Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Bishop Larry Silva: Approach God with faith and humility

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WITNESS TO JESUS This is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered Aug. 19 and 20 at St. John the Apostle and Evangelist Church, Mililani, with marriage convalidations; St. Roch Church, Kahuku, parish centennial; and St. John the Baptist Church, Kalihi, Spanish Mass. Sometimes when we […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Does he need an annulment first?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: I need some clarification on the church’s marriage laws. I am a Catholic currently married to a divorced non-Catholic whose first marriage was not in the Catholic Church. I tried to arrange to marry him in the church, but a parish priest told me that my husband-to-be would need to get his […]

Father John Catoir: What God has joined together

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Everyone agrees with Jesus, “What God has joined together, let no man put asunder.” (Mark 10:9) When a marriage case comes before any diocesan tribunal, the question before the chief judge is this: Was this marriage joined together by God, or not? In other words, the presumption of validity can be challenged. If the presumption […]

Father John Molina, Somascan Fathers: Becoming what we receive

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Perseverance cannot be gauged by how long one has stayed in whatever vocational path one has followed, but by how much one has prayed. If our prayer is lacking, everything else will be lacking. As a priest who loves celebrating each Mass […]