Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP: Gratitude
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Gratitude “For six years you will sow your land and gather its produce, but in the seventh year you will let it lie fallow and forgo all produce from it, so that those of your...
View ArticleBishops affirm sainthood causes for Dutton, two others
Joseph Dutton, a sainthood candidate with the title of “Servant of God,” is seen in this undated photo. (File photo) By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops agreed Nov. 17...
View ArticleSISTER GRACE MARIE TOM, SSCC |1934-2021
Honolulu-born missionary was a ‘reflection of God’s tenderness’ By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sister Grace Marie Tom, a soft-spoken Sacred Hearts Academy graduate with a joyful spirit of...
View ArticleChoirs are permitted again, so are hymnals and penance services
Bishop Silva (file photo) By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Singing at Mass is back. So are hymnals, missalettes and printed bulletins. Father Alfred Omar Guerrero, director of the Office of...
View ArticleBishop says mahalo for initial response to ‘Ohana’ appeal
Bishop Larry Silva expresses thanks for the response to Ohana in Christ appeal. (Video screenshot) By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Two months into Ohana in Christ, the Diocese of Honolulu’s...
View ArticlePurple, purple, pink, purple: Catechesis by Advent wreath
Improvise an Advent wreath using backyard greenery and Mason jars filled with scented Epsom salt that hold your Advent candles. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver) By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald In case...
View ArticleHawaii Catholic Herald School News: Dec. 10, 2021
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View ArticleHoly Family school and its families affected by tainted water
Holy Family Catholic Academy water give and take donation station. (Photo courtesy of Holy Family Catholic Academy) By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A Honolulu Catholic school and many of its...
View ArticleBishop Silva to celebrate early morning Advent Masses in the Filipino tradition
Bishop Silva at a 2015 Misa de Dallo (File photo) Bishop Larry Silva will be up with the roosters in the final days of Advent to celebrate the popular Filipino tradition, Misa de Gallo, in eight...
View ArticleGod dreams of a world where all are welcomed, pope says
Pope Francis greets people as he leaves an ecumenical prayer with migrants in the Church of the Holy Cross in Nicosia, Cyprus, Dec. 3. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Holy Father in Cyprus By Cindy Wooden...
View ArticleSocial distancing requirement in church lifted in three counties
Photo by Tim Mossholder from Pexels By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald You can discard the tape and cords blocking every other pew and fill your churches again. At least on every island except...
View ArticleSeason of angels: heavenly hosts are part of the Christian story
Pexels Season of angels Whether messengers or guardians, these heavenly hosts are part of the Christian story, both scriptural and personal By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald “See, I am sending an...
View ArticlePour money into education, not weapons, pope tells nations
Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, attends a news conference at the Vatican Dec. 21, 2021, for the release of Pope Francis’ message for the Jan....
View ArticleHOPE Services’ senior affordable housing units installed in Pahoa
Modular home installation at the Sacred Heart Affordable Housing Project in Pahoa, Dec. 27. (Photo courtesy of HOPE Services Hawaii) During the week after Christmas, HOPE Services of Hawaii installed...
View ArticleSchool superintendent Llewellyn Young keynote speaker at Red Mass
Superintendent of Hawaii Catholic schools Llewellyn K. Young Jr. will describe how he steered the state’s Catholic educational system through the turbulence of the coronavirus pandemic as the guest...
View ArticleBishop Larry Silva: The day God married humanity
A newly married couple walks over a dune in White Sands National Park in New Mexico’s Tularosa Basin May 21, 2021. San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone called on the U.S. bishops at their...
View ArticleAt evening prayer for the last day of the year, Pope Francis said that...
Pope Francis leaves at the conclusion of an evening prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 31, 2021. The traditional service on New Year’s Eve is to give thanks for the past year....
View Article2021 in review: A look back at the events and images from another year marked...
Compiled by Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Here is a month-by-month review of the Catholic news in Hawaii in 2021 as reported in the Hawaii Catholic Herald. January A Jan. 8 memo from the Diocese...
View ArticleMsgr. Owen F. Campion: Our vocation is to reflect Christ
A fourth-century image of St. Paul the Apostle is seen on the walls of the Santa Thecla catacomb beneath Rome. Writing to the Corinthians about an ongoing affliction, the apostle Paul writes: “Three...
View ArticleHeralding back: Jan. 21, 2022
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Jan. 14, 1972 AFTER NOON MASS ON UH CAMPUS—University of Hawaii students rap with Father Frank Parker, S.J., (left) of the Newman Center, and Father Thomas C....
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