Hawaii Catholics contributed $107,318.33 to the national Retirement Fund for Religious collection last year. This year’s collection in parishes is Dec. 9-10. Coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office in Washington, D.C., the annual appeal benefits 32,000 elderly Catholic sisters, brothers and religious order priests whose religious congregations lack adequate retirement funding. Hawaii’s Carmelite Monastery […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: The value of travel
When a student at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, was asked, “What did you fear in traveling to a foreign country most?” he replied, “Money!” He was a student taking part in Saint Vincent’s program for students going abroad to enhance their education. No doubt, handling foreign money is challenging until one learns to […]
Mother and I
The recipient of St. Marianne’s beatification miracle reflects on their relationship on her first visit to Hawaii In the summer of 1992, Kate Mahoney was hooked up to life support machines in a New York hospital. She was suffering from multiple organ failure, including cardiac arrest, due to complications from cancer treatment, and was going […]
Photo: Appreciation gathering
Among the 30 priests enjoying the Serra Club of Honolulu’s recent annual priest appreciation dinner at the Hale Koa Hotel were, from left, retired Father William Shannon, Bishop Larry Silva and Sacred Hearts Father Lane Akiona, pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Waikiki. Founded in 1970, Honolulu’s Serra Club is part of a worldwide Catholic […]
Diocese urges suspension of communion cup during mumps outbreak
In response to the recent outbreak of mumps in Hawaii, the diocesan Office of Worship is advising parishes to suspend the distribution of the Sacred Blood during communion through the communal chalice for at least the three weeks, the length of incubation for the illness, or until the outbreak subsides. The advice was sent Oct. […]
4th Advent wreath candle getting off easy this year
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The wick on the last candle of the Advent wreath will barely get a singe this year with the Fourth Sunday of Advent also being Christmas Eve. That also means a scrunching of Mass schedules for some busy parishes. Because Dec. 25 falls on a Monday this year, parishes […]
Maui’s Christ the King Parish honors plantation roots on its 85th anniversary
By Lucy Peros Special to the Herald Christ the King Church in Kahului, Maui, will mark the 85th anniversary of its founding with a 10 a.m. Mass on Nov. 26, the Feast of Christ the King, celebrated by Bishop Larry Silva, followed by a parish luau. This celebration is dedicated to all the immigrants who […]
Photo: All Saints cemetery scene
Dozens of candles light up the crucifixion scene in the cemetery of St. Joseph Church, Makawao, Maui, on the night of All Saints Day, Nov. 1. The pastor, Father Jaime Jose, presided at a prayer service and the parish youth lit a candle for each grave. A blessing was performed at each grave by Father […]
Catholic Charities names administrator for housing assistance
Catholic Charities Hawaii has named Jillian Okamoto as division administrator for its housing assistance and referral programs. Previously the program director for Catholic Charities statewide housing assistance programs, Okamoto will head programs serving families, individuals and military veterans who are homeless or who are at-risk of being homeless. Okamoto will also serve on Catholic Charities’ […]
Saint Louis School inducting four into its gallery of achievers
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Saint Louis School will welcome a judge, a music professor, a banker and a science teacher into its Gallery of Distinguished Achievers during its 20th annual induction ceremony Nov. 29 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. The four inductees are: James S. Burns, class of 1955, retired chief judge of […]
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