Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for August 2015

Photo: Pastors and principals

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Sacred Hearts Father Herman Gomes, left, greets attendees at the first ever “Pastors/Principals Summit” at St. Ann Church, Aug. 20. The meeting followed the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit for Catholic school educators, which drew more than 700 teachers and faculty to the parish for a morning of reflection and fellowship. Father Gomes, St. […]

Manaolana | Karen Osborne: A concert with good music and life lessons

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I went to a One Direction concert with my niece last week. Many fellow adults winced when I told them. Some said they were “sympathetic,” but, truth be told, I had a lot of fun. It was comparatively low-key. There were pyrotechnics at the beginning and at the end of the concert. There were smoke […]

Year of Consecrated Life in Hawaii subject of Catholic TV interviews

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Sister Malia Dominica Wong, a Dominican Sister of the Most Holy Rosary and the vocations coordinator of the Diocese of Honolulu, will be the subject in a two-part interview on CatholicTV about her work in bringing presentations on the Year of Consecrated Life to Hawaii parishes at 10:30 a.m., Sept. 1 and Sept. 4. CatholicTV, […]

Heralding back: Aug. 28, 2015

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Aug. 27, 1965 The Hawaii Catholic Herald Tour pilgrims set out on camels (in Egypt), except for a few less daring souls, to see the pyramids. 25 years ago — Aug. 31, 1990 Bishop Ferrario announces step toward planning “a new century of Catholic education” Each of […]

Father Eugene Hemrick | The Human Side: Making something good out of depression

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Without warning, depression hit me one day. Then came the panic attacks and mental paralysis. Life suddenly had no meaning. I found myself wanting to go back to sleep, hoping that when I awoke, I would be normal again. As I sat helplessly staring out the window, I remembered what an old Benedictine teacher once […]

John Garvey | Intellect and Virtue: Technology humanizes precious life

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Ultrasound technology was in its early days when my wife and I were having children. Pictures of our babies in utero always looked like Rohrschach blots to me. I couldn’t tell top from bottom. The doctors could, though. It became possible for the first time to tell the sex of the baby before it was […]