Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

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 […]

Michael R. Heinlein: Transparency is essential on church’s path toward healing

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Commentary Clergy sexual abuse has mutilated the church. It has scourged Christ’s body. Like a rock dropped in the water, the ripples stretch out far, and they continue to reach far beyond the sins perpetrated in darkness. And, naturally, this devastating reality casts a shadow over any new pontificate in our day. Perhaps the first […]

Reflection: Walking with our shepherd: Celebrating a humble, steady leader

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By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald The year was 2005. I was a 12-year-old altar server at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu. One Sunday while preparing for Mass, our altar server coordinator, Jonathan Farinas, shared that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed a new bishop for the Diocese of Honolulu: […]

Talk story: Following in the footsteps of Hawaii’s saints

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Office for Social Ministry “We who live here in Hawaii are very blessed and privileged to be the heirs of the story of Sts. Father Damien and Mother Marianne, who served the poorest and most needy among us.” (Bishop Larry Silva, “Following Footsteps” YouTube video for the Office for Social Ministry) This month, word is […]

Mary Adamski: Honoring leaders in the fight against hunger

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View from the pew There’s a couple of months before the next major holiday celebration, but summertime has saints’ days and island events to celebrate them. You won’t find these two men on the Catholic Church’s list of canonized saints. Their names are not even known to most of the thousands who followed in their […]