Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Prayers to end abortion

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Prayers to end abortion Members of Hui Maluaha, the Damien Memorial Students for Life group, and others pray and hold signs in front of the offices of Planned Parenthood Honolulu March 6 as part of the 40 Days for Life, an international multi-denominational campaign of prayer and fasting aimed at ending abortion. (Photo courtesy of […]

Chaminade names associate dean of school of nursing, health professions

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Chaminade University of Honolulu on March 3 named Pamela D. Smith as associate dean of the School of Nursing and Health Professions. She will lead the university’s community and public health program and the doctorate of nursing practice program, now awaiting certification. Smith brings more than 20 years of nursing, health sciences and administrative experience […]

Pearson Place helps take the fear out of unwanted pregnancies

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By Valerie Streff Special to the Herald Are you acquainted with the Pearson Place Pregnancy Resource Center? If you find yourself in an unwanted pregnancy situation, Pearson Pregnancy Center can help take the fear out of your possible pregnancy. Allow the center to help you with your many life-giving options. When you walk through the […]

A great blessing, a great joy

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Msgr. Gary Secor celebrates 10 years as vicar general and more than 40 years in service as a priest of the Diocese of Honolulu By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald If not a priest then maybe a pilot. That’s what Msgr. Gary Secor in an alternative life might have chosen as his profession because he’s […]

Sister Fatima Joy A. Pasquin, OP, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: It is okay to make mistakes

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald When the time came for me to take leave of my home to enter the convent, my father was not around. I knew it was hard for both of my parents to let me go. But as the fifth of sixth children, […]

Maui-born Sister of Social Service dies in California of COVID-19

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald There is a small but significant subset of people born and raised in Hawaii who move to the mainland where they enter the religious life as priests, sisters and brothers, living a life of service of which folks back home are mostly unaware. One such person was Sister Susan […]

Talk Story: New approaches to traditional practices

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Every moment of our lives is a time for believing, hoping and loving. The call to experience Lent as a journey of conversion, prayer and sharing of our goods, helps us to revive the faith that comes from the living Christ, the hope inspired by the breath of the Holy Spirit […]

Milestone of faith: ‘Gifted to Give’

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Cathedral basilica Mass will commemorate 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines By Father Edmundo N. Barut Jr. Special to the Herald As we gather for the 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines — Hawaii Celebration, it is with joy that we recall the Philippine archipelago being discovered by Europeans on March 16, 1521, […]

Official notices: March 5, 2021

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Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] March 6, 5:00 pm, Scout Mass, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu. March 7, 8:30 am, Mass with Young Ladies Institute, St. Ann Parish, Kaneohe. March 9, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council (video conference). March 11, 7:00 pm, Maui Chrism Mass […]