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Knights of Columbus Hawaii State Council issues annual honors at banquet

11/04/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Robert Camilleri Special to the Herald The Knights of Columbus Hawaii State Council held its annual Columbus Day banquet Oct. 9 for more than 170 Knights, their families and guests at the Hawaii Okinawa Center in Waipio. Attendees enjoyed a buffet dinner blessed by associate state chaplain Father Jack Legal. After the meal, master […]

Filed Under: Knights of Columbus, Local News Tagged With: Columbus Day, Hawaii State Council, Knights of Columbus

Experts unpack AI and human dignity in Marianist Lecture

11/04/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Chaminade University of Honolulu Special to the Herald Humanity can cope with the rise of artificial intelligence technology, as it has with other technological revolutions, without losing what makes us human. But we must first fully understand what AI is and how it should be used. That was the greatest takeaway from Chaminade University […]

Filed Under: Features, Honolulu bishop, Local News Tagged With: artificial intelligence, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Kyle Ballarta, Louis Kim, Marianist lecture

Pope Leo’s video invitation opens World Youth Day registration

11/04/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Next year’s World Youth Day is not a sightseeing excursion but an opportunity for Catholic youth to deepen and renew their faith, Pope Leo XIV said. In an Oct. 22 video message, the pope launched the opening of registrations for the 41st World Youth Day set to take place […]

Filed Under: Pope Leo XIV, World Tagged With: Pope Leo XIV, Seoul, South Korea, World Youth Day

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Nov. 6, 2026

11/04/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

November is here, my Quizzies! The month when we Catholics remember the dead, give thanks for the living and prepare for the coming of Christ. Enjoy! 1) BISHOPS What is the specific name of the color that bishops and archbishops wear which distinguishes them from monsignors and cardinals? a) Amaranth red b) Scarlet c) Tyrian […]

Filed Under: Columns, Commentary, Features, Local News Tagged With: Hawaii Catholic Harold's Quiz

Sister Madonna Shylla, Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians: We do not walk alone

11/04/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Viriditas2: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald My years in India were filled with opportunities to serve, especially through education and pastoral ministry. Much of my time was spent teaching in school, visiting villages and caring for the children entrusted to our boarding facilities. In one place where I […]

Filed Under: Columns, Commentary, Features, Local News Tagged With: Aiea, Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians, Sister Madonna Shylla, St. Elizabeth Church, Viriditas2: Soul Greening

Jenna Marie Cooper: Parish customs are nice, but are not law

11/04/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Question corner Q: As another follow-up to the question of what laity do during the Our Father at Mass: When the law is silent, would not the Church’s liturgical law envision that custom in a parish governs what the faithful do or not do in order to provide for different cultural expressions of prayer? For […]

Filed Under: Columns, Commentary, Features Tagged With: canon law, customs, Jenna Marie Cooper, Our Father, question corner

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Be a steadfast disciple always, not just at the end of your life

11/04/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Wisdom 6:12-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13 The Book of Wisdom supplies the first reading for this weekend. The book’s title itself teaches a lesson. As centuries passed, foreign influences virtually overwhelmed the Holy Land. Times perennially were hard. Understandably, many Jews left their ancestral homeland in search of better […]

Filed Under: Columns, Commentary, Features Tagged With: Msgr. Owen F. Campion, Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Christina Capecchi: Beneath the buffalo hide

11/04/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Twenty Something The stranger draped a buffalo hide over her shoulders. Sister Blandina Segale braced for a bullet. It was December 1872, near midnight on the Colorado plains, in the heart of the Wild West. The 22-year-old Italian-born Sister of Charity was bound for Trinidad, a frontier town she had never seen. Back in Cincinnati, […]

Filed Under: Columns, Commentary, Features Tagged With: Christina Capecchi, Sister Blandina Segale, Twenty Something

An act of faith that bridges generations

10/21/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Choosing to be buried at one’s home parish invites prayer and remembrance for years to come By Lisa Dahm Hawaii Catholic Herald As faithful who believe in the resurrection of the body, Catholics in Hawaii have been entrusting their burial after death to the hallowed ground of their parish home for the past 200 years […]

Filed Under: Features, Local News Tagged With: Annunciation Church, burying the dead, columbaria, columbarium, Corporal Work of Mercy, Honaunau, King Street cemetery, Spiritual Work of Mercy, St. Benedict Church, Waimea, Waimea Catholic Cemetery

Walking in faith: Procession honors St. Francis of Assisi

10/21/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Hawaii Catholic Herald To celebrate the Transitus, the death date of St. Francis of Assisi on Oct. 3, hundreds of people joined a eucharistic procession behind Bishop Michael T.T. Castori, SJ, and several priests and deacons who took turns carrying the monstrance. More than 100 people braved hot, sunny conditions Oct. 3 to commemorate the […]

Filed Under: Features, Local News Tagged With: 800th anniversary, Ala Moana, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Eucharistic procession, Honolulu, Jubilee Year, St. Francis of Assisi, Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Transitus

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