Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Seven from Hong Kong founded original Carmel

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Hawaii’s Carmelite sisters came from Hong Kong to the Islands in 1973 at the invitation of Bishop John J. Scanlan. There were seven — Mother Mary Agnes Tse, Sister Mary Angel Wong, Sister Mary Caroline Chow, Sister Teresita Tam, Sister Agnes Marie Wong, Sister Marie Tang and Sister Agnella Iu. The Carmelites founded Carmel of […]

Court strikes down law that forced pregnancy centers to post abortion information

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By Patrick DownesHawaii Catholic Herald A federal district court on Sept. 20 struck down a Hawaii law that would have forced pro-life crisis pregnancy centers to publicize abortion and contraceptive services. Judge Derrick K. Watson made the ruling in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 26 NIFLA v. Becerra decision affirming free speech. The […]

Pope to Chinese Catholics: Time to heal, restore unity, evangelize

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The recent Vatican-China agreement on the nomination of bishops seeks the true good of the church, the promotion of preaching the Gospel in China and the re-establishment of the church’s full and visible unity, Pope Francis said in a message to Catholics in China and worldwide. […]

Vatican diplomacy with China: ‘Two steps forward, one step back’

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By Michael Sainsbury Catholic News Service BANGKOK — When Deng Xiaoping took charge of the Chinese Communist Party in late 1978 and announced his program of reform, it was the beginning of the end of 39 years of isolation for China’s Christians. The year 1978 was also the beginning of the 27-year papacy of St. […]

China-born priest left with mixed feelings about Vatican-China agreement

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The provisional Vatican-China agreement on appointments of Chinese Catholic bishops has left Diocese of Honolulu priest Father Paul Li with mixed emotions. Father Li, who was born and raised in China and started his seminary studies there in the “underground” Catholic Church before coming to Hawaii, said that there […]

Missing the sun, and the Spam

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Care packages are a treat for diocesan seminarians on the mainland By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Alfred Guerrero remembers the homesickness that came with going away to school at Mount Angel Seminary in Oregon. It rained a lot. “I missed the Hawaii sun,” the now-parochial vicar at Our Lady of Good Counsel said. […]

SISTER M. JEANETTE JOAQUIN, OSF |1927-2018

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Lifetime as a Sister of St. Francis were ‘years of love’ Sister M. Jeanette Joaquin, a Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities who spent decades teaching elementary school before serving in Hawaii parishes and in other ministries, died Sept. 12 at St. Francis Convent in Honolulu after a lengthy illness. She was 91 […]