Diocese wraps up well-attended discussion sessions on Hawaii’s new physician-assisted suicide law By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald After Hawaii’s physician-assisted suicide bill went into effect Jan. 1, the Diocese of Honolulu scheduled discussion sessions throughout the islands on the pastoral implications of the new law. Around 700 people attended the nine meetings held between […]
Archives for February 2019
2019 Lenten regulations for the Diocese of Honolulu
FASTING In the dioceses in the United States, Catholics aged 18 through 59 are bound to fast on both Ash Wednesday (March 6) and Good Friday (April 19). To fast means to consume one full meal a day at most, although taking of other, smaller quantities of food at the other customary mealtimes is permitted. […]
Sister Miriam Joseph Teresi, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: Morning grounds: coffee and prayer
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, O.P. Hawaii Catholic Herald I taught school for 24 years, worked in the parish for 26, and ministered in the hospital for 13 years. Working in the parish, my mornings were filled with visiting the elderly; my evenings were busy with RCIA class, working with the […]
FATHER VINCENT KIEN NGUYEN | 1952-2019
Vietnamese chaplain understood how to engage his community By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Vincent Kien Nguyen, who served as chaplain of Hawaii’s Vietnamese Catholic community for about 10 years, died in Orange County, California, on Jan. 14. He was 66 years old and a priest for 30 years. “I remember Father Kien as […]
Mary Adamski: Consulting groundhogs and stars
VIEW FROM THE PEW “I don’t get this business about the groundhog; is it sacred or what?” I got that somewhat sarcastic comment from an island-born acquaintance who delights in challenging me to answer for all cultural quirks, puzzling rituals and inexplicable superstitions of the entire population of the entire continental USA. “And yet you […]
Official notices: Feb. 22, 2019
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] February 25, 10:00 am, Meeting of the Bishops of the San Francisco Metropolitan Province, San Francisco, California. February 28, 10:00 am, Diocesan Department Heads, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe. March 2, 10:00 am, Diocesan Review Board, Chancery, downtown Honolulu. March 5, 9:30 […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Feb. 22, 2019
Dear readers, By the time you read our next quiz, it’ll be Lent! So to get you prepared, we’re finishing off this quiz with some Lenten questions. But, first, another joke. What did God tell Moses when he had a headache? “Take two tablets and call me in the morning.” 1) Trivia How did the […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: How does excommunication work? What became of the 10-minute limit on homilies?
QUESTION CORNER Q: From what we are seeing on social media here in New York state, there seems to be some misunderstanding about what excommunication is and how it happens. Does the pope excommunicate someone, or can a bishop? Is there a process? What is the pastoral approach to something like this? What are the […]
Windward Oahu Knights of Columbus fish fry a double benefit
Windward Oahu’s Knights of Columbus Council 6307 is having a benefit Lenten fish fry, 5-7 p.m., Friday, March 8 at St. John Vianney Parish Hall, 920 Keolu Drive in Kailua. The event will raise money for students of St. John Vianney and St. Anthony Schools in Kailua who are in financial need, and for Ho‘ola […]
Father William M. Tulua: Former slave in line for sainthood
BLACK HISTORY MONTH February is Black History Month. To commemorate the month, I want to tell you the story of a young boy nicknamed “Gus.” During the Civil War, he fled slavery with his mother and two siblings from the Confederate state of Missouri to the free state of Illinois. In his new home of […]
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