Bishop Silva forms a task force to promote the spirituality of stewardship
Members of the new Stewardship Task Force held a meeting at the diocesan chancery Oct. 26. In front from left to right are diocesan finance systems manager Diane Lamosao, task force co-chair Brandon...
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Move to pass same-sex marriage bill provokes thousands to fight back
Sign-holders spread the word to passing vehicles on Beretania Street in front of the state Capitol Oct. 28. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) The special state legislative session, called by Gov. Neil...
View ArticleBishop Larry Silva, on the passage of the Hawaii same-sex marriage bill
Nov. 13 It is very sad that many of our state legislators and our governor have confused a manufactured civil right with a true civil right based on the centuries-old respect for marriage as a stable...
View ArticleAlthough thousands protest, same-sex marriage becomes legal in Hawaii
Following a special session of the Hawaii state Legislature that for two weeks turned the state Capitol into a high-spirited exhibition of populous democracy, Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Nov. 13 signed...
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Mary Adamski: Battlelines drawn
Stories and images of fighting the enemy to his knees or his death, smiting those who oppose us, making them feel the hurt, are imbedded in our brains, whether you tune into the world news, are a movie...
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Bishop Silva is bringing back The Bishop’s Circle appeal
Bishop Larry Silva this month is bringing back The Bishop’s Circle, a targeted fundraising appeal started by Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario and put on hold in 2009 when the diocese launched the its With...
View ArticleLocal parish collections will go directly to relief efforts
Bishop Larry Silva has asked each parish to collect donations for Philippines typhoon relief. The money will be sent to Catholic Relief Services, the international aid agency of the U.S. Conference of...
View ArticleAnxious Filipino Catholics seek to help family, friends
Typhoon victims wait in line for free rice at a businessman’s warehouse in Tacloban, Philippines. Aid agencies faced challenges getting food and water to the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos. ( CNS...
View ArticleStewardship as a ‘way of life’ is focus of workshop
The Diocese of Honolulu is sponsoring Stewardship Day, “a special gathering of Catholic leaders for inspiration, learning and networking with others about stewardship as a way of life,” 8 a.m.-noon,...
View ArticleViriditas: Father John Fredy Quintero
There was a time when I wanted to give up saying Masses in English and doing hospital visitations. Being from Colombia, Latin America, English is not my first language. I was so afraid of not being...
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‘Island-style’ celebration closes Year of Faith on Oahu
Oahu Catholics closed out the Year of Faith “Island-style” Nov. 23, with food, music, Mass and a multicultural celebration of ohana. St. Louis School male hula “kahiko” group performs at the Nov. 23...
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Bishop Silva: Sharon Chiarucci’s work will bear fruit for years to come
Sharon Chiarucci, Office for Parish Resources director, retires Dec. 31. It has been a pleasure working with Sharon Chiarucci. She is very dedicated and competent, and she is in touch with so many...
View ArticleEvery job a gift: Sharon Chiarucci retires after years of working to enhance...
Sharon Chiarucci in the chapel at St. Stephen Diocesan Center on Nov. 25. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) When it comes to Hawaii parishes, Sharon Chiarucci has seen it all. She is one of the few...
View ArticleJourneying through Advent with Mary
“The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception,” a painted and gilded statue attributed to Juan Martinez Montanes. (CNS photo/courtesy of National Gallery of Art) Local Catholic educators and religious find...
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Mary Adamski: The Lord is coming and the house is clean. Halleluia!
The house always had to be shining clean for Christmas and since Mom ruled, we the children took the vacuum cleaner nozzle into the deepest corners and the dustcloths to the tops of all those many...
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OBITUARY: Benedictine Father Timothy Ottman served Hawaii in parishes,...
Benedictine Father Timothy M. Ottman, who came to Hawaii more than 30 years ago to work as a parish priest for a decade before retiring at the Benedictine Monastery in Waialua, died Dec. 5 in a...
View ArticleCoordinating Christmas angels: Catholic Charities’ ‘Holidays from the Heart’...
Students from Star of the Sea School look at the ornaments on their “Giving Tree,” which have written on them Christmas wish items for Catholic Charities Hawaii clients and others in the community....
View ArticleChristmas carol favorites
Childhood memories, soaring notes, haunting melodies, joyful lyrics? Why do some Christmas songs make our hearts quiver and our souls melt? The Hawaii Catholic Herald asked a few friends to name their...
View ArticleCatholic school teacher’s aide writes ‘something new’ about an old value
Ginger Kamisugi, a teacher’s aide at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City, reads to students her new book, “Something Different, Something New,” Dec. 4. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) A new...
View ArticleBishop Larry Silva’s 2013 Christmas Message
Who asked God to become a human being anyway? Certainly not those who praise God but still like to keep him in a safe place, away from any interference he might have in their daily lives. Certainly not...
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