Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for February 2018

U.S. Catholics urged to appeal to Congress to pass DACA bill now

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By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — By day’s end Feb. 15, members of the U.S. Senate had rejected four immigration proposals, leaving it unclear how lawmakers will address overall immigration reform and keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in place. Late that afternoon, Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, New […]

Carol Kwan: One God, three relationships

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COMMENTARY When I was a little girl, around 3-4 years old, I didn’t have an imaginary friend. I had God the Father. As the youngest of five children, the house felt empty when my siblings had headed off to school. I would chatter away to the Father all day long, and he was always the […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Can a blessed auto be auctioned?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: A recent picture in a magazine showed Pope Francis signing a car that had been given to him. The cutline for the photo said that the pope had signed and blessed the car before putting it up for auction by Sotheby’s in London, with the proceeds going to charitable work. But I […]

Catholic Charities, AARP offer free tax prep for seniors

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Hawaii seniors and others who need help preparing their 2017 tax returns by the April 17 deadline have experts at two Catholic Charities Hawaii locations, one on Oahu, one on the Big Island, available to assist them. Catholic Charities and AARP Foundation Tax-Aide, the nation’s largest free tax assistance and preparation service, are teaming up […]

Father John Catoir: Sadness

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When I was little, I was sad because my parents wouldn’t buy me a pony. (We lived in an apartment.) When I was a teen, I was sad because I had pimples. As an adult, I became sad when I started losing my hair. You might say, sadness is part of the human condition. However, […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Jesus is Lord

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SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Romans 8:31b-34; Mark 9:2-10 The Book of Genesis is the source of this weekend’s first reading. Often, Genesis is associated with its creation narratives. Actually, much more is included in Genesis. A major figure is Abraham. Historians and biblical scholars agree that Abraham actually lived long […]

Nun’s recovery recognized as 70th official Lourdes miracle

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ROME — As the Catholic Church celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, a French bishop announced the 70th officially recognized miraculous cure of a pilgrim to the Lourdes grotto where Mary appeared 160 years ago. Bishop Jacques Benoit-Gonnin of Beauvais formally declared Feb. 11 “the prodigious, miraculous […]