Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photos: 24 Hours for the Lord

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Faithful in the Diocese of Honolulu joined other Catholics around the world in “24 Hours for the Lord,” an initiative for the Year of Mercy which Pope Francis called to be celebrated March 4-5. At the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, the 24 hours of adoration, reconciliation, prayer, praise and worship started at […]

At Our Lady of Good Counsel School, reading has its rewards and ‘penalties’

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By Ginger Kamisugi Special to the Herald Reading — besides enlightening, instructing and delighting the reader — has a number of additional fun and unexpected rewards at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City. Each year, school librarian Heidi Valencia challenges the students to read a certain number of books for her annual […]

Manaolana | Sidebar: March 11, 2016

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Quote “I am convinced that listening to the voice of women at the moment of the homily would enrich our Catholic worship.” | French Dominican Sister Catherine Aubin, a theologian and professor at Rome’s Pontifical Urbanian University, in a commentary published in the Vatican’s L’Osservatore Romano newspaper reflecting on the possibility of allowing laypeople, including […]

Kauai’s Catholic preschools receive Weinberg tuition assistance grants

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A representative of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation went to Kauai March 5 bearing gifts for preschools — generous grants for tuition assistance for children from low income families. Two of the beneficiaries were Catholic schools, St. Catherine Early Learning Center in Kapaa and, on the other side […]

Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: The nun who kissed Elvis, ditched Hollywood and found her home

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TWENTY SOMETHING Dolores Hart was 19 when she filmed her first movie scene: kissing Elvis Presley. The aspiring actress was dressed in a polka dot dress with her honey-brown hair swept in a ponytail. He wore a denim jacket with the collar turned up, his glossy bangs grazing his brow. They were directed to kiss […]

Heralding back: March 11, 2106

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News from pages past 50 years ago — March 11, 1966 Overall view in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday as Pope Paul blessed a fleet of 72 trucks and the food they are to distribute to the hungry people of India. The pope’s appeal for aid to famine-sufferers, sponsored by L’Osservatore Romano, Vatican daily, had […]

Father Kenneth Doyle: Can my marriage get a Catholic blessing?

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QUESTION CORNER Q: I am a Catholic who will be marrying a Methodist (baptized and confirmed) who now attends a Christian church. We have decided to have her Christian pastor marry us at a “neutral” venue outside of either faith’s church. However, it is still very important to my family and to me to receive […]

Kathleen T. Choi: Failing Lent

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IN LITTLE WAYS How’s your Lent going? Mine’s been … unexpected. My plan was to refrain from sweets and donate money to a food-focused charity. I would read up on hunger issues and attend at least one extra worship service a week. I give myself a B- on sweets. I haven’t had dessert or forbidden […]

Chaminade University honors three who exemplify Marianist values

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Chaminade University of Honolulu recognized three members of its community who exemplify Marianist values. The school president Marianist Brother Bernard Ploeger and rector Marianist Father George Cerniglia made the presentations Feb. 23 at the university’s Heritage Awards Ceremony on campus in the Mystical Rose Oratory. Here are those honored: Dr. Gail Grabowsky, associate professor in […]