Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for November 2018

Sister Mary Mark Berdin, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: My middle name is survivor

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Mali Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald From being assigned from the Philippines to Kauai to Oahu in the 1970s, to Africa in the 1980s and back and forth between the Philippines, Oahu and San Francisco, returning to Oahu in the years after, I think sometimes that my middle […]

Father Eugene Hemrick: Celebrating Advent to the fullest

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THE HUMAN SIDE How might we celebrate our best Advent? What might we do to experience its tranquility, while at the same time its intensity? Philosopher Josef Pieper would suggest spending contemplative moments during the season. And how might this happen? Some time ago, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington had […]

FATHER RONALD JOHN BURKE | 1945-2018

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Former Navy chaplain served Honolulu diocese for 8 years By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Ronald John Burke, a retired U.S. Navy chaplain from Detroit who served as a parish priest in Hawaii from the 1980s until 2002, died Oct. 30 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was 74 and a priest for 46 […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: May a Lutheran receive Catholic Eucharist? Can you confess online?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: One of my sisters who is Lutheran recently moved to an area where there is no Lutheran church, so she started attending Mass at a nearby Catholic parish. She has been receiving the Eucharist at Mass even though she is not Catholic. She says that she asked the Catholic pastor and he […]

Photo: Honoring the Vietnamese martyrs

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Members of Hawaii’s Vietnamese Catholic Community carry a flower-laden platform carrying three reliquaries in a procession at the Mass for the feast of the Vietnamese Martyrs at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu, Nov. 25. Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the afternoon Mass commemorating 117 martyrs who were canonized by St. John Paul II on […]

Consumerism is enemy of generosity, pope says

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By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The desire to spend vast amounts on shopping and needless extravagances can prevent Christians from being generous with others, Pope Francis said. “Consumerism is a great disease today. I am not saying that we all do this, no. But consumerism, spending more than we need, […]

Official notices: Nov. 30, 2018

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] December 1-2, Episcopal Visitation, St. Patrick Parish, Kaimuki. December 4, 9:00 am, Diocesan Finance Council, Chancery, downtown Honolulu; 5:30 pm, St. Francis Healthcare System Dinner, Prince Waikiki Hotel, Waikiki. December 5, 4:00 pm, Peace Ceremony and Dinner, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Waikiki. December 6, […]

World need cloistered nuns’ total dedication to prayer

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis asked people to give thanks to God for the gift of so many men and women living a cloistered life of total dedication to prayer. “May these communities not lack affection, closeness and support,” including material support, from the entire church, he said, marking […]