Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

How Kalaupapa is celebrating Kalaupapa Month

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Next month, January, will be the first to be observed as Kalaupapa Month in the State of Hawaii. In Kalaupapa itself, the community brought together the National Park Service, the Department of Health and Catholic church staff to plan a month of remembrances of significant Kalaupapa January dates with […]

Father Michel Dalton, Capuchin Franciscans: Crazy, holy, joyful

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “Dad? They are wearing sandals. Don’t they know?” I remember asking my father while driving home from church. It was the dead of winter in upstate New York and we were wearing boots, jackets and mittens. But the visiting friars did not […]

Webinar explores life of Joseph Dutton, Molokai’s potential third saint

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Damien and Marianne Catholic Conference hosted a webinar on Servant of God Joseph Dutton on Dec. 11. Hosting the live session was Deacon Modesto Cordero, who remains the DMCC’s president after relocating to California from Hawaii where he was previously the diocesan director of the Office of Worship. […]

Christina Capecchi: Bread, wine and a Norway spruce

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TWENTY SOMETHING Before there were any buildings in Rockefeller Center, there was a Christmas tree. At the peak of the Great Depression, construction workers hungering for holiday cheer pooled their money to buy a 20-foot balsam fir and placed it in the center of the construction site. They decorated the tree with whatever they could […]

Official notices: Dec. 24, 2021

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Bishop’s schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] December 24, 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Pearl City. December 25, 12:00 am, Christmas Midnight Mass, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu; 10:30 am, Christmas Day Mass, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu. December 26, 8:30 am, […]

Holiness and real families: Reflections for the feast the Holy Family

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By David Gibson Catholic News Service Family life gets a little messy at times. Did I say “a little”? Often families need only wait an hour or two for the next mind-boggling challenge to greet them! I suspect that many families are reluctant to call themselves holy. Isn’t stress a little too tightly woven into […]