Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Diocesan Pastoral Council experience has been ‘deeply enriching’

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With its May 29-30 meeting, the Diocesan Pastoral Council will bid aloha to members whose terms have ended. One of them is Mary Talon, the current council president and central Oahu vicariate representative. Here she graciously shares her reflections on being a member of the council which serves to advise Bishop Larry Silva.   As […]

Kathleen T. Choi: All fired up

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Sunday we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. We’ll remember the day the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples, looking like flames above their heads. But how often do we think about this third person of the Trinity, much less call upon him? He’s been part of us since baptism, yet the Holy Spirit remains the […]

Father Michael G. Scully, Society of Jesus: Contemplative and active

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Before coming to Hawaii, I taught in schools included Jesuit High in Sacramento, Bellarmine Preparatory School in San Jose and Loyola High in Los Angeles. During that time I spent a year teaching at a seminary in East Africa. When I was teaching I, like most Jesuits who are not assigned to parishes, would go […]

Heralding back: May 22, 2015

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — May 21, 1965 The “Canbera V” will be one of twenty groups performing at the Waikiki Shell May 29, in conjunction with the two-day Catholic Youth Convention. This evening they will participate with a number of other performing groups previewing the variety show. The three hour ‘preview’ […]

Survey shows increase in Americans with no religion

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WASHINGTON — A major study of the religious landscape of the United States shows a continuing decline in the number of people who consider themselves part of any religion, with the largest shift occurring among the “millennial” generation. The Pew Research Center survey of 35,000 people, conducted in 2014, found that the percentage of Americans […]

Pope tells Swiss Guards to arm themselves with the Gospel and a rosary

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Swiss Guard recruits stand at attention during their swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican May 6. Thirty-two new recruits were sworn in on the anniversary of the 1527 attack in which 147 Swiss soldiers died defending the pope. (Photo by Paul Haring)   VATICAN CITY — Wearing armor and carrying medieval-era weaponry — halberds and swords […]

Mom of eight, Franciscan Sister celebrates Mother’s Day

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Sister Patricia Schofield of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, left, with family members at the Marianne Cope Convent in Liliha May 12. Sister Patricia’s son Joe, his wife Amy and stepdaughter Alyssa spent Mother’s Day in the Islands. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) Sister Patricia Schofield is a Sister of […]

Photo: Mary month of lei

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Catholics around the world dedicate the month of May in devotion to Mary. The statue of the Blessed Mother in the sanctuary of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace was decorated with flower lei, May 5. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)