Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Pope’s pilgrimage: Iraq: Full of historic sites important to Christianity

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By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service AMMAN, Jordan — Pope Francis hopes to embark on the first-ever papal visit to the biblical land of Iraq in early March in a spiritual pilgrimage of sorts to the place known in Arabic as the “land of the two rivers” — the mighty Tigris and Euphrates — and […]

Official notices: March 5, 2021

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Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] March 6, 5:00 pm, Scout Mass, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu. March 7, 8:30 am, Mass with Young Ladies Institute, St. Ann Parish, Kaneohe. March 9, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council (video conference). March 11, 7:00 pm, Maui Chrism Mass […]

House passes Equality Act opposed by U.S. bishops

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By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed the Equality Act in a 224-206 vote Feb. 25. A couple days ahead of the vote, the chairmen of five U.S. bishops’ committees said its mandates will “discriminate against people of faith” by adversely affecting charities and their beneficiaries, conscience rights, women’s […]

Katie Prejean McGrady: In defense of hope

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WINDOW SEAT WISDOM Our bedtime routine with our 3-year-old daughter is quite simple. Bath. Nighttime snack of strawberries and grapes. Read books. Brush teeth. Potty. Say our prayers. Tuck her under the covers. Kiss on the forehead. Lights out. It takes about 30 minutes, give or take the number of books she grabs off the […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Wasn’t our first pope married? Can the church bless our relationship?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: My wife and I recently came into communion with the Roman Catholic Church. I know that a hot-button topic in the church is the question of whether there should be married priests. I have slowly come to the belief that unmarried priests make logical and biblical sense. Seeing how hard our parish […]

Photos: Inscribing their names

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Catechumens sign the Book of the Elect at the Rite of Election Feb. 21 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa as Bishop Larry Silva welcomes them. Hawaii this year will have 150 catechumens baptized and receiving the sacraments of confirmation and holy Eucharist in their parishes this Easter Vigil April 3. Because of the pandemic, […]

Photos: Ashes in a pandemic

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Clockwise from far left: Students at Sacred Hearts School in Lahaina, Maui, receive ashes sprinkled on their heads during Ash Wednesday Mass on Feb. 17. Distributing the ashes were Missionaries of Faith Father Robert Ni Ni and Deacon Randy Kokke, a visiting deacon from California. Students receive ashes with a Q-tip at the Newman Center/Holy […]

Heralding back: March 5, 2021

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — March 12, 1971 Sacred Hearts Fathers New Superior Visits Islands Pictured: Very Rev. Harold Meyer, SS.CC., Hawaii Provincial and Very Rev. Jan Scheepens, SS.CC., Superior General The Very Reverend Jan Scheepens, SS.CC., is visiting the Hawaiian Province of the Sacred Hearts Fathers. Father Scheepens is the newly-elected […]