Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Diocese hires experts in construction, property management, accounting

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Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu has hired three experts in the areas of construction, property management and accounting to help the diocese and parishes in those areas where experience is a necessary and valued asset. New onboard are Caven Raco as part-time facilities services advisor, Lee McCluskey as a full-time facilities […]

Bob Leong gave Catholic school scholarships to the less fortunate

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bob Leong, who nine years ago took a fledgling Hawaii Catholic high school scholarship program under his wing giving dozens of less fortunate young “scholars” the opportunity of a Catholic school education, died Feb. 23 in Seattle where he lived. “My father passed away peacefully early this morning with […]

Sister Fatima Joy A. Pasquin, OP, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: It is okay to make mistakes

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald When the time came for me to take leave of my home to enter the convent, my father was not around. I knew it was hard for both of my parents to let me go. But as the fifth of sixth children, […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Admitting our limitations

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THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Exodus 20:1-17; 1 Corinthians 1:22-25; John 2:13-25 The Book of Exodus is the source of the first biblical reading this weekend. This book is about the Hebrew people, enslaved and dreadfully mistreated in Egypt. Eventually, they escaped from Egypt and found their new homeland. None of this good fortune, of escaping […]

Maui-born Sister of Social Service dies in California of COVID-19

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald There is a small but significant subset of people born and raised in Hawaii who move to the mainland where they enter the religious life as priests, sisters and brothers, living a life of service of which folks back home are mostly unaware. One such person was Sister Susan […]

For Lent, ask if one’s life is centered on God or oneself, pope says

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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Lent is a time to reconsider the path one is taking in life and to finally answer God’s invitation to return to him with one’s whole heart, Pope Francis said. “Lent is not just about the little sacrifices we make, but about discerning where our hearts […]

Talk Story: New approaches to traditional practices

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Every moment of our lives is a time for believing, hoping and loving. The call to experience Lent as a journey of conversion, prayer and sharing of our goods, helps us to revive the faith that comes from the living Christ, the hope inspired by the breath of the Holy Spirit […]

Milestone of faith: ‘Gifted to Give’

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Cathedral basilica Mass will commemorate 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines By Father Edmundo N. Barut Jr. Special to the Herald As we gather for the 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines — Hawaii Celebration, it is with joy that we recall the Philippine archipelago being discovered by Europeans on March 16, 1521, […]