Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Official notices: Oct. 28, 2022

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Bishop’s Schedule October 29, 10:30 am, Board of Trustees Meeting for St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, Menlo Park (video conference). November 1, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council (video conference). November 2, 12:00 pm, Mass for All Souls Day and Funeral Mass of Reverend Louis “Harry” Yim, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown […]

Effie Caldarola: ‘Letter’ inspires action

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FOR THE JOURNEY When you think about the Vatican, great filmmaking isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But a documentary released by the Vatican on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Oct. 4, is a must-see for all of us. It should be advertised in every parish bulletin, mentioned from every altar, […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Why no Old Testament saints?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Figures from the Old Testament are never referred to as saints. Were there no saints in those days? (Albany, New York) A: Your question is an excellent one, and the answer is a bit complex. It is true that, in the Catholic Church, Old Testament figures have not been formally canonized and […]

Bishop blesses Hawaii’s first parish columbarium

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Twelve of the first 60 wall niches at St. Ann in Kaneohe are already taken By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The parish cemetery is making a comeback in Hawaii. But instead of an overgrown plot of ancient headstones there is a polished, granite-faced collection of urn niches built into a church’s exterior wall. Bishop […]

Crumbling St. Gabriel Mission in Keanae, Maui, burns down

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The deteriorating St. Gabriel Mission in Keanae, Maui, along the Hana Highway burned to the ground between Oct. 1-2. In a phone interview on Oct. 4, Missionaries of Faith Father Chacko Muthoottil said authorities won’t be able to report back on the cause of the fire for two weeks. […]

Pope tells Putin: ‘Stop this spiral of violence and death’

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — With “rivers of blood and tears” still flowing in Ukraine and with the increasing threat of the use of nuclear weapons, Pope Francis begged Russian President Vladimir Putin: “Stop this spiral of violence and death.” With the situation being “so serious, devastating and threatening,” the pope […]

Mandate on transgender procedures called misguided

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By Catholic News Service NEW YORK — Catholic hospitals and their workers “must not be coerced by the government to violate their consciences” by being forced to perform “gender transition procedures” against their religious beliefs, said two U.S. cardinals writing in America magazine. In a Sept. 26 article in the national weekly Jesuit publication based […]

Sister Benedicta Ha, Congregation of Divine Providence: Through the eyes of the Lord

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VIRIDITAS 2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Of all the Stations of the Cross I created in the St. Andrew Kim Taegon Oratory near the Honolulu airport, it is the fifth one, Simon helps Jesus carry the cross, that evoked a more personal connection with me. This is […]