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Plans proceed for complete cathedral facelift by 2013. Above, Bishop Larry Silva examines an illustration of the changes proposed to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace at an Aug. 10 meeting on the church’s future restoration.

A spiritual homecoming: A worldwide missionary movement arrives on Molokai
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (19 reads)


KAUNAKAKAI, Molokai -- For more than 15 years, French priests in a group called the Fraternity of Molokai have dedicated their lives to the spirit of Father Damien, but the place that made him ...
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New Catholic Worker community seeks help getting started on Oahu
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (32 reads)


Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin started the Catholic Worker Movement in New York in 1933 during the Great Depression as an attempt to present and live the social ...
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Father Alexander to lead cruise to Holy Land next year
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (17 reads)


Diocesan vicar general Father Marc Alexander will lead a 13-night Mediterranean cruise next year, Sept. 27-Oct 10, through six ports of call, including a visit to the ...
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Ask Mason and Teo: Sept. 3, 2010
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (15 reads)


Dear Mason & Teo, A Christian friend of mine recently went to a Catholic retreat. Although he enjoyed himself, he was upset that he couldn’t go ...
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OBITUARY: Sacred Hearts Father Felix Vandebroek
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (25 reads)


Sacred Hearts Father Felix Vandebroek, a veteran Belgian missionary of 54 years in Hawaii whose final assignment was presiding over Father Damien’s Kalaupapa, died ...
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Bishop Silva invites nation’s bishops to Molokai
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (17 reads)


Last year, Bishop Larry Silva invited to Molokai all the bishops of California. Next year he’s extending the invitation to all the bishops in the United States. The bishop e-mailed ...
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OBITUARY: Sister Frances Margaret Darling, CSJ
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (16 reads)


Sister Frances Margaret Darling, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet who served 20 years in Hawaii, died in California on Aug. 10 at age 84. She had been in the ...
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Plans proceed for a complete cathedral facelift by 2013
Friday, August 20, 2010 (163 reads)


If designs, permits and funding go as planned, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace will have a complete facelift around the time of its 170th anniversary in 2013. ...
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Surf ’n’ church: A Catholic high school teacher mixes waves with faith
Friday, August 20, 2010 (76 reads)


When Joseph Freymann is out on the ocean waves surfing, a sense of God always accompanies him. “I have an immense reverence for God’s grandeur and power when I’m in the ...
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Kalaupapa trail still closed, tour businesses on the brink
Friday, August 20, 2010 (134 reads)


A poignant history is contained on a tiny peninsula off Molokai, guarded by the world’s highest sea cliffs — a story of pain and exile, saintliness and triumph. Access ...
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More than 400 expected here for Singles for Christ conference
Friday, August 20, 2010 (88 reads)


Coordinators of this weekend’s national Singles for Christ conference in Honolulu hope the event will not only empower attendees, but also increase awareness of the ...
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Bishop Silva leading Hawaii pilgrimage to Holy Land next year
Friday, August 20, 2010 (112 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva will lead a pilgrimage to the Holy Land next year, May 22-June 4, that promises to be a powerful spiritual experience with visits to dozens of biblical ...
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Serra Club hosting annual appreciation dinner for religious
Friday, August 20, 2010 (62 reads)


The Serra Club of Honolulu will host its 18th annual appreciation dinner for consecrated religious brothers and sisters on Sept. 16 in St. Philomena Parish Hall in ...
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OBITUARY: John Ringrose
Friday, August 20, 2010 (65 reads)


John Norman Ringrose, former chancellor of the Diocese of Honolulu, died on July 23 in Nixa, Mo. He was 62. A native of Ottawa, Canada, Ringrose came to Hawaii in 1999 to serve as a judge in ...
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‘Rachel’ retreat offers healing from pain of abortion
Friday, August 20, 2010 (55 reads)


Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries of Honolulu is offering an abortion recovery retreat for women and men Oct. 1-3 in a supportive, confidential, non-judgmental, small-group ...
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OBITUARY: BVM Sister Ange T. Cadigan
Friday, August 20, 2010 (66 reads)


Sister Ange T. Cadigan, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM), who taught at Holy Cross School on Kauai for eight years, died Aug. 7 at her order’s ...
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Ask Mason & Teo: Aug. 20, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010 (63 reads)


Hello Mason & Teo, I know that the church teaches us not do work of servitude on Sundays. However, what does the church say about being a customer. People often ...
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Star of the Sea Church hosting overnight Eucharistic vigil
Friday, August 20, 2010 (75 reads)


Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala is hosting an overnight vigil in reparation for the desecration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Sept. 14-15, from the Feast of the ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s quiz: Aug. 20, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010 (63 reads)


