EMBRACING FAMILY Ah, finally! Summer is here! Vacation! Sleeping in, going to the beach, hiking, biking, swimming, playing, and maybe even some traveling, too. It sounds perfect, simply perfect … until it’s not! Reality hits: summer break is not actually much of a break for us parents! There is the incessant planning of activities for […]
Archives for May 2022
Heralding back: May 27, 2022
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — May 26, 1972 MARIFEST ON MAUI—St. Anthony Intermediate and High School students honored the Mother of God on Maui. The Marian International Festival (MARIFEST) featured students dressed in ethnic clothing. Left to right, pictures feature some of the students. A Hawaiian cowboy (Jeff Alexander), a Portuguese girl […]
Knights of Columbus meet in-person for state convention, banquet
By Robert Camilleri Special to the Herald The Hawaii State Council of the Knights of Columbus held its first in-person State Convention and Banquet since 2019 on May 7 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center in Kaneohe and at the Japanese Cultural Center in Honolulu. The convention began with Mass celebrated by State Chaplain Sacred Hearts […]
Letters to the Herald: May 27, 2022
Healing a shattered heart In 2015, I was led to the Honolulu Pauline Books and Media store by my son, the pope and the Blessed Virgin Mary. On Jan. 10, 2015, my son Linden, the eldest of my children, at 18 years old, died in a car accident not even five minutes away from […]
SISTER MARY ANCILLA (MARGARET MARY) YIM, OSF | 1927-2022
Franciscan generously used her God-given talents, abilities Honolulu-born Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities Mary Ancilla Yim, who had a long and varied career as an educator, administrator, social worker and more, embraced Sister Death on Sunday, May 8, at the Plaza at Kaneohe. She was 95 years old and a religious for […]
Official notices: May 27, 2022
Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] May 24-June 1, Pilgrimage for the Oberammergau Passion Play, Germany. May 28, 10:00 am, Mass with Confirmation & First Holy Communion, Christ the King Parish, Kahului. [Msgr. Gary Secor] May 29, 9:30 am, Mass with Confirmation & First Holy Communion, St. George Parish, Waimanalo. [Msgr. […]
Pro-life groups plan next steps after leak of Supreme Court draft abortion decision
Wait and see By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Although many pro-life groups immediately reacted positively to the news that the majority of Supreme Court justices seem set to overturn the court’s Roe v. Wade decision, some tempered their reaction with a continued call for more advocacy while others kept a wait-and-see approach […]
Is woman’s healing the miracle needed for the beatification of Molokai’s third candidate for sainthood?
‘Give it to Dutton’ By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald As the woman praying before the relics of Sts. Damien and Marianne rose from kneeling in front of the altar at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu on April 25, she wiped tears from her eyes. Her emotions stemmed from her […]
Pope Francis willing to go to Moscow to try to stop war
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ secretary of state reaffirmed the pope’s offer to go to Moscow personally to try to convince President Vladimir Putin to stop his war on Ukraine but said the Kremlin had yet to respond. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of state, told reporters late May 4, […]
Catholic News Service to cease domestic operations at year’s end
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced to staff May 4 a dramatic reorganization of its communications department, including the closure of the Washington and New York offices of Catholic News Service. In meetings with newsroom staff, James Rogers, the chief communications officer of the conference, said that the […]