Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for January 2015

Photo: Three Franciscan professions

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Three members of Hawaii’s Korean Catholic Community made their profession in the St. Clare Emerging Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order of Oahu at an evening Mass in late November at St. Pius X Church, Manoa. Franciscan Father Francis Kim, visiting from New York, celebrated the liturgy with Father Jong Ki Kim and Father Woongsuk […]

Heralding back: Jan. 16, 2015

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Jan. 22, 1965 Right, Mr. John Savage, president of St. Francis Convent School Parent Teacher Guild presents a check for two thousand dollars to the principal, Sister M. Bonaventure, O.S.F. The money was raised by the parents and it is earmarked for the building fund. 25 years […]

Recap 2014 : A month-by-month review of the Catholic news in Hawaii in 2014 as reported in the Hawaii Catholic Herald

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Sisters Davilyn Ah Chick, William Marie Eleniki and Francis Regis Hadano, members of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, carry the remains of St. Marianne Cope into the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. St. Marianne’s remains, encased in a zinc box and wrapped with tapa cloth, were permanently enshrined at […]

In the second year of his pontificate, Francis continues to take ‘the world by storm’

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Pope Francis greets the crowd at the start of his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 15. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)   WASHINGTON — During the second year of his pontificate, Pope Francis was still feeling the love, and not just from Catholics or those from his homeland of Argentina. A Pew […]

Our faithful departed: Those who left us in 2014

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The following priests, religious and lay people with a connection with the Catholic Church in Hawaii died in 2014. They are listed in alphabetical order. Sacred Hearts Father James Anguay, parish priest, novice master, chaplain and pioneer of the Sacred Hearts’ mission in the Cook Islands Franciscan Sister Mary Andrew Bomba, worked in Kalaupapa twice […]

Church heightens focus on environment, climate change

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WASHINGTON — When a Vatican official suggested that Pope Francis was contemplating an encyclical on the environment a year ago, he signaled that climate change and environmental degradation were such pressing concerns that the pope wanted to address them in a teaching document. No word has emerged on what the encyclical might say or when […]

Pope warns Vatican officials of ‘spiritual Alzheimer’s,’ other ills

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Cardinals are pictured as Pope Francis gives his speech during an audience to exchange Christmas greetings with members of the Roman Curia in Clementine Hall at the Vatican Dec. 22. Pictured from left are: Cardinals Robert Sarah, Francesco Monterisi, Raymond L. Burke, Kurt Koch and Manuel Monteiro de Castro. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)   VATICAN CITY […]