Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for August 2022

Berra, Jeter, Ruth among picks for Catholic baseball all-star team

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By Catholic News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Yogi Berra, Gil Hodges, Derek Jeter, Babe Ruth, Whitey Ford and Connie Mack were among the first-place winners Catholic voters chose in online balloting for an all-time Catholic baseball all-star team. Nearly 2,000 Catholic baseball fans across the country cast their votes in a ballot hosted by Catholic […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Did Jesus feel abandoned? Should adoration be silent?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: When Jesus was dying on the cross, according to the Gospel, he cried out, “My God, why have you abandoned me?” Why was he saying this? Did he really feel that his Father had abandoned him? (Coxs Creek, Kentucky) A: Half a century ago, when I first began to think about the […]

Oberammergau: For many, the famed Passion Play is a family tradition

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By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service OBERAMMERGAU, Germany — “I shout: ‘Jesus is innocent! Set him free!’” Roswitha Stückl exclaimed in a loud voice, while grinning at her husband, Peter, who plays the Annas, the high priest. White-haired Peter Stückl chuckled as he recounted his many years of acting in the world-famed Passion Play and […]

Apology given for harm by nuclear weapons industry

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By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service A New Mexico archbishop whose archdiocese is home to two major federal nuclear weapons research facilities and an Air Force base apologized for the atomic bombings of Japan and to Indigenous New Mexicans, uranium miners and scientists suffering from ill health related to the nuclear weapons industry. Archbishop John […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Eternity awaits everyone

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21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 66:18-21; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; Luke 13:22-30 The Book of Isaiah provides the first reading for this weekend. Isaiah is a fascinating book of Scripture, covering a long period of Hebrew history. Its early chapters deal with events and conditions in the southern Hebrew kingdom of Judah, before the kingdom’s […]

Deacon Gary and Val Streff: Walking with moms in need

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RESPECT LIFE I honor of the 25th anniversary of the papal encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) and in answer to St. John Paul II’s call, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities is inviting parishes, through the support of their bishops and pastors, to join a nationwide effort entitled “Walking […]

Edna Magpantay-Monroe: Finding balance with intentional reflection

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VIRIDITAS 2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald How would I self-describe myself? Hmm … I am a mom of a special needs kid, a wife, a dog-owner, a nurse by profession, a nurse practitioner by training, and a nurse working in academia at Chaminade University of Honolulu. With […]