Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father Lane Akiona, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts: ‘Damiaan inspireert’*: Damien inspires

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald As an altar server at the former St. Sophia Church on Molokai (now St. Damien Catholic Church), I remember the Sacred Hearts priests being like modern-day Damiens. One of the priests was particularly gruff. But, he was out there fixing churches and […]

Effie Caldarola: Make 2020 a year of forgiveness

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FOR THE JOURNEY As we trudge into 2020, a year that promises to be just as rancorous politically as the year we are ending, I find myself thinking about forgiveness. Not forgiveness as a meek act of acquiescing to evil, which is what our national climate might persuade us to believe. But forgiveness as a […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Why a crucifix instead of a cross? Can medication be used to help this condition?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Most of my family is Protestant, but I became an adult convert four years ago and was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith. Members of my family often ask me questions about Catholic beliefs, and usually I can answer them, but recently my mother asked me one that I need your […]

Richard Doerflinger: Catholic judges under the microscope

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A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY Catholics wanting to serve our country in the legal system are coming under intense scrutiny. In 2017, University of Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett was grilled by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about her Catholic faith. Sen. Dianne Feinstein told Barrett that “the dogma lives loudly within you, […]

Mary Duddy: Expectations

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THE MARRIED LIFE We all enter marriage with unconscious expectations of what our spouse should be like based on our past experiences. A man may expect the admirable traits that his mother has, while a woman may emulate certain traits of her father. On the other hand, if the parents were not good role models, […]

Sister Gina Senapilo, Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Sienna: Stewardship for little ones

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “I am happy because I feel that I am more close to Jesus,” said one little child. It is really heartwarming to know the children are getting it when asked, “Do you understand what stewardship is?” Of course, some answer, “I don’t […]