Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Our perfect, loving Father

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12TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Zechariah 12:10-11, 13:1; Galatians 3:26-29; Luke 9:18-24 This is Father’s Day in the United States, first envisioned by a woman attending services at an Episcopalian church in 1909 in Spokane, Washington, on Mother’s Day. She thought similar recognition was due fathers, so eventually this day came to be. Rare would […]

Father Eugene Hemrick: Mary’s example in fighting terrorism

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THE HUMAN SIDE As I sat on the front porch of my apartment recently, a U.S. Capitol Police car raced by. Minutes later, dozens of police cars, fire engines and ambulances followed with a helicopter hovering overhead. Road barricades protecting the perimeter of the U.S. Capitol building were activated halting all traffic, as authorities grabbed […]

Mary Adamski: Mercy in a suffering world

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VIEW FROM THE PEW Know how you tend to clip things out of publications when they are something you agree with? My collection from rail transit bashers got so unwieldy I actually ditched it, and I can’t quite decide to do the same with the Trump cartoons … yet. Last month I got out the […]

Kathleen T. Choi: Following the arrows

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IN LITTLE WAYS The Long’s in downtown Hilo is a busy one, and the parking lot is usually full. The search for an empty stall often tempts drivers to ignore the directional arrows. The result can be two cars nose to nose with no room to maneuver. Few of those drivers would ignore arrows out […]

Father Ron Rolheiser: Loyalty and patriotism revisited

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In a recent article in “America” magazine, Grant Kaplan, commenting on the challenge of the resurrection, makes this comment: “Unlike previous communities in which the bond among members forges itself through those it excludes and scapegoats, the gratuity of the resurrection allows for a community shaped by forgiven-forgivers.” What he is saying, among other things, […]