By Catholic News Service KARACHI, Pakistan — A Catholic church serving more than 300 Christian families in Pakistan’s commercial capital of Karachi was demolished Aug. 24 despite resistance from a civil society group and warnings from U.N. human rights experts. The Save Karachi Movement, a group of lawyers, human rights defenders, journalists and minority activists, […]
Archives for September 2021
Two nuns in South Sudan killed in highway ambush
By Fredrick Nzwili Catholic News Service NAIROBI, Kenya — Two Catholic nuns were shot and killed along a highway in South Sudan Aug. 16 as they were returning home to Juba. Seven other sisters survived the attack. Sisters Mary Daniel Abut and Regina Roba were members of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart in […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Sept. 3, 2021
Quiztastic friends, I’m continuing my A to Z Catholic dictionary theme this issue. It’s H to N for this quiz but with a twist to the format. I give you the answer and you pick from two similar words. See how you do. – H.C. Harold PRINTABLE VERSION 1) H The writing of the lives […]
Official notices: Sept. 3, 2021
Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] September 7, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council (video conference). September 12, 9:30 am, Mass and Installation of Reverend Rizal Acosta, M.S. as Pastor of St. Raphael Parish, Koloa. September 13-17, Annual Priests’ Retreat, St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe. September 14, 9:00 am, Diocesan Finance […]
Post-quake Haiti: Funerals and a daily quest for food
By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Two weeks after Haiti’s Aug. 14 earthquake, the country’s southwest peninsula is still marked by funerals, aftershocks and a daily search for clean water, food and shelter. “One of the things that really struck me two weeks out is the number of funerals — everywhere you go there are […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Am I wrong to receive Communion? Can I ask my priest why he’s growing out his hair and beard?
QUESTION CORNER Q: For the past year, I have been striving for a stronger Catholic faith. (Before, I guess I would say that I was a lukewarm Catholic.) I was married in a Methodist church and divorced 30 years ago through no fault of my own. I have always received holy Communion. Is this wrong? […]
Effie Caldarola: Some good news
FOR THE JOURNEY Ready for some good news? Who isn’t? Just a quick look at headlines during the past few days is sobering. With our first cup of coffee one morning, we learned about the murderous earthquake in Haiti. There’s the grim U.N. Climate Report. The Taliban has overtaken Kabul, Afghanistan, and the terror felt […]
Mass marks first anniversary of Knights founder’s feast day
By Robert Camilleri Special to the Herald On Aug. 13, Hawaii Knights of Columbus, their wives and families, gathered at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu to attend the first anniversary feast day of the Mass of Blessed Michael McGivney, the recently beatified founder of the Knights of Columbus, celebrated by Bishop Larry […]
Jayne Ragasa-Mondoy: Smile! It’s Catechetical Sunday!
FAITH FORMATION Their eyes smile. It’s a response I see time and time again whenever I ask a catechist to share their vocation story, of how they heard God’s call and why they accepted the mission of passing on the faith and witnessing to the Gospel as a community of faith. Some say they […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Living ‘Laudato Si’’
CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS Six years ago Pope Francis wrote the encyclical “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home” in which he called on the faithful to foster care and concern for our planet. Our Holy Father picked Sept. 1-Oct. 4 (The feast of St. Francis) as the “Season of Creation,” a month to be […]
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