Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for January 2019

‘Local’ dog finds job at Catholic hospital comforting kids

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By Katie Scott Catholic News Service PORTLAND, Ore. — Wrangler doesn’t have an MD and he can’t write prescriptions, but he works hard to help children who are injured or ill and often scared. The Hawaii-born Labrador is the first full-time facility dog at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Southwest Portland, and his task […]

Greg Erlandson: Guardians of truth

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AMID THE FRAY Fifty-three journalists were killed worldwide in 2018. Some died in war, but a shocking number died exposing corruption, covering protests or just doing their job. Time magazine called them and their harassed and persecuted colleagues “Guardians” of truth, and named them collectively “Person of the Year.” In the United States last June, […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Why so much incense at Mass? Can non-Christians be saved?

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QUESTION CORNER   Can’t stand the incense Q: Our pastor is very old-school and loves elaborate liturgy. He uses incense frequently, and my wife — who is seriously affected by the smoke — is at the point of not going to Mass at all. (She never knows when he might fire up the censer.) I […]

Official Notices: Jan. 11, 2019

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] January 12, 10:00 am, Fundraising Luncheon for the Carmelite Sisters, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi; 5:00 pm, Mass and Installation of Reverend EJ Resinto as Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Punahou. January 13, 11:30 am, Mass with Rite of Institution of Lectors for […]

Christina Capecchi: It’s OK to start 2019 with you

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TWENTY SOMETHING I’ve always appreciated the notion of self-care in an Oprah Winfrey, hot-baths-and-expensive-chocolates kind of way. We work so hard, the thinking goes, that we deserve a break here and there. So splurge on that full-price gift-to-yourself. Book the massage. Binge on the new season. This philosophy is easy to get behind. But it […]

Sister Louise Banares, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: The bravery of a catechist

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING I arrived in Hawaii one day before martial law was imposed in the Philippines. My first ministerial assignment was as an educator at St. Joseph School in Makawao, Maui. Through the catechetical training program in the Diocese of Honolulu, I was able to receive my certificate as a catechist. In my next […]

Manigong Bagong Taon (‘Happy New Year’ in Tagalog)

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Dominican Sisters of the Philippines, former missionaries to Hawaii, send their greetings By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Perhaps you were taught by one of them in school, or catechized by another, or received help in hard times from another through a parish social ministry program. The Dominican Sisters of the Most […]