Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

150 years ago: Faithful celebrate sesquicentennial of St. Damien’s arrival

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On March 19, 1864, Belgian seminarian Damiaan (Jozef) de Veuster first stepped foot in Honolulu and began a legacy of humble service in the Islands. He would be ordained a priest here two months later on May 21 in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. His later ministry to the Hansen’s disease patients in […]

Pope Francis: Priests, be merciful; Catholics, ‘pester your priests’

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VATICAN CITY — Always be merciful, just like Jesus, who came to forgive, not condemn, Pope Francis told new priests. “Always have in front of your eyes the example of the Good Shepherd, who didn’t come to be served, but to serve and to look for and save those who were lost,” he said in […]

Pope Francis’ homily: A Martian walks into church and asks to be baptized …

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VATICAN CITY — Christians must recognize that they do not lead or guide the church, but that the Holy Spirit does and the Holy Spirit can be unpredictable, Pope Francis said. “If, for example, an expedition of Martians arrived tomorrow,” and one said he wanted to be baptized, “What would happen?” the pope asked May […]

Pope Francis to seminarians: Don’t be princes; don’t give long, boring homilies

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ADVICE TO SEMINARIANS Don’t be businessmen or princes; don’t give long, boring homilies VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis told seminarians not to become “orphan priests,” who are motherless without Mary; “businessman priests,” who are after money; or “prince priests,” who are aloof from the people. He also warned them not to give “boring homilies,” saying […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: May 23, 2014

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We’re moseying into the warm summer already, quizzicians. Savor the last few weeks of spring, and enjoy the remaining days of the Easter season. Here’s my latest quiz to quench your thirst for Catholic trivia. 1) Saints Which of the following saints, whose feast day is May 25, is a Doctor of the Church? a) […]

Catholic Charities renames building for community advocate, supporter Peter Ng

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Peter P.J. Ng, seated, with family and friends at the dedication of the Catholic Charities Ulu Center named in his honor May 18. (Photo courtesy of Catholic Charities Hawaii)   Catholic Charities Hawaii has named its Ulu Center, a meeting and counseling facility on its upper Makiki campus, after one of Hawaii’s outstanding community advocates […]

Viriditas: Sister Jessie Kai, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

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‘My grace is enough for you’ St. Damien Catholic Parish in central Molokai includes the mission churches of St. Vincent Ferrer of Maunaloa town to the west of the island, and the churches which St. Damien de Veuster himself built — St. Joseph Church at Kamalo and Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Church at Kaluaaha […]

Obituary: Father Robert P. Guerrero | 1959-2014

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California priest, first ordained for Hawaii, served here 4 years Father Robert P. Guerrero, a priest of the Diocese of San Bernardino who had served four years in Hawaii as a newly ordained priest, died May 5 at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Ontario, Calif. He was 54. Hawaii Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario ordained the California […]