Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: God be praised through Sister Earth

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“Be praised, my Lord, through our sister Mother Earth, who feeds us and rules us, and produces various fruits with colored flowers and herbs.” These telling words of St. Francis of Assisi are from his famous “Canticle of the Creatures.” Composed in 1224, eight centuries before talk of climate change and saving the environment, this […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Rosary while driving: bad idea?

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Q: Recently, at a parish discussion group, several people suggested that a good time to pray the rosary is while you are driving your car. I, though, have two questions: a) Is that a good prayer practice? And, b) Is it prudent and safe? (Albany, New York) A: Different people will give you different answers […]

Kathleen T. Choi: Hard praying

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  My daily prayers include petitions that I’ve been making for years. These aren’t enormous requests like world peace or a cure for cancer. I’m interceding for certain persons beset by illness or situations that never seem to improve. Sometimes praying for them gets really hard, and I’m sorely tempted to quit. There seems to […]

Father Kenneth Doyle | Confirmation at a high school?

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Q: Recently, at a Catholic boys’ high school, the priest who is the campus minister gave first holy Communion and also (during the same ceremony) the sacrament of confirmation to six young men. I’m certain that the priest received permission from our bishop to do this, but I have two questions. First, isn’t the local […]

Kathleen T. Choi | Lead us not

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Recently, a friend told me that she always stumbles over the part of the Lord’s Prayer that says, “Lead us not into temptation.” She can’t believe God would deliberately tempt us, so why mention it? I agreed, but I couldn’t explain why the prayer is worded that way. So I hit the Internet. Google offers […]