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Annual Diocesan Stewardship Report 2023

02/28/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

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Blessed Sacrament priest’s incardination returns ‘gracious favor’

02/28/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Anthony Pangan, a priest formerly of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, was incardinated into the Diocese of Honolulu on Jan. 30. With his incardination came his change of status from administrator to pastor of Annunciation Parish on Hawaii Island. Father Pangan, 56, was born and raised in […]

Official notices: March 1, 2024

02/28/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Bishop’s Schedule March 2, 10:00 am, Diocesan Review Board, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe; 6:00 pm, Mass with Installation of Reverend Lusius Nimu, SS.CC., as Pastor of St. Patrick Church, Kaimuki. March 3, 8:45 am, Mass with Installation of Reverend Stephen Banjare, SS.CC. as Pastor of St. Ann Church, Kaneohe. March 5, 9:30 am, […]

Effie Caldarola: Elmo and the challenge of Lent

02/28/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

COMMENTARY For two or three days in January, a furry red Muppet’s concern for the well-being of his followers became news, dominating Twitter, now X, and sparking discussions from National Public Radio to cable news. When the commotion died down, I was left thinking about how Ash Wednesday was very near and maybe this […]

Jenna Marie Cooper : Does a televised Mass ‘count’?

02/28/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Question Corner Q: In the past few weeks, due to extreme weather, I’ve missed Mass a couple of times. My parish has a Facebook channel, so I watched the services there instead. I wasn’t able to receive Communion. In talking to the priest, though, he said that in such situations, a person can receive […]

Sister Alicia Torres : How to find our true identity

02/28/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

COMMENTARY Who am I? This question lurks at the core of every human heart. So often the real answer is blurred by responses we so readily grasp after, and yet time and again fail to satisfy. One response in particular, I think, gnaws at so many of us today: “I am important.” Of course […]

Acclaimed author shared faith through fiction

02/28/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Russell Shaw OSV News Flannery O’Connor was not an evangelist. She was an artist, one of the most gifted American fiction writers of the 20th century. But a profoundly Catholic theological vision informs her art, giving her stories resonance and depth that sound deep — and sometimes deeply disturbing — spiritual chords. Explaining […]

Hawaii Catholic Herald Parish News: March 1, 2024

02/28/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: March 1, 2024

02/28/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Pax et omne bonum, amici mei, Quizland! 1) OCIA What is the name for the series of rites for adults who wish to be baptized which are celebrated in the third, fourth and fifth weeks of the Lenten season? a) Exegesis b) Scrutinies c) Exorcisms d) Mystagogies 2) HEALING What is the name of the […]

Contemplative women’s retreat planned for April

02/28/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Women seeking to gain a deeper awareness of God’s love are invited to register for a contemplative retreat hosted by Scrub Bucket Gospel Ministries, an independent ministry based in Kailua. The three-day retreat, titled “Be Still My Soul,” will be presented by ministry co-founder Maxine Pollock and will take place April 26-28 at St. […]