Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet an educator for more than 50 years By Sister Mary Dugar, CSJ Special to the Herald Oahu-born Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Margaret Leonard Perreira, a life-long grade school teacher and administrator in California and on Maui and Oahu who had a “soft heart for all her […]
Archives for January 2024
Official notices: Jan. 19, 2024
Bishop’s Schedule January 19, 3:00 pm, March for Life, Hawaii State Capitol, downtown Honolulu. January 20, 10:00 am, Deacon Ordination of Michael Browning, David Bruce, Marlowe Sabater, Darryl Salvador, John Thomas, and Derek Wong at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu. January 21, 12:00 pm, Mass for the Closing of the Diocesan Phase of the […]
Father Patrick Briscoe: Shia LaBeouf’s conversion
COMMENTARY In August 2022, when “Transformers” star Shia LaBeouf revealed during a conversation with Bishop Robert Barron that he had experienced a conversion and begun to attend Mass, I wrote that LaBeouf seemed to me to have undergone a genuine change of heart. He spoke regretfully of the pain and harm he had caused […]
Effie Caldarola: Make a climate resolution
COMMENTARY Want some good news? The Archdiocese of Chicago announced on Dec. 17 that its nearly 400 parishes, schools, cemeteries and offices switched to 100% renewable energy for electricity needs beginning Jan. 1. This covers about 2,000 buildings and is the equivalent of removing 15,000 cars from the road annually. In his announcement, Cardinal […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Protestants and the ‘Real Presence’?
QUESTION CORNER Q: What is the church currently teaching about the Real Presence in other denominations? I thought that at one time we recognized both the Lutherans and the Anglicans as having the Real Presence. Does that still hold true? Others? A: For context, let us recall that the Catholic teaching on the “real […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Jan. 19, 2024
Mes amis du quiz, we’re entering a short stretch of Ordinary Time in the Church year, an “amuse bouche” of sorts between Christmas and Lent, and I’m here to keep you sharp with another quiz. Bonne chance! 1) BIBILICAL ARCHEOLOGY What famous Biblical object was made of wood and measured 52 inches long, 32 inches […]
Maria Lanakila: a special place in my heart
REFLECTION By Sherry Hayes-Peirce Special to the Herald On Dec. 9, I was given the extraordinary gift of visiting Maria Lanakila Church in Lahaina, the church that miraculously was untouched by the raging fires that swept through the area in August. It was an honor to be the first non-resident to be given access to […]
Talk story: A careful, hopeful, joyful approach to 2024
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “He, the Only-Begotten Son of the Father, gives us ‘power to become children of God’ (Jn 1:12). This is the joy that consoles hearts, renews hope and bestows peace. It is the joy of the Holy Spirit: the joy born of being God’s beloved sons and daughters.” (Pope Francis, Christmas […]
Mary Adamski: ‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness’
VIEW FROM THE PEW “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said that in 1962, he was speaking about having faith as you move ahead through your life. The wisdom of the revered American civil rights leader being honored this week feels […]
2024 marks the end of an era for Catholic Boy Scouts in Hawaii
By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald The connection between the Boy Scouts of America and the Catholic parishes and schools in the Diocese of Honolulu officially came to an end Jan 1. The decision was made at the start of 2023 when Bishop Larry Silva announced the diocese would be parting ways with the Boy […]