Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Heralding back: Oct. 7, 2016

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Oct. 7, 1966 Miss Chris Hammond left the Safeway supermarket on Tuesday with a cart of seafood as she stocked the family’s kitchen shelves in preparation for today’s and every Friday’s observance of “meatless Fridays.” She expressed surprise at the great variety of frozen and canned seafoods […]

Sister Maria Dina Danos, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: Prayer as a bank deposit

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Prayer is like a gift from God. I remember learning how to pray when I was in the third grade. I wasn’t taught by my parents or teachers how to pray, it just happened. Later in high school, I always made it […]

Brother Salvador (Buddy) J. Yanzon, Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament: Nothing for me

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “Brother, why is your garden so beautiful?” parishioners sometimes ask me while seeing me at work in the gardens surrounding the church. Turning down the volume to the music playing on the radio I have carried there, or to where I am […]

Heralding back: Sept. 23, 2016

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Sept. 30, 1966 St. Joseph’s graduate Mrs. Rosebella Kealoha (third from left) eagerly points out the banner of her alma mater held by Sister M. Ancilla, as Craig Carvalho of this year’s class, Sister M. Thomasine of ’51 and Alfred R. Moniz of ’29 look on with […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Sept. 23, 2016

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  We’ve officially made our entrance into autumn, Heraldites. No finer season for crisp air, pumpkin spice lattes, football — and in the Islands, lots of sunshine still! Enjoy my latest cornucopia of Catholic trivia questions. 1) Saints Which saint, along with St. Catherine of Siena, is considered a co-patron of Italy? (Hint: his feast […]

Sister Jovita Agustin, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: Sister Amazing Grace

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Once, I remember as I made my rounds at St. Francis Hospital West, a patient getting ready for surgery said to me, “Sister, you don’t have to pray over me, I am an atheist.” I replied, “That’s all right.” We then started […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Sept. 9, 2016

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Happy 75th birthday to the Diocese of Honolulu! It is quite the celebratory occasion, quiz friends. How well do you know our beloved diocese? Let’s see you take on this quiz, sprinkled with questions honoring the Islands. 1) Saints True or false: St. Teresa of Kolkata was present at the beatification of St. Marianne of […]

Heralding back; Sept. 9, 2016

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Sept. 16, 1966 Compassionate words from the Holy Father will undoubtedly live long in the memory of this father and his little daughter afflicted with polio. (NC Photo) 25 years ago — Sept. 13, 1991 ‘How good it is’ “Ecce quam bonum … How good it is […]

Witness to sanctity

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These reflections about Mother Teresa of Calcutta are by a priest who spent years working closely with her in India, especially with the Hansen’s disease patients under her care. These passages were first published in the July and August parish bulletins of St. Damien of Molokai Parish on Molokai where the author, a member of […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Aug. 26, 2016

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Summer’s coming to a close, quizzicals. I spy autumn on the horizon as we step into September. I hope your love of learning about the Catholic faith spans all seasons, because here I have another awesome quiz for you! 1) Saints Which of the following is true about St. Monica, whose feast day is Aug. […]