Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Cathedral’s capital campaign wins international stewardship award

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The $15 million capital campaign to renovate the 175-year-old Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace received an award last fall from the International Catholic Stewardship Council, an organization that promotes Christian stewardship and Catholic philanthropy. The Parish Capital Campaign Materials award for excellence was presented to the cathedral’s capital campaign core committee members Mark […]

Talk story: It’s Lent: Rice Bowl time

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY  “Lent is a favorable season for deepening our spiritual life through the means of sanctification offered us by the church: fasting, prayer and almsgiving … for renewing our encounter with Christ, living in his Word, in the sacraments and in our neighbor.” (Pope Francis) February began with tragic reports of two […]

Eva Andrade: A thousand cuts

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  HAWAII CATHOLIC CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE REPORT Many people asked me what to expect for this year’s session of the State Legislature. I told them that after holding back physician-assisted suicide for 20 years, there wasn’t any equivalent big “moral” issue on the horizon. However, I warned them that I expected the outlook to be “death […]

Catholic Charities offers free tax prep for seniors

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Catholic Charities Hawaii is teaming up with AARP and Goodwill to provide tax assistance for Hawaii seniors and its housing clients. Hawaii elders and others who need assistance preparing their 2018 tax returns have two Catholic Charities locations to go to get help. Walk-in appointments are available at the agency’s Clarence T.C. Ching Campus on […]

Love, marriage & family

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  The diocese is gathering a plethora of programs to help strengthen home life in Hawaii Here’s a snapshot of the groups that fall under the Marriage and Family Ministries program that Bishop Larry Silva called together about 10 years ago. Compiled by Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Marriage and Family Ministries Program Introduced to […]

World Youth Day Hawaii attendees energized at vigil

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  By Kacie Yamamoto Special to the Hawaii Catholic Herald The culmination of World Youth Day in Hawaii took place at an overnight event on Saturday, Jan. 26, at Chaminade University’s Mystical Rose Oratory. It centered on food, new friendships and a renewed sense of faith. The event drew young adults from around Oahu. The […]