Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Official notices: Dec. 13, 2019

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] December 13, 11:30 am, All Diocesan Staff Mass and Christmas Party, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe; 5:30 pm, Diocesan Retired Priests Christmas Dinner, downtown Honolulu. December 14, 7:00 am, Diocesan Pastoral Council, SSDC; 5:30 pm, Mass with Adult Confirmation, Mary, Star of […]

Christina Capecchi: The triumph of an under-deer

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TWENTY SOMETHING Robert May was painfully aware of the distance between his dreams and his reality. The 34-year-old Dartmouth graduate had long fantasized about writing the great American novel. Instead, he was working a mediocre job as an ad man for Montgomery Ward, cranking out forgettable copy about silk sheets and white shirts. He lived […]

Indonesia to deploy 160,000 for church safety at Christmas

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By Catholic News Service JAKARTA, Indonesia — Nearly 160,000 security personnel will be deployed to try to make Christmas and New Year celebrations in Indonesia safe, reported ucanews.org. This is an increase from last year, when nearly 90,000 security personnel guarded about 50,000 churches across the country. An official of the National Police Traffic Corps […]

Brother Dave Quigley, Society of Mary (Marianists): ‘Brother, you are unbelievable!’

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Every time I am assigned to a new place, there are different challenges to learn from. In my case, most of the moves I have made were to places where the culture was one I was not familiar with. Imagine going from […]

Sarah and David Hermann: Be present during the Advent season

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EMBRACING FAMILY We prepare for basketball games and marathons, tests and job interview, birthdays and Thanksgiving dinner, Santa and Christmas. Preparing for sports events takes grit, perseverance and even pain. Preparing for birthdays and Thanksgiving dinner remind us to be grateful for every gift God has given us, to truly treasure our family and friends, […]

‘What a wonderful gathering’

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Bishop Silva ordains Sacred Hearts priest, instructing him ‘to bring healing, peace and love in the name of Jesus’ By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “What a wonderful gathering this is!” Bishop Larry Silva said, beginning his homily at the Mass for the ordination to priesthood of Deacon Esitio Niuliki of the Congregation of the […]

Local youth get a pro-life seminar tailored to them

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald This year’s Life Symposium had a new youth track designed to get local teens more engaged with the pro-life movement. The 60-plus teens who attended received special T-shirts and met in a separate room for most of the all-day diocesan-sponsored event on Nov. 9 at the Kroc Center in […]

The parish pantry

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Island churches are feeding the hungry with healthier fare and backpacks of food for elementary students By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Every week, thousands of people in Hawaii go to their nearby Catholic church not for spiritual nourishment, but for something more ordinary and just as essential — food. More than half of the […]