Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Jenna Marie Cooper: Eucharist does not replace confession

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Question corner Q: When I was in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (commonly known as RCIA, now the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults), the instructor said normal weekly Eucharist counts as a “confession,” and reception counts as “absolution.” She said in most cases, most people “don’t need to bother” the priest with […]

Christina Capecchi: Evangelizing with beauty

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Twenty Something When the chaos rises — the living room buzzing with four kids, piano pounding, guitar strumming, high-speed chases underway — Katie Murray’s eyes land on the “Annunciation” print framed above the couch. It is a pivotal scene in salvation history, summed up in Mary’s upturned wrist and bowed head. “Every time I look […]

Sarah and David Herrmann: Our children are like us, both in good times and bad times

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Embracing Family In one of our parenting classes, we had a mom ask what she could do about how angry she gets when her children are disrespectful. She said that her kids know how to press her buttons, and she loses it when they are rude. When we asked her what “losing it” looked like, […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Resist sin’s pull; turn to God

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Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10; Hebrews 12:1-4; Luke 12:49-53 The Book of Jeremiah is the source of the first reading for this weekend. Jeremiah is regarded as one of the more important prophets, along with Isaiah and Ezekiel. Jeremiah was active as a prophet during the reign of King Josiah of Judah, […]

OSV Editorial Board: Starvation in Gaza must end

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Commentary War always brings unimaginable human suffering. But the images coming out of the besieged Gaza Strip as the war between Israel and Hamas inches toward October’s two-year mark urge us to exclaim in the loudest possible voice: Enough! Men, women and children in Gaza are starving to death, and this atrocity against humanity must […]

Talk story: Let us embark on ‘revolution of love’

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Office for Social Ministry “(The parable of the good Samaritan) constantly challenges us to think about our own lives. It troubles our dormant or distracted consciences, and warns us about the risk of a complacent faith that is satisfied with the outward observance of the law but incapable of feeling and acting with the same […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Keeping our true mission in mind

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Witness to Jesus | Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered on July 19 at the former Cathedral Catholic Academy in Honolulu with the community of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. From time to time I have been with gatherings of evangelical Christians. This is […]

Jenna Marie Cooper: Precious Blood can be brought to sick

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Question corner Q: I used to volunteer to bring holy Communion to the sick in nursing homes and hospice, and I always wondered: Why can’t we bring the Precious Blood to those who are very ill or at the point of death and can no longer eat any solid food? I asked several priests about […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: We are not in control; God is

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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23; Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11; Luke 12:13-21 The first reading this weekend is from the Book of Ecclesiastes. The first verse states that the book is the work of Qoheleth, a son of King David, although no proper name is used. The book’s name comes from the Greek, and […]