Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

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Rica Velasco, right, of St. Joseph School in Waipahu is the 2022 Golden Pineapple Teacher of the Year awardee. She was recognized at the annual Hawaii Catholic Schools Recognition Luncheon on May 19 at the Natsunoya Tea House in Honolulu. The award is given by the Hawaii Catholic Schools office, Chaminade University of Honolulu, and […]

Bishop Larry Silva: What he did 2,000 years ago, he does today

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WITNESS TO JESUS | Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva for the Second Sunday of Easter, also called Divine Mercy Sunday, April 23 at St. Augustine Church, Waikiki, with Confirmation and First Communion; and April 24 at the Cathedral Basilica of […]

Some bishops call SF archbishop ‘courageous’ for Pelosi statement

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By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — A number of U.S. Catholic bishops praised San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone for his “courageous” action in declaring May 20 that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is not “to be admitted” to Communion because of her stand on legalized abortion. “I applaud Archbishop Cordileone’s patient and […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: May 27, 2022

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Dear quiz-takers, Have you ever wondered what would happen if the devil started losing his hair? I bet there would be hell toupee! 👿 – H.C. Harold [forminator_quiz id=”29324″] PRINTABLE QUIZ 1) Scripture According to Luke 24:46-53, from what location did Jesus ascend into heaven after his resurrection? a) Jericho b) Capernaum c) Nazareth d) […]

Photo: Noblesse oblige ohana

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Maryknoll School is honoring the family of the late Arnold Baptiste Sr., founder of the Hawaii Medical Assurance Association (HMAA), as this year’s Noblesse Oblige awardees at the award and scholarship dinner at the Sheraton Waikiki on May 21. Recognized will be Emily Marciel Baptiste, Maryknoll class of ’53, not pictured, Arnie and Joji Jacinto-Baptiste, […]

Photo: Easter outreach

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In keeping with the Diocese of Honolulu’s outreach to incarcerated sisters, brothers and youth, Damien Memorial School students in Gaston Gosselin’s religion classes wrote messages of hope and joy in specially designed Easter cards. Students added stickers to their personal messages. The cards were distributed to the Women’s Community Correctional Center, the Federal Detention Center […]

Citing ‘police state,’ Asia cardinal urges prayers for Hong Kong

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Catholic News Service YANGON, Myanmar — Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, urged prayers for Hong Kong after the detention of Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun. “Hong Kong used to be one of Asia’s freest and most open cities,” Cardinal Bo said May 14. “Today, it has been transformed into […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: What’s the Catholic view on tithing? Should a couple cohabitat before getting married?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: I grew up in a Protestant church but converted to Catholicism. Sometimes it seems to me that Catholics give a lot less money to their churches than Protestants do. (The Sunday collections reported in our parish bulletin would, I think, be dwarfed by some Protestants parishes much smaller than our own.) On […]