Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father Kenneth Doyle: How may I obtain a first class relic?

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Q: Please forgive my awful handwriting. I have multiple sclerosis and also Parkinson’s disease and can no longer do very well on a typewriter or computer. My question is: Why is it so hard to obtain first-class relics? (Also, do I need permission from my bishop to obtain them?) I am now 65 years old […]

Father John Catoir: The synod and flexibility

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There’s a saying out there that goes like this: “Unity in necessary things; liberty in doubtful things; charity in all things.” It’s hard to pin it down to one particular person, but it addresses a sentiment in the recent Synod of Bishops on the family. The Catholic Church teaches that a Christian has a right […]

Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Physician-assisted suicide and confronting our fears

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The prospect of a very attractive, recently-married young woman with a terminal illness facing excruciating pain and suffering as she dies is enough to move anyone. The life and death of 29 year old Brittany Maynard recently captured enormous media attention when she declared she was moving to Oregon to commit suicide after having been […]

Year of Consecrated life: December 2014

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Year of Consecrated life Nov. 30, 2014 – Feb. 2, 2016 December 2014 Resources and teaching aids Video Views “Discerning God’s Call: Pray. Listen. Act. Repeat.” (http://bcove.me/i8c8r9w6) “Three Shepherds of Fatima” (DVD) Good Reads For the young at heart: “The Story of St. John Paul II: A Boy Who Became Pope” / Fabiola Garza “Martyred: […]

A special visit from Our Lady

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On Nov. 11 at 7 a.m. our parish of Our Lady of Sorrows in Wahiawa was blessed to welcome the International Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima. The statue has been on pilgrimage throughout the world since 1947. This is not just a visit of a statue but, in a real sense, a visit […]

Photo: A step closer to priesthood

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Honolulu seminarian Vincent Anh Vu, 25, was instituted into the Ministry of Acolyte by Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco William Justice, right, who presided over the ceremony Oct. 16 at St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, Calif. This ministry is one of a number of formal steps on the road to ordination to the priesthood. […]

Sacred Heart Church in Pahoa reaches out to vulnerable parishioners as lava flow threatens to split the community

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As the front of the Kilauea lava flow remains stalled on the edge of Pahoa town, this breakout flow on Nov. 2 occurred about 218 yards upslope. Recent breakouts have been common and are filling in low points behind the flow front. (Photo courtesy of Hawaiian Volcano Observatory)   As a river of molten rock […]

Diocese’s HOPE Services taking both urgent, long-term approaches

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  HOPE Services Hawaii, a nonprofit organization created by the Diocese of Honolulu in 2010 to aid the homeless on the Big Island, has been heavily engaged in outreach to residents in Pahoa and its surrounding subdivisions as the lava makes its approach. Its chief executive officer Brandee Menino said the organization has participated in […]