Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for August 2023

Pope to young people: To tackle life’s ups and downs, look to the elderly

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  By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Gospel calls Christians to bring the elderly to the center of their lives and away from the margins of families, politics and financial markets that banish them as “unprofitable waste” in society, Pope Francis said. “Let it not happen that by pursuing the myths […]

Ohana in Christ appeal passes million dollar mark

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Ohana in Christ, the diocese’s annual appeal, finished its second year, 2022-2023, collecting $1,040,205, an increase of 8% over the previous year. Thirty-four of the diocese’s 65 parishes exceeded their target goal — eight more than the first year — including the most recent Annunciation Parish, Waimea, and the […]

St. Augustine Parish in Waikiki reopens meal ministry ‘differently’

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  By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald About a week after the meal ministry at St. Augustine Parish in Waikiki stopped giving out free lunches to the hungry on July 14, bowing to pressure from Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi, it has restarted the service “differently.” That’s the adjective St. Augustine’s pastor used in a July […]

Teens learn essential Christian leadership skills

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By Lisa Gomes Special to the Herald “Being a leader is about working together and communicating,” said Jaylynn of St. Theresa Parish in Kekaha on Kauai. She and 14 other teens learned that piece of wisdom at the annual Christian Leadership Institute (CLI) June 25-30 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center organized by the diocesan Office […]

Jenna Marie Cooper: May we believe in ghosts?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: When I was an Evangelical I was told there was no such thing as ghosts and that paranormal phenomena were likely demons. What does the church say about this? Doesn’t the church teach that there are such things as “apparitions?” (Brandenburg, Kentucky) A: The word “ghost” can refer to several different concepts. […]

Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board: Rent-a-womb, buy a person: See the moral problem, yet?

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COMMENTARY In a heart-wrenching story out of California, a mother has gone public with her tragic experience as a surrogate, claiming that she was urged to terminate her pregnancy at 24 weeks after being diagnosed with breast cancer. At 22 weeks into a surrogate pregnancy, Brittney Pearson, 37, of Sacramento, received the devastating news of […]

Russell Shaw: Our changing church and what you can do

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COMMENTARY Noticing that some of his listeners were having trouble understanding his accented English, the African priest paused his homily, grinned at the nearly all-white congregation, and said, “If you don’t produce more vocations, this is what you get.” People laughed and the homilist continued as before. Welcome to our changing Church. This incident during […]