Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Talk story: Have no anxiety at all

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY  “Let your gentleness be known to everyone and do not worry about anything. The Lord is near. Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Consider the mustard seed

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11TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Ezekiel 17:22-24; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10; Mark 4:26-34 The first reading for this weekend’s liturgy is from the Book of Ezekiel, who is regarded as one of the great Hebrew prophets. Not interested in themselves, but only in imparting the revelation of God, the prophets rarely left any biographical details about […]

Laura Kelly Fanucci: How to honor fathers with love

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FAITH AT HOME Beer. Golf. TV. Mowing. Burping. Fishing. According to greeting cards in the store aisles, this is all that modern fathers care about. Father’s Day is clogged with lowbrow stereotypes. Dad just wants to hog the remote control, crack a few crass jokes and drink a cold one. He’s not nurturing, caring or […]

Christina Capecchi: Oh, Susanna! Power of baby names

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TWENTY SOMETHING The big news from the Social Security Administration is the ousting of a champion: Liam has dethroned Noah as the nation’s most popular boy name. This was the headline of its newly released baby-name report, an annual synthesis of Social Security card applications from the past year that offers a fascinating cultural statement […]

Carole Norris Greene: Black culture at a royal wedding!

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COMMENTARY I never saw it coming, a British royal wedding that brought American black culture center stage before the world! This happened May 19 as Prince Henry of Wales, known as Prince Harry, wedded former American actress Rachel Meghan Markle. Now she is the Duchess of Sussex, elevated to stratospheric fame. It was surreal to […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: The pope’s answer ‘seemed shocking’

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QUESTION CORNER Q: In a recent issue of our diocesan paper, I read an article about a conversation that had occurred in Italy between Pope Francis and a young boy. The boy — who was both fearful and tearful, as he whispered his question to the pope — wanted to know whether his deceased father […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Renewing the face of the earth

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WITNESS TO JESUS | SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST This is the text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost, given May 19 and 20 at three parishes where he also administered the sacrament of confirmation, Immaculate Conception Church, Ewa; Mary, Star of the Sea Church, Honolulu; and the Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at […]

Scott Bush, diocesan priest: Father, my life is in your hands

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I am a second career vocation. The phrase in the Gospel says it all. When Jesus tells Peter, “When you were young you could do whatever you wanted, but there will come a time when your hands will be tied. Tied, and […]

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