Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father Kenneth Doyle: ‘Last rites’ for a comatose person?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: My daughter, who was 50 years of age, became deathly ill, spent six weeks in the intensive care unit, then entered hospice to die. When death was imminent, a nurse finally found a priest to administer last rites. (It was a Jewish hospice, and they weren’t used to calling a priest.) By […]

Father Eugene Hemrick: More eloquence please

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THE HUMAN SIDE After making a giant step forward in modern communications, have we also taken two steps backward? Thanks to the internet, people are communicating with each other in wonderful ways. For example, shut-ins once disconnected from society are able to stay connected with friends, and we now have all sorts of libraries at […]

Promoting religious vocations locally and as a board member of Serra International

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald St. Anthony, Kailua, parishioner Chuck Furr was elected to his fourth two-year term on the board of trustees of Serra International, an organization dedicated to the promotion of priestly and religious vocations, at the Serra International convention in Nashville, June 27-July 1. Furr is an active member of Hawaii’s […]

Pray like a saint at day-long Kalihi retreat

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  St. Anthony Retreat Center in verdant Kalihi Valley is offering a one-day retreat, “Praying with the Saints” 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Aug. 25, at Rose Hill in the retreat center at 3351 Kalihi Street in Honolulu. “There are many ways to pray!” states the retreat flyer. “Come discover with Sacred Hearts Sister Marie Lemertand Malulani […]

Day symposium to address suicide, human trafficking, other life issues

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The second annual Life Symposium, “Na Mo‘olelo Ola: Living Stories,” 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Aug. 17, at the KROC Center in Kapolei will feature speakers on difficult life topics including suicide, human trafficking, death and dying, and homelessness. The event will address these issues through the lens of Scripture, church teaching, and personal testimonies. The day […]

Training future priests is expensive

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Annual collection needs more support to cover Hawaii seminarian education By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Any parent who has saved or paid for a child’s higher education knows that learning doesn’t come cheap. That remains the case for the Diocese of Honolulu to support its seminarians through the coursework and degrees that will make […]

SISTER MARIE TANG OF THE CHILD JESUS | 1924-2018

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Quiet, joyful Carmelite was one of Hawaii’s original seven By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “A time to mourn …” Sister Elizabeth DeJesus, reading from the famous passage from Ecclesiastes at the funeral Mass of fellow Carmelite Sister Marie Tang, followed that line with an emotional pause, before continuing, “… and a time to dance.” […]

Yearly seminarian retreat: Soaking in the solitude of Kalaupapa

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For the past two summers, Diocese of Honolulu vocations director Father Rheo Ofalsa and Bishop Larry Silva have traveled with diocesan seminarians to the Kalaupapa peninsula for a five-day retreat. The trip includes Mass, prayer time and recreation. It also allows the seminarians to deepen their spiritual formation and their knowledge of Bishop Silva and […]