Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

8 deacon candidates designated as lectors

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  Eight deacon candidates were designated as lectors Feb. 13 by Bishop Larry Silva at St. Stephen Diocesan Center Chapel. They are: Michael M. Browning, St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church, husband of Aggie Browning David G. Bruce, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, husband of Hazel Bruce Jason F. Jacinto, St. Joseph Church, Makawao, […]

Benedict asks forgiveness in response to Munich report

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By Carol Glatz and Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — At the age of 94, retired Pope Benedict XVI said he knows he will soon stand before God’s judgment and he prayed that he would be forgiven for his shortcomings, including in handling allegations of clerical sexual abuse. “Even though, as I […]

Official notices: Feb. 18, 2022

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Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] February 21, 10:00 am, Meeting of the Bishops of the San Francisco Metropolitan Province, Los Altos, California. February 21 – March 1, Retreat for the Bishops of the San Francisco Metropolitan Province, Los Altos, California. March 2, 12:00 pm, Mass for Ash Wednesday, Cathedral Basilica […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Feb. 18, 2022

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Herald friends,     If you have small children in your life, you might especially like this little story. After a woman picked her 4-year-old up from Catholic school, he asked her, “Mom, am I a priest?” His mother replied, “No, why do you ask?” The child replied, “Because I go to priest-school!” -H.C. Harold [forminator_quiz […]

Talk story: From our social ministry peripheries

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “We must personally reach out to the peripheries, to those who have left the Church, those who rarely or never practice their faith, those who experience poverty or marginalization, the excluded, the voiceless, etc.” (Vatican Synod Handbook for Listening and Discernment in Local Churches) Catholics around the world, including Hawaii, are […]

Hawaii parishes to take up emergency collection for Tongan disaster relief

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu is asking parishes to take up an emergency second collection for Tonga on the weekend of Feb. 26 and 27. An underwater volcanic eruption that occurred close offshore from the island nation on Jan. 15 caused damaging tsunamis and rained down ash and other volcanic […]

Photo: Celebrating consecrated life

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Sisters, brothers and priests of Hawaii’s religious orders, institutes and congregations gather for a photo with Bishop Larry Silva after a Mass celebrating the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life, Feb. 5, in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. There are nearly 30 consecrated groups represented in the Diocese of Honolulu. (Photo courtesy of Dann […]