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Diocese of Honolulu 2022 Lenten Regulations
HCH File Photo FASTING In the dioceses in the United States, Catholics aged 18 through 59 are bound to fast on both Ash Wednesday (March 2, 2022) and Good Friday (April 15, 2022). To fast means to...
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From the bishop’s desk: The church wants to hear from you
LETTER TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE DIOCESE OF HONOLULU Dear Sisters and Brothers, Peace be with you! Pope Francis has called for a worldwide involvement of engagement of as many people as possible to prepare...
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Isle churches see jump in tally of Mass-goers from 2020 COVID low
The congregation at the Mass for the World Day of the Sick Feb. 11 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. (Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina) October count However, the number is 18,700 fewer than...
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Still celebrating, still serving
ACCE honorees pose with Bishop Larry Silva after Mass on Feb. 4. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver) A smaller in-person celebration honors a large number of educators at annual Mass and recognition ceremony By...
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Lenten resources
Daughters of St. Paul Sister Diane Leonard Kraus, left, and Sister Joane Caritas Gepitulan check out Lenten titles at the Pauline Book and Media Center in Honolulu. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver) Books and...
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St. Catherine School, facing $300K budget shortfall, lays off four
Artwork by a then-eigth grader, Martian Binonwagon, at St. Catherine School on Kauai in April 2020. The student drew the artwork as part of an exercise for Art with Mrs. Margie Anderson. (Courtesy...
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Bishop Larry Silva: Proclaiming, and living, the Word
Eight deacon candidates were designated as lectors Feb. 13 by Bishop Larry Silva at St. Stephen Diocesan Center Chapel. Bishop Silva delivered a homily on the topic of being a good lector. (HCH Photo:...
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Research shows Sisters of Charity once owned slaves
A portion of a Sisters of Charity Federation archival exhibit is seen in Emmitsburg, Md., in 2016. Federation leaders reported Feb. 7, 2022, on research showing that the two original congregations of...
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Diocese to welcome 200 catechumens in Rites of Election
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu will see 200 catechumens baptized in parishes across Hawaii this Easter Vigil, April 16, 51 more than last year. The catechumens 7 and...
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Catholic schools office employee retires after 58 years
Barbara Yamasaki By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Barbara Yamasaki doesn’t want us writing about her retirement. The fast-talking, jovial administrative secretary has been with the Diocese of...
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WAR IN UKRAINE: ‘With a heart broken,’ pope prays for peace
Military personnel and citizens take cover during shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 26, 2022. Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine’s capital, and street fighting broke out as city officials urged...
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Questions for Duane Pavao, Director of Cemeteries, Hawaii Catholic Cemeteries
A Q&A by the Office of Catholic Cemeteries — Diocese of Honolulu. When the Diocese of Honolulu contracted with cemetery experts Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services (CFCS), a ministry from the...
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Talk story: Rivers of blood and tears
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Rivers of blood and of tears are flowing in Ukraine … War is madness! Stop, please! Look at this cruelty!” (Pope Francis, Angelus, March 6) As casualties continue to rise...
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At 90 and 100, they are living stewards of the Hamakua Coast
Frankie De Caires (Photo courtesy of St. Anthony Parish, Papaaloa) By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Special to the Herald There are a number of good people who are pillars of the community. Many have...
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War is like ‘a cancer that grows,’ says Vatican secretary of state
A view shows cars and a building of a hospital destroyed by an airstrike in Mariupol, Ukraine, in this handout picture released March 9. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, condemned...
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Local Tongan Catholics send aid back to island-nation
VOLCANO AND TSUNAMI RELIEF Samarahope Palepale, front row center, who gave up her first holy Communion party to pay for a Tongan relief effort, is surrounded by family and youth from St. Augustine...
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Pope Francis | Ukraine: ‘Stop this massacre’
Ukrainian service members carry a dead body on a stretcher as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, in the town of Irpin outside Kyiv, Ukraine, March 12, 2022. (CNS photo/Marko Djurica, Reuters) By...
View Article2021 Stewardship Report for the Diocese of Honolulu
Click here for a pdf of the 2021 Stewardship Report for the Diocese of Honolulu. The post 2021 Stewardship Report for the Diocese of Honolulu appeared first on Hawaii Catholic Herald.
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Consecration of the World, particularly Russia and Ukraine, to the Immaculate...
A child plays with a plane made of foam at a park in downtown Odessa, Ukraine, March 20, 2022, as Russia’s war on Ukraine continues. Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk of Odessa-Simferopol warned of...
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Three Sacred Hearts brothers ordained transitional deacons
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Archbishop Peter Loy Chong of Suva, Fiji, ordained to the transitional diaconate three brothers of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts March 19 in Sacred...
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