Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: Drinking with the saints

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The mention of booze generates a look of horror among many of the non-drinkers living and working alongside Michael P. Foley in Waco, Texas, where the Catholic dad teaches at a dry Baptist college. There’s a “skittishness,” he says. So Michael was prepared to raise eyebrows with his new book, “Drinking with the Saints: The […]

Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Exciting ways to enhance young adult ministry

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Context Every June 24, I reflect on and examine my life. This year, I realized my questions were the same, but their context had changed. Being a cradle Catholic, I memorized prayers and fulfilled obligations. I went through Confirmation in high school and made that “adult” decision to make my own the Catholic faith given […]

Manaolana: Hawaii rep at national ministry summit returns with insights, ideas

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The National Young Adult Ministry Summit meets in Washington, D.C., last month. (Photo Courtesy of Makana Aiona)   Creating collaborations between Catholic young adults and their communities was a hot topic at the National Young Adult Ministry Summit in Washington, D.C., May 5-7. The first-ever such meeting, organized in part by the National Catholic Young […]

Manaolana sidebar: June 19, 2015

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Quote “Now, we must entrust the soul of Baby Francis to the abundant mercy of God so that this beloved child may find finally a home in his kingdom.” | Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence presiding June 10 over a Christian burial service for the unborn child he named “Francis,” fulfilling a commitment he […]

Manaolana | Sidebar: June 5, 2015

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Quote “I think really that the church needs to do a reality check, a reality check right across the board, to look at the things it’s doing well, to look at the areas where we really have to start and say, ‘Look, have we drifted away completely from young people?’” | Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of […]

Manaolana | Lisa Gomes: What is necessary for a Christian marriage?

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YOUCAT*: A sacramental marriage has three necessary elements: (a) free consent, (b) the affirmation of a lifelong, exclusive union, and (c) openness to children. The most profound thing about a Christian marriage, however, is the couple’s knowledge: “We are a living image of the love between Christ and the Church.” [1644-1654, 1664] I was recently […]