Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father Kenneth Doyle: No purgatory for the good thief? No weddings during Lent?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: As I understand purgatory, it is a place where a cleansing is done, even if we have received the sacrament of anointing of the sick and/or made a good confession and had our sins absolved before death. My question is this: On the day Jesus was crucified, he told the good thief, […]

St. Bernadette’s relics to begin first U.S. tour in April

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By Toni Pallatto Catholic News Service MIAMI — The relics of St. Bernadette, the Marian visionary of Lourdes, France, will tour the United States for the first time. The visit will begin in South Florida at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Miami, with a morning welcome Mass April 7. The next day the relics […]

Photo: Healing Mass

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Father William Tulua, parochial vicar of St. Catherine Parish, Kapaa, Kauai, blesses parishioners during a parish healing Mass March 5. Participants received the anointing of the sick. Praise and worship were led by Brenda Viado. Stephen Villanueva was the lector. It was reassuring to see people of all ages present, knowing that God’s healing always […]

Ecumenical Lenten prayer leaders

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St. Anthony Church in Wailuku, Maui, hosted an ecumenical Lenten prayer service March 16 with pastors, ministers and parishioners of neighboring Christian church communities. Members of these churches come together for a night of prayer and reflection on five Wednesdays in Lent. The theme of the services, which is held alternately at St. Anthony Church […]

Pope’s Curia reform, emphasizes church’s missionary nature

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Nine years after taking office, Pope Francis promulgated his constitution reforming the Roman Curia, a project he began with his international College of Cardinals shortly after taking office in 2013. “Praedicate Evangelium” (“Preach the Gospel”), which was published only in Italian by the Vatican March 19, […]

Local Tongan Catholics send aid back to island-nation

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VOLCANO AND TSUNAMI RELIEF By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Local Tongan Catholics recently sent three shipping containers back to their homeland to help family, friends and strangers who are still recovering from a volcanic eruption and its aftereffects. The idea for a shipment back to Tonga started with one family who had been saving […]