Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Syriac Catholic Church reestablishes diocese for Kurdistan region

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THE PERSECUTED CHURCH By Doreen Abi Raad Catholic News Service BERUIT — To support the faithful and encourage them to stay in their homeland, the Syriac Catholic Church has reestablished a diocese for the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan celebrated the new diocese at a Mass at Queen of […]

Sister Elizabeth V. Roach, Maryknoll Sisters: Seeing the face of Christ in others

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Following 30 years of mission work in Latin America, my next stop was to Hawaii where I was expecting to assume a job in communications. However, that plan did not work out. Through the graciousness of Honolulu Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario, who […]

Talk story: Hearts for the vulnerable

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The Lord reserves a special place in His heart for whoever has a disability … the church cannot be ‘mute’ or ‘tone deaf’ when it comes to the defense and promotion of people with disabilities.” (Pope Francis) Reaching out to the vulnerable is a fundamental part of “witnessing to Jesus.” As […]

Heralding back: Sept. 6, 2019

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago: Aug. 29, 1969 Chaminade’s New Women Residence Now Completed Hale Lokelani, a new, three-story, 80-student women’s residence facility will be available to Chaminade College students with the opening of the fall semester next week… Located off Kaminaka Drive on the upper college campus, the new facility was erected […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The Christian life is difficult

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23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Wisdom 9:13-18b; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33 The Book of Wisdom provides this weekend’s liturgy with its first Scriptural reading. According to scholars, this book was written in Alexandria, Egypt, by a Jew who had emigrated from the Holy Land, or whose ancestors had come from the Holy Land. Originally, […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Does new Catholic need an annulment? Why can’t communion wine be offered in separate cups?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: A neighbor of ours, age 66, just completed the RCIA program to become a Catholic. She has been told that she cannot receive Communion or be confirmed until she secures an annulment. She was not married in a Catholic church and has been divorced for over a decade. She states that she […]