Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Greg Erlandson: Lethal tenderness

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AMID THE FRAY By the time Dr. Jack Kevorkian was put in prison for second-degree murder, he had helped an estimated 130 patients kill themselves. The first person he “helped” was an Oregon teacher suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. It was hardly “death with dignity.” With a suicide machine he had rigged up inside his rusty […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Did God ‘require’ sacrifice of Jesus? Plus: What to do about a regularly disruptive adult at Mass?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: I wonder about Jesus being a “sacrifice” for the expiation of sins. Why did God the Father “require” that Christ be a “sacrifice” for the forgiveness of the sins of mankind? (Louisville, Kentucky) A: I don’t believe that God the Father “required” that Jesus die such a gruesome death to redeem us […]

Christina Capecchi: The hidden power of play

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TWENTY SOMETHING Every fall the push to do more intensifies. Sharpen your pencil and dig in. Produce more, study more, socialize more, exercise more, volunteer more. The calendar becomes the battlefield, its squares squeezed ever tighter. If summer is for vacation, fall is for achievement. But we are forgetting something. The very thing we consider […]

Father Boniface Sakala, diocesan priest: The heart of my priesthood

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I have only been in Hawaii for three months now, and I love being with the community at St. John the Apostle and Evangelist Church. Father Anthony Rapozo, the pastor, and his staff are so supportive. The people are full of life. […]

John Garvey: Blaming St. Junipero

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INTELLECT AND VIRTUE California’s legislature now has it in for St. Junípero Serra, who has long been considered the founding father of the Golden State. Authorities let an angry mob tear down the Franciscan missionary’s statue in Los Angeles. Now they aim to lay at his feet all the offenses of the Spanish Empire and […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Am I wrong to receive Communion? Can I ask my priest why he’s growing out his hair and beard?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: For the past year, I have been striving for a stronger Catholic faith. (Before, I guess I would say that I was a lukewarm Catholic.) I was married in a Methodist church and divorced 30 years ago through no fault of my own. I have always received holy Communion. Is this wrong? […]

Sister Ma. Alma Amancio, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: Five pesos to ‘heaven’

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald It was my older sister who was supposed to become a religious. However, my parents would not allow her to enter the convent. And then, came my second sister who desired the same, but she was not allowed to leave either. My […]

Elise Italiano Ureneck: Uprooting weeds

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FINDING GOD IN ALL THINGS I recently became a first-time homeowner. After renting for nearly three decades, I have immediately recognized the blessings of this status change. For starters, my husband and I have the opportunity to put equity into something; we have space to expand our family and dream about our future; and our […]