Happy July, quiztastics! This quiz is the perfect way to exercise your brain while avoiding yard work, folding laundry, or explaining to your grandchildren how a rotary phone worked. Boa sorte, meus amigos! 1) CHURCH ARCHITECTURE The Sagrada Familia Basilica’s recently completed Tower of Jesus Christ makes the church the tallest Catholic church in the […]
Mary Duddy: Love and letters
The Married Life Letter writing is a meaningful way to communicate, to share life, to encourage and to show gratitude. Letter writing takes time and effort. These days emails and texts have largely replaced handwritten notes, but there remains a special place for letter writing. In the Bible, Peter, Paul, John, Jude and James all […]
Christina Capecchi: Walking with God
Twenty Something No television soundtrack is more deeply embedded in my memory than the opening song for “Little House on the Prairie.” It lilts and skips as the Ingalls girls bound down a prairie hill that feels as wide as childhood itself, the youngest tumbling behind them. When I hear it, I’m 9 again. No […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: ‘Non-Catholic wedding’ has many nuances
Question corner Q Can a Catholic priest or deacon attend a non-Catholic wedding reception as a guest? I realize that a Catholic priest or deacon should not attend the actual non-Catholic wedding ceremony. My question concerns attending the party following the actual ceremony. A I think the main answer here is really that it all […]
Reflection: A year to reflect, prepare
By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald A year from now, Catholics across Hawaii will celebrate 200 years since the arrival of the Catholic faith in these islands. Yet the bicentennial begins not next year, but now. Important celebrations rarely begin on the day they are observed. The church has long understood that moments of […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God, through Jesus Christ, guides us in our inadequacy
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 This weekend, the first biblical reading is from the Book of Zechariah. Zechariah was of the priestly caste and was born in Babylon. His birth occurred during the time when many Jews were in forced exile in the Babylonian capital, and he went […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Love brings pain, hope
Faith at Home “Making the decision to have a child — it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” Over the years I’ve heard so many parents share this quote from Elizabeth Stone, because it speaks to the (literal) heart of raising a child: a […]
Talk Story: A prayerful approach to AI
Office for Social Ministry “We are all called to protect humanity, choosing every day the logic of peace over that of power, acting with honesty, integrity, empathy, and care. Let us contemplate in the face of Jesus a magnificent humanity that also enlightens the age of artificial intelligence.” (Vatican video on “Magnifica Humanitas”) Since the […]
Service and daily prayer guide ‘Auntie Carmen’
By Catholic Stewardship Consultants www.CatholicSteward.com At Sacred Heart Church in Honolulu, most people know Carmen Mae Fuertes Vierra simply as “Auntie Carmen.” She is a familiar face around the parish — there early, often staying late, and stepping in wherever help is needed. For Vierra, that has just become part of daily life. Vierra grew […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: June 19, 2026
Aloha, Quiz Masters! June is well underway, bringing longer days, warmer weather and plenty of opportunities to deepen our faith while enjoying the blessings of summer. Whether you’re gathering with family, traveling across our islands, or simply taking a moment for prayer and reflection, I hope you’ll make room for a little Catholic trivia too. […]