Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Ode to Mary

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Students from Holy Family Catholic Academy were among a dozen performing groups at the 5th Annual Hawaii Catholic Schools Choral Festival, March 2 at the Clarence T.C. Ching Gymnasium in the Maryknoll Community Center. The theme of this year’s festival was “Ode to Mary.” (Photo courtesy Deborah Manog and Hawaii Catholic Schools office)

Photo: Father to Father

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Sacred Hearts Father Thomas Choo, left, greets his successor at St. Patrick Parish, Kaimuki, Sacred Hearts Father Santhosh Thottankara at the priest’s 75th birthday party, Feb. 19. “The space in front of the altar is the most sacred place,” the Kaimuki-born Father Choo told his replacement who is 30 years his junior. “It is there […]

Photo: Called by name

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The Islands’ catechumens, which this year number more than 200, signed their names into the Book of Elect at Rite of Election ceremonies across the diocese during the first weekend of Lent, March 4-5. Shown here are photos from the Rite of Election for Oahu catechumens, March 5 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Bishop […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Why the name change when parishes merge?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: Why do names of churches have to change when parishes merge? I understand that they might not want to have a St. Mary’s/St. Joseph’s, but the new names are nothing like what we were used to; they are more complicated and difficult to remember. (Latham, New York) A: Names of churches do […]

Father Eugene Hemrick: Prosperity: The hope of America

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THE HUMAN SIDE Everyone loves to hear that we are going to be made prosperous. The reason is found in the derivation of the word “prosperous” coming from the Latin “spes,” meaning hope. Much of America’s future hope is based on people having a reliable job, equitable financial means for living comfortably, access to education […]

Heralding back: March 10, 2017

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — March 10, 1967 A Lenten editorial cartoon from the March 10, 1967 Hawaii Catholic Herald issue. 25 years ago — March 13, 1992 Hawaii’s Benedictine monastery given independent status The Benedictine Monastery of Hawaii, for more than eight years an offshoot of an abbey in New Mexico, has […]