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Year of St. Joseph pilgrimage: St. Joseph Parish, Makawao
St. Joseph Church in Makawao, Maui(Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina) Rooted in Portuguese immigrant heritage By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald During this “Year of St. Joseph,” why not try and visit...
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Bishop Larry Silva: It is shocking!
Bishop Larry Silva preaches at St. Theresa Church, Kihei, Aug. 22, at the installation Mass of the new pastor, Father Arnel Soriano. (Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina) WITNESS TO JESUS | 21ST SUNDAY IN...
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Diocese not giving religious exemptions for COVID vaccines
A nurse prepares a dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Fasano, Italy, April 13, 2021. (CNS photo/Alessandro Garofalo, Reuters) By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii residents are free to...
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Not me: The moral dilemma of seeking vaccine exemptions
Jamie Horning raises a sign to protest the COVID-19 vaccine mandates at Summa Health Hospital in Akron, Ohio, Aug. 16, 2021. (CNS photo/Stephen Zenner, Reuters) By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service...
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Vaccination is an act of love, pope says in ad campaign
Pope Francis and Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, are pictured in a video for an ad campaign promoting COVID-19 vaccines throughout the...
View ArticleBishop promulgating updated parish finance council norms
Bishop Larry Silva is publishing an update dated Sept. 1 to the norms, or rules, governing parish finance councils in this issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald (see page 7). It contains one revision to...
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St. Theresa’s Hale Kau Kau: 30 years, 1.5 million meals
Volunteers prepare food for Hale Kau Kau, which is celebrating 30 years of providing meals for south Maui’s poor. (Photo courtesy of Hale Kau Kau) By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “For I was...
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Bishop Larry Silva: Sanitize, sanitize, sanitize!
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash WITNESS TO JESUS | 24ND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time delivered Sept. 12...
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Talk story: For our brothers and sisters in Haiti
Earthquake victims receive hygiene kits and tarps from Catholic Relief Service workers in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 24. CRS staffers are operating under tarps at a parking lot near their operations...
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St. Joseph Parish, Hilo: From humble beginnings to Big Island landmark
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald During this “Year of St. Joseph,” why not try and visit one of the St. Joseph churches in Hawaii. In this issue, we head to Hawaii island’s St. Joseph Church in...
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‘OHANA IN CHRIST: Bishop Silva ‘rebrands’ annual appeal broadening its...
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva is re-introducing his annual appeal, the Bishop’s Circle, under a new name and with a new approach, but with the same goal — to raise...
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Vatican says tourism should foster culture of encounter, safeguard planet
Photo by Luke McKeown on Unsplash By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Tourism needs to protect both people and the planet as well as promote a more inclusive economy, the Vatican said....
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Philippines-born vocations director incardinated into the diocese
Bishop Larry Silva welcomes Father Joseph Diaz into the diocese. By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald In a short ceremony during the muggy, midday Mass at St. Stephen Diocesan Center’s chapel on Sept....
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Pope: Bishops must act as shepherds, not with censures
Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Bratislava, Slovakia, to Rome Sept. 15, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service ABOARD THE...
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Bishop Larry Silva: Symptoms and manifestations
An image of a dove symbolizing the Holy Spirit is seen during a chrism Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wichita, Kan., in this April 11, 2017, file photo. (CNS photo/Christopher M....
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Hawaii bids aloha to Korean War sainthood candidate
Bishop Larry Silva blesses the casket of Father Emil Kapaun, a U.S. Army Korean War chaplain and candidate for sainthood, during a memorial Mass Sept. 23 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace....
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There is no better model of priesthood than Father Kapaun, bishop says
By Christopher Riggs Catholic News Service PILSEN, Kan. (CNS) — God put the desire to be a priest in Father Emil J. Kapaun’s heart at an early age, Bishop Carl A. Kemme of Wichita, Kansas, said during...
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Bishops to continue Eucharist discussion in fall meeting
President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, attend Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington Jan. 20, 2021, before his presidential inauguration. (CNS photo/Tom Brenner,...
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All school COVID cases originated elsewhere, superintendent says
A St. Theresa School, Kalihi, preschooler on the first day of school in August 2021. (HCH Photo: Anna Weaver) By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Herald checked in with...
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Pope, world religious leaders plead for peace, compassion, care for the earth
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Pope Francis and Catholicos Karekin II, patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, walk together after a Christian prayer service in front of the...
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