Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Richard Doerflinger: Attacking life and choice

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A MORE HUMAN SOCIETY Congress is heading for a collision on the Hyde amendment, and the stakes could not be higher. This amendment to bills appropriating funds for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, named after prime sponsor Rep. Henry Hyde, has prevented federal funding of almost all abortions since 1977. President Joe […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Baptism for a child of non-Catholics? What if I forgot to fast before Mass?

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Question corner Q: A friend of mine asked me recently to find out if the parish I was raised in would baptize her new baby. My friend is not a Catholic, so I was surprised that she asked me this. The priest at my parish said that he could not baptize the baby because the […]

Father Raymund Ellorin, diocesan priest: My extended family is here

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald My favorite Scripture passage is the call of Jeremiah found in Jeremiah 1:4-5. The passage states: “The word of the Lord came to me: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a […]

Greg Erlandson: Appreciating the gift of the Mass

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AMID THE FRAY Fresh from his 10-day stay in the hospital, Pope Francis dropped a Friday bombshell when he released his document, issued “motu proprio,” restoring, and in some cases adding to, the church’s restrictions on celebrating the Tridentine Mass. The outcry has been predictable and often heartfelt. Its devotees are not simply hostile reactionaries […]

Talk story: ‘Your kupuna shall dream dreams’

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY  “I want to tell you that you are needed in order to help build, in fraternity and social friendship, the world of tomorrow: the world in which we, together with our children and grandchildren, will live once the storm has subsided.” (Pope Francis, “Message for the First World Day for Grandparents […]

Sister Ma. Alma Amancio, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: Five pesos to ‘heaven’

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald It was my older sister who was supposed to become a religious. However, my parents would not allow her to enter the convent. And then, came my second sister who desired the same, but she was not allowed to leave either. My […]

Sherry Hayes-Peirce: 5 tech tools that will remain

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CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS I heard someone say, “If God brings you to it — he brings you through it.” So true for what has been a very difficult time living through the pandemic, especially in the field of education. Schools are reopening with students returning to in-person classroom experiences. While there was some friction about […]