Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for July 2014

Photo | Beatitudes: Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted

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Palestinians surround the body of a 10-year-old girl, whom hospital officials said was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during her funeral at a mosque in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, July 11. A Catholic priest in Gaza said Israeli missile attacks are wide-ranging and that there is no safe zone. (CNS photo/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Reuters)

Annual charismatic conference to feature Father Dave Pivonka

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The Hawaii Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services 36th annual Hawaii Regional Charismatic Conference, Aug. 8-10 at the Catholic Charities Hawaii campus in Makiki, will feature praise and worship, fellowship and inspiring presenters, including the popular Franciscan author, teacher and speaker Father Dave Pivonka. The Mass celebrants are Father Gary Secor on Saturday morning and Bishop Larry […]

Vatican questions accuracy of latest papal interview

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VATICAN CITY The Vatican said the latest published interview with Pope Francis, in which he says fighting sex abuse and the mafia will be priorities of his pontificate, should not be considered a record of his exact words. According to the article, published July 13 in the Rome daily La Repubblica, the pope also spoke […]

St. Michael parishioner queen of FCC fundraiser pageant

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The Oahu Council of Filipino Catholic Clubs will celebrate its annual fundraising campaign, coronation and pageant on Aug. 16 at St. Michael Church in Waialua. This year’s Queen of Charity is Jacqueline Buted Medrano of St. Michael Parish. The event begins with a procession at 4:30 p.m. and Mass at 5 p.m. followed by dinner […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: July 18, 2014

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More than half of the year — and the summer — is through, quizzicians. Take your time and enjoy the days to come. Also think thoroughly about the questions below. I tried extra hard this time to test your Catholic trivia knowledge! 1) Saints St. Ignatius of Loyola, whose feast day is July 31, died […]

Manaolana | Young people find healing, purpose, God’s love in the theology of the body

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PHILADELPHIA For campus minister Amy West, St. John Paul II’s theology of the body is more than just the late pope’s writings on the human body, the creation of male and female, marriage and human sexuality. It is a means of healing and self-discovery for young people. “What I see with each coming year is […]

Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Renegade researchers and the future of biomedical research

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Producing human embryos in the laboratory for research purposes makes most people uneasy. Even those who tolerate the creation of embryos in test tubes so that infertile couples might have children will often have reservations about the creation of embryos to serve as experimental research material or to destroy them for their cellular parts. Twenty […]