For the first time in many years, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary fell on a Sunday, just this past weekend. Which of ...
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Saint Louis School hosting an all-alumni homecoming
Friday, August 20, 2010 (64 reads)


Saint Louis School and the Saint Louis Alumni Association are sponsoring a “Coming Home Event” for graduates and their families on Aug. 22 from 4-7 p.m. in the ...
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St. Francis event to showcase award-winning entertainers
Friday, August 20, 2010 (76 reads)


A slate of Na Hoku Hanohano award winners will entertain at “An Evening of Aloha,” a concert sponsored by St. Francis Healthcare Foundation of Hawaii and ...
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Roland’s homecoming
Friday, August 06, 2010 (439 reads)


An Ewa Beach teen’s unexpected death strengthens and unifies the people who surrounded him in life
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61 questions & answers about Catholic Schools in Hawaii
Friday, August 06, 2010 (257 reads)


The Hawaii Catholic Herald and the Hawaii Catholic Schools office assembled 61 answers to frequently asked, and not so frequently asked, questions about Catholic schools in Hawaii
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Catholic school enrollment suffered biggest drop ever last year
Friday, August 06, 2010 (246 reads)


Catholic school enrollment in Hawaii shrank by one shy of 500 last year. Four hundred and ninety-nine fewer students showed up for the first day of class in ...
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Damien replaces two lay administrators with a Christian Brother
Friday, August 06, 2010 (258 reads)


Damien Memorial School president Bernard Ho has replaced high school principal Michael Weaver and middle school principal Burton Tomita with a Christian Brother....
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Challenging work ahead for new principal of St. Anthony High
Friday, August 06, 2010 (166 reads)


Veteran Hawaii Catholic school educator and administrator Patricia Rickard is the new principal at St. Anthony Junior-Senior High School in Wailuku, Maui. ...
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Bishop wants task force to help schools thrive
Friday, August 06, 2010 (140 reads)


This past April, Bishop Larry Silva picked nine people to save Hawaii’s Catholic schools. At least the ones that need saving. They are called the Schools Planning Task Force. Their ...
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SCHOOL NEWS RELEASE: Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
Friday, August 06, 2010 (116 reads)


Our Lady of Perpetual Help School is more than overjoyed in providing 42 years of quality Catholic education to the people of Hawaii, especially on the Ewa Plain. ...
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SCHOOL NEWS RELEASE: Saint Louis
Friday, August 06, 2010 (135 reads)


Welcome, Our Lady! A historic beloved icon has become a rallying point of pride for the Saint Louis School ohana as one of the school’s oldest artifacts was relocated to a ...
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School news release: Chaminade University
Friday, August 06, 2010 (129 reads)


Chaminade University of Honolulu has entered into agreements with three major medical programs, clearing the path for its students to fulfill their dreams of ...
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Photo: First day excitement
Friday, August 06, 2010 (133 reads)


Before the first day of school begins at St. Joseph School in Waipahu on July 27, above, friends catch up before flag raising, and right, a family says its first day good byes....
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Kahului couple new Marriage Encounter area leaders
Friday, August 06, 2010 (118 reads)


The Hawaii Worldwide Marriage Encounter community has selected Lee and Tanya Barbero of Kahului as its new area leaders. The appointment took place in July at a Salt Lake, ...
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Ask Mason & Teo: Aug. 6, 2010
Friday, August 06, 2010 (265 reads)


Hi Mason & Teo, What does it mean for me to respect my husband as “head of the household”? How can he be the head ...
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Hospice conference to focus on grief
Friday, August 06, 2010 (104 reads)


St. Francis Hospice Bereavement Services is offering its first grief conference for those who want to learn how to help others find comfort after losing a loved one. The ...
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Diocesan archives preserves history, serves as resource
Friday, August 06, 2010 (117 reads)


The Diocese of Honolulu has established an Archives and Records Management Office at St. Stephen Diocesan Center for the permanent identification, preservation ...
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SCHOOL NEWS RELEASE: Holy Family Academy
Friday, August 06, 2010 (123 reads)


As summer ended, Holy Family Catholic Academy and Early Learning Center have been gearing up to welcome back approximately 545 Academy and 97 Early ...
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H.C. Harold’s Quiz: Aug. 6, 2010
Friday, August 06, 2010 (122 reads)


Have you seen “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” For back-to-school season, we’re doing a quiz inspired by that TV show. Questions were adapted from the ...
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Mary Adamski: an appreciation
Friday, August 06, 2010 (20 reads)


When I called Mary Adamski at work about a month ago, her phone greeting took me by surprise. “Honolulu Star-Advertiser,” she said. I knew, of course, that the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and ...
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