Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Report confession or go to jail, says Australian state

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By Catholic News Service BRISBANE, Australia — A new law requires priests in the state of Queensland to break the seal of confession to report child sex abuse to police or face three years in jail. The law was passed by Queensland Parliament Sept. 8. It had support from both major parties and was opposed […]

40 years after killings, Maryknoll Sisters are remembered

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By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service CHALATENANGO, El Salvador — On a bright and clear January afternoon, Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar walked into a cemetery and gently dusted off a white name plate on top of a sky-blue block of tombs. Making plans for the year ahead, he told secretary Violeta Esmeralda Serrano nearby that […]

Bishop appoints deacon, wife as respect life co-directors

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva appointed on Sept. 8 Deacon Gerald (Gary) E. and Valerie Y. Streff as co-directors of the Respect for Life Ministry in the Diocese of Honolulu taking over from Paulette Vernay who retired in mid-July. Deacon Streff continues his current diaconal ministry at St. Elizabeth Church, Aiea. […]

Talk Story: Finding solidarity in diversity

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY  “Solidarity today is the road to take toward a post-pandemic world, toward the healing of our interpersonal and social sicknesses. There is no other way.” (Pope France, gerneral papal audience, Sept. 2) In his first in-person public papal audience since COVID-19 restrictions began in March, Pope Francis expressed his joy in […]

Galapagos priest incardinated into diocese

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva on Sept. 8 incardinated into the Diocese of Honolulu Father Ornoldo Cherrez who is originally a priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of Galapagos, Ecuador. “We congratulate and welcome him!” the bishop wrote Sept. 5 in his official announcement of the priest’s new status. Incardination, generally speaking, […]

Humbled & honored: Interview with Catholic Charities Hawaii head

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‘The word of the moment seems to be surge. So we did see a surge in our donations to kind of match the need.’ By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Robert “Rob” Van Tassell became the new president and chief executive officer of Catholic Charities Hawaii this past fall. Van Tassell is originally from Washington […]

A letter from Bishop Silva to all Catholic school educators in the Diocese of Honolulu

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August 15, 2020 To all Catholic school educators in the Diocese of Honolulu Dear Sisters and Brothers, Peace be with you! Even though each school is having its own Mass of the Holy Spirit because the coronavirus prevents us from having our traditional island-wide gathering, be assured of my solidarity with all of you as […]

Pastors across the islands report the positive side of the coronavirus pandemic

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Occasions of grace By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald In keeping with this topsy-turvy age of the pandemic, where community means separation, sharing one’s breath means contagion, and social is associated with the word distance, good things happen. Charity ascends, generosity grows, family bonds toughen, prayer deepens. That is what pastors across the islands report […]