Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for July 2026

St. Theresa Parish, Mountain View: Triple celebration

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Blessed Sacrament Father Samuel Loterte, pastor of St. Theresa Parish in Mountain View, celebrated his 66th birthday, 35th priesthood anniversary and incardination to the Diocese of Honolulu June 7 in the St. Joseph School cafeteria in Hilo. It was a joyful, fun-filled and successful celebration. Blessed Sacrament Father Ferdinand Tomo opened the fellowship with a prayer […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: July 3, 2026

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Happy July, quiztastics! This quiz is the perfect way to exercise your brain while avoiding yard work, folding laundry, or explaining to your grandchildren how a rotary phone worked. Boa sorte, meus amigos! 1) CHURCH ARCHITECTURE The Sagrada Familia Basilica’s recently completed Tower of Jesus Christ makes the church the tallest Catholic church in the […]

Mary Duddy: Love and letters

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The Married Life Letter writing is a meaningful way to communicate, to share life, to encourage and to show gratitude. Letter writing takes time and effort. These days emails and texts have largely replaced handwritten notes, but there remains a special place for letter writing. In the Bible, Peter, Paul, John, Jude and James all […]

Jenna Marie Cooper: ‘Non-Catholic wedding’ has many nuances

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Question corner Q Can a Catholic priest or deacon attend a non-Catholic wedding reception as a guest? I realize that a Catholic priest or deacon should not attend the actual non-Catholic wedding ceremony. My question concerns attending the party following the actual ceremony. A I think the main answer here is really that it all […]

Reflection: A year to reflect, prepare

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By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald A year from now, Catholics across Hawaii will celebrate 200 years since the arrival of the Catholic faith in these islands. Yet the bicentennial begins not next year, but now. Important celebrations rarely begin on the day they are observed. The church has long understood that moments of […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God, through Jesus Christ, guides us in our inadequacy

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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 This weekend, the first biblical reading is from the Book of Zechariah. Zechariah was of the priestly caste and was born in Babylon. His birth occurred during the time when many Jews were in forced exile in the Babylonian capital, and he went […]

Laura Kelly Fanucci: Love brings pain, hope

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Faith at Home “Making the decision to have a child — it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” Over the years I’ve heard so many parents share this quote from Elizabeth Stone, because it speaks to the (literal) heart of raising a child: a […]

Pope approves new statutes for child protection panel

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By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Pope Leo XIV approved new statutes for the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors that seek to balance its integration with the Roman Curia while preserving its independence. The updated statutes, which were published by the Vatican June 13, detail the commission’s role within the Dicastery for the […]

First U.S. saint is honored in her Italian hometown

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By Courtney Mares OSV News PAVIA, Italy — Pope Leo XIV venerated a relic of the heart of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first U.S. citizen ever canonized a saint, during a visit June 20 to her hometown in northern Italy, saying that her missionary devotion to migrants speaks directly to the challenges of today’s […]