Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Sarah and David Herrmann: Lessons from Lala

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Embracing Family As the school year is well underway, many kids are commenting about their homeroom teachers and how nice they are. It’s awesome to hear so many kids say that they have the best teacher in the school! A couple weeks ago, we all had an unexpected substitute teacher, Kumu Lala. This substitute teacher […]

Reflection: The power of presence

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By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald There are moments when words fail us. Someone we love receives devastating news, a friend loses someone close to them, or a family finds itself overwhelmed by circumstances beyond its control. We want desperately to say something that will make things better, only to discover that sometimes there […]

Reflection: Voting as a practice of faith

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By Dawn Morais Webster Special to the Herald We often, routinely and publicly in church, acknowledge having sinned in thought, word and deed, “by what we have done, and by what we have failed to do.” We admit to not having loved God as we should, and to not having “loved our neighbors as ourselves.” […]

Talk Story: Building the kingdom through aloha

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Office for Social Ministry “In Hawaii… it is no mere coincidence that a people so interiorly disposed to receive the call of Christ the King — this same people should be animated by the luminous cultural values of aloha, which, at its heart, is selfless love.” (Bishop Michael Thomas Tupou Castori, SJ, remarks at the […]

Reflection: Damien students’ Peru trip helps form missionary disciples

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By Rhea Quemado Special to the Herald When most people hear about a mission trip, they imagine houses being built, supplies being distributed or volunteers serving communities in need. Those things certainly happened during Damien Memorial School’s first Peru immersion trip over the summer break. But by the end of 10 days in Peru this […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Aug. 14, 2026

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School is back in session, Quiz Kids! What’s that sound you hear? Why, that’s the sound of parents applauding, of course! Expand your minds! Educate your spirits! Enjoy the Quiz! 1) CATHOLIC SCHOOLS Who founded the first free Catholic school in the United States? a) St. Katharine Drexel b) St. Elizabeth Ann Seton c) St. […]

Sister Vitoria Mauu, Missionary Sisters of Faith: Part of God’s mission

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Viriditas2: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald When people ask where I come from, I proudly say, “The beautiful island of Samoa.” It is the place that first nurtured my faith and where God quietly planted the seed of my vocation. As a young woman, I met the Missionaries […]

Reflection: Lifelong formation with Christ

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By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald Across Hawaii, students are returning to classrooms with new teachers, fresh notebooks and high hopes for the year ahead. Parents are settling back into familiar routines, teachers are preparing lesson plans and campuses are once again filled with anticipation. The beginning of a new school year reminds us […]

Christina Capecchi: Learning to read the map

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Twenty Something Before there was a story, there was a map. The map contained the story. Robert Louis Stevenson just had to stare at it long enough. Eventually, characters emerged from the woods, and he began scrawling a list of chapters. “Treasure Island” was born. Nearly a century and a half later, the book still […]