Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Michael Rockers: Where Catholic school students ‘end up’

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COMMENTARY A recent article in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser entitled “Worth the Cost?” caught my eye. In short, the author suggests that, when the variables of family income and background are considered, there is no difference in a private school education and a public school education. The author of the study on which she bases this […]

Father Geoffrey A. Brooke Jr.: Three steps to joy

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“Evangelii Gaudium,” “Amoris Laetitia” and, now, “Gaudete et Exsultate.” What do they have in common? They were written by Pope Francis? Yes. They are apostolic exhortations? Yes. More important? Joy. Joy is not only the thing that these three challenging texts of Pope Francis have in common, but joy is also the way one should […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Ironies, contradictions and lies

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REGARDING HB-2739: ‘OUR CARE, OUR CHOICE ACT’ Etymology, the study of the roots of words, has always fascinated me. Take the word “autonomy,” which derives from the Greek “auto,” meaning “self” and “nomos,” meaning “law.” To be autonomous then is to live by one’s own law. The recent discussions regarding the HB-2739, the so-called “Our […]

Carol Kwan: One God, three relationships

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COMMENTARY When I was a little girl, around 3-4 years old, I didn’t have an imaginary friend. I had God the Father. As the youngest of five children, the house felt empty when my siblings had headed off to school. I would chatter away to the Father all day long, and he was always the […]

Commentary: THIS IS NOT A DRILL

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.” Modern technology appeared to amend Jesus’ warning last week, when an emergency alert in Hawaii gave both the day, Jan. 13, and the hour, 8 a.m. It was 7 minutes after 8 when hundreds […]

COMMENTARY: Advent and the air raid siren song

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By Christopher F. Johnson Special to the Herald On Dec. 1, at 11:45 hours Hawaiian Standard Time, I went through Hawaii’s first air raid warning test since my childhood. I, like everyone else in the Territory of Hawaii back then, had good reason to practice civil defense. The end of the war was not 10 […]

Joseph Kelly: A brief history of Thanksgiving

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COMMENTARY Contrary to popular opinion, the first Thanksgiving was not observed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. The “Pilgrims” — a later title given to the settlers — were Puritans who no longer wished to live in England due to religious persecution and for economic reasons. They believed the Church of England was too closely aligned […]