By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — With the 6-3 Supreme Court decision June 15 banning job discrimination against individuals in the workplace identifying as LGBTQ, the Catholic Church in the United States has a new moment of reckoning. But it may be too early to tell what the full impact of the ruling […]
Archives for June 2020
Photo: Baby bottle donation
Gary Jose, the Knights of Columbus state program director, presents a donation check to Susan Duffy, president of the Pearson Foundation for the Pearson Place Pregnancy Resource Center, which recently relocated to 1145 Bishop Street, in downtown Honolulu, above the Pauline Book and Media Center. The donation of $5172 came from this year’s “Baby Bottle […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: A true disciple carries a cross
13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a; Romans 6:3-4, 8-11; Matthew 10:37-42 This weekend’s first reading is from the first of two books in the Bible that bear a name suggesting that they are about the kings of Israel. Kings indeed are mentioned, but from a very particular view. Kings were judged on […]
Ace Tui is ordained a deacon in a socially distanced but joyful liturgy
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The seats were spaced apart and the crowd was smaller than usual at Deacon Ese’ese “Ace” Tui’s diaconal ordination. But joyous choir music, striking altar decorations and a supportive crowd filled any gaps left by COVID-19’s social distancing measures. Bishop Larry Silva ordained Tui a “transitional” deacon — so-called […]
St. Joseph, Hilo, will stay open for another school year
Big Island’s only Catholic school still needs more support to overcome large deficit worsened by COVID-19 By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The only Catholic school on Hawaii Island will stay open for the next academic year. St. Joseph School in Hilo made the announcement on June 5 after several weeks of fundraising and promotion […]
The men behind the cameras
A father-son team brings you, live on the internet, Masses from the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald If you’ve watched any of the streaming Masses at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Peace in Honolulu from Holy Week on, you’re watching the handiwork of John Fielding. Fielding, […]
John “Jack” F. Sullivan Jr. | 1934-2020: There was nobody like him
‘Uncle Jack’ left an endearing mark on the hearts of Hawaii’s women inmates By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “Do you know anybody else like him?” asked Jaqueline Barney, prison minister at St. John Vianney Parish in Kailua. It was more an exclamation than a question. To be sure, there was no one like John […]
‘Ace’ Tui to be ordained a deacon at his Ewa Beach parish
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The coronavirus. The lockdown. The change of venue. The rescheduling. The social distancing. The livestreaming. “All of this will be a part of my story,” said Ese’ese “Ace” Tui, whom Bishop Larry Silva will ordain a transitional deacon June 13, after a month’s delay, at Our Lady of Perpetual […]
Departing Hawaii Catholic Schools’ superintendent Michael Rockers reviews his time of service to the islands
Nurturing partnerships By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Michael Rockers became Hawaii Catholic Schools superintendent in Aug. 2011 but has 43 total years of experience in Catholic education including as a teacher, principal and superintendent in Catholic school systems on the Mainland. He leaves the job at the end of June. The Herald spoke with […]
Welcome home: Going back to church after two and a half months was a heartening, if tentative, experience
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “Do you want the 4 p.m. or the 5:30 p.m.?” Because of social distancing rules, St. Elizabeth Parish in Aiea had added a second Saturday vigil Mass to the schedule as it anticipated a potential rush of parishioners coming back to church on Pentecost weekend when parishes were allowed […]