Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Masters champ, product of Catholic prep school, keeps it humble

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DALLAS — Even after becoming the toast of the sports world, golfer Jordan Spieth, a 21-year-old Dallas Jesuit graduate, remained humble and down-to-earth as he worked the crowds at Augusta, handled the media, and bantered with morning and late night talk show hosts after his historic win. That’s no surprise to those who know the […]

Manaolana | A new Marianist lay community shines the light of the Gospel on a world in need

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By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald On the evening of Sept. 25 last year, 11 Chaminade University students gathered to begin a journey of faith. Inspired by the call of Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, the founder of the Marianist order, we met weekly for 15 weeks, bonding into a community, an ohana. Under the […]

Christina Capecchi | Twenty something: Bear claws, nose rings and rock bands: the hidden lives of Catholic sisters

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Belinda Monahan has analyzed more than 100,000 animal bones in Armenia dating back from the Early Bronze Age (1,200 BC) to the Medieval period. For the 44-year-old archaeologist from New Jersey, the thrill never wears off. “When you look at a Stork’s lower-leg bone,” she says, “it’s about as long as my lower-leg bone. It’s […]

Manaolana | Karen Osborne: Youth presence at pro-life event shows commitment

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  For many years, teenagers have walked in the March for Life, the annual pro-life demonstration in Washington that recently marked its 42nd anniversary. The event aims to bring awareness to the laws surrounding legalized abortion, hoping to change them. It attracts people of all ages from all over the country, united in one common […]

The late Thomas Merton, who last month marked the centennial of his birth, is still inspiring people to get closer to God

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WASHINGTON — When Trappist Father Thomas Merton addressed persistent racism in his writing during the 1960s, his message seemingly reached into the future. Appealing to society to recognize that all people are children of God, Father Merton questioned practices that prevented African-Americans from achieving full equality and called for the end of discrimination in all […]