Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Talk story: The Eucharist: Multiplying the living presence

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “It is the Church that makes the Eucharist, but it is more fundamental that the Eucharist makes the Church.” (Pope Francis, homily on the 2022 Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ [Corpus Christi]) Many Catholic churches are facing declining attendance and increasing religious disaffiliation. In response to […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Is it better to go to church or be kind? Why do Catholic light candles in church?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Who is a better person? Someone who attends Mass every Sunday and receives Communion but is not nice to people (rude, insulting, doesn’t help the poor)? Or someone who attends Mass sporadically but is a kind, considerate and helping individual? (Gahanna, Ohio) A: Is it better to walk on your right leg […]

Nicaraguan police continue harassment of Catholics

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By David Agren Catholic News Service Following the arrest of a bishop and 11 others, police continued harassing Nicaraguan Catholics, even as Pope Francis called for “open and sincere” dialogue in the Central American country. Photos posted to social media showed police and paramilitaries surrounding St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Masaya, Nicaragua, Aug. 21 […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Facing winds of opposition

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23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Wisdom 9:13-18b; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33 The Book of Wisdom provides this weekend’s liturgy with its first Scriptural reading. This book was written, according to scholars, in Alexandria by a Jew who had emigrated from the Holy Land, or whose forebears had come from the Holy Land. Originally, it […]

Sarah and David Herrmann: A love-hate relationship with chores

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EMBRACING FAMILY Have you ever found yourself in a conflicted relationship with chores? Some of us view them as a necessary evil and “tolerate” them, doing only what is necessary. Others find doing chores cathartic, enjoying them, and experiencing a sense of calm and satisfaction upon completion. Most of us fall somewhere in between these […]

Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Talking with your pandemic-impacted teens

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CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS Sparking conversations with today’s teens is hard! Two years of living in a pandemic have affected the mental health of our teenagers in extraordinary ways. Social isolation shined a light on the anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses plaguing teens and college students. The book “Three Big Questions That Can Change Every […]

Father Adondee Castillo Arellano, Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette: Making known God’s message

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VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Having been ordained for 17 years and professed for 22 years as a member of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette, I can say that the gifts of priesthood and consecrated life are the source of my joy and hope. […]

Eight deacon candidates to receive the rite of acolyte

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Eight Hawaii candidates for the permanent diaconate will take another step toward ordination when Bishop Larry Silva confers on them the ministry of acolyte, Sept. 11, at St. Stephen Diocesan Center Chapel. There will be a reception after Mass. They are Michael M. Browning of St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church; David G. Bruce of […]