Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Sister Ma. P. Myrle Gudilosao, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: Added value instruction

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  VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I am enjoying my apostolate here in Hawaii. As an educator relatively new to the islands, I was not sure at first if I was making a difference in the lives of the school children entrusted to me. However, those thoughts […]

Talk story: Persons with disabilities: not them, us

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY  “Frailty is part of everyone’s life … Vulnerability is intrinsic to the essential nature of humanity.” (Pope Francis, International Day for Persons with Disabilities, December 2020) While we cope with the global pandemic, Pope Francis reminds us that some struggle more than others — including persons with serious disabilities. In his […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Christ ‘descended into hell’? Did the Holy Family go to Egypt or Nazareth?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: What does it mean when we say in the Apostles’ Creed that Jesus “descended into hell”? That statement is not used in the Nicene Creed, which we often say at Mass. It bothers me so much that when I say the rosary, I substitute “limbo” for “hell.” (Charlottesville, Virginia) A: Since Advent […]

Father Drexel Ramos, diocesan priest: The love of God keeps me going

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald It is the love I have for Jesus Christ that is the reason why I am here. This love begins in the family. From the moment I was born until I was all grown up, I really experienced the love and care […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: How are non-Catholics forgiven? How are parish donations split?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Catholics are blessed to have the sacrament of reconciliation. But what about other faiths? How do non-Catholics have their sins forgiven? (Honolulu) A: The Catholic Church has a long history of the confession of sins. In the earliest centuries, confession was actually done in public, the thinking being that when we sin, […]

Katie Prejean McGrady: We need grace to succeed in our resolutions

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WINDOW SEAT WISDOM I learned the Act of Contrition in second grade. Mrs. Tartamella would patiently practice with us every day. We’d go through the prayer line by line, and when we’d get to “I firmly resolve, with the help of thy grace, to sin no more …” there’d be a huge emphasis on the […]