View from the Pew With the negative themes we’ve endured with the imminent election, I’ll bet this is a lofty perspective you haven’t considered: “The vote is sacred.” Not even candidates for office see themselves and the battleground they’re negotiating in that context. That was the topic at an Oct. 16 meeting in Honolulu of […]
Archives for October 2026
Etevise ‘Peka’ Uiagalelei, St. Elizabeth Church: Prayer, family and song
Viriditas2: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald For more than 52 years, faith has been the foundation of my life at St. Elizabeth Church in Aiea. Through prayer, family and music, God has guided me through life’s challenges and given me the strength to pass my faith on to […]
Reflection: A familiar song stirs thoughts of honoring dearly departed
By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald Sometimes the people we miss most return to us in the simplest ways. A familiar song. A favorite meal. An old photograph. A story told around the dinner table that everyone has heard a hundred times, but somehow still makes us laugh. No matter our age, death eventually […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Church’s silence is not permission
Question corner Q: In a recent column you wrote that it “wasn’t appropriate” to hold hands during the Our Father at Mass, because the Church’s law is silent on this point. But couldn’t you read it the opposite way, meaning that since it’s not actually forbidden then it should be allowed? My family has always […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: True disciples must love others as God loves them
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Exodus 22:20-26; 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10; Matthew 22:34-40 The Book of Exodus provides this weekend with its first reading. In ancient Jewish tradition, Exodus came from Moses. Therefore, in a most special way, it is the very word of God, since Moses represented God and was the link between God and […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: The power of relics
Catholic Social Tips As Catholics, we believe in the communion of saints. In fact, two of its members are celebrated for the works they did here on the islands. As Hawaii prepares to celebrate the bicentennial of Catholicism’s arrival, many people ask to host relics of our beloved saints, St. Damien of Molokai and St. […]
School’s name change honors St. Damien’s legacy
By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Damien Memorial School will begin a new chapter in its decades-long history Oct. 11 when its name will officially change to Saint Damien School. The transition will be marked with a celebratory Mass that day at 11 a.m. in the school’s Bishop Scanlan Gymnasium. Oct. 11 is the […]
Gratitude amid the storms
Hawaii Catholic Herald When Bishop Michael T.T. Castori, SJ, was ordained as the sixth bishop of Honolulu on July 28, many parishioners in the Diocese of Honolulu were unable to attend due to limited space in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu — including those who live on the neighbor islands. To show his […]
Workshop focuses on family-first formation of kids’ faith
By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Equipped with the expertise of local leaders and resources from a national group, the Diocese of Honolulu is working to help move Catholic parents and families toward the center of faith formation for their youngest members: their children, from infants to high schoolers. A recent workshop gave parish […]
Ailing faithful are invited to join Lourdes pilgrimage next spring
Special to the Herald The Order of Malta Western Association USA is inviting Hawaii Catholics with life-changing illnesses or physical challenges to apply to join a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, in spring 2027. This sacred journey offers the chance to bathe in the healing waters of Lourdes and participate in spiritual events alongside fellow pilgrims. […]