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War, Vatican II, decision making: The pope explains
Pope Francis meets with the editors of 10 European Jesuit magazines and Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits, May 19, 2022, in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. The...
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Mother and child services
Unsplash Here is a list of local services for women with crisis pregnancies and new mothers in need. Some programs are affiliated with the Catholic Church, some are not. PREGNANCY CARE Oahu Oahu...
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Bishop Larry Silva: A perfect community of love
Amy Laddbush makes the sign of the cross after receiving Communion during a March 6 Mass at St. Pius X Church in Bowie, Md. with several of her 11 children. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth) WITNESS TO JESUS |...
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Historic cemetery needs friends
Trash, furniture and sleeping materials were found in the King Street Cemetery in September 2020 during the depths of COVID. (Photo courtesy Deacon Keith Cabiles) Littering, a fire and other damage are...
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He wanted to serve others, so was priesthood calling?
Arrion Rosales-Llantos By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Arrion Rosales-Llantos had already registered for his third year at the University of Hawaii-Hilo, for classes in administration of...
View ArticleCatholic Charities Hawaii: 75 years of charity timeline
75 years of charity Source: Catholic Charities Hawaii 1859 The Catholic Weomen’s Aid Society, later to be known as the Catholic Women’s Guild, helps immigrant plantation workers adjust to life in...
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Delivering dignity, compassion, justice
A woman and child at Maili Land Transitional Housing on Oahu’s Leeward coast. (Catholic Charities) Catholic Charities Hawaii, the island church’s primary social service agency, turns 75 this month By...
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Bishop Larry Silva: On the Dobbs decision of the U.S. Supreme Court...
REFLECTION Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Although the decision of the Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs. Wade would have been welcome any day, it is...
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Supreme court overturns Roe v. Wade
Pro-life demonstrators in Washington celebrate outside the Supreme Court June 24, 2022, as the court overruled the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision. (CNS photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters) Ruling...
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Hawaii Catholic Herald represented at Catholic Media Conference in Portland
Catholic Media Association executive director, Rob DeFrancesco, talks to CMA members on the first full day of the Catholic Media Conference in Portland, Oregon, July 5, 2022. (Photo: Anna Weaver) The...
View ArticleBishop preaches at Joseph Dutton birthday festivities in Vermont
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva was invited last weekend to Stowe, Vermont, a place made famous by the von Trapp Family singers and its ski slopes, and has again gained...
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At 40, talking story
From left, Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP, Sister Irene Barboza, SSCC, and Sister Patty Chang, CSJ, meet for conversation over refreshing servings of shave ice. (Photo courtesy of Sister Malia Dominica...
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Bishop Larry Silva: Dutton’s journey to Emmaus
WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER This is the prepared text of the homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva for the Third Sunday of Easter, April 23, at Blessed Sacrament Church, Stowe, Vermont,...
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Pastors bring back the shared cup to a cautious faithful
Deacon Joseph Almuena passes the chalice at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace on Holy Thursday, April 6. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver) By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva...
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Hawaii’s 2023 JUBILARIANS
“God, our Father, guide of humanity and ruler of creation, look upon these your servants, who wish to confirm their offering of themselves to you. As the years pass by, help them to enter more deeply...
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Bride of Christ
Lorraine Manlolo at her consecration as a Consecrated Virgin Living in the World, April 16, in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu. Her mother Shirley Manlolo stands behind her....
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Mary Adamski: Passing the Kalaupapa baton
VIEW FROM THE PEW Why is it that we humans have this need to measure events, people, what’s important in life, by using numbers? How many years of life, of service, birthdays, anniversaries, we count...
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Conversations: ‘We love to come because of our faith’
From left, Shon Magsalin, Lucy Bolosan, Father Stephen Macedo, Beatrice Cabral and Sophia Cabral Maikui(Photo courtesy of Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP) LAUPAHOEHOE — Along the Hamakua coast north of...
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Two seminarians, one from Oahu , one from Vietnam
Two Diocese of Honolulu seminarians, one local and one from Vietnam, will be ordained transitional deacons on Saturday, May 20, at 8 a.m. at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu. Learn a little...
View ArticleBishop Larry Silva: Entering the sheepfold
WITNESS TO JESUS | FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Here is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, delivered April 29 and 30 at Mary, Star of the Sea Church,...
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