KALAUPAPA DIARY I have lost a step or two since my high school running days — 60 years ago — but I still enjoy watching track and field on television. I particularly like to watch the relay races where the first runner grabs a stick (baton), takes off like a bat out of hell, passes […]
Ed and Betty Coda: Letty was love
A REMEMBRANCE Rigolette “Letty” Perez Baraquio was an amazing God-fearing/loving homemaker, educator, philosopher, disciplinarian, business owner, mother to 10 children, and lover to her husband Claudio (also known affectionately to us as “Claude”). From the outside looking in, everyone, including us and our family, wanted to be part of the Baraquio ohana. Letty was an […]
August: month of comedian-martyrs
The Romans were a tough audience By Guy Lee Special to the Herald You can Google it. Comedians have a patron saint. He is Genesius of Rome, a comedian and actor. His feast day is Aug. 25. He was martyred because, although details vary, he refused to renounce his faith after a performance. He is […]
In appreciation: What the Maui Marianists meant to me
Maui resident and lay Marianist Norman Franco wrote this article on June 12 for Marianist Father Roland Bunda, pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Wailuku, Maui, and his fellow Marianists in appreciation for the group’s long presence on the Valley Isle. After 138 years, the brothers and fathers of the community, also known as the […]
Dr. Kioni Dudley: Resurrecting Meatless Fridays
COMMENTARY Cafeterias in the 1,800 public schools in New York City are observing Meatless Mondays with meatless lunches. So are the schools in Baltimore and Oakland. The movement for Meatless Mondays is spreading to varied places across America. Globally, Meatless Monday is practiced in 40 countries. Why are they going meatless? And why haven’t we […]
Preschool: A ministry of delight to the community
Commentary By Father Stephen Macedo Special to the Herald I hear babies crying, I watch them grow They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know And I think to myself what a wonderful world (“What a Wonderful World,” lyrics by Bob Thiele and George Weiss) To walk out of the church office when the children […]
An appreciation: For all the pandemic teachers
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald There is a scene from the second season of “The Big Bang Theory” TV show that sums up how much I think we should be thanking our teachers this year. It’s Christmas time and the character of Sheldon, a socially awkward genius, has several sizes of gift baskets at […]
Commentary: Praying the rosary together, apart
On May 1, Pope Francis launched a month-long, global recitation of the rosary, pleading for Mary’s intercession for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. By Christian Raquepo Special to the Herald “Pray the rosary every day to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war.” (Our Lady of Fatima, May 13, 1917) […]
St. Joseph has never failed us
By Carmelite Nuns of Salt Lake City Catholic News Service St. Joseph is no stranger to Carmel! He is the protector of our order. As our holy mother St. Teresa of Avila once wrote: “I took for my patron and Lord the glorious St. Joseph. … I cannot call to mind that I have ever […]
A plea for peace in Myanmar
The Diocese of Honolulu has been blessed with the service of three religious missionaries from Burma, officially named Myanmar. Sister Monica La Jen, a Missionary Sister of Faith, is a teacher’s aide at Sacred Hearts School Early Learning Center in Lahaina, Maui. Missionary of Faith Father Robert Ni Ni is a parochial vicar at Maria […]
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