Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Bishop Larry Silva: Receive the Holy Spirit

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WITNESS TO JESUS This is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost, June 3-4, delivered at the Confirmation Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Ewa Beach; the Confirmation and Holy Ghost Festa Mass at Holy Ghost Mission, Kula; and the Hispanic Confirmation Mass at Christ the King […]

At 90, she joins her late husband in baptism

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald John and Esther Spencer of Honolulu were married 63 years when he died on Father’s Day in 2014. He was 93. “It was the saddest moment of my life,” Esther said. One of the happiest moments of her life came on May 26 at 1:30 p.m. when Msgr. Gary […]

Diocesan religious education director writes book on cultivating catechists

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By Jayne Ragasa-Mondoy Special to the Herald Last fall I received a call from Joe Paprocki, noted author for the prominent Catholic publishing company Loyola Press, who invited me to write a book. “We need a new voice, one who understands the reality of catechetical ministry,” he said. Once past the “who/why me and how […]

Sainthood cause for Vietnam War chaplain proceeds

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By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — A tribunal of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services has wrapped up its nearly four-year inquiry into whether the life of Father Vincent R. Capodanno, a Vietnam War hero and U.S. Navy chaplain, merits consideration for sainthood. Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, who heads the Washington-based military archdiocese, announced […]

First local woman to enter Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity dies

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SISTER ROSELANI GOMES, OSF | 1927-2017 Special to the Herald This article is based on a funeral reflection written by Sister Natalie Binversie, the Community Director of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity. Kauai-born Sister Roselani Gomes, the first local woman to enter the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, died in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, May 26. […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: May someone with dementia receive Communion?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: My father is 86 years old and was raised in the Catholic Church. He was considered an intellectual and earned his Ph.D. in philosophy. He became a nonpracticing Catholic and in fact rejected the church, although he had a thirst for justice and continued to treasure the church’s teachings on human rights. […]

Greg Erlandson: What does persecution look like?

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AMID THE FRAY In Terry Gilliam’s 1985 dystopian film “Brazil,” there is a scene where diners at a restaurant casually continue eating their meals while a terrorist bomb explodes nearby, taking out another table of diners. The scene has often come back to me as I look at what our society increasingly accepts as normal. […]

Chaminade receives $1 million grant for culture-based science program

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Chaminade University of Honolulu received a $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to fund Pacific Island culture-based STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education programs. The gift was announced June 7. The school was one of 24 awardees in the institute’s 2017-22 Inclusive Excellence program out of more than 500 universities that had […]

Photo: Award-winning church

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La Salette Father Arlan Intal and Marina Pascua, pastor and parishioner of St. Raphael Church, Koloa, Kauai, display their parish’s Historic Hawaii Foundation’s 2017 Preservation Award. The parish received the honor, the foundation’s highest recognition of preservation projects that perpetuate, rehabilitate, restore or interpret the state’s architectural, archaeological and cultural heritage, at its 43rd annual […]