Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Laura Kelly Fanucci: Ten pockets of prayer

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FAITH AT HOME January dawns, fresh and clean. The beginning of a new year. Although Advent is technically our new year in the church, January offers another jump-start — a chance to change and a renewed resolve to eat better, exercise more or waste less time online. Making time for prayer is a common resolution. […]

Official notices: Jan. 25, 2019

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] January 26, 6:45 am, St. Marianne Cope Walk (Benefit of St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii), Ala Moana Beach Park, Honolulu; 6:00 pm, Ministry & Vocations Fair and Livestream of World Youth Day, Mystical Rose Oratory, Chaminade University; 8:00 pm, World Youth Day […]

Talk story: Building communities of welcome

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “No American institution does more for immigrants than your Christian communities … Not only as the Bishop of Rome, but also as a pastor from the South, I feel the need to thank and encourage you.” (Pope Francis: Prayer during his visit with U.S. Catholic bishops in 2015) For nearly a […]

Pope says it is a ‘grave sin’ to deny God has blessed other Christians

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  By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ROME — Just as divisions in society grow when wealth is not shared, divisions within Christianity grow when the richness of gifts God has given to one Christian church or community are not recognized and shared, Pope Francis said. “It is easy to forget the fundamental equality existing […]

Father Anton Nyo Ano, Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette: Everyone needs a spiritual dentist

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Everyone should visit their dentist regularly. If you don’t, and wait until five or 10 years have passed, and all the tartar sticks harder to your teeth, and blackened spaces in your mouth grow dimmer, you will be in for a bloody […]

Talk story: Cardinal advisor to three popes to speak at Red Mass

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The Catholic Church has a mission of accompanying humanity in all its endeavors, of bringing the message of the Gospel to politics, business, work, education, science and other activities. It is the church’s obligation to assure that the voice of the poor and vulnerable is heard in all of human striving.” […]