Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

‘Sterile hypocrisy’ behind mistreatment of migrants, pope says

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By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Hearts that are closed to welcoming migrants and refugees are similar to those of the Pharisees, who often would preach sacrifice and following God’s law without exercising mercy to those in need, Pope Francis said. Jesus’ rebuke of the Pharisees’ “insidious murmuring” is “a finger […]

Catholics, Anglicans complete work on church authority, communion

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  By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission published its first document in 13 years on how both institutions can learn from each other in the exercise of ecclesial authority locally, regionally and globally. The document, “Walking Together on the Way: Learning to Be the Church — Local, […]

Letter to the Herald

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Setting right the wrong “Bravo Zulu” — “Well Done” in Navy lingo — for the way you addressed the federal administration’s separating children from parents at our southern border, in the June 29 Hawaii Catholic Herald. The two articles from the Catholic News Service provided appropriate supplemental information while the letter from Lawrence Chun was […]

Photo: Shelter blessing

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Father Paul Li, vicar of the east Hawaii Island vicariate, says a prayer in the new pavilion of Sacred Heart Shelter, the 20-unit complex of mini-houses erected on Catholic Church land, on June 30, the day of the shelter’s blessing and dedication. The shelter, for elderly and family evacuees of the ongoing Kilauea eruption on […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Why no prayers for Trump-Kim summit?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: How do we change those Catholic Church leaders who have political bias and anger toward our president? Mr. Trump needed our prayers and support for his dialogue with North Korean President Kim Jong Un. But neither at the Sunday Mass I attended nor in our diocesan paper was there any mention of […]

Worn Nanakuli parish looks to build a bright future on a new foundation

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The hand-me-down church on  Hawaiian Homestead land celebrates its 90th anniversary By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A gust of wind produces a swirl of pink tissue-thin blossoms from one of the trees fronting St. Rita Church in Nanakuli, Oahu. The trees beautifying the parish property, including two mango and a landmark banyan, stand sturdy […]

It took a village to raise a village

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Sacred Heart Shelter, the mini-neighborhood of micro-homes for volcano evacuees, will be blessed June 30 By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The donation of land by the Diocese of Honolulu has motivated the creation of a neighborhood of micro-houses for families left homeless by Kilauea volcano. Under the leadership of HOPE Services Hawaii, an affiliate […]

Sister Joan of Arc Souza ends 27 years as Saint Francis head of school

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Sister Joan of Arc Souza, a Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, was abruptly let go from her role as head of school at Saint Francis School in Manoa on June 13. Sister Joan of Arc had led Saint Francis since 1991, seeing it through a transformation […]