Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Catholic Charities promotes Tina Andrade to chief operating officer

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Catholic Charities Hawaii has promoted Tina Andrade to chief operating officer where she will oversee the organization’s day-to-day operations. Andrade will be second in command of the organization behind CEO and president Robert Van Tassell. Andrade joined Catholic Charities in 2003. In her previous position as vice president in mission integration, she helped implement the […]

Photo: Scouts Mass

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Bishop Larry Silva poses with a group of Catholic Boy Scouts of America and Father EJ Resinto, the chaplain for the diocesan Committee on Scouting, after a scout Mass and awards ceremony at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace March 18. (Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina)

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The triumph of the Lord

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  PALM SUNDAY Matthew 21:1-11; Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Matthew 26:14-27:66 This weekend observes Palm Sunday, recalling with such great reverence the Lord’s traditional entry into Jerusalem, beginning the drama of Holy Week. The liturgy includes two readings from the Gospels. The first, occurring at the blessing of the palms, and as the procession of […]

Sister Sudarshi Liyanage, Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, Philippines: From Facebook: A missionary

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VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong” … (“Take Me Home, Country Roads,” by John Denver) “Take Me Home, Country Roads” is my favorite song. I am a member of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine […]

Human composting, alkaline hydrolysis not acceptable for burial, say U.S. bishops

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  By Gina Christian OSV News Two new alternatives to burial and cremation fail to comply with the Catholic Church’s teaching on respect for the bodies of the dead, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine said. In a March 23 statement, the committee said it had evaluated human composting and alkaline hydrolysis, […]

Official notices: March 1, 2023

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Bishop’s Schedule April 1, 10:00 am, Review Board, St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe. April 2, 10:30 am, Mass for Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu. April 4, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council (video conference); 12:00 pm, Plan Administrative Committee (video conference); 7:00 pm, Chrism Mass for Oahu Vicariates, Co-Cathedral […]

Jenna Marie Cooper: Do we relax Lenten fasts on Sunday?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: I understand that the 40 days of Lent do not include Sundays, because every Sunday is a “little Easter” when we remember and celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. I hear people say it is “cheating” if one doesn’t abstain on Sundays from whatever one “gives up” during Lent, but I wonder why one would […]