Honolulu parish offers bereavement ministry
Mary, Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala offers consolation and support to those who are mourning the loss of a loved one. This Healing Hearts ministry provides participants an opportunity to...
View ArticleBishop to lead Corpus Christi procession
Bishop Larry Silva will lead the diocese’s annual 1.25-mile eucharistic procession for the Feast of Corpus Christi, May 29. The observance of the feast, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy...
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Mililani couple back as executive couple of Worldwide Marriage Encounter Hawaii
Jose and Mary Elizabeth Alvior of Mililani have returned to serve as the Worldwide Marriage Encounter Hawaii executive couple. Photo courtesy of Marriage encounter HawaiiJose and Mary Elizabeth Alvior...
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Schools office takes silver award in Hawaii non-profit marketing
Hawaii Catholic Schools superintendent Michael Rockers stands with Catholic schools communications/marketing specialist Deborah Manog, center, and Melinda Mullis of Orangeroc at the American Marketing...
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2016 Jubilarians: Steadfast in the Lord
Story and photos by Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald The mid-morning liturgy at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa April 16 was an observance of faith, dedication and service. More than 250...
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The Joy of Love
Gestures, spirituality are essential in family life, Pope Francis says in his apostolic exhortation Pope Francis kisses a baby during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 13....
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Sister Estelita Jamelo, Dominican Sister of the Most Holy Rosary: The smiles...
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...
View ArticleKathleen T. Choi: Number 574
IN LITTLE WAYS Twenty-seven years ago, I was invited to write a column on how a recent convert experiences Catholic life. “A Convert’s View” debuted on March 11, 1989. Seven years later, I changed the...
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Aloha, Kathleen
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Herald is losing one of its beloved voices. With this issue, Kathleen Choi ends her column “In Little Ways.” She explains her decision in...
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On ‘being chosen’
The diocese’s new director of vocations reflects on his new job, his own call and the hunger for priests in Hawaii By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva on July 1 assigned Father...
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Maui’s first Carondelet was a teacher, housing service provider, ‘wisdom figure’
SISTER ROSE DAMIEN MALABON, CSJ | 1932-2016 By Sister Sara Sanders, CSJ Special to the Herald Maui-born Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Rose Damien Malabon, a life-long elementary school teacher who...
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‘Be the bearer of light’
Bishop Larry Silva prays over priesthood candidate EJ Resinto as he lay prostrate in the sanctuary after the chanting of the Litany of Saints. (HCH photos | Darlene Dela Cruz) Bishop Larry Silva...
View Article‘Receive’ (not ‘take’) this ring’ among rite changes
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “The bride and groom now say to each other ‘receive this ring’ instead of ‘take this ring.’” That’s just one of the many changes, big and small, coming this...
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For God and country
Father John G. Breaux Jr., a priest from the Diocese of Lafayette, La., gives Communion to a new Army soldier during a Mass in March at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Father Breaux was training for his...
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Sister Gioan Linh Nguyen, Daughters of St. Paul: The grace of the moment
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...
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Special liturgy to mark 75th anniversary of the diocese
Bishop James J. Sweeney Bishop Larry Silva will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of Honolulu with a Mass at 10 a.m. Sept. 10 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of...
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It’s back to the Islands for incoming head of Catholic Charities
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Terry Walsh “Full circle” is a notion becoming familiar to Terry Walsh, recently picked to take the reins of Catholic Charities Hawaii when its president and...
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‘Apostolate of the ear’
Pope Francis is pictured leaving an encounter with young people in the piazza outside the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in Assisi, Italy, in this Oct. 4, 2013, file photo. The pope plans to visit...
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Catholic school transitions
Every new school year opens with a number of administrators moving on or coming on board By Deborah Manog Hawaii Catholic Schools Leaving or retiring Cindy Olaso Retiring principal of Our Lady of Good...
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It’s not right to equate Islam with violence, Francis says
Pope Francis listens to a question from a journalist aboard his July 31 flight from Krakow, Poland, to Rome. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service ABOARD THE PAPAL...
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