By Doreen Ajiambo Catholic News Service MERU, Kenya — As dawn breaks in this eastern Kenyan town, Father Francis Riwa and his team head to the streets to find and rescue vulnerable children. On an average day, they take three children to St. Rita Catholic Church, where his congregation has donated food, blankets, clothing and […]
Carolyn Woo: ‘Fearfully, wonderfully made’
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY During a lecture at an Asian university on how businesses and the students’ future careers in this sector can bring about constructive social and environmental change, a question shot out of the blue: “Dr. Woo, I have problem engaging on this macro question when I feel like I am unable to move […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: The best defense against depressing times
THE HUMAN SIDE How do we keep our minds healthy in light of all the disturbing events in our world? How do we successfully deal with senseless crimes, starving children, devastating hurricanes, forest fires, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? Some suggest we turn off the news totally or at least periodically. This is true. Whenever travel […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Where do ‘single Catholics’ fit in?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Where do single people “rank” within the Catholic Church? Many times we are asked to pray for those who are married or who have followed a calling to the religious life — but how many times has anyone in any parish been asked to pray for those who are single? Are we […]
Effie Caldarola: Choose to hope
FOR THE JOURNEY What is the nature of hope? Are we born to be either a pessimist or an optimist? Or is it up to us to decide? At a day of reflection, a Sister of Mercy discussed the environmental threat to our planet. Then she asked us to stand up and choose a side […]
Catholic Charities receives $1 million grant to assist Alzheimer patients and caregivers
Catholic Charities Hawaii has been awarded a three-year, $1 million dollar grant to help persons living with and those at high risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and their caregivers. The grant from the Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging Alzheimer’s Disease Program Initiative will increase dementia awareness in the community and address […]
Photo: A return to the past
Women wearing the Franciscan habits of a century ago reenact the arrival of Mother Marianne Cope and six companion Franciscan Sisters before a Mass commemorating the 135th anniversary of that event in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Mother Marianne was the superior of her order in Syracuse, New York, in 1883 when […]
No, the bishop is not asking you to get him iTunes cards
Phishing emails target church workers in the Diocese of Honolulu By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Marvin Samiano was worrying about the threat of incoming Hurricane Lane and at a medical appointment at Queen’s Medical Center on Aug. 23 when he checked his work email. One in particular caught his eye. It was from […]
Number of Mass-goers in Hawaii hits a new low
Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald October, the month the Diocese of Honolulu counts heads in church, is over. While we await the final tally, let’s look at last year’s figures. The news isn’t good. The 2017 count was 48,210, the lowest number the Hawaii Catholic Herald has on record, going back more than 35 years. […]
MARYKNOLL SISTER MARIA ROSARIO DALEY | 1923-2018
Much-loved teacher, last wearer of the old habit, the end of an era By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Maria Rosario Daley, who served more than 50 years in Hawaii as a teacher, high school counselor and diocesan personnel director, among other ministries, died Oct. 18 at the Maryknoll Sisters residence in Manoa. […]
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