Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Scrub Bucket Gospel Ministries to host contemplative retreat

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Hawaii Catholic Herald Scrub Bucket Gospel Ministries, an independent local ministry that strives to “nourish good, hungry souls,” will host a contemplative retreat for women. “Silence will be our guest” at the Oct. 25-27 retreat, which will be held at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi Valley. The retreat can accommodate 20 participants. The price […]

Members of Maui lay ministry are commissioned

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By Lucy Peros Special to the Herald Women of the Cross is a lay ministry of women who come together to pray the rosary, do prayer requests, pray the divine mercy chaplet with personal and requested intentions, attend first Friday adoration and hold a 24-hour prayer vigil every three months. The group also holds Bible […]

Sacred Hearts Academy celebrates 115 years

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Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Hearts Academy marked 115 years of providing Catholic education this month with a weeklong celebration highlighted by an assembly and pep rally on Sept. 12. The all-girls college preparatory school was founded by 11 Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary sisters, who in September 1909 opened a campus […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Do not be afraid to live and speak our faith

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WITNESS TO JESUS | TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered on Sept. 14 at Holy Family Church, Honolulu, for the installation of Father Dario Rinaldi as pastor, and on Sept. 15 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Wahiawa, to mark Our Lady of Sorrows’ feast day. Recently […]

Talk story: Pope urges us to walk with and support migrants

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Office for Social Ministry “Open our eyes and our hearts so that every encounter with those in need becomes an encounter with Jesus, your son and our Lord.” (Pope Francis, 2024 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Sept. 29) One focus in the 2024 U.S. election is immigration’s impact not only on border states but […]

Marianist Lecture: Loyola University professor to discuss Catholic bioethics

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Hawaii Catholic Herald Chaminade University of Honolulu next month will host the next installment in its Marianist Lecture Series, featuring a presentation by a professor known for her work in the fields of bioethics, ethics, medicine and theology. Therese Lysaught is a tenured professor at Loyola University Chicago, teaching in the Stritch School of Medicine’s […]

Growing in Christ and sharing his blessings

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By Catholic Stewardship Consultants www.CatholicSteward.com Each one of us is called to be a disciple of Christ. However, to be a disciple we must build a relationship with Christ. As one focuses on this relationship, the practice of stewardship naturally follows. St. Teresa of Avila remarked, “Christ has no body but yours, no hands, no […]