VIEW FROM THE PEW “I don’t get this business about the groundhog; is it sacred or what?” I got that somewhat sarcastic comment from an island-born acquaintance who delights in challenging me to answer for all cultural quirks, puzzling rituals and inexplicable superstitions of the entire population of the entire continental USA. “And yet you […]
Official notices: Feb. 22, 2019
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] February 25, 10:00 am, Meeting of the Bishops of the San Francisco Metropolitan Province, San Francisco, California. February 28, 10:00 am, Diocesan Department Heads, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe. March 2, 10:00 am, Diocesan Review Board, Chancery, downtown Honolulu. March 5, 9:30 […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Feb. 22, 2019
Dear readers, By the time you read our next quiz, it’ll be Lent! So to get you prepared, we’re finishing off this quiz with some Lenten questions. But, first, another joke. What did God tell Moses when he had a headache? “Take two tablets and call me in the morning.” 1) Trivia How did the […]
Talk story: It’s Lent: Rice Bowl time
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Lent is a favorable season for deepening our spiritual life through the means of sanctification offered us by the church: fasting, prayer and almsgiving … for renewing our encounter with Christ, living in his Word, in the sacraments and in our neighbor.” (Pope Francis) February began with tragic reports of two […]
Bishop Larry Silva: On the recent news regarding abortion access
WITNESS TO JESUS Last October I visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. Like the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., it documents the horrors of the Nazi regime in its crimes against humanity, especially the six million Jews it put to death. Its purpose is not to keep the evil alive but to remind […]
Father Atonio ‘Niko’ Falaniko, diocesan priest: All around and all the above
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald You can find me everywhere. Some days I say Mass here at the cathedral basilica. On Fridays and Sundays, I say Mass at the Carmelite Monastery. Sometimes on Sundays, I also say Mass at Queen’s Medical Center, or at various parishes. Not […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Feb. 8, 2019
Friends, Roman Catholics, countrymen, Lend me your ears and your intellect as you take this issue’s quiz! And speaking of Romans, here’s a joke for you. What do you call a sleepwalking nun? A roamin’ Catholic! Harold 1) Saints You might think of Feb. 14 as Valentine’s Day but it also marks this memorial feast […]
Heralding back: Feb. 8, 2019
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Feb. 14, 1969 At left, ANNUAL SUNDAY – Catholic Scouts and Cubs from the various troops throughout Oahu gathered at St. Anthony’s Church in Kailua for the annual awards presentation. A parade through Kailua preceded the affair in the church and the scouts pensively wait. 25 years […]
Staying involved: creating my Catholic identity
Instead of ‘graduating’ from church commitments after confirmation, I found myself doing even more By Kacie Yamamoto Special to the Herald Time, talent and treasure. I remember the day that my confirmation advisor, Carmen Saito, who I call Aunty Carmen, introduced this idea to me and five other high school students preparing for confirmation. Before […]
Heralding back: Jan. 25, 2018
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Jan. 31, 1969 Training for their future For years Catholic Social Services has been recognized by University of Hawaii’s School of Social Work and Queens Psychiatric Residents Training Program as an Agency with high professional standards. Professional people seeking further training are placed with the Agency and […]
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