Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Obituary: Maryknoll Sister Irene E. Solzbacher | 1934-2016

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Missioner for 65 years served as a psychiatrist on the Waianae Coast Maryknoll Sister Irene E. Solzbacher, a medical doctor and psychiatrist who spent nearly four decades serving in Hawaii, mostly as a psychiatrist on the Waianae coast in the 1980s and 1990s, died Nov. 29 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll, New York. […]

Obituary: Father Joseph Truong Ky, PSS | 1929-2018

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Refugee priest help found Hawaii’s Vietnamese Catholic Community Father Joseph Truong Ky, a seminary professor and Vietnam refugee who helped establish Hawaii’s Vietnamese Catholic Community, died Dec. 30 at Mercy McCune Brooks Hospital in Carthage, Missouri. He was 89 years old and a priest for 59 years. Father Ky was a member of the Sulpicians, […]

Catholic-themed socks offer practical, spiritual support

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By Aprille Hanson Catholic News Service LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Some people wear their faith on their sleeve, others on their feet, which is hardly sacrilegious. It is in fact, Sock Religious. Catholic socks are a rarity, but images like Mary, Pope Francis, St. Teresa of Kolkata and St. Joseph can be found at sockreligious.com. […]

Oahu events planned to coincide with World Youth Day events in Panama City

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Since only a small number from the Diocese of Honolulu are traveling to Panama for World Youth Day, Jan. 22-27, a local committee has planned events on Oahu that coincide with the international young adult gathering. “We hope that our local celebration of World Youth Day will be an […]

St. Ann Parish hosting presentation of Bishop Robert Barron’s ‘The Mass’

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The St. Ann Parish, Kaneohe, adult faith formation team invites you to walk through the liturgy in a three-part video presentation “The Mass” developed by Bishop Robert Barron, internationally known Catholic author, theologian and evangelist. The presentation will take place at St. Ann Church, 7-8:30 p.m., on the first three Mondays in February, Feb. 4, […]

Annual Stewardship Day will feature two experts on the topic

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One of the 2018 Stewardship Day speakers was Mike DiCosola of Diocesan and Trinity Publications (HCH file photo) Two experts in church stewardship and development will speak at Hawaii’s annual Stewardship Day, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Feb. 9 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Pearl City. The main speakers are Father Andrew Kemberling, president […]

U.S. bishops attend weeklong retreat about clergy sex abuse crisis

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. Catholic bishops took part in a closed-door retreat Jan. 2-8 at Mundelein Seminary at the University of St. Mary of the Lake near Chicago to prayerfully consider ways to rebuild trust over the clergy sex abuse crisis. “We are honored to welcome the bishops of […]

‘Local’ dog finds job at Catholic hospital comforting kids

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By Katie Scott Catholic News Service PORTLAND, Ore. — Wrangler doesn’t have an MD and he can’t write prescriptions, but he works hard to help children who are injured or ill and often scared. The Hawaii-born Labrador is the first full-time facility dog at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Southwest Portland, and his task […]

Greg Erlandson: Guardians of truth

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AMID THE FRAY Fifty-three journalists were killed worldwide in 2018. Some died in war, but a shocking number died exposing corruption, covering protests or just doing their job. Time magazine called them and their harassed and persecuted colleagues “Guardians” of truth, and named them collectively “Person of the Year.” In the United States last June, […]