Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Heralding back: June 25, 2021

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago —July 9, 1971 PROJECT HAS WHEELS — Above, Sr. Maureen (Kelleher), Administrator of St. Francis Hospital; Reinhard Mohr, Director of Key Project; and Fr. Edwin J. Duffy, Director of Campaign for Human Development, pose before the new Volkswagen purchased by the Campaign for Human Development and a friend […]

Bishop Silva moves forward with Joseph Dutton’s canonization cause

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Hawaii Catholic Herald A third Molokai saint? Bishop Larry Silva has moved forward the possibility of a third canonized saint emerging from the five-square mile Molokai peninsula already sanctified by the lives of 8,000 people forcibly quarantined there for having Hansen’s disease. A one-page edict, dated, read and posted by the bishop on May 29, […]

St. Joseph: a discreet and hidden presence

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This is the Year of St. Joseph. To mark the 150th anniversary of the foster father of Jesus being declared patron of the universal church, Pope Francis proclaimed the yearlong celebration in a Dec. 8, 2020, apostolic letter, “Patris Corde” (“With a Father’s Heart”). The pope wrote that Christians can discover in St. Joseph “the […]

Pope: Eucharist is bread of sinners, not reward of saints

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — People’s hearts and the entire church must be wide open to wonder and devotion to Christ and ready to embrace everyone — sinner and saint alike, Pope Francis said. “The church of the perfect and pure is a room where there isn’t a place for anyone; […]

India-born Missionary of Faith priest incardinated into diocese

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  By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva on May 24 incardinated as a priest of the Diocese of Honolulu Father Sebastian Kumar Soosai, an India-born former member of the congregation of the Missionaries of Faith. The bishop also changed Father Soosai’s status from administrator of St. Roch Church, Kahuku, to pastor, effective […]

Authorities in China arrest underground bishop, priests

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  By Catholic News Service HONG KONG — Authorities in northern China have arrested a Vatican-appointed Catholic bishop, his seven priests and 10 seminarians in what is seen as part of a renewed crackdown on the underground Catholic Church in the communist country. Ucanews.com reported police arrested 63-year-old Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu of Xinxiang May […]

A Catholic tribute to a Buddhist bishop

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Fostering a quiet culture of encounter and dialogue By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Unassuming, kind. A gentle, quiet person; Teacher, mentor, bridge. Peace meeting over ramen… The beauty of interfaith. As we live in an increasingly globalized world, Pope Francis reminds us, “It is neither a culture of confrontation nor a […]