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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 […]

Photos: Rite of Election

03/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

The delegation from St. John the Baptist Parish in Kalihi take to their assigned pew at the Rite of Election, Feb. 26, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu. More than 200 catechumens, or elect, signed Books of the Elect in Rites of Election across the diocese over the last weekend in February. All […]

Laura Kelly Fanucci: In Lent, to be companions

03/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

FAITH AT HOME Ask any teenager anxious about where they’ll sit in the cafeteria for lunch. Ask any widow or widower learning to cook for one. Ask a grandparent planning a holiday feast, a parent volunteering to host the team banquet, or anyone taking a head count for how many friends are staying for […]

Jenna Marie Cooper: What are miracles? Why are they needed to declare someone a saint?

03/15/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

QUESTION CORNER Q: A two-point question: It is common to hear, “It’s a miracle,” for a sports comeback victory. Does the church actually have a definition of a miracle? When it comes to canonization, miracles are required, aren’t they? Does a miracle happen in other domains except health and medicine? (Cape Girardeau, Missouri) A: […]

Pope Francis marks a decade sharing the joy of the Gospel

03/01/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

10 years By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — For a decade, even when discussing the internal workings of the Vatican, Pope Francis has insisted the church is not the church of Christ if it does not reach out, sharing the “joy of the Gospel” and placing the poor at the center of […]