Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Hospitality is important at home and in parish

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By Catholic Stewardship Consultants www.CatholicSteward.com As Catholics, we are members of two very important family units. First, there are our own families, which consist of our spouses and children. Second, as a parish community, we are members of a larger “family of faith,” along with our clergy and fellow parishioners. Of course, both types of […]

Talk story: All children, regardless of status, deserve care and support

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Office for Social Ministry “Dear brothers and sisters: In these final catecheses of the Christmas season, I would like to reflect in a special way on children, their dignity and their welfare. Our world, which can peer into the depths of space, is often blind to the desperate needs of innocent children all around us […]

Six men profess perpetual, temporary Sacred Hearts vows

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By Father William Gural, SS.CC. Special to the Herald On Jan. 11 at the St. Peter Chanel Seminary Chapel in Suva, Fiji, Sacred Hearts Brother Tavite Uluilakeba professed his perpetual vows to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary to Father Lane Akiona, provincial superior and pastor of St. Augustine by the Sea Church in […]

Marianist Father J. Allen DeLong / 1932-2025: Former Saint Louis president also taught on Maui

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Hawaii Catholic Herald Marianist Father J. Allen DeLong, whose long life of ministry included years of service at St. Anthony School in Wailuku, Maui, and at Saint Louis School in Honolulu, died Jan. 18 in Cupertino, California, where he retired in 2021. He was 92 years old, with 71 years of profession. Father DeLong, who […]

Marianist Brother DuWayne Brisendine / 1935-2024: Educator ended decades of active ministry at Chaminade

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Hawaii Catholic Herald Marianist Brother DuWayne Brisendine, whose decades of educational and administrative ministry culminated in a six-year stint at Chaminade University of Honolulu, died Dec. 18 in San Antonio, Texas. He was 89 years old with 71 years of religious profession. Brother Brisendine was a faculty member at Chaminade from 2006-12. His teaching career […]

Order of Saint Lazarus marks 10 years in Hawaii

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By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald The story of the Order of Saint Lazarus’ presence in Hawaii begins with a young boy from Palolo who attended Sacred Hearts Seminary in Hauula, then Chaminade University of Honolulu and the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Guided by a deep desire to serve, this young man pursued […]

St. Theresa alumni give back to young student-athletes

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Hawaii Catholic Herald A group of students at St. Theresa School in Kalihi got the chance to meet and train with a pair of NCAA Division I volleyball players this month as alumni sisters Chloe and Paisley Kaahanui returned to campus to host a workout clinic and question-and-answer session. Chloe Kaahanui, a 2016 St. Theresa […]

Pope acknowledges age, defends controversial decisions

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — While calling himself an “old man” and saying he never expected to be pope this long, Pope Francis said he still has dreams for the future. “We must not stumble upon tomorrow, we must build it, and we all have the responsibility to do so in […]

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