Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for April 2020

HOPE Services arranges hotel for homeless during pandemic

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Sheltering-in-place doesn’t mean much when you don’t have a place to shelter. That’s why HOPE Services Hawaii is coordinating a place for homeless elderly and medically at-risk homeless to stay during the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting on April 9, the non-profit affiliate of the Diocese of Honolulu’s Office for Social Ministry began moving homeless kupuna into […]

Aloha kekahi i kekahi

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Kupuna Needs Project created to deliver food, necessities to elderly and other vulnerable people By Dallas Carter Special to the Herald The Hawaiian proverb “aloha kekahi i kekahi” (“love one another”) reminds us to be good to one another and to care for the most vulnerable among us. Our Lord exhorts us in holy Scripture […]

Blessing Southern California with a hilltop benediction

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By Catholic News Service LOS ANGELES — Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell of Los Angeles climbed a high summit in the San Gabriel Valley April 23 to bless the most populous counties of Southern California and beyond during this pandemic. Asked by Terry Barber, founder and president of Virgin Most Powerful Radio, why he was […]

Brett Robinson: The spiritual benefits of technology in a time of crisis

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  THE THEOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY “Gather ‘round the TV, kids, it’s time to pray.” Those are words I never thought I would utter as a Catholic media studies professor who has spent the past 20 years studying the effects of media on children and families. And yet, for the past few weeks during the coronavirus […]

A retreat, a long time ago, before social distancing

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The annual deacons and wives retreat took place Feb. 21-23 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center on Oahu, before shelter-in-place restrictions went into effect. The retreat leader this year was Capuchin Franciscan Father Michel Dalton, pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Kuliouou, who themed the gathering “Heaven Begins Within You.” Attendees posed for a group photo […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: May we question the pope’s China policy? Is it too late to pray?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: I was surprised to read in the Catholic press an article criticizing Pope Francis’ agreement to allow the Communist government to nominate candidates for bishops in China. So my question is this: Are those under the pope’s authority allowed to question publicly such an arrangement made by the Holy Father? (Newark, Ohio) […]

Knights, parishioners bring Easter cheer to homeless shelter

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By William Hays Special to the Herald The Knights of Columbus and parishioners of St. Elizabeth Church in Aiea, in spite of the demands of social distancing during this time of coronavirus, stepped up to distribute some Easter cheer among the less fortunate. We asked the Institute for Human Services homeless shelter in Honolulu if […]

Deacon ordination of Ese’ese Tui delayed

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The ordination of seminarian Ese’ese “Ace” Tui to the transitional diaconate previously scheduled for May 15 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ewa Beach has been postponed due to the limitations imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, Bishop Larry Silva announced May 2. “After careful re-consideration of the lockdown situation we are currently experiencing, Seminarian […]