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A new purpose for an old building site
A conceptual sketch of Hale Kamiano, which will be adjacent to the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Finance Factors and the Residences at Bishop Place. (Illustration courtesy Design Partners...
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Mary Adamski: Special athletes, special flags
VIEW FROM THE PEW If the part of the brain that stores memories is like a shelf of scrapbooks and photo albums, this week’s would be the volume that is overflowing, so packed with images, thrills and...
View ArticleJenna Marie Cooper: How is Father Rupnik still a priest?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I read that Father Marko Rupnik (the famous mosaic artist who has been credibly accused of sexual abuse) was expelled from the Jesuit order but remains a priest. How does that...
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Applications accepted for Catholic Charities senior affordable rentals
Catholic Charities Housing Development Corporation’s Meheula Vista in Mililani. (Courtesy Catholic Charities Hawaii) Tenant applications are now being accepted for the fourth and final phase of the...
View ArticleTalk story: ‘Have no fear’
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “You do not need so much to be afraid of suffering misunderstanding and criticism, of losing prestige and economic advantages to remain faithful to the Gospel, no, but of...
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Rosalina “Rose” Simon Domondon: She had the biggest heart
Rosalina “Rose” Simon Domondon (Courtesy photo) By Laura Domondon Lee Special to the Herald Born in Seattle on March 23, 1936, Rosalina “Rose” Simon Domondon began working at a young age — in a...
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Exercising with the rosary
Class instructor, Janice Nguyen, guides participants through praying the rosary while doing functional movements. (HCH photos | Anna Weaver) A SoulCore class at Holy Family Church combines body...
View ArticleBishop Larry Silva: Witness to Jesus
WITNESS TO JESUS | TWELFTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of the homily Bishop Larry Silva delivered for the 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, June 24 and 25, on the occasion of the...
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‘They bomb, we sing’
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for the Service of Charity, is pictured in Mykolaiv on June 27, 2023, with the Basilian community. ((OSV News photo/courtesy Bishop Jan...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: July 7, 2023
Dear Herald devotees, Did you hear about the religious ed teacher who asked her students if they could name a sacrament. One child raised his hand and said, “Bathtism! You know, when the priest gives...
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Longtime Waikiki parish food program shuts down after pressure from the city
During the pandemic, Holy Spirit Parish/University of Hawaii-Manoa Newman Center students volunteered at St. Augustine by-the-Sea Parish’s food program, Aunty Carmen’s Kitchen. Pictured at left is...
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Tommy and Rosanna Figuera, parishioners at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church,...
Tommy and Rosanna Figuera (Photo courtesy of Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP) VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING This conversation was recorded by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP, for the Hawaii Catholic Herald...
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Vatican letter: Modern day Christians who died for the faith will be honored
Sister Dinarosa Belleri of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Poor helps a patient in Mosango, Congo, in 1992. She was among six members of her congregation who died after contracting Ebola while...
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SISTER LOURDES FERNANDEZ, MM | 1943-2023
Maryknoll Sister Lourdes Fernandez (Courtesy photo) Missioner helped bring the faith back to post-communist Albania By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Lourdes Fernandez, who...
View ArticleBishop Larry Silva: My yoke is easy, my burden light
WITNESS TO JESUS | FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, delivered July 8 at St. Joseph Church,...
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Synod’s LGBTQ discussion raises pastoral questions
Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., accepts the gifts during the closing Mass for the Outreach LGBTQ Catholic Ministry Conference at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City June...
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FATHER HAROLD KIHEIPUA MEYER, OCSO | 1931-2023
Trappist Father Harold K. Meyer(HCH file photo) Sacred Hearts provincial turned Trappist was Molokai’s first native priest By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Trappist Father Harold Kiheipua...
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Talk story: A migrant-pilgrim’s journey of service and love
This stained-glass window at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Malverne, N.Y., depicts Mary appearing to St. Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France, as the Immaculate Conception in 1858. Catholics often...
View ArticlePope to young people: To tackle life’s ups and downs, look to the elderly
By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Gospel calls Christians to bring the elderly to the center of their lives and away from the margins of families, politics and financial...
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Bishop Larry Silva: Weeds among wheat
Photo by Pixabay WITNESS TO JESUS | SIXTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered July 23, at Sacred Hearts...
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