Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for March 2019

The last bite of the bagel

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Saint Francis seniors savor their final visit with the bishop at their school, which closes this year By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Saint Francis senior class crowded into their gym’s multipurpose room the morning of March 14. It was Career Day during the Manoa school’s Spirit Week, and the twelfth graders were dressed […]

Two Hilo-side Big Island churches hit the century mark

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Two east Hawaii Island churches have lived to see their hundredth birthdays this month. Good Shepherd Mission in Honomu marked its century milestone on March 9 with a Mass celebrated by Bishop Larry Silva. St Joseph Church in Hilo will commemorate its centennial on March 24 also with a […]

(Not necessarily) Leaving the church

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Researcher says there is a big difference between ‘considering’ it and actually parting ways By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The headlines from a March 13 Gallup Poll about the growing number of U.S. Catholics who have thought about leaving the church because of the clergy abuse crisis did not faze one researcher […]

SISTER JOAN CHATFIELD, MM | 1932-2019: Maryknoller served here 63 years in education, interfaith pursuits

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Joan Chatfield, who served 63 years in Hawaii as a leader in the sprawling mission fields of education, social justice and interreligious affairs, died on March 1 in Honolulu. She was 86 and in religious life for 68 years. Her death was unexpected, the result of striking […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Lenten solidarity with the poor

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WITNESS TO JESUS | CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES’ RICE BOWL Dear Friends in Christ, Peace be with you! God invites us to reach out beyond ourselves and encounter God in the experience of sharing with other vulnerable persons. This Lent, CRS Rice Bowl — Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten faith-in-action program — reminds us that the journey […]

Father Marty Solma, Society of Mary (Marianists): Nigeria, prayer and fasting

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald It was on Halloween night, as I was in my third year of teaching in Cincinnati, that I got a call asking if I would go to Nigeria for three years. I said, “What?!” Struggling to discern, I did two things. First, […]

SISTER BERNADETTE HIGA, MM | 1925-2019: Maui-born missionary served in Taiwan, Bangladesh, Hawaii

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Maui-born Maryknoll Sister Bernadette Higa, who served in Taiwan, Bangladesh and Hawaii, died March 12 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll, New York, with her sister Mary Louise Higa, also a Maryknoll Sister, by her side. She was 93, and a Maryknoll Sister for 68 years. Sister Bernadette’s birth name was Shigeko. She was […]

DEACON MICHAEL DAVID ROSS | 1940-2019: Retired deacon, scholar, theologian, was a convert from Judaism

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  Deacon Michael David Ross, a former professor and academic dean at the Pontifical College Josephinum who retired in Hawaii five years ago, died March 3 while hospitalized in Honolulu of kidney failure and complications from severe pancreatitis. A sign in his room asked that he be addressed as “Deacon Mike,” reflecting his commitment to […]