Quizzicals, I bet you’re starting to want popsicles as the weather heats up here in the islands. Here’s a quiz sprinkled with a summery theme for your enjoyment. -H.C. Harold PRINTABLE QUIZ Catholic Hawaii 1) In what year did the first recorded baptism take place in the month of August in Hawaii? Hint: The person […]
Archives for June 2023
Photos: Santa Cruzan Festival and the Flores De Mayo
Kahului Four queens of the annual celebration of Santa Cruzan at Christ the King Church, Kahului, Maui, May 28 pose for a royal photograph. They are from left, Reyna Caridad 2023 (Mary, Queen of Charity) Maribel Asuncion; Reyna Elena 2023 (Queen Helena of the True Cross) Princess Hidalgo; Reyna Elena 2022 Maria Domingo Thomas; and […]
Holy moments
According to “Holy Moments” a book by Matthew Kelly of Dynamic Catholic, our society needs change and “holy moments” are a way to get us to a more holy place. A holy moment is a grace-filled, prayer-directed action that allows us to collaborate with God to change how we respond to any given situation. Holy […]
It’s the ‘talus,’ not the ‘calcaneus’
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The first-class relic of St. Damien displayed for veneration in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace May 10, the 150th anniversary of the saint’s arrival to Molokai is not a “heelbone,” as described in a story on the event in the May 26 Hawaii Catholic Herald. It […]
Photo: May crowning
May crowning The Filipino Catholic Club of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Ewa Beach celebrated the traditional May crowning of the statue of Mary on May 20 with a sumptuous lunch followed by 5 p.m. Mass. Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary during the month of May is energized by her many apparitions: […]
‘Please hear us, please help us,’ Nigerian bishop pleads’
By Kimberley Heatherington OSV News WASHINGTON — “Death does not announce any day,” cautions a Nigerian proverb. It’s advice the Catholic faithful of the Diocese of Makurdi — in Nigeria’s Benue state — are grimly familiar with as they and their Christian neighbors endure a sustained campaign of terrorism now stretching into a second decade. […]
Herald receives 8 awards at Catholic Media Association convention in Baltimore
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Heald Anna Weaver, associate editor of the Hawaii Catholic Herald, took six out of the eight Catholic media awards the diocesan newspaper received June 9 at the Catholic Media Association’s annual convention in Baltimore for work done in 2022. Weaver received second place in the “Best Podcast – Expression of […]
Sharing faith through hula
Agnes Brown stands in front of the statue of Our Lady of Peace at Sacred Hearts Academy in Kaimuki where she attended high school and did her student-teaching. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver) Merrie Monarch’s Miss Aloha Hula 2023 gives her all to teaching, her flawless dancing and her Catholic faith By Anna Weaver Hawaii […]
Bishop Larry Silva : With the Spirit, you can do miracles
WITNESS TO JESUS | THE SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST This is the prepared text of the homily delivered by Bishop Silva for the feast of Pentecost, May 27 and 28, on the occasion of the administration of Confirmation and first holy Communion at Christ the King Church, Kahului; St. Anthony Church, Wailuku; St. Theresa Church, Kihei: […]
Benedictine foundress’ remains claimed to be intact
Incorruptible Benedictine foundress, whose remains have been claimed to be intact, recounted childhood visions of Jesus, Mary By Maria Wiering OSV News Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster of the Most Holy Rosary claimed to have had profound religious experiences, beginning in her childhood. She was born Mary Elizabeth Lancaster April 13, 1924 in St. Louis. Her great-grandmother, […]
