Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Sister Assumpta John Theresa of the Risen Christ, Order of Discalced Carmelite Nuns: The language of faith, hope and love

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “Our language is the most important part of our being. I think it is important to learn other languages, because it helps us to learn about other peoples and cultures. The most important one, however, that we can learn is our own […]

Mary Adamski: Words of love

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VIEW FROM THE PEW The priest at a recent Mass invited us to look away from him during the homily and focus on the oldtime visual aid, a stained glass window depicting the Good Samaritan parable. It’s classic religious art, vibrant colors for the well-dressed good guy and languishing robbery victim on the ground — […]

Talk story: Being the summertime ‘presence of Jesus’

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “When we reach out to the poor, when we visit the sick, when we visit those who are in prison, when we comfort those who are in mourning, we are the presence of Jesus.” (Bishop Larry Silva, “Eucharist as One Ohana” video) While Hawaii’s summer season is calling many to fun […]

Chicago woman’s healing leads to canonization of Cardinal Newman

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By Joyce Duriga Catholic News Service CHICAGO — A few prayers to Blessed John Henry Newman became a “constant dialogue” and then a desperate response to an emergency for Melissa Villalobos of Chicago. Her healing, which saved her life and the life of her unborn child, was accepted as the miracle needed for the 19th-century […]

‘They want to kill you’

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The Iraqi monks had just finished hiding manuscripts when the Islamic State militants showed up By Doreen Abi Raad Catholic News Service BEIRUT — The first time a band of Islamic State militants “visited” the monks, they presented the monks with a kind of suggestion, in a nonthreatening manner: “Why don’t you become a Muslim?” […]

Help arrives for religious vocations derailed by student debt

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By Melissa Enaje Catholic News Service FRESH MEADOWS, N.Y. — “Yes, there is a vocation crisis, but we have to realize student loans are a substantial inhibitor to our vocations and the people wanting to give their lives,” said Norvilia Etienne, a recent New York City college graduate. In 2018, the parishioner from Holy Family […]

Mom says son’s cure after prayers to Archbishop Sheen a gift to whole church

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By Jennifer Willems Catholic News Service PEORIA, Ill. — As Bonnie Engstrom watched lifesaving measures being taken for her son, who had been born just moments before without a pulse or drawing breath, she asked for help from the person whose prayerful support she had sought throughout her pregnancy: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. After 61 […]

Forensic experts to study ‘thousands of bones’ found in Vatican ossuaries

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — During a search for the remains of a young Italian woman missing for more than 30 years, workers discovered an enormous number of bones inside two ossuaries in a building next to a Vatican cemetery. Further studies on the remains will be carried out starting July […]

Catholics hold civil disobedience rally for immigrant children

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — A few hundred Catholic activists, including dozens of women religious, gathered outside at the foot of the U.S. Capitol July 18 urging politicians to stop its “inhumane treatment” of immigrant children at the border and reminding people of faith to take a stronger stand against current U.S. […]