Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

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

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  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

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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 […]

Maryknoll School converting historic Bachelot Hall to performing arts center

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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

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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 […]

Abduction

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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 […]

Effie Caldarola: The integrity of our modern Catholic heroes

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  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 […]