Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for January 2021

Maryknoll School’s new president is an alumna with a long history with the school

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Maryknoll School didn’t have to look far to find its next school president. The K-12 school has chosen Shana Tong, a 1983 alumna and long-time teacher and administrator at the Manoa-Punahou-area school. “Though the world is navigating through a challenging time, we have renewed hope and energy for the leadership Mrs. Tong will bring to […]

Bishop Larry Silva’s letter concerning the new COVID-19 vaccines

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CONCERNING THE NEW COVID-19 VACCINES Dear Faithful of the Diocese of Honolulu, Peace be with you, and happy new year! As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, this new year brings some hope in controlling the virus through vaccines. The State of Hawaii vaccination plan is being implemented at this time. You may have some moral or […]

Bishop sees ‘hope’ in COVID vaccine, will ‘probably’ get it

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “This new year brings some hope in controlling the virus through vaccines,” Bishop Larry Silva wrote in a Jan. 8 letter (see page 2) to Hawaii’s Catholics, while acknowledging that some may have “moral or ethical concerns” because of the use of cell lines from abortions in the vaccines’ […]

Pope amends canon so women can be installed as lectors, acolytes

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Recognizing “the gifts of each baptized person” — women and men — Pope Francis ordered a change to canon law and liturgical norms so that women could be formally installed as lectors and acolytes. “A consolidated practice in the Latin church has confirmed, in fact, that […]

Father Drexel Ramos, diocesan priest: The love of God keeps me going

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald It is the love I have for Jesus Christ that is the reason why I am here. This love begins in the family. From the moment I was born until I was all grown up, I really experienced the love and care […]

Diocese ‘strongly recommends’ vaccinations for church workers

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu will not “mandate” the COVID-19 vaccine for persons who work in Hawaii’s Catholic parishes, schools and other ministries, “but strongly recommends those who are eligible to receive it to do so,” said the diocesan director of human resources Dara Perreira in a Jan. 8 memo […]