Comforting to read Ms. Weaver: Thank you so much for the beautifully written article on Msgr. Gary Secor (March 5, 2021) I don’t know Msgr. Secor personally, but after reading your work, I know him s much better. I remember some time ago he presided over a couple Masses at St. Elizabeth in Aiea. I […]
Letters to the Herald: March 10, 2017
Standing up for life Bishop Silva’s front page letter concerning assisted suicide (Feb. 10) was beautifully moving and filled with God’s truth. Although I am not Catholic, I love the Lord and believe “He’s large and in charge.” I also believe in the sanctity of each human life. The first state senate hearing for SB […]
Letter to the Herald: Reasons to ordain women deacons
Pope Francis has accepted a proposal to form a commission to assess the merits of ordaining women as deacons in the Roman Catholic Church. Here is one male Catholic in the pews who applauds and hopes the Holy Father will move quickly and decisively to make it happen. To justify this plea and to find […]
Letter to the Herald: Not silenced by a label
When someone takes a pro-life stand publicly, they are immediately labeled. Our secular society tries to silence anyone who has a different belief from the present anti-life and anti-traditional marriage policies implemented in our country. By labeling us, with terms like bigots or religious fanatics, they think they can silence us. Recent comments have been […]
Letter to the Herald: Recalling a saint’s self-sacrifice
Bravo Darlene Dela Cruz for your excellent report on the church’s sesquicentennial celebration of Father Damien de Veuster’s arrival Ein Honolulu on March 19, 1864. As the perfect sacrifice of Christ, holy Mass, we know, is the sacramental presence of the Nazarene’s sacrifice of the Cross. In this same connection, what John Bannister Tabb celebrates […]
Letters to the Herald: May 23, 2014
St. Damien retreat well done Kudos to Dr. Kristina DeNeve (the diocese’s adult faith formation and evangelization coordinator) on the extremely well-done online St. Damien Lenten retreat! There was so much variety: Information about Hawaii’s first saint, St. Damien; pictures of him and of Molokai; daily readings which one could read or listen to, along […]
Letters to the Herald
Knowing right from wrong I am a catechist who prepares adults for the Sacrament of Confirmation. I tell my students that, as confirmed Catholics, we are all called to defend what is holy; to object to what is wrong. We cannot sit back and watch events unfold; we must take action whenever we are able […]
