Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

U.S. Catholics urged to weigh issues carefully as they vote

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  By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In the weeks leading up to the hotly contested Nov. 8 election, many Catholic bishops have written columns, issued statements or preached homilies encouraging their people to weigh the issues carefully as they enter the voting booth. Many of the statements draw on “Faithful Citizenship” (http://tinyurl.com/je63w8h), the quadrennial […]

Bishop’s Circle campaign 2016-17 has a $350,000 goal

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald In his annual Bishop’s Circle appeal letter mailed this month to Catholic donors, Bishop Larry Silva linked the campaign’s goal to the new diocesan pastoral plan, which he said calls Catholics to deepen their faith and be sent forth “as joyful missionaries equipped to witness to Jesus.” This year’s […]

Poor or rich, we need each other

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An interview with Thomas Awiapo of Ghana, the CRS Global Solidarity Coordinator By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Thomas Awiapo’s conversation kept coming back to that “little snack,” as he fiddled with a little cardboard box, the well-known Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl. The CRS Global Solidarity Coordinator, who works in his home country of […]

Papal summer residence opens to the public for the first time

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By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Francis is throwing open the doors to the papal apartment — including the bedroom where popes have slept — in the Apostolic Palace at Castel Gandolfo. The palace was for centuries the summer residence of the Roman pontiffs, but Pope Francis has decided […]

Photo: Witnesses to life

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The diocesan Respect Life Office encouraged Island Catholics to participate in a statewide rally Oct. 25 as part of the annual “40 Days for Life” campaign. That evening on Oahu, about 50 people gathered in front of the Planned Parenthood clinic in Honolulu with signs, prayers and spoken testimonies. October is Respect Life month, and […]

Effie Caldarola: Need and gift matched

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FOR THE JOURNEY Not too long ago, a 15-year-old refugee from Eritrea was found walking along the side of a road in Hampton, England. Just another statistic, perhaps, representing a microcosm of an enormous problem, a worldwide conundrum encompassing millions and millions of people who have been displaced by war, famine, tyranny. It’s a refugee […]

Talk story: Focus on the vulnerable

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Jesus’ concern for the care of the hungry, the thirsty, the homeless and prisoners (cf. Mt 25:34-40) sought to express the core of the Father’s mercy. This becomes a moral imperative for the whole of society that wishes to maintain the necessary conditions for a better common life.” (Pope Francis) November […]

Sister Mary Ann Tupy, OSF, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity: The prayer of this day

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewd by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I have always believed that our religious communities speak for God and that when they ask us sisters to take on a new ministry or to move to another place, that is God asking us to do his work in a new […]

Official notices: Nov. 4, 2016

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] November 4, 10:30 am, Funeral Mass of Mrs. Irene Lanuevo (mother of Rev. Victor Lanuevo), St. Joseph Church, Waipahu November 4-5, Diocesan Pastoral Council, St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe. November 5-6, Episcopal Visitation, St. Philomena Parish, Honolulu. November 6, 4:00 pm, Mackey Lecture, […]