Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

SISTER JEANNE ANNE COLLIS | 1921-2015: Carondelet Sister was a pioneer for women and religious in Hawaii

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Sister Jeanne Anne Collis, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet who paved new paths for women and religious in the Diocese of Honolulu, died March 6 at the congregation’s St. Joseph Provincial House in Latham, N.Y. She was 93 and a Sister of St. Joseph for 68 years. She served the church in Hawaii […]

Pope Francis’ handy tips to prepare for a Lenten confession

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Pope Francis hears confession during a penitential liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican March 28, 2014. Pope Francis surprised his liturgical adviser by going to confession during the service. (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano via Reuters)   VATICAN CITY — As Catholics are encouraged to make going to confession a significant part of their lives […]

Sister Judy Resta, Sisters for Christian Community: Living a joyful song

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Fifteen years ago when I started hospital ministry, it was parish-based. Hospitals used to give the chaplain a list of the Catholics there. From that list, I would go around and visit the sick, while also bringing them Holy Communion. Now, however, my work is more inclusive. Queen’s Medical Center has a non-denominational chaplaincy program […]

Father Theodore Hesburgh | 1917-2015: Notre Dame president served nation, church, world

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NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Holy Cross Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, who led the University of Notre Dame through a period of dramatic growth during his 35 years as president and held sway with political and civil rights leaders, died Feb. 26 at the age of 97. As the longest serving president of Notre Dame, from […]

Pope Francis has given sheep and shepherds a renewed emphasis

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A 13th-century mosaic of the Good Shepherd is seen in the Basilica of Santa Maria in the Trastevere neighborhood in Rome March 5. The biblical metaphor of the Christian leader as a shepherd has taken on renewed emphasis with Pope Francis’ call for clergy to be “shepherds living with the smell of sheep.” (CNS photo/Paul […]