OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “What I wish for people is to foster a culture of life because there are so many signs of a culture of death … How do we foster a culture of life?” (Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, June 30, memorial Mass homily for 53 migrants found dead in San Antonio, Texas) We continue […]
Archives for July 2022
Mary Adamski: Here’s to Catholic News Service
VIEW FROM THE PEW Every year the end of June sets off a rerun of grieving and grievance among a company of journalists and newspaper operational staffers who labored to keep island residents, and people interested in what happens here, fully informed about what’s happening in Hawaii. More than 500 of us were put out […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Being the good Samaritan
WITNESS TO JESUS | 15TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Silva for July 10, the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered at Sacred Hearts Church, Lanai City, on the occasion of the reception of Confirmation and First Communion. Someone is bullied at school, and we just […]
Photo: Happy Holy Ghost Feast
Father Anthony Rapozo, pastor at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Parish in Mililani, poses with the “royal court” of the parish’s first annual Holy Ghost Feast, June 5, Pentecost Sunday, at the 11 a.m. Mass. The Holy Ghost Feast is a traditional Portuguese cultural celebration introduced to the islands by Portuguese immigrants. Pictured with Father […]
Hawaii Catholic Herald represented at Catholic Media Conference in Portland
The Hawaii Catholic Herald attended the annual Catholic Media Conference in Portland for the first time in a number of years and also took home a handful of Catholic Press Association awards for work done in 2021. The newly renamed CMA (formerly the Catholic Press Association) held its annual Catholic Media Conference from July […]
Supreme court overturns Roe v. Wade
Ruling states there is no constitutional right to abortion in the U.S. By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In a 5-4 decision June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its nearly 50-year-old decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion in this country. The court’s 213-page ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health […]
Bishop Larry Silva: On the Dobbs decision of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, June 24, 2022
REFLECTION Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Although the decision of the Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs. Wade would have been welcome any day, it is significant that it occurred on this day on which we honor the ardent love of Jesus for all his people. For […]
Delivering dignity, compassion, justice
Catholic Charities Hawaii, the island church’s primary social service agency, turns 75 this month By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald When Daryl Lynn Davalos was a teen in the late 1960s, her family went to Catholic Social Services on Oahu for family counseling. She remembers waiting in the lobby after an appointment and seeing a […]
Catholic Charities Hawaii: 75 years of charity timeline
75 years of charity Source: Catholic Charities Hawaii 1859 The Catholic Weomen’s Aid Society, later to be known as the Catholic Women’s Guild, helps immigrant plantation workers adjust to life in Hawaii by providing food, clothing and medical aid. 1921 Laymen form the Columbus Welfare Association (CWA) promote activities for the general welfare of the […]
He wanted to serve others, so was priesthood calling?
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Arrion Rosales-Llantos had already registered for his third year at the University of Hawaii-Hilo, for classes in administration of justice and history, when he mentioned to his pastor in Kona that he was considering the priesthood as a career. The pastor, Father Konelio Faletoi, urged him to enter the […]