Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for November 2018

Effie Caldarola: Remembering Dorothy Day

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    FOR THE JOURNEY November is a month of thanksgiving, family and celebration. But it also ushers in our national period of overconsumption and excess in December. This year, the holidays come as the gap between the very rich and the poor widens, as attacks on Jewish-Americans and other minorities grow, and health care […]

Ohio House bill bans abortion after heartbeat of unborn detected

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By Catholic News Service COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio House for the second time in two years has passed a ban on abortion after the fetal heartbeat is detected, which could occur within the first six weeks of pregnancy. The “Heartbeat” legislation, or H.B. 258, passed Nov. 15 by a vote of 30-35. The Cleveland […]

Instruction’s intention is to dissuade people from making mortal choice

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PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE By Father Mark Gantley Special to the Herald The Hawaii State Legislature during its 2018 session passed a bill, signed into law by Gov. David Ige, permitting terminally ill patients to commit suicide with the help of physicians, psychologists and pharmacists. The law was promoted by the mainland advocacy organization Compassion and Choices, […]

DECREE: Issuing “Instruction Regarding Sacraments and Funerals in Situations Involving Physician Assisted Suicide”

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DECREE Issuing “Instruction Regarding Sacraments and Funerals in Situations Involving Physician Assisted Suicide” It is with sadness but also with hope that I issue the “Instruction Regarding Sacraments and Funerals in Situations Involving Physician Assisted Suicide.”  It is with sadness because of the new law which permits such actions in the State of Hawaii, contravening […]

Instruction Regarding Sacraments and Funerals In Situations Involving Physician-Assisted Suicide for Clergy, Parish Staff and Ministers to the Sick and Homebound

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“Everyone is responsible for his life before God who has given it to him. It is God who remains the sovereign Master of life. We are obliged to accept life gratefully and preserve it for his honor and the salvation of our souls. We are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to […]

From the corporate to the Catholic world

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Lisa Sakamoto has spent a decade overseeing the financial management of the Diocese of Honolulu By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald When Lisa Sakamoto attended her first Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference on the mainland after her 2009 hiring to lead the Diocese of Honolulu’s finance office, she kept being asked by fellow conference attendees where […]

Aid groups, bishop sound alarm over crisis in Yemen

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By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service AMMAN, Jordan — Aid agencies and Catholic officials are sounding the alarm on Yemen’s spiraling humanitarian crisis, calling on the combatants to end the war and make badly needed assistance available. Yemen is facing the largest humanitarian crisis of this time, according to the United Nations. The impoverished nation […]

After 20 years clustered, Manoa, Punahou parishes to split again

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald After nearly 20 years together, two clustered parishes in East Honolulu will once again have their own “pastoral leaders.” Sacred Heart Parish in the Punahou neighborhood and St. Pius X Parish in Manoa will be un-linked on Jan. 1. Bishop Larry Silva made the announcement in a Nov. 6 […]