Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father Anastacio ‘Jun’ Postrano, diocesan priest: Living a sacramental life

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I always wanted to be a priest. When I was in the Philippines, most of the priests around were Maryknoll Fathers. We did not have a local clergy then. The Maryknoll Fathers were very active, visible missionaries who built up the faithful […]

Official notices: July 1, 2016

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] July 5, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council, Chancery, downtown Honolulu; 3:00 pm, Members of the Corporation of Catholic Charities Hawaii, Chancery. July 6, 5:00 pm, Feast Day of St. Junipero Serra Celebration with the Holy Hour for Vocations, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, […]

Isle schools raise $25,000 for CRS aid

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By Deborah Manog Special to the Herald The nineteen Hawaii Catholic Schools that participated in the 2016 Catholic Relief Services Lenten Rice Bowl raised a whopping $25,000 for local and international aid programs created for the elimination of hunger and poverty. The donations from the 19 schools, about half the number of schools in the […]

St. Mary Magdalene gets her own feast day

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  By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY  — Recognizing St. Mary Magdalene’s role as the first to witness Christ’s resurrection and as a “true and authentic evangelizer,” Pope Francis raised the July 22 memorial of St. Mary Magdalene to a feast on the church’s liturgical calendar, the Vatican announced. A decree formalizing […]

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: July 1, 2016

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July is here, quiz friends. It’s a great time of year. Hope your summer has been graced so far with much sunshine and spirit. Let’s get you further enlightened with Catholic trivia bits in my latest quiz! 1) Saints The feast of St. Maria Goretti, patroness of rape victims and youth, is celebrated July 6. […]

Aloha, Cathedral Catholic Academy

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Students, families, faculty, alumni celebrate the last day of the Nuuanu school with pride, gratitude, tears By Mary Adamski Hawaii Catholic Herald June 3 was a time of awards, songs and hugs at Cathedral Catholic Academy as the doors were ceremonially closed on the last day of class forever at the 80-year-old Nuuanu school. Students, […]

About one out of five Island parishes receiving new priests this summer

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By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald About one out of every five parishes in the Diocese of Honolulu will receive new priests this summer, the traditional time for clergy assignments. Six Island parishes out of 66 will change pastors and six others will welcome new parochial vicars, formerly called associate pastors, as new […]

Heralding back: Meeting the champ

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Sister Therese, a Sister of St. Francis of Christian Charity and seventh grade teacher of Cathedral School, grasps one of the most powerful hands in the world when Muhammad Ali greeted her class in downtown Honolulu in February of 1980. The meeting took place on the corner of King and Punchbowl Streets outside Honolulu Hale, […]