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 […]
Pastoral councils should be … pastoral
By Ryan Agcaoili Special to the Herald In my younger days, when I served as youth ministry coordinator at my parish, pastoral councils didn’t pique my interest. Too many numbers, too much talk of past news, and not enough of what can be done to help our parishioners grow in their Catholic faith and strengthen […]
Commentary: THIS IS NOT A DRILL
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
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
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 […]
Commentary: Bishop’s pastoral plan undergirds local Fatima centennial events
By Easter Almuena Special to the Herald Many people have thanked the diocesan Office of Worship for its coordination of the Marian events related to the celebration of the centennial of the final apparition at Fatima, Oct. 13. The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace’s participation in the Global Rosary Relay for Priests caught […]
Reader contribution: Drama in the cockpit
By George Brosky This is a true-life experience I had while on a business trip to Kalaupapa, Molokai, 50 years ago. I worked as a drug detailman calling upon doctors to inform them how to use the latest company drug. To go to Kalaupapa, you had to fly on a small two-engine Beechcraft plane since […]
Reader contribution: Infinite God, finite people
By Tom Dinell We humans have a problem trying to grasp the infinite. We are finite. Our language is finite. And yet we, including me, seek to describe a God who is so far beyond us that our words fail us. “As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways […]
Commentary: Fatima visit inspires Portuguese sisters
By Monica Cobb-Adams Special to the Herald Only by the grace of God were my sister Debra Stephenson and I able to go on a pilgrimage in 2013 to Portugal, Spain, France and Italy. We visited many beautiful, holy places. One of the highlights was Fatima in Portugal, a place special to me because of […]
Recommendation: A rugged spiritual trek through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
By Ryan Garcia Special to the Herald My name is Ryan Garcia and I am a Boy Scout of Troop 311, chartered at St. John Vianney Parish in Kailua. My sister Marianne and I have been asked by the diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting to promote the 2017 St. George Trek in Philmont, New Mexico, […]
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