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Talk story: Cardinal advisor to three popes to speak at Red Mass
Pope Francis and Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, arrive for a 2016 meeting at the Vatican with participants in the third World Meeting of Popular...
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Bishop Larry Silva: There is the martyrdom of love
A little girl stands in front of a portrait of the 117 Vietnamese martyrs prior to the deacon ordination of Vincent Ahn Vu on Dec. 18 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu. HCH Photo|Dann...
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In Christmas message, pope prays for peace
Pope Francis delivers his Christmas blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 25. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) By Cindy Wooden...
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Vietnamese community gives Hawaii a deacon
The newly ordained Vincent Anh Xuan Vu assists Bishop Larry Silva at the altar at his ordination Mass Dec. 28 in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu. (HCH photo | Dann Ebina) Bishop Larry...
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At school closure meeting, St. Francis alumni ask how they can help save the...
Randall Yee, Saint Francis board of directors chair, speaks with Saint Francis alumni at a Jan. 10 meeting to discuss the middle and high school’s closure at the end of the school year. Photo: Anna...
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Bishop Silva confers ministry of lector on 14 deacon candidates
Bishop Larry Silva, center, poses with 14 permanent deacon candidates and their wives in the St. Stephen Diocesan Center chapel after conferring on them the ministry of lector. (HCH photo | Anna...
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Fundraiser helps finance re-founding of Hawaii’s ‘hidden’ sisters
Above, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary sing and dance at the fundraiser for the Carmelite sisters, Jan. 12 in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa parish hall. (HCH photos | Patrick Downes) By...
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Staying involved: creating my Catholic identity
Kacie Yamamoto reading from the pulpit at St. Stephen Church on her Confirmation day. (Photo courtesy of Kacie Yamamoto) Instead of ‘graduating’ from church commitments after confirmation, I found...
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Saint Francis alumni ask if school can be saved
Saint Francis board of directors chairman Randall Yee talks to school alumni at a Jan. 10 meeting in a side room at the school gymnasium. Photo: Anna Weaver | Hawaii Catholic Herald By Anna Weaver...
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Red Mass homily excerpts: ‘Co-creators with God’
Cardinal Peter Turkson gives the homily at the Jan. 15 Red Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver) Here are excerpts from the Red Mass homily of Cardinal Peter...
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‘In the service of peace’
Cardinal Peter Turkson speaks at Red Mass. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver) Red Mass speaker Cardinal Peter Turkson offers a spiritual view of ecology, work, politics By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic...
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Father Atonio ‘Niko’ Falaniko, diocesan priest: All around and all the above
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald You can find me everywhere. Some days I say Mass here at the cathedral basilica. On Fridays and Sundays, I...
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Pilgrim postcards from Panama
Members of Hawaii’s delegation to WYD pose with other Panama pilgrims who wanted to take a picture with the Hawaiian flag in Panama City on the way back from Stations of the Cross with Pope Francis...
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World Youth Day Hawaii attendees energized at vigil
Attendees at the Jan. 27 morning vigil Mass, which closed local World Youth Day events, gather with Bishop Larry Silva in Chaminade University’s Mystical Rose Oratory. (HCH photo | Dann Ebina) By...
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New book tells Isles’ Catholic history — church by church
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A commendable new book about the Catholic Church in Hawaii comes from an unlikely source — two writers and an illustrator who all live in the Baltimore area....
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Bishop Larry Silva: On the recent news regarding abortion access
Bishop Larry Silva walks in the 2018 March for Life in Honolulu on Jan. 22. Photo: Dann Ebina WITNESS TO JESUS Last October I visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. Like the Holocaust...
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Love, marriage & family
The Hardy-Kahaleo‘umi family participated in one of the first Marianist Family Retreat programs in Hawaii in 2010. (Photo courtesy of Brother Dennis Schmitz, SM) The diocese is gathering a plethora...
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All grades to close at Saint Francis at end of school year
Part of the St. Francis campus as seen on Jan. 10. Photo: Anna Weaver | HCH All grades at Saint Francis School will close at the end of this academic year, the religious order that sponsors the Manoa...
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The Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii: A Corporation
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A recent announcement by Bishop Larry Silva of a change in membership in the Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii Corporation, and news of significant...
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Most of Hawaii’s active priests come from outside the diocese
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Close to half of the priests serving in Catholic parishes in Hawaii are here on loan from other largely foreign dioceses, according to the 2019 Directory of the...
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