Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Catholic Charities renames building for community advocate, supporter Peter Ng

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Peter P.J. Ng, seated, with family and friends at the dedication of the Catholic Charities Ulu Center named in his honor May 18. (Photo courtesy of Catholic Charities Hawaii)   Catholic Charities Hawaii has named its Ulu Center, a meeting and counseling facility on its upper Makiki campus, after one of Hawaii’s outstanding community advocates […]

Viriditas: Sister Jessie Kai, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

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‘My grace is enough for you’ St. Damien Catholic Parish in central Molokai includes the mission churches of St. Vincent Ferrer of Maunaloa town to the west of the island, and the churches which St. Damien de Veuster himself built — St. Joseph Church at Kamalo and Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Church at Kaluaaha […]

Obituary: Father Robert P. Guerrero | 1959-2014

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California priest, first ordained for Hawaii, served here 4 years Father Robert P. Guerrero, a priest of the Diocese of San Bernardino who had served four years in Hawaii as a newly ordained priest, died May 5 at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Ontario, Calif. He was 54. Hawaii Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario ordained the California […]

Official notices: May 23, 2014

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] May 24, 1:00 pm, Confirmation Mass, Immaculate Conception Parish, Lihue; 5:00 pm, Confirmation Mass, St. Raphael Parish, Koloa; 6:00 pm, Confirmation Mass, Our Lady of the Mount Parish, Kalihi. [Fr. Gary Secor] May 25, 9:45 am, Confirmation Mass for Holy Cross Parish, Kalaheo […]

Manaolana | Sidebar: May 23, 2014

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Quote “God will have a bit of explaining to do to me if I ever see him.” –Jacqueline Kennedy, writing to her friend Father Joseph Leonard in January 1964, not long after her husband, U.S. President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. The correspondence between Jacqueline Kennedy and Father Leonard — in which the former first […]

Letters to the Herald: May 23, 2014

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St. Damien retreat well done Kudos to Dr. Kristina DeNeve (the diocese’s adult faith formation and evangelization coordinator) on the extremely well-done online St. Damien Lenten retreat! There was so much variety: Information about Hawaii’s first saint, St. Damien; pictures of him and of Molokai; daily readings which one could read or listen to, along […]

‘I love my job,’ says woman whose life’s work inspired the film ‘Gimme Shelter’

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Kathy DiFiore, on whom the movie “Gimme Shelter” is based, poses with stars of the movie James Earl Jones, Vanessa Hudgens and director-writer Ronald Krauss. The movie tells the powerful story of a teenager faced with desperate choices when she finds herself pregnant and homeless in New Jersey and how meeting people who cared changes […]

Kathleen T. Choi: Not us

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I’ve met five convicted murderers in my life. What was striking about these men was how ordinary they were. They weren’t anything like Michael Corleone, Hannibal Lecter or Norman Bates. They were real human beings, not creations designed to sell books or movies. Made up murderers are usually serial killers, criminal geniuses or skilled assassins. […]

Photo: A convergence of clergy

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More than 100 of the diocese’s priests took a weeklong respite from ministry May 5-9 to attend the annual Priests’ Convocation at Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore of Oahu. The convocation included seminars on “Renewing Sunday Preaching,” as well as time for personal prayer, recreation and fellowship. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)

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