Hawaii Catholic Herald

Bishop Larry Silva: Proclaiming, and living, the Word

03/02/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

WITNESS TO JESUS | SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of the homily of Bishop Larry Silva for the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time, delivered Feb. 13, at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe, for the Mass for the institution as lectors of deacon candidates. When I was director of vocations in […]

St. Catherine School, facing $300K budget shortfall, lays off four

03/02/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Due to a large budget shortfall and low enrollment in several grades, St. Catherine School in Kauai laid off four employees on Feb. 16. Diocese of Honolulu human resources director Dara Perreira was on hand that day to announce that two teachers and two teacher’s aides were let go […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: In flight from sin and death

03/02/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 The Book of Deuteronomy provides the first reading for this first Sunday of Lent. Deuteronomy looks to the days when the Hebrews were fleeing from Egyptian slavery and making an uncertain way across the treacherous Sinai Peninsula. Even so, Deuteronomy is not a story of […]

Christina Capecchi: The Catholic creative

03/02/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

TWENTY SOMETHING The idea came in a dream. It was just like the movies, the fantasy of every writer who has slogged away at a keyboard, awaiting inspiration. Haley Stewart’s came. “I woke up, and I was like: ‘I have to write this story! It was just given to me!’” Over the years the 36-year-old […]

Deacon Gary and Valerie Streff: Lent: What to give up?

03/02/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

COMMENTARY During the 40 days of Lent, many of us consider giving up something, like TV or chocolates or our morning Starbucks ritual. But instead of abstaining from something, how about spending more time in prayer and meditation? Maybe, just maybe, we should redirect our focus on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. The […]

Heralding back: March 4, 2022

03/02/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — March 3, 1972 GETTING READY – The Parent-Teacher Guild of St. Anthony’s School is preparing to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day to which the public is invited. Preparing for this social event are (left to right) Tom Mooney, Francis Boyd, Joseph Brown; (seated) Mrs. Janice Brown and Mrs. […]

Knights have first awards ceremony since pre-pandemic

03/02/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Robert Camilleri Special to the Herald One hundred and eighty-five Knights of Columbus and their families gathered for the Hawaii State Council awards night and dinner Jan. 7 at the Filipino Community Center in Waipahu, the first such event since 2019 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The night began with an invocation by Bishop […]

Official notices: March 4, 2022

03/02/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] March 5, 9:00 am, Diocesan Pastoral Council (video conference); 5:00 pm, Mass with Rite of Election for Maui Vicariate, St. Anthony Church, Wailuku. March 6, 1:00 pm, Rite of Election for Oahu Vicariates [Liturgy of the Word only; no Mass], Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu. […]