Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for April 2022

Aiea middle schoolers attend retreat day at Benedictine Monastery

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By Bernie Manoa Special to the Herald On Saturday morning, March 26, the Edge middle school youth group of St. Elizabeth Parish in Aiea headed out to Benedictine Monastery of Hawaii in beautiful Waialua for a day of recollection and reflection. Attending from the parish school were all the sixth graders and some of the […]

Official notices: April 15, 2022

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Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] April 15, 8:00 am, Good Friday Morning Prayer, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu; 12:00 pm, Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu. April 16, 8:00 am, Holy Saturday Morning Prayer with Preparatory […]

Heralding back: April 15, 2022

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — April 14, 1972 ANOTHER STEP FORWARD — The Very Rev. Robert R. Mackey, chancellor of St. Louis-Chaminade Education Center, delivers the invocation and blesses the site of a new cafeteria-bookstore facility at a groundbreaking ceremony, Monday, April 10, at the Waialae campus. Also participating in the ceremony, […]

Catholic college, other colleges to award Zelenskyy honorary degrees

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  By Gina Christian Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA — A local Catholic college founded by Ukrainian women religious has teamed up with 15 other schools to confer honorary doctorates on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Manor College in Jenkintown north of Philadelphia announced April 1 it will award an honorary doctor of humane letters degree to […]

Holy Spirit is guiding synod path, Vatican official tells LGBTQ group

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By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The “main protagonist” in the Catholic Church’s two-year synodal process now underway “is the Holy Spirit, who is ready to guide us on this journey,” Xavière Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart told a U.S. audience April 3. “The aim of a synod is to foster communion and build […]

Peacocks’ togetherness, respect spur team’s ‘miracle’ season

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By Joe Jordan Catholic News Service Was it a miracle? “Astounding,” is how Jesuit Father Andrew Downing described it. He watched with delight as the men’s basketball team at his small Jesuit university leaped into the national spotlight in a historic tournament run to the NCAA’s Elite Eight. It was the first time a college […]

Pope apologizes for treatment of Indigenous in Canada

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Expressing “sorrow and shame” for the complicity of Catholics in abusing Indigenous children in Canada and helping in the attempt to erase their culture, Pope Francis pledged to address the issue more fully when he visits Canada. “For the deplorable conduct of those members of the […]

Maui holy oils

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Students from St. Anthony School, Wailuku, carry the parish holy oils for St. Rita Parish in Haiku and St. Gabriel Mission in Keanae, left, and Christ the King Parish, Kahului, at the Maui/Lanai vicariate Chrism Mass, March 24, at St. Anthony Church in Wailuku. Bishop Larry presided at the liturgy. Representatives from each parish were […]