Aloha, When you’re told you have cancer, and then reminded that God doesn’t give you more than you can handle, it’s only natural to translate that to mean that God gave you cancer. Really? God is the reason my world has been turned upside down? And who doesn’t look back with sadness remembering all the […]
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Commentary: On cutting short the end-of-life journey
Eva Andrade is president of Hawaii Family Forum and communications director of Hawaii Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the Diocese of Honolulu. For about 20 years, she has been on the front lines at the State Legislature and in the public square in the fight against the law to permit physician-assisted suicide. By […]
Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board: Rent-a-womb, buy a person: See the moral problem, yet?
COMMENTARY In a heart-wrenching story out of California, a mother has gone public with her tragic experience as a surrogate, claiming that she was urged to terminate her pregnancy at 24 weeks after being diagnosed with breast cancer. At 22 weeks into a surrogate pregnancy, Brittney Pearson, 37, of Sacramento, received the devastating news of […]
Season of angels: heavenly hosts are part of the Christian story
Season of angels Whether messengers or guardians, these heavenly hosts are part of the Christian story, both scriptural and personal By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald “See, I am sending an angel before you, to guard you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.” (Exodus 23:20) “The angel said to […]
Mary Adamski: Magic bullets for healing
VIEW FROM THE PEW I’ve given a lot of thought to healing lately. Of course, a lot of my pondering is stimulated by headlines about our world today, people working themselves into a frenzy of dissension, disrespect and belligerence and our planet damaged and threatened by pollution and rising temperatures, bad bugs and viruses destroying […]
Mary Duddy: In sickness and in health
THE MARRIED LIFE Tom had surgery on his shoulder to repair a torn rotator cuff. Two weeks later I had surgery on my shin to remove a melanoma. Tom wore a sling on his arm, and I had a bandage on my leg. People at church joked, “What did you do to each other?!” Two […]
Christina Capecchi: Advice for grads from a curious Catholic
TWENTY SOMETHING George Corrigan never met a person who didn’t fascinate him. The delivery guy. The plumber. The barista. He wanted to know their names and their life stories, which came tumbling out when he flashed his megawatt smile and asked his earnest questions. His love of humanity flowed from his love of God, culminating […]
Diocese’s retired priests are a diverse group
But all gave their final years of active ministry as priests of the Diocese of Honolulu By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii’s retired diocesan priests are a very diverse group. Only a handful have island roots. Most have backgrounds elsewhere — with religious orders, the military or other dioceses. Some haven’t been to Hawaii […]
Kaneohe base chapel is a fitting tribute to late bishop’s impact
The Chaplain Joseph W. Estabrook Chapel is the only U.S. military house of worship named after a bishop By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald When David Hammond was a college student on the path to priesthood, he began to think about being a military chaplain. To that end, he contacted the U.S. Archdiocese for the […]
Pilgrims find healing, renewal in the waters of Alberta’s Lac Ste. Anne
By Kyle Greenham Catholic News Service LAC STE. ANNE, Alberta — As she battled the aching pains of stage 4 intestinal cancer, Evelyn Mercredi slowly lifted herself from her walker and stepped into the waters of Lac Ste. Anne expecting — and receiving — healing. “I’ve been suffering so much, it was so hard just […]