Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Sister Monica Ja Len, Missionary Sisters of Faith: Tending to life’s mustard seeds and snails

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald At least twice a day I stop by my little brick-walled, dirt-filled-in garden plot. I have only been in Hawaii a little over a month now, but my mustard seeds have already germinated and grown into little shrubs with little green seeds. […]

Keeping our youth safe is everyone’s job

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APRIL: NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH By Kristin Leandro Special to the Herald April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. First established by presidential proclamation in 1983, it is an opportunity to recognize and acknowledge the importance of families and communities coming together to prevent child abuse and neglect, as well as promote the emotional […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: What’s the church’s position on the transgendered?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: There has been a lot in the news lately about people who identify with the gender opposite the one listed on their birth certificate. Some take hormones of the opposite sex; some even have surgery to “change” their sex. What is the Catholic Church’s position on such transgender people? Is it OK […]

Photo: Free throw champs

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Five boys and girls, ages 9 to 14, from St. Ann Church, Kaneohe, and Sacred Heart Church, Waianae, were the winners of the Knights of Columbus Hawaii State Council Free Throw Championships April 8 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe. Tayden Poti of Council 11485, Waianae, was the 9-year-old boys’ champion. Kawena Kapu of Council […]

Father Eugene Hemrick: Is there no respect these days?

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Is a new age of disrespect upon us? Are we experiencing growing impertinence, insolence and contempt? This leads us to ask what exactly respect is. Our best answer can be found in the transfiguration of Christ. To escape the crowds, Christ, Peter, James and John ascend a mountain in search of peace and quiet. Once […]

Chaminade presenting seminar on pathway to workplace peace

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Maya Soetoro-Ng, the director of the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, University of Hawaii at Manoa and maternal half-sister of President Barack Obama, will be the keynote speaker at Chaminade University’s “Pathways to Peace in the Workplace,” a seminar 7-9 p.m., April 28, in the university’s Mystical Rose Oratory. Also speaking […]

Maryknoll Affiliates meeting to share past, plan future

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Maryknoll Affiliates of Hawaii is meeting April 29, 10-11:30 a.m. in the Alumni Room of the Maryknoll School Community Building, 1722 Dole Street in Honolulu. Are you interested in service and learning across borders, on other continents? If so, come to the meeting to hear and share experiences. Meet the Maryknoll Sisters and Maryknoll Affiliates […]