Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for June 2019

Maui educator wins top teacher of the year

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The Hawaii Catholic Schools office along with Chaminade University of Honolulu has started a new annual “Teacher of the Year” award called “The Golden Pineapple.” The inaugural award, a localized twist on the traditional apple symbol for teachers, went to Ernest Mendoza, a longtime teacher at St. Anthony School on Maui. He received the award […]

Priestly martyrdom to uphold seal of confession not new

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By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service NEW YORK — A symbol of the historical commitment priests have to the seal of confession greets people as they cross the threshold of a Catholic church in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Above the door is a stone-carved image of St. John Nepomucene holding two fingers to his lips, […]

Four Catholics die in latest Burkina Faso church attack

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The persecuted church By Catholic News Service OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Suspected Muslim extremists attacked another Catholic church in Burkina Faso, killing four people and raising the death toll among Christians to 20 in a wave of violence in the West Africa nation. The worshippers were killed when armed assailants broke into Our Lady of […]

Official notices: June 1, 2019

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] June 15, 10:00 am, Confirmation Mass, St. Joseph Parish, Waipahu. [Msgr. Gary Secor] June 17-21, Retreat for the Priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Menlo Park, California. June 23, 10:30 am, Mass for Feast of Corpus Christi at the Co-Cathedral of St. […]

Damien Memorial graduate, future Air Force chaplain, ordained

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A Damien Memorial School graduate with plans to become a U.S. Air Force chaplain was ordained to the priesthood last month in Ohio. The Diocese of Columbus’ Bishop Robert J. Brennan ordained Father Chris Yakkel as a diocesan priest at St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus on May 25. Archbishop […]

Father Ajith Kumar Antony Dass, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary: In the footsteps of Father Damien

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald When I showed my family members on a map where I was going, in a blue sea with a few dots, they said, “Oh, that is far. You are going there?” But I knew that Hawaii was a very special to me […]

Talk story: Recognizing the Kingdom of God

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Faith assures us that in a mysterious way the Kingdom of God is already present here on earth.” (Pope Francis) Pope Francis begins his message for the 2019 World Day for Migrants and Refugees with this vision from Pope Paul VI’s encyclical “Gaudium et Spes,” reminding us all that God’s kingdom […]