Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Sister Christine Marie Plateros, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary: The fullness of life and adoration

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING One day, I bumped into Maryknoll Sister Anastasia Marie when I was out working in a village. She asked me what I was doing. Later, she said, “When do you play?” She continued, “If you want to be your best and to give the best of yourself to your students in religious […]

Jorge Mario Bergoglio: Priorities, preaching, personal touch reflect pope’s background

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VATICAN CITY — A self-described “homebody,” Pope Francis will make the 10th foreign trip of his pontificate in September, visiting Cuba and then, for the first time in his life, the United States. The visit of the 78-year-old Argentine pope comes in a year packed with important events for him: the publication in June of […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion | 24TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: The suffering servant

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Isaiah 50:5-9a; James 2:14-18; Mark 8:27-35 The last and third section of the Book of Isaiah provides the first reading for this weekend in Ordinary Time. This passage is one of several similar sections in Trito-Isaiah. Together they are called the Songs of the Suffering Servant. Poetic and expressive, they figure in the liturgies of […]

Father Kenneth Doyle | QUESTION CORNER: May my disabled husband receive the sacraments?

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Q: Over the past few years, my husband has suffered a traumatic brain injury and, more recently, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. I would like him to participate in all the sacraments, as he has done faithfully since he was a child. He attends Mass with me but does not remember any prayers, cannot […]

Letter to the Herald: Not silenced by a label

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When someone takes a pro-life stand publicly, they are immediately labeled. Our secular society tries to silence anyone who has a different belief from the present anti-life and anti-traditional marriage policies implemented in our country. By labeling us, with terms like bigots or religious fanatics, they think they can silence us. Recent comments have been […]

Keeping him safe: Pope’s visit tests security forces charged with guarding his every move

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WASHINGTON — It comes as no surprise that security promises to be extremely tight everywhere Pope Francis goes during his U.S. trip in September — so tight that no one is saying much about it. The Secret Service, the lead agency developing the security plan, and local law enforcement authorities have declined or not responded […]