Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father Kenneth Doyle: Doesn’t my parish have to report its finances? Can I go to confession by phone?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: I belong to a Catholic community in Florida that has been in existence for 32 years. For all that time, we have had only one pastor. The problem is that we have never seen a parish financial report, and I have been told that our parish’s weekly income averages $30,000. I approached […]

Guest commentary: Catholics leaving: The question is ‘Why?’

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By Richard Halloran Special to the Hawaii Catholic Herald Patrick Downes’ excellent article on shrinking Catholic congregations in Hawaii (Hawaii Catholic Herald, May 17, 2019) leads to the wider question of a troubled Roman Catholic Church all across America. In the nation, only 21.1 percent of those who profess to be Catholic practice their religion […]

Eva Andrade: Session ends with a surprise

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LEGISLATIVE REPORT The 30th Hawaii state legislature ended May 2. The biggest surprise was the failure of the bill that would permanently remove the window on the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse — HB 18 SD1. At the last hour, the bill ended up not leaving the conference committee. We understand that some […]

Talk story: To see with a father’s eyes

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Seeing with the eyes of faith is a summons … to create conditions in which every person can feel loved, especially those who feel forgotten by God because they are forgotten by their brothers and sisters.” (Pope Francis in Bulgaria, May 2019) During an historic trip to Bulgaria earlier this May, […]

May is the month of St. Damien

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COMMENTARY By Sherry Hayes-Peirce In May we celebrate our Blessed Mother and our earthly mother. But it is also a time to celebrate our beloved St. Damien de Veuster, whose feast day is May 10. This year marks the 155th anniversary of the arrival of this great saint to Hawaii. Since the canonization in Rome […]

Young Catholic voices: I got into USC, but I won my spot on merit

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A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR REFLECTS ON THE COLLEGE CHEATING SCANDALS By Kacie Yamamoto When people hear of my acceptance to the University of Southern California, I’m met with both congratulations and a common joke: “Wow, your parents didn’t have to pay half a million dollars to get you in there, did they?!” The college admissions […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Is apostolic succession real? Can I be a Eucharistic minister if I’m divorced?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: My understanding is that the church teaches that bishops and priests are the successors of the apostles. Can this line really be traced back to one of the original apostles? (Lancaster, Ohio) A: The Twelve Apostles were the privileged eyewitnesses sent to proclaim the teachings of Jesus. The Gospel of Matthew (28:19-20) […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Heaven will be our reward

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FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts of the Apostles 15:21-27; Revelation 21:1-5a; John 13:31-33a, 34-35 Once again in this Easter season, the Acts of the Apostles supplies the first reading for the Mass. It reports some of the missionary activities of Paul and Barnabas. Although eventually they parted, Paul and Barnabas, Paul’s disciple, visited several prominent […]