Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Official notices: July 24, 2020

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Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] July 26, 11:00 am, Closing Mass for the 50th Anniversary of Hawaii Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services, St. Anthony Retreat Center, Kalihi. August 2, 9:30 am, Confirmation & First Holy Communion, Immaculate Conception Parish, Ewa. [Msgr. Gary Secor] August 5, 6:15 pm, Holy Hour for Vocations, […]

Richard Doerflinger: Two approaches to racism

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A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY It is clear where the Catholic Church stands on racism. The U.S. bishops’ document for Catholic voters, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,” has long condemned acts of racism as “violations of human dignity” that, like abortion and euthanasia, are “intrinsically evil” and should be rejected by any just society. They have […]

Cardinal blesses ashes of Mexican nationals who died of COVID-19

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By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Inside New York’s iconic St. Patrick’s Cathedral, some 250 Mexican nationals were hailed as anonymous heroes July 11, after dying of COVID-19, which they likely contracted as they kept the city moving when it was experiencing the peak of the pandemic earlier this year. Their cremated remains […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Is the death penalty admissible? When should seminarians wear the Roman collar?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: My home state recently made national news with the decision to go forward with the executions of several inmates on death row. As a Catholic, I do not understand the idea of returning death for death, and I see executions as being more about revenge than any kind of justice. Surely life […]

Health care for the uninsured

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Bayanihan Clinic Without Walls offers free medical services for the pandemic newly unemployed By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald People who are uninsured due to being laid off by the novel coronavirus’ impact on the economy here in Hawaii have an option to receive medical care, free, thanks to a group of volunteer Filipino physicians. […]

Sister Celeste Cabral elected superior of Hawaii Benedictines

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Kailua-raised prioress plans to introduce elements of her native Hawaiian culture into the life of the monastery By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Thirty-five years after its founding in Hawaii, the Benedictine Monastery in Waialua, Oahu, has elected an island-born sister to lead the community. The three female and two male Benedictine members unanimously chose […]

DEACON ERNEST D. LIBARIOS | 1939-2020

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Deacon was a popular college counselor who empowered many By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Her1ald Deacon Ernest “Ernie” D. Libarios Sr., a gracious man of God who rose from plantation poverty to a career as a college professor and counselor, empowering the lives of many disadvantaged students, died June 21 after a long illness. He […]

Damien sees abrupt changes in leadership

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Christian Brother Brian Walsh, president of Damien Memorial School for the past 18 months, “will not be returning” this fall, said Brother Kevin M. Griffith, province leader of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers North America in a June 25 letter to the school community. Taking his place as head […]

In the Oregon State Penitentiary for murder, inmate lived inspiring Catholic life behind bars

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‘Serving God, not time’ By Ed Langlois Catholic News Service PORTLAND, Ore. — In 1993, 39-year-old nuclear engineer Hal Elkins hit the bottle and fell into a jealous rage. He pocketed a gun and stumbled into a Salem restaurant. There, he shot his girlfriend, Kathryn Linn, and the man she was with, Marvin Eugene Mayer. […]