Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father Emerson Delos Reyes, diocesan priest: Finding God in everything

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Saint Francis of Assisi has been a great inspiration to me. He was a lover of nature, and found God in even the smallest flower. For many of us, the tiny flowers that come out especially during summer may not seem to […]

Sister Maria Dina Danos, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: Prayer as a bank deposit

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Prayer is like a gift from God. I remember learning how to pray when I was in the third grade. I wasn’t taught by my parents or teachers how to pray, it just happened. Later in high school, I always made it […]

Brother Salvador (Buddy) J. Yanzon, Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament: Nothing for me

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “Brother, why is your garden so beautiful?” parishioners sometimes ask me while seeing me at work in the gardens surrounding the church. Turning down the volume to the music playing on the radio I have carried there, or to where I am […]

Sister Jovita Agustin, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: Sister Amazing Grace

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Once, I remember as I made my rounds at St. Francis Hospital West, a patient getting ready for surgery said to me, “Sister, you don’t have to pray over me, I am an atheist.” I replied, “That’s all right.” We then started […]

Father Victor Lanuevo, diocesan priest: Living in dying

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Special to the Herald Whenever you feel helpless, when you are in a confining, limiting situation with few options, embrace that condition and live it in your own way; and then you can overcome anything that bothers you. Even if you don’t know what happens […]

Sister Gioan Linh Nguyen, Daughters of St. Paul: The grace of the moment

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Before one elevated feast day, I remember gathering with the youth and young adults of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace to clean the cathedral. Underneath the pews we found a lot of gum which we were then tasked with scraping […]

Sister Estelita Jamelo, Dominican Sister of the Most Holy Rosary: The smiles of God’s grace

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald When I first arrived in Hawaii in 1991 from the Philippines, I struggled with the English language. People used to speak so fast that I could not understand them. Whenever they talked to me, I needed to translate it into my native […]

Father Anastacio ‘Jun’ Postrano, diocesan priest: Living a sacramental life

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I always wanted to be a priest. When I was in the Philippines, most of the priests around were Maryknoll Fathers. We did not have a local clergy then. The Maryknoll Fathers were very active, visible missionaries who built up the faithful […]

Father Thomas Choo, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts: The prayer of the sigh

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald There is a story of a person who was rushing to finish work and everything else in order to get to the mosque on time for prayer. Unfortunately, he still arrived late and wasn’t able to participate in the service. In great […]