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Families helping families
Above, on the evening of Sept. 6, a small group gathered in the hall of St. George Parish in Waimanalo for light-hearted sharing and a short prayer before dinner as part of the parish’s week of hosting...
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Commentary: Hurling words against suffering
Alice McDermott is pictured in a 2013 photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Epic Photography Jamie Schoenberger) By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald When Alice McDermott began work on her most recent novel,...
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Augustine reception: A lot of love for Hawaii Catholic schools
Brie Haner, a fourth grade teacher at Our Lady of Good Counsel school, tells how an Augustine Foundation grant transformed her classroom. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver) By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald...
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FROM THE BISHOP’S DESK: Catholic Charities Hawaii selects new president
After an extensive search process, it is my pleasure to announce that Rob Van Tassell has been selected as Catholic Charities Hawaii’s new president and CEO, effective Nov. 4. Rob joins us from...
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10th anniversary reprint: The canonization of St. Damien de Veuster
Pope Benedict XVI prays the Angelus, Oct. 11, in St. Peter’s Square after canonizing St. Damien, who is pictured in the center tapestry hanging from the front of St. Peters Basilica. (HCH photo | Anna...
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Waipahu church gets new altar to replace termite-eaten one
Bishop Larry Silva blesses the new altar at St. Joseph Church in Waipahu with holy water Sept 18. (Photos by Dann Ebina) By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald In a rite rarely seen by Catholics,...
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New home in a second-hand church
Bishop Larry Silva blesses the walls of the St. Andrew Kim Taegon Oratory in Honolulu during a dedication Mass on Sept. 20. (HCH photo courtesy of Dann Ebina) After 40 years, the Korean Catholic...
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50 years as the soul of a bustling city neighborhood
Bishop Larry Silva preaches in Sts. Peter and Paul Church at the Mass celebrating the church’s 50th anniversary Sept. 28. (HCH photo | Patrick Downes) By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Like a...
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Mary Adamski: Of bones, memories and the weary pilgrim
VIEW FROM THE PEW The Hawaii contingent to St. Damien’s canonization brought the hula to a thanksgiving Mass in the Basilica of St. Paul Ouside the Walls in Rome on Oct. 12, 2009. (HCH photo | Anna...
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Father Robert Stark, SSS: The rich man and the poor man
HOMILY Here is the text of a homily by Father Robert Stark, director of the Office for Social Ministry for the Diocese of Honolulu and regional coordinator for the Vatican’s Section on Migrants and...
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The story of a tree
The kiawe tree in the yard of Kawaiahao Congregational Church Oct. 8, which grew from a seed from the original kiawe tree in the Catholic mission on Fort Street planted by Sacred Hearts Father Alexis...
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Respect for the indigenous
Pope Francis walks in a procession at the start of the first session Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 7. (CNS photo/Vatican Media ) Ministry, ecology, mission are the main themes for...
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St. Damien of Monongahela
Ten years after his canonization, the Molokai saint has several Mainland parishes named in his honor The exterior of St. Gabriel Church, which along with St. Joseph Church, merged in 2017 to form St....
View ArticleNew diocesan task force will regulate Catholic cemeteries, columbariums
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu has put together a new task force that’s looking at centralizing Catholic cemeteries and the potential to create parish columbariums. The...
View ArticleBishop Larry Silva: Wrestling with God
WITNESS TO JESUS | 29TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text to the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time, delivered Oct. 20 at St. Joseph Church, Hilo. The...
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St. Damien, imitating Jesus, ‘crossed barriers,’ Bishop Silva said
10TH ANNIVERSARY OF CANONIZATION At the altar with Bishop Larry Silva were Bishop Camilo Gonzalez, bishop emeritus of La Vega in the Dominican Republic, left, and Bishop Rene Mayugba, bishop of the...
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Bishop’s new task force to stoke an evangelizing spirit
The diocese’s Evangelization Task Force poses for a photo with Bishop Larry Silva and the group’s leader Domini Olaso, standing to the right of the bishop. (Photo courtesy of Dominic Olaso) By Anna...
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The profession of a local Carmelite caps off a year that revitalized the...
Final vows Sister Mary Elizabeth de Jesus in a pensive moment at the Mass for her final profession Oct. 15 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. (Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina) By Patrick Downes Hawaii...
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Putting your houses in order
Marlene De Costa in the mini park near the Diocese of Honolulu’s chancery building and the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace on Fort Street Mall in downtown Honolulu. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver) In...
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Teen spends final days reaching out to vulnerable, poor on city streets
Nicholas Peters, suffering from terminal cancer, lays hands on a woman named “Frisca,” a homebound parishioner of St. Charles Parish in San Carlos, Calif. The teenager spent the last six months of his...
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