Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Aloha, Kathleen

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Herald is losing one of its beloved voices. With this issue, Kathleen Choi ends her column “In Little Ways.” She explains her decision in her final column, right, so I won’t repeat it here. I respect it and understand it. Nevertheless, it’s a sad development. She […]

Kathleen T. Choi: Number 574

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IN LITTLE WAYS Twenty-seven years ago, I was invited to write a column on how a recent convert experiences Catholic life. “A Convert’s View” debuted on March 11, 1989. Seven years later, I changed the name to “In Little Ways” in honor of St. Therese, the Little Flower. I’ve written 574 columns in all. With […]

Mary Adamski: America, America

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VIEW FROM THE PEW “America, America, God mend thy every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self control, thy liberty in law.” Not the text for an invocation at a national political convention later this month, but it would sure be fitting there. We sang that patriotic prayer at Mass July 4, sending the congregation forth […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: He will come to us

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  16TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Genesis 18:1-10a; Colossians 1:24-28; Luke 10:38-42 The Book of Genesis provides us with this weekend’s first reading. For a century or more, Genesis has carried the heavy burden of being considered almost totally in terms of its creation narratives, of which actually there are several, but Genesis offers other […]

Christina Capecchi: What George Washington and Pope Benedict have in common

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TWENTY SOMETHING I’ve been listening to Lillian Cunningham’s “Presidential” podcast, trying to glean insights into our nation’s earliest leaders. In a month that is sure to contain fireworks — from the Fourth of July to the Republican and Democratic conventions — it feels quieting and introspective to cast my mind back to our first presidents. […]

Talk story: Gatherings that enrich

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY Parishioners from Leeward and Central Oahu parishes gathered recently for an “enrichment gathering” to talk story about their social ministries and to learn from each other. Our host parish was St. John Apostle and Evangelist in Mililani. The other churches were Our Lady of Sorrows, Wahiawa; Our Lady of Good Counsel, […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Should those who distribute Communion say my name?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: How is it that some people who give out Communion say your name before they say “the body of Christ,” but not everyone gets called by name? I was an extraordinary minister of holy Communion some years back, and I stopped doing it because I couldn’t think of people’s names quickly enough. […]

Father John Catoir: Put away the phone

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  Cellphone obsession has become a serious epidemic and one that threatens our spiritual well-being. Please give me a minute to explain. A neighbor gave her 14-year-old daughter a birthday party, and noticed how quiet the girl’s friends were, until she went into the room and found them all on their cellphones. She was shocked […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Why is my parish run as a dictatorship?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Could you explain to me why Catholic parishes are run as dictatorships and are not democratic? Priests who act as dictators are driving young people to go to non-Catholic services or to quit altogether. Priests are 9-to-5 employees who do not earn their salary; if they were in the real world, many […]