Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

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 […]

La Salette priests celebrate 20 years of ministry on Maui

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By Lucy Peros, Christ the King Church Special to the Herald The Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette is a religious congregation of priests and brothers who serve all over the world. It was founded on May 1, 1852, by Bishop Philibert de Bruillard of Grenoble, France, who a year earlier approved the apparition […]

HOPE Services Hawaii reaches people where they are

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By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald More than two decades after it became its own nonprofit organization, HOPE Services Hawaii continues to grow and to broaden its efforts to help people experiencing homelessness on Hawaii island. In 2024 alone, the agency has made strides in expanding its network of support sites and has also […]

Talk story: Helping the poor is a key part of helping the earth

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Let us pray for the cry of the earth. If we took the planet’s temperature, it would tell us that the earth has a fever. And it is sick, just like anyone who’s sick. Are we listening to this pain?” (from Pope Francis’ prayer intention video, “For the Cry of the […]