Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for June 2019

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a hands-on children’s religious education program, is taking root in Hawaii

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‘The child in all of us’ By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald On a sunny weekday morning in June, preschoolers at Mary, Star of the Sea Early Learning Center in Waialae-Kahala were busy working at their “free choice” activities out on the school lanai — scooping from a water table, playing house, building with blocks. […]

Photos: Taking Jesus to the streets

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Anthony Selvanthan of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, leads the one-and-a-half mile procession through the streets of Honolulu from the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa to the cathedral basilica, on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, otherwise known as Corpus Christi, June 23. Altar servers join in the procession. Deacon […]

St. ‘Guy Next Door’: U.S. bishops affirm diocese’s effort for Michigan man’s canonization cause

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By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service BALTIMORE — The U.S. bishops, after being consulted about the sainthood cause of a man who, except for service in World War II, spent his life in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, gave vocal assent June 12 for the Diocese of Marquette to continue to pursue the cause. Hearing no nays […]

Sister Maria Emma Quijada, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines: My mission is completed

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald It has been 27 years since I started my mission in Hawaii. I have loved being with the people, my community and everyone I met. From my first assignment of teaching at St. John the Baptist School in Kalihi onward to the […]

Dutch priest critical of ‘euthanasia death’ reports of teen

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By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service OXFORD, England — A senior Dutch priest criticized media reports on the death of a teenager experiencing depression, accusing foreign media of “sensationalizing euthanasia” in his country. “It’s difficult to comprehend how anyone could abandon life so tragically,” said Msgr. Hans Pauw, episcopal vicar for youth affairs in the […]

Pope advances sainthood causes for U.S. priest, founder of Hawaii’s Dominicans

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of Father Augustus Tolton, who was the first African American diocesan priest in the United States and founder of the first black Catholic parish in Chicago. Signing decrees issued by the Congregation for Saints’ Causes June 11, Pope Francis did […]

‘Sense of urgency’: American bishops’ actions at spring meeting regarding clergy sexual abuse called a ‘work in progress’

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service BALTIMORE — The gathering of U.S. bishops June 11-13 in Baltimore was anything but business as usual. “The spring meetings are usually more pastoral, and the November meeting has a heavier agenda,” said Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, who said this meeting had a “sense of urgency” […]

A powerful sign: The catechesis of children with disabilities

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By Doreen Engel Catholic News Service The letter found me, although many years and miles had passed. I still remembered “Gloria,” a student with Down syndrome, who as a child had witnessed her father’s death in a tragic accident. Gloria was unable to speak after that day, despite various therapies. Eventually, our team at the […]