Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for December 2019

2019 in review

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A look back at the events and images from the past year in the Diocese of Honolulu Compiled by Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Here is a month-by-month review of the Catholic news in Hawaii in 2019 as reported in the Hawaii Catholic Herald. January A landslide on the Kalaupapa trail, which was discovered on […]

New portraits of Hawaii’s saints stand out above the cathedral’s altar

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Two new faces can be seen in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Specially commissioned portraits of St. Marianne Cope and St. Damien de Veuster went up in December on each side of the crucifixion scene on the high altar. The new paintings depict the two Hawaii […]

Red Mass speaker is a millennial youth and young adult minister

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Next month’s Red Mass speaker will be atypical. Instead of the usual bishop, cardinal or established community leader, the congregation of politicians and other civic leaders on Jan. 14 in Honolulu’s Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace will hear the views of a local lay millennial. Not that […]

Movie review | THE TWO-POPES

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Filmmakers’ bias is showing By John Mulderig Catholic News Service NEW YORK — In “The Two Popes” (Netflix), their glossy but highly speculative account of supposedly real events, screenwriter Anthony McCarten and director Fernando Meirelles ill-advisedly try to extol Pope Francis (Jonathan Pryce) by trashing retired Pope Benedict XVI (Anthony Hopkins). They even go so […]

Mary Duddy: Expectations

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THE MARRIED LIFE We all enter marriage with unconscious expectations of what our spouse should be like based on our past experiences. A man may expect the admirable traits that his mother has, while a woman may emulate certain traits of her father. On the other hand, if the parents were not good role models, […]

12 men to declare their intention to be deacons in January in Rite of Candidacy

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Twelve island men, who have just finished their “aspirancy year” exploring a possible call to the permanent diaconate, will take the next step and declare their willingness to be candidates for that holy order at a Rite of Candidacy Mass, 2 p.m., Jan. 12, at St. Ann Church, Kaneohe. Bishop Larry Silva will preside. Three […]

Sister Gina Senapilo, Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Sienna: Stewardship for little ones

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “I am happy because I feel that I am more close to Jesus,” said one little child. It is really heartwarming to know the children are getting it when asked, “Do you understand what stewardship is?” Of course, some answer, “I don’t […]

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