Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Catholic’s blasphemy acquittal challenged in Pakistan high court

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By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service MANCHESTER, England — The acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy is to be challenged in the country’s Supreme Court, according to her husband. Three judges of the court ordered Oct. 31 that the death sentence against Asia Bibi, a mother of five, was to […]

Photo: In the presence of a saint

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Two children view the relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina — Padre Pio — in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Nov. 9. Six relics of the well-known 20th century Italian mystic who bore the stigmata, the wounds of Jesus Christ, have been touring the United States since last year. The relics displayed […]

Guam archdiocese to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy

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By Catholic News Service HAGATNA, Guam — Sometime in the weeks ahead, the Archdiocese of Agana will file bankruptcy and reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes said Nov. 7. “The bankruptcy proceeding is a continuation of the good faith mediation protocol that the archdiocese has engaged in for […]

Working with migrant laborers prepares seminarians for priesthood

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By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service YAKIMA, Wash. — Seminarian John Washington was looking for a summer cultural experience as he prepared to end his academic year at Chicago’s Mundelein Seminary and he found it in an agricultural field in central Washington. The seminarian from the Archdiocese of Atlanta spent his summer tending to Washington […]

Letter to the Herald: Condemn the war-making

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The sisters and brothers of Sacred Heart Church in Pahoa have watched at least one cherished member of our parish family withdraw after many years of devoted, loving service. The reason this dedicated parishioner gave for leaving the family was what they saw as our numerous pastors’ reluctance to address the horrific magnitude and endlessness […]

Official notices: Nov. 16, 2018

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] November 20, Priests’ Day at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, Menlo Park, California. November 22, 9:00 am, Thanksgiving Day Mass, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu. November 23, 3:00 pm, Father Damien/Mother Marianne Commission, St. Francis School, Manoa. November 25, […]

Retirement collection benefits elderly sisters, brothers, religous order priests

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The annual Retirement Fund for Religious collection will be held Dec. 8-9 in the Diocese of Honolulu. Last year, Hawaii parishioners gave $107,756.19 to the collection. Among the local beneficiaries of the collection this year was the Carmelite Monastery in Kaneohe. The national appeal is coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office in Washington. The […]

Heralding back: Nov. 16, 2018

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Nov. 29, 1968 MEMORY OF A PRESIDENT — Governor John A. Burns presents the 1968 John F. Kennedy Memorial Scholarship in history to Mrs. Carol Kendrick Haskin, a Chaminade College senior. Bequests from the fund, established almost immediately after Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, are made on or […]