Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Kathleen T. Choi: Imagine that

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St. Ignatius Loyola taught his Jesuits a way of encountering God that he called the Spiritual Exercises. One exercise is meditating on a scene from the Gospels. You try to picture the event in detail, using all your senses, as if you were actually present. As you watch Christ, he becomes more real. Your heart […]

Photo: Gathering of deacons

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Bishop Larry Silva poses with Hawaii’s permanent deacons during the Deacon Summer Gathering July 19-20 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Pearl City. The guest speaker for the event was Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Anne Bryan Smollin. The theme was “Live, Laugh and Love!” (Photo by Elaine Okamoto courtesy of Deacon […]

Manaolana | Sidebar: Aug. 1, 2104

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Quote “I didn’t have the courage to give him the bill.” | Claudia Di Giacomo, who was working the cash register in the Vatican cafeteria July 25 when Pope Francis unexpectedly showed up to eat with the city-state’s blue-collar workers. The pontiff selected his meal from an array of prepared foods and sat with workers […]

Catholic Charities hires fund development officers

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Catholic Charities Hawaii has hired two fund development officers for its Development Office. Lisa Nakano and Suzanne Peterson will be responsible for gift stewardship, donor relations and development activities. Before joining Catholic Charities, Nakano served for five years as the marketing and development coordinator at Hospice Hawaii, where she managed fund development initiatives, donor databases, […]

Official notices: Aug. 1, 2014

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] August 10, 9:30 am, Installation of Fr. Mario Raquepo as Pastor of St. Stephen Parish, Nuuanu; 2:00 pm, Mass for State Convention of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Catholic Charities Hawaii Clarence T.C. Ching Campus, Makiki; 6:00 pm, Mass for Hawaii Catholic Schools Administrators […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: ‘Was Mary’s privilege retroactive?’

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Was Mary’s privilege retroactive? Q: In a recent article on Our Lady in a well-known Catholic magazine, I was disturbed to read that the Blessed Mother was “saved retroactively from original sin” in view of the merits of Jesus Christ. I had always learned that, from the time of her conception, Mary was born without […]