Hi Heraldites, In honor of All Saints Day coming up, here’s a related joke. Did you hear about a saint who trained animals? He taught his dog to heal! 😉 This quiz is also all about the saints. -H.C. Harold [forminator_quiz id=”30570″] PRINTABLE QUIZ 1) Relics Which class of relic is something that a saint […]
Archives for October 2022
Vatican repatriates mummies to Peru
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Completing a project to repatriate human remains held in the Vatican Museums’ ethnological collection, the Vatican and the government of Peru signed an agreement Oct. 17 to return to Peru three mummies sent to the Vatican in 1925. Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, president of the Pontifical […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The longing of Zacchaeus
31ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Wisdom 11:22-12:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:11-22; Luke 19:1-10 The Book of Wisdom provides this weekend’s first reading. As the natural environment has absorbed more and more public interest, the pope and other agencies of the church have addressed the problems of exploiting nature. This reading, while composed many, many centuries ago, […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: Change, it’s coming
EMBRACING FAMILY 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. Autumn is a season of change. Some locations have the changing of the colors of the leaves, which fall and leave a […]
Agnes Brown, education major: Don’t forget to talk to Jesus
VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I come from a long line of teachers. From a young age, I already knew that I wanted to teach. My mom and my grandmother are teachers. And, even though I was not the best student, I discovered that if I really […]
Heralding back: Oct. 28, 2022
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Oct. 20, 1972 FASHION PLATES—Laughing about their new status as male “models” are three well-known St. Louis High School alumni — from left, Councilman Daniel Clement (class of ’52), Halekulani Hotel president Randolph Lee (class of ’50), and Hawaii Pacific Industries president Henry F. Alves (class of […]
Kauai will host FCC’s diocesan convention
The Kauai Council of Filipino Catholic Clubs will host the 72nd annual Convention of the Diocesan Congress of Filipino Catholic Clubs Nov. 4-6 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Kapaa, Kauai. The theme of the convention is “The Eucharist Source and Summit of Our Christian Life.” Members of the four island councils of Filipino […]
St. Jude’s Grand Knight Lito Alvarez: From convert to Hawaii District Master
By Robert Camilleri Special to the Herald St. Jude Parish, Kapolei, Knight of Columbus Lito Alvarez has been serving as interim District Master of the Fourth Degree Knights in Hawaii since Nov. 1, 2021. He was officially appointed by Supreme Master Dennis Stoddard to a two-year term, Sept. 1, 2022, to Aug. 31, 2024. Alvarez […]
Nearing 80, ‘Minnesota’s Mother Teresa’ remains devoted
By Christina Capecchi Catholic News Service MINNEAPOLIS — It’s 10:05 on a Wednesday morning, and 200 people stream into the vaulted cafeteria at Sharing and Caring Hands in downtown Minneapolis. Half head toward the breakfast buffet, and the other half line up to meet with Mary Jo Copeland. They need money, they need bus passes, […]
Mahalo, Maestro Mondoy
By Esther Tokars Special to the Herald There’s a universality that happens when music strikes a chord within a human heart and soul. You hear a note, and your heart can swell. You hear a melody, and your eyes can tear. You hear the keys of the piano being played, and hope, joy and calm […]