By Colleen Dulle Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Recent comments by a high-ranking Vatican official have sparked questions about the direction priests should face while celebrating Mass, but the Vatican spokesman said Pope Francis has made it clear no changes are foreseen. Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the […]
Archives for July 2016
Head bishop says violence calls for ‘moment of national reflection’
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The shooting of police officers July 7 near the end of a demonstration in Dallas to protest fatal shootings by police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota earlier in the week “calls us to a moment of national reflection,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “To […]
‘Be the bearer of light’
The sun shined brightly on the gilded statue of Our Lady, Queen of Peace in downtown Honolulu on her feast day. It befitted the Islands’ patroness to radiate joy and light on that Saturday morning as hundreds of faithful gathered at the church of her namesake for a special celebration.
Maui’s first Carondelet was a teacher, housing service provider, ‘wisdom figure’
SISTER ROSE DAMIEN MALABON, CSJ | 1932-2016 By Sister Sara Sanders, CSJ Special to the Herald Maui-born Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Rose Damien Malabon, a life-long elementary school teacher who also worked as a live-in volunteer service provider at Kalihi Valley Homes and Punchbowl Homes in Honolulu, died June 29 at age 84 […]
On ‘being chosen’
The diocese’s new director of vocations reflects on his new job, his own call and the hunger for priests in Hawaii By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva on July 1 assigned Father Rheo Ofalsa as the new diocesan director of vocations. Father Ofalsa will oversee the recruitment of new candidates for the […]
Aloha, Kathleen
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Herald is losing one of its beloved voices. With this issue, Kathleen Choi ends her column “In Little Ways.” She explains her decision in her final column, right, so I won’t repeat it here. I respect it and understand it. Nevertheless, it’s a sad development. She […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Number 574
IN LITTLE WAYS Twenty-seven years ago, I was invited to write a column on how a recent convert experiences Catholic life. “A Convert’s View” debuted on March 11, 1989. Seven years later, I changed the name to “In Little Ways” in honor of St. Therese, the Little Flower. I’ve written 574 columns in all. With […]
Sister Estelita Jamelo, Dominican Sister of the Most Holy Rosary: The smiles of God’s grace
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald When I first arrived in Hawaii in 1991 from the Philippines, I struggled with the English language. People used to speak so fast that I could not understand them. Whenever they talked to me, I needed to translate it into my native […]
Handful of Isle pilgrims headed for Krakow
By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald A handful of Island pilgrims will be traveling to Europe at the end of this month to join Pope Francis and millions of other Catholics from around the globe for an exciting time of faith-building, fellowship and prayer. Bishop Larry Silva will be leading a diocesan pilgrimage […]
St. Damien’s ‘life of mercy’ celebrated on the Big Island
By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “There are not too many parishes that can claim to have had an actual saint as its pastor,” quipped Father Stephen Macedo, pastor of Annunciation Parish in Waimea, as he pointed to the traveling relic of St. Damien de Veuster placed before the congregation. According […]