Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Reflection: A pilgrimage of gratitude

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By Anthony SelvanathanSpecial to the Herald This year, I spent more time on airplanes than I ever expected when I said “yes” to helping with the diocesan Office of Evangelization and Catechesis’ Jubilee Days of Study. The plan sounded simple enough on paper — teach people about the Catechism of the Catholic Church, creed, sacraments […]

Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Celebrate generosity and giving by sharing time, talent, treasure

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Catholic social tips It’s beginning to look like Christmas everywhere we go! For some, it creates a feeling of joyful anticipation, while for others, it evokes outright anxiety about all that needs to be done. These days, it seems like we leapfrog from Halloween to Christmas over Thanksgiving. This year, there are many people in […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Christ the King, who died for us, will never desert us

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Feast of Christ the King 2 Samuel 5:1-3; Colossians 1:12-20; Luke 23:35-43 The Second Book of Samuel furnishes the first biblical reading for this feast, marking the close of the church’s year. Once the two books of Samuel composed a single volume. In time, editors divided the volume into the two books now seen in […]

Effie Caldarola: Appreciating ‘thin places’

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Commentary Walking around my neighborhood this fall, I saw many skeletons. Bones seemed to protrude from every lawn. One evening, taking a walk in the encroaching darkness, a skeleton I hadn’t spotted noticed me. It was an action-activated Halloween display. My passing by caused the 7-foot-tall skeleton to emit a gruesome laugh. I literally jumped […]

Talk story: Live the Gospel by helping those in need

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Office for Social Ministry “I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat.” (Mt 25:35) These compelling Gospel words reflecting the heart of social ministry hit home this month. Across our country and throughout Hawaii, families worry how they will feed the hungry at their table. Parents skip meals so their children can eat. […]

A Carmelite nun, Carmel of the Holy Trinity Hawaii: ‘A life attuned to presence’

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Viriditas2: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OPHawaii Catholic Herald There is a line written about our Blessed Mother that has always touched me: “It was as if all purity had breathed a crystal air for her to come in; sweetest virtue, sweetest prayer, to keep awareness of a presence there.” This is […]

Reflection: A local renaissance of faith

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By Anthony SelvanathanSpecial to the Herald Something sacred is stirring in the life of the church today — a quiet but unmistakable renaissance of faith. Across our islands, pews once half-empty are filling again with song, with prayer and with the sound of children’s laughter echoing in our churches. The Holy Spirit is breathing anew […]

Christina Capecchi: Giving it up to God

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Twenty Something It was a Monday afternoon in November when Debbie Champeau got the call. The 17-year-old, a senior at Pius XI Catholic High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, left school immediately, taking two buses to get home. There, she found her mother and grandmother parked by the telephone, distraught. They feared the worst: that Debbie’s […]

Sarah and David Herrmann: From entitlement to gratitude

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Embracing Family How many times as a parent have we said, “So, what do you say?” to remind our children to say “thank you”? Ingratitude has been an age-old challenge, even in the time of Jesus. In Luke 17:17, after curing 10 people with leprosy, Jesus asked, “Where are the other nine?” Only one returned […]