Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father John Catoir: Easter 2018

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Happy Easter. If you’ve been reading my columns over the years, you know that I return time and again to my favorite Scripture quotes. Let’s unpack them together and see what the Lord has in store for us today. Don’t think that the Feast of the Resurrection is a seasonal celebration. St. Paul said, “Rejoice […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Suffering Servant

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PALM SUNDAY Mark 11:1-10; Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 This weekend, in a liturgy majestic in its ability to transport us to the events of the day that began the first Holy Week, the church celebrates Palm Sunday. First of all, a procession will precede each Mass, ideally involving the entire congregation, who will […]

Heralding back: March 23, 2018

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — March 22, 1968 Father Gabriel Van den Broucke, SS.CC., kneels before the Most Reverend John J. Scanlan, Bishop of Honolulu, during his installation as new pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Waikane. Father Joseph Ferrario was acting master-of-ceremonies. Catholics of the area attended the […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Shouldn’t the precious blood be offered?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: My friend told me that in her parish, which is a large one, only one section of the church is offered the blood of Christ. Her pastor believes that adding more eucharistic ministers would create a traffic jam. If they are going to distribute holy Communion from the chalice, shouldn’t all be […]

Talk story: Connecting with the Good Samaritan

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The story of the Good Samaritan is the story of today’s humanity. People’s paths are riddled with suffering, as everything is centered around money and things, instead of people.” (Pope Francis, from his TED2017 (Technology, Entertainment and Design) talk, delivered April 25 at the Vatican.) The Story of the Good Samaritan, […]

Elise Italiano: Investing in young women in the church

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IN LIGHT OF FAITH In a 1965 speech to the National Union of Townswomen’s Guild Conference, Margaret Thatcher quipped, “If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.” Though she was speaking about politics, it’s safe to say that many pastors across the country can sympathize, since women […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Distributing ashes on the sidewalk?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: After receiving ashes at an Ash Wednesday morning Mass, I returned home and turned on the television news. It showed some priests in a neighboring town who were out on the sidewalk in front of their church marking with ashes the foreheads of any interested lunchtime passer-by. They were in priestly vestments […]