Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

SISTER M. CANDIDA OROC, OSF | 1933-2022

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Educator and chaplain, Sister of St. Francis served with a joyful spirit Sister Mary Candida Oroc, a Kauai-born Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities who, as a Catholic school educator and hospital chaplain, displayed a vivacious outreach to all, especially in her ministry with palliative care patients, died May 29 at the Plaza […]

Photo: Body of Christ at Christ the King

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La Salette Father Augustine Uthuppu, pastor of Christ the King Parish in Kahului, Maui, carries the monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament under a canopy held by members of the Knights of Columbus as he leads parishioners in a procession celebrating the feast of Corpus Christi (the Body of Christ) June 19. The Corpus Christi procession […]

Photos: Taking Christ to the street

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Top, acolytes lead the Corpus Christi procession up Nuuanu Avenue about a block from their destination, the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, June 19, where Bishop Larry Silva presided over Benediction. The mile-and-a-half long procession started at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa at noon. The celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi marked […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: How can one obtain relics? Why do priests leave the altar before the last song is done?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Please forgive my awful handwriting. I have multiple sclerosis and also Parkinson’s disease and can no longer do very well on a typewriter or computer. My question is: Why is it so hard to obtain first-class relics? (Also, do I need permission from my bishop to obtain them?) I am now 65 […]

Greg Erlandson: Appreciating good homilies

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AMID THE FRAY Here’s an answer that should show up on Catholic Jeopardy: “Eight minutes.” The question is: “What does Pope Francis think the ideal length of a homily should be?” This pope, who has not been afraid to weigh in on controversial issues, recently addressed a topic that every practicing Catholic has probably thought […]

Supreme Court sides with coach in school prayer case

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In a 6-3 vote June 27, the Supreme Court ruled that a former high school football coach had the right to pray on the football field after games because his prayers were private speech and did not represent the public school’s endorsement of religion. “The Constitution and […]

Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity kicked out of Nicaragua

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By David Agren Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY — The Missionaries of Charity have been expelled from Nicaragua, the latest in a series of attacks on the Catholic Church and its ministries from the Central American country’s increasingly repressive government. The order of sisters — founded by St. Teresa of Kolkata, known popularly as Mother […]