By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii Family Forum, a moderate to conservative, mostly evangelical Christian organization with a Catholic connection, wanted to know where its members stood on the coronavirus pandemic. So they took a poll. The survey, conducted March 29-April 7, was not scientific. Hawaii Family Forum president Eva Andrade said she simply […]
Heralding back: May 14, 2021
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — May 7, 1971 WINNERS – St. Anthony High School of Maui qualified three students, pictured left, for the State Speech Finals to be held in Honolulu, (left-right) Guy Thomas (Senior) in humorous interpretation, Elizabeth Domenden (Freshman) in Poetry and Roy Parananda (Senior) in humorous interpretation. Of St. […]
Dominican, 108, says God ‘just wants me to hang around’
By Greg Shemitz Catholic News Service EAST WILLISTON, N.Y. — To put Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella’s extraordinarily long life into historical perspective, consider that Pope Pius X was pontiff and Woodrow Wilson was U.S. president when she was born in 1913. Nine popes and 18 presidents later, Sister Piscatella, a member of the Sisters of […]
Hawaii to join global rosary for priests
By Easter Almuena Special to the Herald This year, the Worldpriest Global Rosary Relay for Priests will have its continuous recitation of the Marian prayer on Friday, June 11, with participants in more than 500 locations throughout the world. Hawaii is scheduled to recite the Sorrowful Mysteries at 11:30 a.m. on that day in the […]
Mother’s prayers, wisdom helped guide vocation of ‘Ace’ Tui
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Who calls Deacon Ese’ese “Ace” Tui from American Samoa every Sunday, his first and most constant source of vocational support and counsel? “My mother!” said the seminarian. The prayers and wise advice of Miriama Tasi Toleafoa Aumaivao Tui will come to fruition at 6 p.m. May 21 at the […]
Pontiff places 40-euro cap on personal gifts
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Pope Francis approved a new set of laws that require Vatican officials and employees to sign a declaration stating they have not been and are not suspected of committing crimes, including money laundering, corruption or exploitation of minors. The measures, issued “motu proprio,” on the pope’s own accord, […]
Father Edgar Brillantes, diocesan priest: Missionary disciples
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald The gift of faith we received should be shared as a gift. Five hundred years ago, missionary priests, brothers and religious brought the faith to the Philippines. It is because of them that there are Filipino missionaries all over the world today […]
Hyde Amendment: bipartisan history, uncertain future
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The Hyde Amendment, born in 1976, has had a fairly long congressional history, but it could be marked for extinction. The amendment, which bans federal Medicaid funding of abortions, must be renewed each year. Hyde’s reach has extended to bans on federal funds for abortion in federal […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: Mother’s and Father’s Day isn’t about me?
EMBRACING FAMILY Have you ever found yourself looking to the Fourth Commandment, “Honor your father and your mother,” as a remedy to the many challenges we face as parents? Our sweet, innocent newborns grow and discover a whole new lexicon. “NO!” or “I can do it all by myself!” They make incessant messes which seem […]
Christina Capecchi: Advice for grads from a curious Catholic
TWENTY SOMETHING George Corrigan never met a person who didn’t fascinate him. The delivery guy. The plumber. The barista. He wanted to know their names and their life stories, which came tumbling out when he flashed his megawatt smile and asked his earnest questions. His love of humanity flowed from his love of God, culminating […]
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