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Photo: Aloha from Hawaii
Pope Francis greets Bishop Larry Silva during his ad limina visit to the Vatican on Jan. 27. The bishop presented the pope with a wrapped gift of chocolate-covered macadamia nuts from the Hawaii...
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A religious take on Lenten dishes
We asked various religious order members, priests, deacons and seminarians if they had any favorite, simple recipes to share with our readers that were in the spirit of Lent. By Anna Weaver Hawaii...
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Diocese supporting bill that would permit church columbaria
In this 2014 photo, a woman prays in front of a niche holding the cremated remains of her husband in a Catholic cemetery in Westbury, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) By Patrick Downes Hawaii...
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SACRED HEARTS FATHER CLARENCE GUERREIRO | 1943-2020
Long-time island pastor saw the building of St. Ann Church By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Hearts Father Clarence Guerreiro, long-time island pastor and builder of the distinctive St....
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Diocese to welcome this year’s catechumens at five Rites of Election
2018 Rite of Election The diocese has scheduled five Rites of Election, ceremonies in which Hawaii’s catechumens 7 years old and older preparing for baptism at Easter are welcomed and recognized by the...
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Letter to the faithful: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Rice Bowl
Dear Friends in Christ, Peace be with you! The season of Lent calls us to draw closer to Jesus, the Son of God, who shared and redeemed our vulnerable humanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops...
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‘The sacrament we give each other’
Mark and Maricel Sebastian in their home, holding one of their wedding photos. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver) Mark and Maricel Sebastian live out their matrimony in the every day By Anna Weaver Hawaii...
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Fasting to be the person God is calling
The crucified Christ: a block print by Patricio Chavez of Chimayo, New Mexico. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec) By David Gibson Catholic News Service “We must love with our eyes open,” Canterbury’s Archbishop...
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Silent prayer in a noisy digital world
St. Elizabeth School kindergartener Journey Richardson kneels next to first grader Ryden Antolin and teacher Grace Fowler during Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Elizabeth Church, Aiea, on Feb. 26. (HCH photo...
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Bishop Larry Silva: How good is the fruit of the Tree of Life
Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash WITNESS TO JESUS | FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Here is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva delivered March 1, at the Carmelite Convent in Kaneohe and at...
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Fulfill your Lenten almsgiving by donating to the Bishop’s Circle
The Bishop’s Circle mailer encourages Catholics to join one of six donor “societies.” Lent is a time for almsgiving. And what better recipient of your alms is there than Bishop Larry Silva’s Bishop’s...
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Photo: Receiving ashes
ASH WEDNESDAY Arie Swynenberg, a second grader at St. Elizabeth School in Aiea, receives ashes from St. Elizabeth’s parochial vicar, Father Romple Emwalu, at the school’s Ash Wednesday Mass, Feb. 26....
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Don’t look at me … And other advice from a parent with young kids at Mass
Cry rooms like the one seen here, can be a controversial topic. Two local priests say they prefer not to separate children from the rest of the congregation. (CNS photo/Craig Pittelli, The Monitor) By...
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Coronavirus updates for the Diocese of Honolulu
An isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19 is seen in a transmission electron microscopic image obtained March 10, 2020, from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. (CNS photo/handout, CDC...
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CORONAVIRUS: Coronavirus restrictions could renew appreciation for community,...
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — During the coronavirus pandemic, life as most people have known it, including parish life, has come to a halt. But despite closed churches,...
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The hand of God was on me
This remembrance by Father Rene Bisaillon, a Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette, was first published in the May 10, 2013, issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald, while he was in residence at St....
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Pope’s prayer to Mary during the pandemic
Pope Francis prays in front of the Marian icon “Salus Populi Romani” at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome March 15, 2020. The pope prayed as coronavirus deaths in Italy peaked at 368 in a 24-hour...
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CORONAVIRUS: Masses on TV, social media provide alternatives to closed church...
A viewer watches a livestream Mass from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore celebrated by Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori and a few concelebrants March 15, 2020. All Sunday Masses in the...
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CORONAVIRUS: No Mass, no offertory: Parish, diocesan, national collections...
An usher hands the collection basket to a Massgoer Oct. 28, 2018, at Jesus the Divine Word Church in Huntingtown, Md. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) —...
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Hawaii Catholic schools to keep campuses closed through Easter Monday due to...
Photo by Kimberly Farmer on Unsplash Hawaii Catholic parochial schools will extend students’ time away from schools through Easter Monday. “This is to inform you that our parochial schools will be...
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