Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Sister Patricia Rapozo, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: To Love. To Share. To Serve.

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Crafts have been my life, and my religious life ever since I was 10 years old. My grandparents started me on sewing. We made everything. When I was in high school at St. Joseph School in Hilo, we had our bazaar and […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Did the pope say there is no hell?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Did Pope Francis just say that there is no hell? (Chesapeake, Virginia) A: No. Pope Francis did not say that there is no hell. That misinformation comes from a March 2018 article in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. The article — written by that newspaper’s co-founder and former editor, Eugenio Scalfari — […]

Talk story: The holiness next door

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY  “My modest goal is to propose the call to holiness in a practical way for our own time, with all its risks, challenges and opportunities. (From Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Rejoice and Be Glad: A Call to Holiness in Today’s World”) “Seeing and acting with mercy: that is holiness.” Pope Francis […]

Photo: Barking to the choir

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Jesuit Father Gregory J. Boyle, who ministers to gangs in southern California, delivers his talk, “Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship,” April 22 in the Mystical Rose Oratory on the Chaminade University of Honolulu campus as part of the Father Robert Mackey Marianist lecture series. Father Boyle is the founder of Homeboy […]

Official notices: May 4, 2018

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] May 4, 9:45 am, Bagels with Bishop, Sacred Hearts Academy; 6:30 pm, Confirmation Mass, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Papaikou. May 5-6, Episcopal Visitation, Sacred Heart Parish, Pahoa. May 6, 11:00 am, Confirmation Mass, Sacred Heart Parish, Pahoa. May 8, 9:30 am, Bishop’s […]

Fun, fresh book appeals to hipster Catholics with spiritual swagger

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By Regina Lordan Catholic News Service “The Catholic Hipster Handbook: Rediscovering Cool Saints, Forgotten Prayers and Other Weird but Sacred Stuff” by Tommy Tighe. Ave Maria Press (Notre Dame, Indiana, 2017). 206 pp., $15.95. Are you a Catholic hipster? Are you a bespectacled foodie, black skinny jeans and Chucks-wearing Catholic “sneaking a peek at your […]

Holy Land pilgrims get tattoos to remember their travels

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By Judith Sudilovsky Catholic News Service JERUSALEM — Three generations of the Razzouk family busily attended to Christian pilgrims and tourists packed into a tiny shop to get Christian tattoos to mark their pilgrimages to the Holy Land. The Razzouk family has been tattooing Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land for 500 years — and […]

St. Thomas Aquinas meets bluegrass

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A best-selling album by a group of Dominican ‘hillbillies’ demonstrates that holiness and happiness harmonize well Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Bluegrass music may not be the first thing that comes to mind when people think of Dominicans, but for the 10 Dominican brothers and priests at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington who […]