Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for July 2018

Catholic agency must consider same-sex couples for foster care

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  By Matthew Gambino Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge has swept away claims of religious discrimination by plaintiffs including Catholic Social Services of the Philadelphia Archdiocese and ruled the church agency must provide home assessments for same-sex couples wishing to provide foster care for at-risk children in Philadelphia. The Catholic agency’s leadership […]

To support abbey, English monks brew ‘seriously nice’ ale

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By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service COALVILLE, England — Cistercian monks have opened the first Trappist brewery in England and are selling thousands of bottles of beer every day. The monks at Mount St. Bernard Abbey in the English Midlands decided to brew beer to bring in revenue when they realized they could no longer […]

Guidelines needed for use of deconsecrated churches, cardinal says

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is helping organize an international conference meant to help dioceses work with their local communities in finding appropriate uses for decommissioned churches. The Pontifical Council for Culture, together with Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University and the Italian bishops’ conference, will sponsor the gathering, titled “Doesn’t […]

Sister Mary Arnoldussen, Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration: Adoration to outreach

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald From Bavaria in Germany to Wisconsin in the United States of America, for 140 years, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have kept the world wrapped in prayer 24/7 responding to global concerns and prayer requests in their chapel of the Sacred Heart. […]

Congolese cardinal does not fear death but watches what he eats

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The persecuted church By Deborah Gyapong Catholic News Service OTTAWA, Ontario — There is no room for fear in the life of Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Congo. “A cardinal does not have fear,” said the outspoken leader of one of most violent and volatile countries in Africa. “It is a mission to defend […]

Book review: Forceful smack down of atheism’s claims

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By Brian Welter Catholic News Service “Inside the Atheist Mind: Unmasking the Religion of Those Who Say There Is No God” by Anthony DeStefano. Nelson Books (Nashville, Tennessee, 2018). 222 pp., $24.99. Readers of “Inside the Atheist Mind” expecting a tame rebuttal to atheists such as Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins are in […]

Provincial says Carmelite nuns in Aleppo live in ‘heroic situation’

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The persecuted church By Doreen Abi Raad Catholic News Service BEIRUT — Amid the destruction in war-torn Syria, a community of Discalced Carmelites in Aleppo perseveres in its mission of continuous prayer and help to families in need. The Carmelite nuns, four of whom are Syrian and two French, are in their quiet demeanor “a […]

Jesuit aims to stem decline of faith with catechetical website

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By Maureen Pratt Catholic News Service ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jesuit Father Robert J. Spitzer, former president of Gonzaga University, launched a cutting-edge catechetical website to confront the rising tide of unbelief spurred by an increasingly skeptical, science-saturated society. Developed through Father Spitzer’s Magis Center, based in Garden Grove, Credible Catholic offers 20 downloadable “modules” that […]

For those who mourn, a parish ministry

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Mary, Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala has a ministry that offers consolation and support for those who are mourning the loss of a loved one. “Healing Hearts” ministry provides participants with the opportunity to explore mourning through Scripture, prayer, reflection and faith sharing. If you are coping with the loss of a loved […]