But some object citing the dangers of politicizing the sacrament and creating division in the church By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service The U.S. bishops approved by a wide margin a plan to draft a document to examine the “meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church” following a lengthy debate during their […]
Archives for June 2021
From Maui to Miami, following The Way
Local boy is ordained a priest for the Neocatechumenal Way in Florida By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald On May 8, at a liturgy more than 4,700 miles away from where he grew up, Father Paul Pierce became a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of Miami. This vocation would have surprised his younger self, Father […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Mahalo, Marianists!
WITNESS TO JESUS | ELEVENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva delivered at St. Anthony Church, Wailuku, Maui, on June 13, the Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, celebrating the parish patron’s feast day; the 175th anniversary of the parish; the 138th anniversary of the Marianists […]
Governor signs bill designating January as Kalaupapa Month
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Imagine if, for the health of the community during an epidemic, you were asked to quarantine, not for 10 days, not for 14 days, not for one year, but for the rest of your life. That is what 8,000 Hawaii citizens were forced to do between 1866 to 1969, […]
Two U.S. war heroes get sainthood nod from U.S. bishops
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops gave their go-ahead to two dioceses to continue their efforts to make their case for a priest and a brother to be considered for sainthood. The men are Father Joseph Verbis Lafleur of the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana, an Army chaplain who died in […]
Talk story: ‘I was a stranger and you welcomed me’
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “It is time to recognize migrants not as interlopers and intruders, but as people who reveal the face of Christ in their love and courage and who enrich us by their presence.” (Bishop Mark Seitz, June 2021) Seeing Christ in the stranger was a recurring theme at a recent Catholic Church […]
In appreciation: What the Maui Marianists meant to me
Maui resident and lay Marianist Norman Franco wrote this article on June 12 for Marianist Father Roland Bunda, pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Wailuku, Maui, and his fellow Marianists in appreciation for the group’s long presence on the Valley Isle. After 138 years, the brothers and fathers of the community, also known as the […]
Hawaii Catholic Herald wins 7 Catholic media awards for 2020 work
The Hawaii Catholic Herald won seven Catholic Media Association awards this year for work done in 2020. The newly renamed CMA (formerly the Catholic Press Association) held its second virtual Catholic Media Conference June 8-10. This year’s media awards were announced in a pre-recorded video shown during a Zoom awards ceremony on June 10. Like […]
Invitation: Emerge from the pandemic by going on retreat
Most stories these days start with some version of “what a crazy year it’s been.” We’ve been restricted to our homes, unable to travel to visit loved ones, witness a grandchild’s first steps, or even walk the streets of our own communities without fear or a facemask. The time has come to emerge. Parish churches […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: June 25, 2021
Heraldites, This one-liner is in honor of Sister Kristina DeNeve, a former Diocese of Honolulu staffer who recently took her temporary vows as a religious sister: Three nuns walk into a bar, the fourth one ducks. [forminator_quiz id=”26435″] PRINTABLE QUIZ 1) Catholic Hawaii Speaking of Sister Kristina DeNeve, which religious order did she take temporary […]
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