Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for January 2019

‘In the service of peace’

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  Red Mass speaker Cardinal Peter Turkson offers a spiritual view of ecology, work, politics By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Cardinal Peter Turkson, head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, offered Hawaii’s civil servants a consecrated view of work, politics and environmental stewardship in his talk at Hawaii’s Red Mass, Jan. […]

Saint Francis alumni ask if school can be saved

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The impending closure of the middle and high school at Saint Francis in Manoa took many school graduates by shock. At a Jan. 10 alumni meeting on campus, Saint Francis graduates asked the school’s board of directors when they knew the upper school would need to close. Several graduates […]

Staying involved: creating my Catholic identity

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Instead of ‘graduating’ from church commitments after confirmation, I found myself doing even more By Kacie Yamamoto Special to the Herald Time, talent and treasure. I remember the day that my confirmation advisor, Carmen Saito, who I call Aunty Carmen, introduced this idea to me and five other high school students preparing for confirmation. Before […]

Fundraiser helps finance re-founding of Hawaii’s ‘hidden’ sisters

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  By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Being cloistered, Hawaii’s Carmelite Sisters did not attend their own fundraising event this month. But they did prepare a mahalo video. Five sisters — one Chinese nun, one local novice, and three newcomers from the Philippines — together sang a song and individually expressed thanks to the nearly […]

Photo: Priests on retreat

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Benedictine Abbot Jeremy Driscoll from Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon gives a morning talk on Jan. 11, the last day of the Diocese of Honolulu’s annual priest retreat at St. Stephen Diocesan Center in Kaneohe. Abbot Driscoll was the director of the Jan. 7-11 retreat. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver)  

Photos: Installation of pastors

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Bishop Larry Silva installed two new Oahu pastors in mid-January, both among the newest and youngest of the Diocese of Honolulu’s priests. Pictured above, Father Alfred Guerrero is the new pastor of the Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, following the retirement of outgoing pastor, Father Jack Ryan. Father Guerrero’s installation Mass […]

Heralding back: Jan. 25, 2018

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Jan. 31, 1969 Training for their future For years Catholic Social Services has been recognized by University of Hawaii’s School of Social Work and Queens Psychiatric Residents Training Program as an Agency with high professional standards. Professional people seeking further training are placed with the Agency and […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Full immersion

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  WITNESS TO JESUS | BAPTISM OF THE LORD Here is the text of the homily for the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, delivered Jan. 12 and 13, at Sacred Heart Church, Punahou, for the installation of the pastor; at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe, for the institution of lectors for the deacon […]