Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Love must anchor mental health care, Phoenix bishop says

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By Gina ChristianOSV News “When the Church speaks tenderly about mental health, people listen,” said Bishop John P. Dolan of Phoenix, whose mental health advocacy draws on his lived experience of losing several family members to suicide. Bishop Dolan delivered two addresses at the “Ministry of Hope Conference,” a global Catholic forum on mental health […]

Young Catholics’ engagement with church is mixed, survey shows

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By Gina ChristianOSV News A new survey shows young adult Catholics are the most engaged in the Latin Church in the U.S. — but the “strong” dynamic is also “fragile,” and questions of leaving the church persist. The data also indicate the nation’s Roman Catholics, as Catholics in the Latin Church are commonly known, reflect […]

Summit explores AI’s potential for evangelization

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By Robert DuncanCatholic News Service ROME — Pope Leo XIV said artificial intelligence should support the church’s mission of evangelization, urging Catholic technologists and venture capitalists gathered in Rome to build systems that help spread the Gospel. “Whether designing algorithms for Catholic education, tools for compassionate health care, or creative platforms that tell the Christian […]

Mary Adamski: ‘Tis the season to take action

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View from the pew Flipping through the calendar with holidays on the horizon had become a downer for me. Not in a Happy Thanksgiving mindset. Definitely dreading fa-la-la-la-LAH. Almost wishing we were still in ancient days of the Catholic Church when Advent was a time of defined penitence — fasting and abstaining from rich foods […]

Jenna Marie Cooper: ‘Vocation’ can mean many things

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Question corner Q: At my parish, we pray “for vocations to the priesthood and religious life.” But at the other parish in town, they pray for “vocations to the priesthood, the diaconate, marriage and religious life.” How many vocations are there actually? A: This is a tricky question to answer, because in our Catholic tradition […]

Reflection: A pilgrimage of gratitude

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By Anthony SelvanathanSpecial to the Herald This year, I spent more time on airplanes than I ever expected when I said “yes” to helping with the diocesan Office of Evangelization and Catechesis’ Jubilee Days of Study. The plan sounded simple enough on paper — teach people about the Catechism of the Catholic Church, creed, sacraments […]

Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Celebrate generosity and giving by sharing time, talent, treasure

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Catholic social tips It’s beginning to look like Christmas everywhere we go! For some, it creates a feeling of joyful anticipation, while for others, it evokes outright anxiety about all that needs to be done. These days, it seems like we leapfrog from Halloween to Christmas over Thanksgiving. This year, there are many people in […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Christ the King, who died for us, will never desert us

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Feast of Christ the King 2 Samuel 5:1-3; Colossians 1:12-20; Luke 23:35-43 The Second Book of Samuel furnishes the first biblical reading for this feast, marking the close of the church’s year. Once the two books of Samuel composed a single volume. In time, editors divided the volume into the two books now seen in […]

Effie Caldarola: Appreciating ‘thin places’

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Commentary Walking around my neighborhood this fall, I saw many skeletons. Bones seemed to protrude from every lawn. One evening, taking a walk in the encroaching darkness, a skeleton I hadn’t spotted noticed me. It was an action-activated Halloween display. My passing by caused the 7-foot-tall skeleton to emit a gruesome laugh. I literally jumped […]