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Jenna Marie Cooper: ‘Non-Catholic wedding’ has many nuances

07/01/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Question corner Q Can a Catholic priest or deacon attend a non-Catholic wedding reception as a guest? I realize that a Catholic priest or deacon should not attend the actual non-Catholic wedding ceremony. My question concerns attending the party following the actual ceremony. A I think the main answer here is really that it all […]

Filed Under: Columns, Commentary, Features, Local News Tagged With: Jenna Marie Cooper, Non-Catholic Wedding, question corner

Reflection: A year to reflect, prepare

07/01/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald A year from now, Catholics across Hawaii will celebrate 200 years since the arrival of the Catholic faith in these islands. Yet the bicentennial begins not next year, but now. Important celebrations rarely begin on the day they are observed. The church has long understood that moments of […]

Filed Under: Bicentennial, Columns, Commentary, Features, Local News Tagged With: Anthony Selvanathan, bicentennial, Catholicism, countdown, reflection

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God, through Jesus Christ, guides us in our inadequacy

07/01/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 This weekend, the first biblical reading is from the Book of Zechariah. Zechariah was of the priestly caste and was born in Babylon. His birth occurred during the time when many Jews were in forced exile in the Babylonian capital, and he went […]

Filed Under: Columns, Commentary, Features Tagged With: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Msgr. Owen F. Campion

Laura Kelly Fanucci: Love brings pain, hope

07/01/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Faith at Home “Making the decision to have a child — it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” Over the years I’ve heard so many parents share this quote from Elizabeth Stone, because it speaks to the (literal) heart of raising a child: a […]

Filed Under: Columns, Commentary, Features Tagged With: Faith at Home, Laura Kelly Fanucci, Sacred Heart of Jesus

A joyful beginning for the Knights of Peter Claver’s Junior Court

06/17/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Maila Rondero Kaneaiakala, Vice Grand Lady of Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary Court 419 Special to the Herald Filled with joy and the promise of tomorrow, Hawaii’s newest Junior Knights and Junior Daughters of the Knights of Peter Claver took their first steps into a lifelong journey of Catholic leadership, service and devotion […]

Filed Under: Features, Local News Tagged With: Honolulu, initiation ceremony, Junior Court, Junior Knights, Junior Ladies, Knights of Peter Claver, Ladies Auxiliary

A lifetime of service and gratitude

06/17/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

As he nears retirement, Msgr. Terrence ‘Terry’ Watanabe reflects on his ministry and looks toward the future By Lisa Dahm Hawaii Catholic Herald If the Diocese of Honolulu had a yearbook, the priest named “Best at Hospitality” would be Msgr. Terrence “Terry” Watanabe. Even as he prepares to retire at the end of this month, […]

Filed Under: Features, Local News Tagged With: Msgr. Terrence Watanabe, retirement, St. Anthony of Padua Church, Wailuku

Talk Story: A prayerful approach to AI

06/17/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Office for Social Ministry “We are all called to protect humanity, choosing every day the logic of peace over that of power, acting with honesty, integrity, empathy, and care. Let us contemplate in the face of Jesus a magnificent humanity that also enlightens the age of artificial intelligence.” (Vatican video on “Magnifica Humanitas”) Since the […]

Filed Under: Columns, Commentary, Features, Local News Tagged With: "Magnifica Humanitas", artificial intelligence, encyclical, Office for Social Ministry, Pope Leo XIV, Talk Story

Service and daily prayer guide ‘Auntie Carmen’

06/17/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Catholic Stewardship Consultants www.CatholicSteward.com At Sacred Heart Church in Honolulu, most people know Carmen Mae Fuertes Vierra simply as “Auntie Carmen.”  She is a familiar face around the parish — there early, often staying late, and stepping in wherever help is needed. For Vierra, that has just become part of daily life. Vierra grew […]

Filed Under: Columns, Features, Local News, Stewardship Tagged With: Carmen Vierra, Catholic Stewardship Consultants, Honolulu, Maryknoll School, Sacred Heart Church, stewardship

Remember quiet, noble example of St. Joseph on Father’s Day

06/17/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Catholic Stewardship Consultants www.CatholicSteward.com Believe it or not, Father’s Day wasn’t recognized as a national holiday until 1966. History states that two women were the driving forces behind the establishment of Father’s Day as an official holiday. In 1908, Grace Golden Clayton suggested a day of paternal observance to her Methodist pastor. Clayton’s request […]

Filed Under: Features, Stewardship Tagged With: Catholic Stewardship Consultants, Father's Day, St. Joseph, stewardship

Serving those who served

06/17/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Catholic Charities Hawaii offers several programs to help veterans and service members Special to the Herald If you visit the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C., you will see a large, black granite wall with these words inscribed into the cold, dark canvas: “Freedom is not free.” Our freedom was purchased with sacrifices, with honor, […]

Filed Under: Features, Local News Tagged With: Catholic Charities Hawaii, programs, service members, Service Members Veterans and Their Families

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