Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for April 2021

With deacon’s retirement, an era ends for the Diocese of Honolulu

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Richard Port first learned of the permanent diaconate in the early 1960s in Ghana, West Africa, where he and his wife Ann (Antonette) were teaching secondary school in President John F. Kennedy’s newly established Peace Corps. There, on Sundays, the corps’ first married couple would hitchhike 25 miles to […]

State of the pews

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Has church attendance gone back to normal now that the Mass dispensation is lifted in the Diocese of Honolulu? By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva lifted his dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Easter Sunday. The pass on going to Mass had been in […]

Sister M. Emilie Basitas, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: Without prayer, I would not be here

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald As a temporary professed sister, I used to dread applying for our yearly renewal of vows. One in my group was thinking of joining the cloistered nuns, and so was I. However, one year my superior said to me, “Em, Em, you […]

New ecumenical/interfaith officer comes with a ‘natural’ interest in the ministry

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva has named Father William Kunisch II, pastor of Resurrection of the Lord Church, Waipio, as the new diocesan ecumenical/interfaith officer. He started April 21. Father Kunisch succeeds the late Father Jack Ryan who died Dec. 7, 2020. It is a post he held once before, from […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: April 30, 2021

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  Hi Heraldites, Thanks to Chrislyn Villena for sharing this joke in the Hawaii Catholic Herald Families Facebook group: How did God illuminate his message? He used the Israelites! -H.C. Harold [forminator_quiz id=”25965″] PRINTABLE QUIZ 1) Vatican II True or False: Two popes presided over the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II. a) True b) […]

Carole Norris Greene: Chauvin’s threefold conviction

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COMMENTARY Never underestimate evil. It has a way of coming back, of reinventing itself, of absorbing into itself anything that feeds into it. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was indeed found guilty on all three charges against him in the killing of George Floyd in 2020. He is in a maximum security prison. People […]