Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for November 2013

Anxious Filipino Catholics seek to help family, friends

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Typhoon victims wait in line for free rice at a businessman’s warehouse in Tacloban, Philippines. Aid agencies faced challenges getting food and water to the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos. ( CNS photo/Erik De Castro, Reuters)   As heart-wrenching reports of Super Typhoon Haiyan’s unprecedented toll on the Philippines circulated last week, Hawaii’s Filipino Catholics […]

Local parish collections will go directly to relief efforts

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Bishop Larry Silva has asked each parish to collect donations for Philippines typhoon relief. The money will be sent to Catholic Relief Services, the international aid agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Money can also be sent directly to Catholic Relief Services through its website, http://emergencies.crs.org/typhoon-haiyan-help-philippines-survive-and-recover/ David Coleman, director for Catholic Relief Services […]

Mary Adamski: Battlelines drawn

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Stories and images of fighting the enemy to his knees or his death, smiting those who oppose us, making them feel the hurt, are imbedded in our brains, whether you tune into the world news, are a movie buff or play video games. Smash them, thrash them, count the wins, count the bodies. For a […]

In a special legislative session that spurs thousands to protest, same-sex marriage becomes law

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Following a special session of the Hawaii state Legislature that for two weeks turned the state Capitol into a high-spirited exhibition of populous democracy, Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Nov. 13 signed the bill causing all the commotion and made Hawaii the 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage. In reaction to the bill’s passage, Hawaii Bishop […]

Bishop Larry Silva, on the passage of the Hawaii same-sex marriage bill

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Nov. 13 It is very sad that many of our state legislators and our governor have confused a manufactured civil right with a true civil right based on the centuries-old respect for marriage as a stable union between one man and one woman established and publicly recognized primarily for the welfare of children. This manufactured […]

Visiting Jesuit to present Pearl City parish advent retreat

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Visiting Jesuit Father Philip Chircop will present the parish Advent retreat titled, “Open Your Heart and Feed Your Soul,” 7-8:15 p.m., Dec. 16-18, in the Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish Hall in Pearl City. The retreat promises to “explore three movements of an open heart: annunciation, visitation and incarnation, themes that enlighten us about […]

Heralding back: Nov. 22, 2013

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Nov. 29, 1963 Since mid-morning Friday (Nov. 22, 1963), when citizens of Hawaii heard of the assassination of the President of the United States (John F. Kennedy), Catholic and other Christian churches have been crowded with Americans praying for the Nation and its slain head. Friday’s noon-day […]

Official Notices: Nov. 22, 2013

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Bishop’s calendar November 22, 10:00 am, Diocesan Department Heads, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe. November 23,  9:00 am, Oahu Year of Faith Catholic Cultural Celebration, Star of the Sea Parish, Waialae-Kahala. November 23, 5:00 pm, Closing Mass for the Year of Faith, Star of the Sea Parish, Waialae-Kahala. November 24, 10:30 am, Diocesan Closing […]