Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Bishop’s Circle campaign second mailing this week

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Nine months into the Bishop’s Circle 2018/2019 appeal, the campaign has collected just over $200,000 of its total $350,000 goal. The campaign is hoping to reach that goal with a second mailing hitting island mailboxes in the first week of March, “to coincide with the beginning of Lent,” said […]

Official notices: March 8, 2019

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] March 8, 7:45 am, Bagels with Bishop, Saint Louis School, Kaimuki. March 9, 10:00 am, Mass for the 100th Anniversary of Good Shepherd Mission Church, Honomu; 5:00 pm, Rite of Election for Hawaii Island, St. Joseph Parish, Hilo. March 10, 1:00 pm, Rite […]

School honors three with Heritage Awards

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Chaminade University of Honolulu honored three in its community with its annual Marianist Heritage Awards during Mass on Jan. 23. Classes were cancelled for 50 minutes that day during the time of the Mass so that people could attend. Commended were Dominican Sister Malia Dominica Wong, who received the Chaminade Award; Riu Jiang Huang, who […]

Chaminade University a training ground for religious ministry

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By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “I need to see you,” said Marianist Brother Edward Brink, Vice-President for Mission and rector of Chaminade University of Honolulu, trying to pin me down for a meeting amid both of our busy campus schedules. “How about 7:30 a.m.?” I suggested. That became 2 p.m. as […]

Duterte’s drug war called ‘illegal, immoral and anti-poor’

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By Paul Jeffrey Catholic News Service KALOOKAN, Philippines — A Catholic bishop in the Philippines said his government’s controversial war on drugs is really a war against the country’s poor. “There is no war against illegal drugs, because the supply is not being stopped. If they are really after illegal drugs, they would go after […]

Ask Father Doyle: Did Jesus say ghosts exist? May I be a witness at a Protestant wedding?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: In a recent column, you quoted Luke 24:39 (“Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”) Are we to believe from this that Our Lord is confirming the existence […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Putting Satan in his place

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FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 The Book of Deuteronomy provides the first reading for this first Sunday of Lent. Deuteronomy recalls the flight of the Hebrews from Egypt, where they had been slaves. This trip, called the Exodus, was filled with risks and hardships. The Egyptians pursued them. The Sinai […]

Christina Capecchi: The ones who weave

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Photo by Josh Appel on Unsplash TWENTY SOMETHING When David Brooks travels the country, he seeks out the good news. The bad news is all too easy to find. As a New York Times columnist writing about the social sciences, Brooks logs many miles for his reporting and speaking circuit. The 57-year-old father is keenly aware of the […]