Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Chaminade University a training ground for religious ministry

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By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “I need to see you,” said Marianist Brother Edward Brink, Vice-President for Mission and rector of Chaminade University of Honolulu, trying to pin me down for a meeting amid both of our busy campus schedules. “How about 7:30 a.m.?” I suggested. That became 2 p.m. as […]

Sister Novie Omictin, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: A fisherman’s daughter

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald My dad was a fisherman. He was a prayerful Christian who would go to his church at 7 a.m. every Sunday. As I never liked waking up early, sometimes I would just go with my mom to the Catholic Mass at her […]

Sister Miriam Joseph Teresi, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: Morning grounds: coffee and prayer

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, O.P. Hawaii Catholic Herald I taught school for 24 years, worked in the parish for 26, and ministered in the hospital for 13 years. Working in the parish, my mornings were filled with visiting the elderly; my evenings were busy with RCIA class, working with the […]

Father Anton Nyo Ano, Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette: Everyone needs a spiritual dentist

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Everyone should visit their dentist regularly. If you don’t, and wait until five or 10 years have passed, and all the tartar sticks harder to your teeth, and blackened spaces in your mouth grow dimmer, you will be in for a bloody […]

Sister Louise Banares, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: The bravery of a catechist

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING I arrived in Hawaii one day before martial law was imposed in the Philippines. My first ministerial assignment was as an educator at St. Joseph School in Makawao, Maui. Through the catechetical training program in the Diocese of Honolulu, I was able to receive my certificate as a catechist. In my next […]

Simple Christians: Ordinary Trappist martyrs gave extraordinary witness

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By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — After Islamic terrorists stormed the Algerian monastery he called home, Trappist Father Christian de Cherge felt compelled to put pen to paper and write down his testament. Father de Cherge, prior of the Monastery of Notre Dame de l’Atlas, said he held no ill will […]

Sister Mary Mark Berdin, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: My middle name is survivor

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Mali Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald From being assigned from the Philippines to Kauai to Oahu in the 1970s, to Africa in the 1980s and back and forth between the Philippines, Oahu and San Francisco, returning to Oahu in the years after, I think sometimes that my middle […]

World need cloistered nuns’ total dedication to prayer

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis asked people to give thanks to God for the gift of so many men and women living a cloistered life of total dedication to prayer. “May these communities not lack affection, closeness and support,” including material support, from the entire church, he said, marking […]

Sister Romeka Situmorang, Sisters of the Sacred Hearts: God just picked me up

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Life is always challenging. It is never easy or perfect. Even in the life of Jesus, from the time he was in Mary’s womb, to his being an immigrant and unto the cross, there were hardships. Somehow, in my imagination, I thought […]