Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Jenna Marie Cooper: Church doors must remain unlocked

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Question corner Q: I’m one of the parents on a new “safety committee” for our local parish school. One of the parents’ main suggestions is that, for our school Masses, we lock the church doors and keep the Mass private. To us, this seems like basic common sense. However, our pastor says we can’t do […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God heals, and we give thanks

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Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Kings 5:14-17; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19 The Second Book of Kings furnishes this weekend with its first Scriptural reading at Mass. Once the two books of Kings were a single volume, but time passed, and editors divided the volume into two parts. These writings are among the Old […]

Christina Capecchi: Hardship helps us build resilience and compassion

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Twenty Something There’s something about pumpkins. Lumpy and bumpy, impossibly orange, harbinger of harvest. Instant cheer on a front porch with a hint of moonlit mystery. An invitation to trick-or-treat treaters that later nods to the pilgrims — centerpiece for a table of plenty, symbol of gathering and gratitude. When we moved to the country earlier […]

Talk story: Helping the poor is a ministry for all

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A banner for last year’s World Day of the Poor hangs from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Pablo Esparza / CNS) Office for Social Ministry “Whenever we encounter a poor person, we cannot look away, for that would prevent us from encountering the face of the Lord […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Sept. 26, 2025

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Greetings and salutations, my quizzically inclined friends! ’Tis the season of pumpkin spice lattes and pigskin prognostications. Enjoy my latest trivialities! 1) CHURCH HISTORY By what name were the earliest followers of Jesus known? a) Neo-catechumenates b) People of the Way c) Mystigogists d) Theofilus Christus 2) SCRIPTURE Which of the following women in Scripture […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Judge life by God’s standards

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Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Amos 6:1a, 4-7; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Luke 16:19-31 The Book of Amos provides this weekend’s first reading. The book itself states that it was written during the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, or between 783 and 742 BC. It was a time of tranquility and prosperity. No wars troubled […]