselves, to cut the pain to a minimum, and to walk away from difficulties. In many ways we have forgotten how to suffer well and we think that just because there is suffering in our lives we must find ways to escape it, to minimize it, or to ignore it. When we do not deal with it head on, however, it does not disappear but becomes more in- tense. So we seek out ever newer ways of anesthetizing ourselves so that we can always engage in the “pursuit of happiness” — or so we think. The great mystery we celebrate at Easter is that Jesus, by embracing the most intense, unjust pain in his crucifixion and not walking away from it, was trans- formed, so that forever more he could live in glory. His final goal was not to em- brace the pain as if it were something glorious in itself. It was not. But Jesus em- braced us in our pain and sinfulness, so that just as he was raised from the dead we, too, might rise up with him. He did not anesthetize himself or run away from the suffering that came to him from speaking the truth and living righteously. In fact, others thought they were eliminating the pain that Jesus had been to them by ending his life, but they were proven wrong, some even benefitting by accept- ing the grace of forgiveness and healing that Jesus freely offered them. He taught us once and for all that, though we do not seek out additional pain in our lives, whatever we endure for the sake of righ- teousness and good can transform us and lead us into full- ness of life. Whether you are experiencing the pain of a weakened or injured body, the pain of a divorce or sorrowful separation from a loved one, or the pain of being mocked and criticized, Jesus has given us the model of how to endure these pains with grace so that they do not ultimately lock us into the tomb of despair, but raise us up with him to fullness of life. May the blessings of the Crucified Lord, risen from the dead, be with you and all your loved ones! 4 EASTER HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • MARCH 23, 2018 Wishing you Easter peace and joy! Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Fathers Brothers Sisters Secular Branch Members www.sscc.org www.sistersofthesacredhearts.org www.ssccpicpus.com MARCH 23, 2018 • HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD EASTER 5 Photo courtesy of Tatum Vayavananda Tatum Vayavananda is on a spiritual journey that has led him to Baptism at St.