Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Blessed Sacrament priest’s incardination returns ‘gracious favor’

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Anthony Pangan, a priest formerly of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, was incardinated into the Diocese of Honolulu on Jan. 30. With his incardination came his change of status from administrator to pastor of Annunciation Parish on Hawaii Island. Father Pangan, 56, was born and raised in […]

Official notices: March 1, 2024

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Bishop’s Schedule March 2, 10:00 am, Diocesan Review Board, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe; 6:00 pm, Mass with Installation of Reverend Lusius Nimu, SS.CC., as Pastor of St. Patrick Church, Kaimuki. March 3, 8:45 am, Mass with Installation of Reverend Stephen Banjare, SS.CC. as Pastor of St. Ann Church, Kaneohe. March 5, 9:30 am, […]

Jenna Marie Cooper : Does a televised Mass ‘count’?

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  Question Corner Q: In the past few weeks, due to extreme weather, I’ve missed Mass a couple of times. My parish has a Facebook channel, so I watched the services there instead. I wasn’t able to receive Communion. In talking to the priest, though, he said that in such situations, a person can receive […]

Acclaimed author shared faith through fiction

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  By Russell Shaw OSV News Flannery O’Connor was not an evangelist. She was an artist, one of the most gifted American fiction writers of the 20th century. But a profoundly Catholic theological vision informs her art, giving her stories resonance and depth that sound deep — and sometimes deeply disturbing — spiritual chords. Explaining […]

Contemplative women’s retreat planned for April

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  Women seeking to gain a deeper awareness of God’s love are invited to register for a contemplative retreat hosted by Scrub Bucket Gospel Ministries, an independent ministry based in Kailua. The three-day retreat, titled “Be Still My Soul,” will be presented by ministry co-founder Maxine Pollock and will take place April 26-28 at St. […]