Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Brother John Sawchenko, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts: The journey of a seminarian

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Since becoming a professed brother, I have lived in Massachusetts, Hawaii and Fiji, and I have visited other countries and cities as well. The next phase of my life is to return to the seminary to study a few more years and […]

Father Patrick Killilea, SSCC: COVID coping in Kalaupapa

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KALAUPAPA DIARY Legend says that “trees are the record keepers of the earth. They are busy gathering information and holding volumes of wisdom and knowledge. Branches layer themselves with information and their leaves capture your words and actions as you walk by them.” It is also written that “the banyan tree represents a time of […]

Christina Capecchi: Catholicism’s map

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TWENTY SOMETHING Fifteen years after Richard Louv’s bestseller “The Last Child in the Woods” was published, it is more relevant than ever. I’m fascinated by his insights on the “nature-deficit disorder” ailing kids. I was struck by a passage about his 1950s Midwestern childhood: “I knew my woods and my fields; I knew every bend […]

Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Exploring the new frontier of distance learning

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dallas Carter (@dallascarter)   CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS We are just two weeks into what is becoming a very different learning experience for kids going back to school. But before COVID-19 was even on the radar, we knew the new St. Michael High School in Waialua would […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Please explain death as a consequence of sin. If I am distracted in prayer, should I go back and redo those parts?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: In one of your recent columns — about Our Blessed Mother’s Assumption — you wrote “Some theologians feel that, since death is a consequence of sin, Mary would not have had to die.” I have never thought of sin as causing death. Can you explain this a little more? (Montvale, Virginia) A: […]