YOUCAT*: Faith is knowledge and trust. It has seven characteristics: Faith is a sheer gift of God, which we receive when we fervently ask for it. Faith is the supernatural power that is absolutely necessary if we are to attain salvation. Faith requires the free will and clear understanding of a person when he or […]
Archives for July 2013
Heralding back: July 19, 2013
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — July 19, 1963 For 44 days, from the end of June to the beginning of August in 1963, members of the Islands’ press community were involved in a strike against the Hawaii Newspaper Agency. No issues of the Hawaii Catholic Herald were printed during that time. 25 […]
Newly ordained Jesuit Phillip Ganir says thanks to community that ‘nourished and sustained’ him
Jesuit Father Phillip Ganir consecrates the wine and Communion hosts during the Liturgy of the Eucharist, June 23. (HCH photo by Darlene Dela Cruz) It was a joyful “local style” homecoming for Jesuit Father Phillip Alcon Ganir who returned to the Islands for a brief visit last month and celebrated a special thanksgiving Mass […]
Maui’s St. Anthony High seeks new head of school to oversee operations
St. Anthony Junior-Senior High School, Maui’s only Catholic high school, is looking to hire a “head of school,” a new position that will oversee campus management and operations, while the principal remains to concentrate on academics, ministry and student activities. It is a governance model emphasizing economic sustainability adopted in recent years by Oahu’s Catholic […]
Herald wins Catholic Press Association awards
The Hawaii Catholic Herald received four Catholic Press Association awards at the Catholic Media Convention June 19-21 in Denver. The awards were for work published in 2012. Herald reporter/photographer Darlene Dela Cruz won a second place in feature writing for newspapers with a circulation under 17,000 for her story about the anniversary celebration of St. […]
Paid Mass intentions is a popular tradition with theological significance, and rules
Hundreds of local Catholics go to their parishes each week asking for Masses to be celebrated for special intentions. From urgent appeals for healing, to requests for blessings on a special birthday, to petitions for the peaceful repose of a deceased loved one, these intentions serve as a practical way of connecting the sacred liturgy […]
Obituary: Dominican Sister Anne Moriarty lived, served in Hawaii since 1996
Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Anne (Daniel Mary) Moriarty, who taught English and served the elderly in Hawaii for nine years, died of cancer June 9, at St. Francis Hospice in Honolulu. Her funeral was June 26 at Queen of the Rosary Chapel at Sinsinawa, Wis., followed by the burial of her ashes in the Motherhouse Cemetery. […]
Official Notices: July 5, 2013
Bishop’s Calendar July 6, 9:00 am, Mass and Activities for the Year of Faith Summer Vocations Rally “Exodus Games,” Sacred Hearts Academy, Kaimuki. July 7, 2:00 pm, World Youth Day Pilgrims’ Meeting, Kamiano Center, downtown Honolulu; 5:00 pm, Theology on Tap, Pearl Ultralounge, Ala Moana Center, Honolulu. July 9, 12:00 pm, Feast Day Mass at […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
God has not abandoned us Isaiah 66:10-4 Galatians 6:14-18 Luke 10:1-2, 17-20 The first reading is from the third section of Isaiah. The three sections of this book, so favored over the years by pious Jews as well as devout Christians, saw a great sweep of Hebrew history, from before the Babylonian conquest, through the […]
Bishop Silva knighted into the Royal Order of Kamehameha
The bishop kneels before Alii Sir Arthur K. Aiu who lowers a ceremonial sword on his shoulders, knighting him to the Royal Order of Kamehameha I. (HCH photo by Darlene Dela Cruz) Bishop Larry Silva was made an honorary knight of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I on June 25 in a ceremony that […]