Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Kalaupapa: How to get there today

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald You may know about St. Damien and St. Marianne. And you may know about Kalaupapa and its Hansen’s disease settlement where they dedicated their lives to serving those forcibly sent into isolation because of their disease. But do you know how to get to this holy and historic place? […]

160 years of charity: The Catholic Women’s Guild, caring for Hawaii’s poor since the monarchy, is disbanding

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Catholic Women’s Guild Hawaii, the Islands’ oldest Catholic charitable organization, has convened its last meeting. Fewer than 15 attended on Feb. 28 — not enough for a quorum — bleakly illustrating the main reason for the group’s demise. An organization that used to make headlines on the society […]

Catholic congregations are shrinking across the state

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Fewer Hawaii Catholics are going to church. A lot fewer, according to the annual count of Mass-goers conducted by the diocese last October. The chancellor’s office, which coordinates the count, tracked 107 parishes, missions and ethnic communities. Of them, 85 saw a drop in Mass attendance over the past […]

Years served only hint at Isle jubilarians’ immeasurable impact

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  By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Seventy years. Sixty years. Fifty years. Twenty-five years. Adding up the decades is how we feebly try to measure the immeasurable impact of the 33 Hawaii religious men and women and priests honored on the anniversaries of their religious commitment to God and humanity at a special morning […]

Eva Andrade: Session ends with a surprise

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LEGISLATIVE REPORT The 30th Hawaii state legislature ended May 2. The biggest surprise was the failure of the bill that would permanently remove the window on the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse — HB 18 SD1. At the last hour, the bill ended up not leaving the conference committee. We understand that some […]

Jean Vanier | 1928-2019

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Founder of L’Arche changed the lives of the intellectually disabled By Michael Swan Catholic News Service TORONTO — Jean Vanier, 90, founder of L’Arche communities and co-founder of Faith and Light, died May 7. Vanier had been suffering from cancer and was assisted at a L’Arche facility in Paris. Vanier was the author of some […]

A saint for our times

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By Catholic News Service This editorial appeared online May 8 on the website of The Catholic Register, the Toronto-based national Catholic Canadian newspaper. Jean Vanier, Canadian writer, philosopher and humanitarian who died May 7, was a champion for people with intellectual disabilities and touched countless lives through his constant message of love. “The message of […]