Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Pope Benedict visits hill town outside Rome for walk, dinner

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By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Retired Pope Benedict XVI visited the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo in his first visit to the papal summer residence in four years. In a statement released July 26, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni confirmed the retired pope’s visit after a local newspaper, Castelli Notizie, reported […]

Letters to the Herald: Second collection announcements are tepid

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The Diocese of Honolulu just had the second collection for July. The collection was for the support of the educational costs for seminarians. I sincerely hope that the collection was sizeable as the annual deficit stands around $200,000. Some second collections mean more to me than others — the seminarian fund, Catholic Relief Service Rice […]

Friends and Fathers

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Father EJ Resinto and Father Alfred Omar Guerrero, ordained only a few years, chat about discovering the joys and challenges of their priesthood By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Herald sat down with Father EJ Resinto and Father Alfred Omar Guerrero on the morning of July 18 to talk about their first […]

Korean Catholic Community now part of the (Holy) Family

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Korean Catholic Community, formerly headquartered in Manoa at St. Pius X Church, has relocated across town to Holy Family Church, in the area between the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The reason: “lack of space.” Ever since St. Pius X Parish “de-clustered” with […]

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 […]