THE MARRIED LIFE My mother used to say that each of us has a mission in life, and that mission is not complete until our life on earth ends. A big part of her mission was to be a wife and mother. Even when she was older and suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, she was still […]
Archives for February 2022
Eva Andrade: Issues from birth to death
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE The 2022 legislative session is running at full speed, and as usual, issues from birth to death and everything in between, are in its crosshairs. Two positive life bills actually got some traction this year. One would extend Medicaid coverage for postpartum depression to 12 months. Unfortunately, the second was deferred in committee. […]
Heralding back: Feb. 18, 2022
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Feb. 11, 1972 Filipino Dinner, Liturgy, Discussion Held at Center A Mass for the spirit, exotic Filipino cuisine for the body and a fascinating filmstrip for the mind. They all added up to a full evening of camaraderie as more than fifty Filipino East-West Center students and […]
OBITUARY | FATHER THOMAS JOSEPH
Former Salesian educator served 15 years as a parish priest in Hawaii Father Thomas Joseph, a former Salesian priest and educator who served for the last 15 years as a parish priest in Hawaii, died Feb. 9 in India, his home country. He had been battling brain cancer for several years. He was a priest […]
Embracing Family: I’m OK, so why aren’t you?
By Sarah and David Herrmann Special to the Herald Many parents ask us questions, and we share faith-based parenting advice, based on Love and Logic © and the Preventive System of St. John Bosco (Reason, Religion, Loving Kindness). We’d like to share some of these with you. {You might want to read this before you […]
Red Mass: Superintendent tells how schools fought COVID with faith, science
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald On the day the COVID-19 infection rate roared to a new single-day record of 6,252 in Hawaii, a positive message was being heard at the annual Red Mass, Jan. 18, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace — the story of how Hawaii’s Catholic schools faced down […]
Marching for the cause of life
By Deacon Gary and Valerie Streff Special to the Herald The 49th Annual March for Life 2022 was an awe-inspiring 10 days of novenas, fasting and marching around the Hawaii State capitol. Its true beauty was the unison of people — 40-Days for Life participants, Students for Life, Knights of Columbus, Sacred Hearts sisters and […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Preach. If necessary, use words
WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text for the homily by Bishop Larry Silva delivered Jan. 22 and 23, the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, at Resurrection of the Lord Church, Waipio, on the occasion of the installation of the new pastor, and at the Cathedral Basilica of […]
Pope prays that dialogue, reconciliation prevail in Ukraine
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — On the day Pope Francis established as a day of prayer for peace in Ukraine, the pope appealed for an end to all war and prayed that dialogue, the common good and reconciliation would prevail. “Let us ask the Lord to grant that the country may […]
A modern day medieval order
The Knights of St. Lazarus in Hawaii focus on helping Hansen’s disease causes By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald On Jan. 22, the first investiture ceremony for the Hawaii branch of an ancient chivalric order took place at St. Augustine Church in Waikiki. The Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, which dates […]