Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father Rico Bernadez, diocesan priest: The importance of right relationships

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I really appreciate the priestly ministry. Being a priest is about having a right relationship with God and knowing that God will lead one in the right direction to fulfill whatever God designs to have be done. I am always hopeful to […]

Photo: No excuse for abuse

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Participants in the 24th annual Men’s March Against Violence Oct. 4 in downtown Honolulu pose with signs protesting domestic violence. The noon-time march, which had an estimated 1,000 participants including students from Honolulu Catholic schools, began at the State Capitol Rotunda and ended with a rally at Iolani Palace. Among its sponsors were Catholic Charities […]

Photo: Saintly connection

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Chuck Furr, an ardent devotee of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio,  poses with a portion of his collection of books, relics and artifacts of the saint, including donation checks he endorsed. Furr inherited the items from his late uncle, William M. Carrigan, who first met the Italian Capuchin priest in 1943 […]

Photo: Perpetually professed

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Marianist Brother Mark Motz professed perpetual vows during Mass at Holy Rosary Church in San Antonio on Oct. 6. Presiding at the Mass was Father Oscar Vasquez, the U.S. Marianist provincial. Brother Motz, 30, is from West Chester, Ohio, and worked in campus ministry at Chaminade University of Honolulu after professing his first vows in […]

Supreme Court examines dementia, health issues in death penalty cases

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court, no stranger to death penalty cases, is looking very narrowly at two aspects of capital punishment this term: if an inmate with dementia should be executed if he has no memory of the crime he committed three decades ago and if a death-row […]

Official notices: Oct. 19, 2018

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] October 21, 11:00 am, Outdoor Mass at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam. October 26, Meeting of the Board of Trustees of St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, Menlo Park, California. October 27, 6:00 pm, Mass for Diocesan Youth Day, St. Ann Parish, Kaneohe. October […]

Carolyn Woo: Plea from the brokenhearted

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  OUR GLOBAL FAMILY At the opening of the Fifth National Encuentro in Grapevine, Texas, San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller said, “You are right to be heartbroken.” Much attention by church leaders, as it should be, is directed at new promises to take abuse seriously, encourage reporting, care for victims and establish safeguards. Yet little […]