By Ryan K. Brown Special to the Herald At the corner of King Street and Ward Avenue, a few steps from Thomas Square, lies one of the most sacred and least visited places in the Catholic history of these islands. The King Street Catholic Cemetery in Honolulu holds the remains of four of Hawaii’s early […]
Reflection: A familiar song stirs thoughts of honoring dearly departed
By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald Sometimes the people we miss most return to us in the simplest ways. A familiar song. A favorite meal. An old photograph. A story told around the dinner table that everyone has heard a hundred times, but somehow still makes us laugh. No matter our age, death eventually […]
Effie Caldarola: Appreciating ‘thin places’
Commentary Walking around my neighborhood this fall, I saw many skeletons. Bones seemed to protrude from every lawn. One evening, taking a walk in the encroaching darkness, a skeleton I hadn’t spotted noticed me. It was an action-activated Halloween display. My passing by caused the 7-foot-tall skeleton to emit a gruesome laugh. I literally jumped […]
Scouts bring catechesis to the cemetery
By Charmaine Garcia Special to the Herald “So, you’re walking through the cemetery tonight, are you? What do you expect to see? Spooky ghosts?” With these words, the gravedigger (played by Harold Callejo) greeted us as we entered Oahu Cemetery on Nov. 2 — All Souls’ Day — for the Back from the Dead Cemetery […]
Reclaiming Halloween
Together with All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, All Hallows’ Eve is a time for reflection and celebration By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald When it comes to Halloween, haunted houses, ghosts and pumpkins are just a few things that come to mind. Dressing up in costume is a hallmark of the day, whether […]
Bishop Larry Silva: All things will be made new
WITNESS TO JESUS | COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (ALL SOULS DAY) Here is the prepared text for the homily of Bishop Larry Silva delivered Nov. 2, for all Souls Day at Sacred Hearts Church, Kapalua, Maui, after the wildfires in Lahaina that took 98 lives. Many of you who are here know […]
Bishop to celebrate All Souls Mass in Kapalua
Bishop Larry will meet with parishioners of Lahaina’s Maria Lanakila Church and celebrate Mass at Sacred Hearts Church in Kapalua, Maui, on All Souls Day, Nov. 2, at 6 p.m. Maria Lanakila Church and rectory survived the Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfire, but the church remains inaccessible to the public during post-fire recovery efforts. Parish services […]