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Heralding back: March 17, 2023

03/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — March 23, 1973 SEEKING HEAVENLY HELP — Bishop John J. Scanlan, flanked by Msgr. Francis A. Marzen and Father Louis Yim, join with priestly candidate John C. Belt (prostrate) in the recitation of the Litany of the Saints, seeking God’s blessing upon this moment. Belt was ordained […]

Holy Trinity Parish A.A.R.P. a lesson in church etiquette

03/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Bob White Special to the Herald As an addendum to the weekly lessons earlier this year on the Mass, part of the national eucharistic revival, Capuchin Franciscan Father Michel Dalton, pastor of Holy Trinity, Kuliouou, added a session on “church etiquette.” To make the instruction stick in our memories, he gave it the […]

Letter from the Valley Isle

03/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Maui vicariate Stewardship Day: ‘It is right and just’ Submitted by St. Anthony Parish, Wailuku Special to the Herald The Maui/Lanai vicariate held its first Maui Stewardship Day on Saturday, March 4, at St. Anthony Church in Wailuku, highlighting the relevance of “It Is Right and Just,” its theme taken from the Eucharistic Prayer at […]

Kauai’s St. Theresa School annual carnival is back

03/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Wendy Castillo Special to the Herald The St. Theresa School annual carnival is back! Join the fun at the school campus in Kekaha on April 21 and 22. We are hosting a jam-packed array of entertainment including Kauai’s own Kauai Kollab, Cory Mira, Ron Soderstrom LED and Hypnosis, Halau Ka Pa Hula O Hinano, […]

Maryknoll School converting historic Bachelot Hall to performing arts center

03/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Maryknoll School has begun renovating its 100-year-old hall into the school’s first performing arts center. Bachelot Memorial Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places. Maryknoll School along with Sacred Heart Parish began a capital campaign in 2021 to raise the $3 million it estimates for the renovation. The center will also serve as […]

Official notices: March 17, 2023

03/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Bishop’s Schedule March 18, 5:00 pm, Scout Mass and Awards Ceremony, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu. March 19, 10:00 am, Mass with Confirmation & First Holy Communion, Our Lady Queen of Angels Church, Keokea. March 21, 9:00 am, Diocesan Finance Council (video conference); 12:00 pm, Hawaii Catholic Conference, St. Stephen Diocesan […]

Bishop with a side of bagels

03/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald As they waited in line to take photos with Bishop Larry Silva on March 3, a trio of Maryknoll School seniors shared what they wanted to ask him. Ellyia Ballesteros explained that she and her classmates submitted questions ahead of time to ask Hawaii’s bishop during his “Bagels with […]

Abduction

03/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Missionary sister says God told her to remain ‘peacefully patient’ during captivity in Burkina Faso By Peter Finney Jr. OSV News NEW ORLEANS — Around Christmas in 2021, Marianite Sister Suellen Tennyson, then supervising her congregation’s medical clinic in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, in West Africa, received a text message from her nephew, James Downing, who […]

Photo: Full of grace

03/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

The Grace Parish Center of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Kailua-Kona was blessed Feb. 23 by Bishop Larry Silva, right. The name of the center, which will house parish activities and ministries, is both a recognition of God’s blessings and a tribute to Grace Wilsey, pictured above with her parents, Kristen and Matt Wilsey, […]

Effie Caldarola: The integrity of our modern Catholic heroes

03/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

FEELING IT Somewhere in Nicaragua, a Catholic bishop languishes in prison because of his outspoken opposition to the policies of an unjust government. Bishop Rolando Álvarez, a handsome and youthful 56-year-old, has been accused of “treason” and “undermining national integrity” by the Ortega regime. Earlier, 222 political prisoners, including priests, were released to the […]