Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Sarah and David Herrmann: Help others find new beginnings in new year

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Embracing family We don’t need to bring our mistakes and failures into the new year. Instead, we can truly celebrate the new year with new beginnings. To support this, we should consider going to confession to leave our failings behind and start anew. Doesn’t that sound awesome? Starting the new year off with a clean […]

Pope opens Holy Door toward ‘path of hope’

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In the quiet of Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, launching what he called a “Jubilee of Hope.” As the doors opened, the bells of the basilica began to peal. After the reading of a brief passage from the Gospel […]

Events across Hawaii tie into Jubilee Year celebration

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Hawaii Catholic Herald Now that the Holy Year has officially begun, the Diocese of Honolulu plans to join the worldwide celebration in which Pope Francis calls the faithful to be “pilgrims of hope.” Bishop Larry Silva inaugurated the Holy Year, or Jubilee Year, in Hawaii on Christmas Eve at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in […]

New initiative puts focus on young adults, service

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By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A new opportunity for young adults in the Diocese of Honolulu to pursue faith formation and service is in the works thanks to funding from a national philanthropic foundation. The diocesan Office of Evangelization and Catechesis announced in December it is gearing up to launch The Huakai Project […]

St. Marianne honored in her German hometown

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A newly merged parish in Heppenheim is named for the Franciscan sister By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Veneration of St. Marianne Cope extends far beyond the islands where her life of service has had a lasting, indelible impact. A number of parishes and Catholic communities (in which two or more churches are united […]

Head of Catholic Charities USA to speak at Red Mass

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By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Before Kerry Alys Robinson officially began her role as president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA last year, she was already working to support Catholic Charities Hawaii in the wake of the deadly wildfires on Maui. Robinson then paid a visit to Catholic Charities Hawaii’s Maui office and […]