Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for October 2025

World Communications Day to call for responsible tech use

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By Cindy WoodenCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, the subject of dozens of “deepfake” videos, has chosen “Preserving human voices and faces” as the theme for the Catholic Church’s celebration of World Communications Day in 2026. The Dicastery for Communication announced the theme Sept. 29. Just two weeks after his election in […]

The Burgess ohana, St. Anthony Church, Laupahoehoe: A family of faith and song

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Viriditas2: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OPHawaii Catholic Herald For Silvia Burgess, faith and music have always gone hand in hand. Originally from Guam, Silvia and her family spent years in West Virginia before settling in Ookala, Hawaii island, where they have been parishioners at St. Anthony Church in Laupahoehoe (about five […]

Jenna Marie Cooper: Church doors must remain unlocked

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Question corner Q: I’m one of the parents on a new “safety committee” for our local parish school. One of the parents’ main suggestions is that, for our school Masses, we lock the church doors and keep the Mass private. To us, this seems like basic common sense. However, our pastor says we can’t do […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God heals, and we give thanks

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Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Kings 5:14-17; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19 The Second Book of Kings furnishes this weekend with its first Scriptural reading at Mass. Once the two books of Kings were a single volume, but time passed, and editors divided the volume into two parts. These writings are among the Old […]

Christina Capecchi: Hardship helps us build resilience and compassion

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Twenty Something There’s something about pumpkins. Lumpy and bumpy, impossibly orange, harbinger of harvest. Instant cheer on a front porch with a hint of moonlit mystery. An invitation to trick-or-treat treaters that later nods to the pilgrims — centerpiece for a table of plenty, symbol of gathering and gratitude. When we moved to the country earlier […]