Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Talk story: Fighting poverty in the USA

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  OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “I strongly encourage you to give generously to this CCHD collection as a way to witness to Jesus and indeed participate in building God’s Kingdom where “the Lord comes to rule with world with justice.” (Bishop Larry Silva, letter supporting the Nov. 13 Catholic Campaign for Human Development national collection. […]

Brother Salvador “Buddy” J. Yanzon, Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament: In the hands of God

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VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “When are you coming back?” asked some parishioners at Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Church. “We are waiting for you,” they continued. “We will see what God’s plans are,” I responded. As one formerly engaged in the life of the church […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: May I marry in a Catholic church? Why the pulpit scolding?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: I was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church. When I was younger, I served as an altar boy for several years. About 12 years ago, I got married in a Methodist church. I never had the marriage “convalidated” in the Catholic Church since my wife was against involving another member of […]

Heralding back: Nov. 11, 2022

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Nov. 17, 1972 NEW PRESIDENT — Sister Irene Woodward is the new President of Holy Names College, Oakland, Calif., and she pauses on the hillside campus of the 100-year-old coeducational liberal arts institution to talk to three Hawaiian island students — Bernadette Serrao of Kaneohe, Oahu (daughter […]

Official notices: Nov. 11, 2022

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Bishop’s Schedule November 10-12, National Catholic Youth Conference, Long Beach, California. November 14-17, Fall General Assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Baltimore, Maryland. November 22, 2:00 pm, Priests Day at St. Patrick’s Seminary, Menlo Park, California. November 24, 9:00 am, Mass for Thanksgiving Day, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown […]

FATHER PATRICK H. FREITAS | 1939-2022

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Maui-born priest was a dedicated pastor, staunch religious educator By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Maui-born Father Patrick H. Freitas, who felt exceedingly privileged to be in the first generation of priests to implement the Second Vatican Council, a man of spiritual intensity and a self-described “happy learner,” died Oct. 18 in a Waipahu care […]

Empty churches: Marianist Lecture focuses on where all the young Catholics have gone

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald About 90 people filled the Mystical Rose Oratory at Chaminade University of Honolulu on Oct. 9 to hear Marianist Father James L. Heft speak on the topic of “Empty Churches: Where have all the young people gone?” The answer? There are many factors, and Catholics shouldn’t lose hope for […]

Catholic Charities opens third phase of affordable housing project

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Catholic Charities Housing Development Corporation (CCHDC) Oct. 5 dedicated the third phase of its Meheula Vista senior affordable rental housing development in Mililani Mauka and blessed and broke ground for phase four. Bishop Larry Silva did the blessing. Meheula Vista provides low-income seniors affordable housing with amenities that allow residents to “age in place.” The […]