Here’s your latest Catholic quiz, Heraldistas. Much like your basket of Halloween candy, this set of questions contains a hodgepodge of sweet treats. Enjoy! 1) WORLD RELIGIONS What religion this year will celebrate Abhidhamma Day, the Festival of Light, on Oct. 26? a) Islam b) Buddhism c) Judaism d) Hinduism 2) RELIGIOUS ORDERS Which of […]
Mary Adamski: A matter of faith
View from the Pew With the negative themes we’ve endured with the imminent election, I’ll bet this is a lofty perspective you haven’t considered: “The vote is sacred.” Not even candidates for office see themselves and the battleground they’re negotiating in that context. That was the topic at an Oct. 16 meeting in Honolulu of […]
Etevise ‘Peka’ Uiagalelei, St. Elizabeth Church: Prayer, family and song
Viriditas2: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald For more than 52 years, faith has been the foundation of my life at St. Elizabeth Church in Aiea. Through prayer, family and music, God has guided me through life’s challenges and given me the strength to pass my faith on to […]
Reflection: A familiar song stirs thoughts of honoring dearly departed
By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald Sometimes the people we miss most return to us in the simplest ways. A familiar song. A favorite meal. An old photograph. A story told around the dinner table that everyone has heard a hundred times, but somehow still makes us laugh. No matter our age, death eventually […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Church’s silence is not permission
Question corner Q: In a recent column you wrote that it “wasn’t appropriate” to hold hands during the Our Father at Mass, because the Church’s law is silent on this point. But couldn’t you read it the opposite way, meaning that since it’s not actually forbidden then it should be allowed? My family has always […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: True disciples must love others as God loves them
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Exodus 22:20-26; 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10; Matthew 22:34-40 The Book of Exodus provides this weekend with its first reading. In ancient Jewish tradition, Exodus came from Moses. Therefore, in a most special way, it is the very word of God, since Moses represented God and was the link between God and […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: The power of relics
Catholic Social Tips As Catholics, we believe in the communion of saints. In fact, two of its members are celebrated for the works they did here on the islands. As Hawaii prepares to celebrate the bicentennial of Catholicism’s arrival, many people ask to host relics of our beloved saints, St. Damien of Molokai and St. […]
Bishop Michael T.T. Castori, SJ: Our jubilee of aloha
E hiki mai kou aupuni By far one of the most uplifting and formative experiences of the “Baby Bishops School” that I attended in Rome in early September was the Sunday pilgrimage to Assisi that our group of fledgling bishops made to celebrate the Mass at the Basilica of St. Francis and to pray at […]
Talk Story: Many parts, one ohana
Office for Social Ministry “What does it mean to be human?” (Pope Leo XIV address to UNESCO, Paris, Sept. 25) Before and after a storm, a simple question can mean everything: Are you OK? We may call our parents or check on a neighbor. We wonder whether someone living alone has food, electricity or a […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Oct. 9, 2026
Happy October, quizzies! As fall begins to cool the Islands, I hope you find time to chill out and celebrate the many wonderful moments of this one-tenth of the year: Pro-life month, the month of the Holy Rosary, and the month in which our two local saints were canonized. Quiz on! 1) HAWAII’S SCHOOLS Which […]