Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Heralding back: July 17, 2015

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — July 16, 1965 His Excellency, The Most Reverend John J. Scanlan, Auxiliary Bishop of Honolulu, turns over the first shovel full of dirt at the site on which St. Francis Hospital will erect new service buildings at an estimated cost of a million dollars. The new buildings, […]

Proper order | Fifth in a series: Listening sessions: An invitation to give witness to Jesus

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It is hard to avoid the commercials about logistics from the shipping company UPS. Growing your business through the power of logistics, the ads say. When implementing reforms in the Catholic Church, it would be nice to be able to just call a company and have them work out all of the practical details of […]

Heralding back: July 3, 2015

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — July 2, 1965 Fifty local educators are attending a Media Specialist Institute which began June 21 at the University of Hawaii’s Communications Center in Kuykendall Hall. Discussing media problems with Donald A. Lubitz, Director of Graphics and Motion Picture Production at the UH’s Audio Visual Center are […]

Father Kenneth Doyle | Question corner: Is my son controlled by a ‘bad’ angel?

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Q: My son, who is 19, has suffered from anxiety and depression since puberty, although it’s only recently that we have recognized it for what it is. He began using marijuana in his early teens, dropped out of school, struggled to hold a job and was very unstable. His girlfriend recently gave birth to their […]

Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: Caring for creation and each other

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“The entire material universe speaks of God’s love, his boundless affection for us.” Pope Francis’ newly-released encyclical “Praised Be” is a message on how we should all relate to our earth and to each other. Reading and understanding this important document on ecology is essential for living our faith today. Helping us comprehend it more […]

Father Juan Pablo Galeano, diocesan priest: In Christ I can do many things

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I never imagined anything like Hawaii. When Bishop Larry Silva had recruited me in Colombia, he was looking for priests for the Hispanic ministry in Hawaii. Not knowing English, I thought the only thing I needed to do was to say Mass in Spanish. When I arrived at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Kailua-Kona, […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: July 3, 2015

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Happy July, quiztastics! In honor of the easy, breezy summer, I decided to make this quiz pretty simple. Or did I? Let’s put your Catholic trivia knowledge to the test! 1) Saints Which of the following is true about St. Maria Goretti, whose feast day is celebrated July 6? a) She died at the age […]

Proper Order | Fourth in a series: Comprehensive youth ministry: empowering young people

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Over the years, the church has worked to meet the changing needs of young people. In 1905, Pope Pius X mandated that the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) be established in all parishes to teach the faith to children not enrolled in Catholic schools. In the 1930s, the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) was born out […]

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