Dear Heraldites, Phew! We made it through Hurricane Lane largely without damage, though prayers go out to those affected by flooding on the Big Island and Kauai and brushfires on Maui. On a lighter note, it’s quiz time again! Enjoy! 1) Mass Which prayer at Mass starts, “Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power […]
Saint Louis team makes top 25 in pre-season Catholic ranking
Saint Louis School in Honolulu is the 14th top-ranked Catholic high school on a national top 25 pre-season football team list. The “Catholic Athletes for Christ Top 25 High School Football Rankings” lauded Saint Louis for winning the state high school football championships the last two years. The all-boys kindergarten through high school in Kaimuki […]
Men’s Conference rescheduled due to storm
The inaugural Oahu Catholic Men’s Conference has been rescheduled to Sept. 8. The conference, themed “Fidei Defensor” or “Defender of the Faith,” was originally set for Aug. 25 but was postponed as Hurricane Lane approached the Hawaiian Islands. Still set to appear on the new date is keynote speaker Doug Barry, host of EWTN’s show […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is the death penalty out completely?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I have always been against the death penalty — since the prisoner is behind bars and removed from doing further harm to the public. But a recent piece in The Wall Street Journal included statements by criminals who said that they were not as aggressive with victims when they knew there […]
Christina Capecchi: Breaking up with your phone
TWENTY SOMETHING Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash I’ve been emailing my friend Becky, a newspaper editor in South Dakota, about our growing desire to unplug. We used to compare notes on “Dancing With the Stars,” but lately we’re both watching less TV. “My eyes have started to reject going from screen to screen,” she emailed […]
Karl A. Schultz: Pope Paul VI: prophet, pilgrim of peace
Commentary The canonization of Pope Paul VI on Oct. 14 makes this an opportune time to look back on the years surrounding the Second Vatican Council in order to put in context the present state of the ongoing implementation of the conciliar reforms. Blessed Paul VI, who was pope from 1963 to 1978, was arguably […]
Jayne Ragasa-Mondoy: Enlisting witnesses for Jesus Christ
CATECHETICAL SUNDAY 2018 A friend of mine recounted an experience on a recent trip to Israel. Traveling through the arid countryside, his tour group paused to admire a section of verdant pasture. There, he observed two shepherds conversing with one another. As the shepherds spoke, their flocks of sheep merged together, forming a large, single […]
Cathedral to host Vivaldi’s ‘Gloria’ concert
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace is hosting a concert of the Cathedral Choir and the Honolulu Festival Orchestra performing “Gloria in D, RV 589” by Antonio Vivaldi, a familiar and popular piece among the composer’s sacred works, at 7 p.m., Sept. 11, in the cathedral at 1184 Bishop Street. Soloists are Paula […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God forgives, we are restored
23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 35:4-7a; James 2:1-5; Mark 7:31-37 The first reading for this weekend, from the Book of Isaiah, speaks of the blind, the deaf and the lame. Today’s culture is very different from that in which this section of Isaiah was written. Physical impairments now can be managed in most cases. […]
Catholic nuns in forefront of relief work for flooded Kerala
By Saji Thomas Catholic News Service KOCHI, India — More than 6,700 Catholic women religious are among those helping more than 1 million people taking shelter in relief camps after unprecedented floods ravaged Kerala state in southwest India. “This is the biggest rescue and relief operation the Catholic Church in Kerala has undertaken in its […]
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