The Vatican has given Honolulu’s Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace the honorary title of “minor basilica” in recognition of its historic and spiritual significance. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome granted Bishop Larry Silva’s petition for the special designation with a 200-word decree in Latin dated May […]
A church history: Cathedral becomes a basilica
Compiled from the writing of Father Louis H. Yim and Sacred Hearts Father Robert Schoofs July 7, 1827: Arrival of first Catholic missionaries to Hawaii. July 14, 1827: First recorded Mass on Hawaiian soil celebrated in a grass hut on a rented lot in Honolulu. January 1828: Hawaii’s first Catholic church built on land granted […]
Back to School 2014| Grading the ‘System,’ an interview with the superintendent
On a scale from A to F, Michael Rockers measures the success of Hawaii Catholic schools’ 3-year-old strategic plan As local Catholic school students once again hit the books, school administrators and teachers continue their work creating thriving academic environments that foster faith, integrity and scholarship in Island youth. Much like the pupils are guided […]
Leis, songs, kisses welcome back St. Marianne to Isles
An employee at the United Airlines cargo facility outside the Honolulu International Airport kisses the casket containing the remains of St. Marianne Cope, which arrived in Honolulu from Syracuse, N.Y., July 27. St. Marianne’s remains would be enshrined in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace on July 31. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela […]
Chaplain of Korean Catholic community eager to see Pope Francis in home diocese
Father Jong Ki Kim is excited that Pope Francis’ first major trip to Asia will be to his home diocese of Daejeon, South Korea, and that he and 23 others from Hawaii’s Korean Catholic Community will be there. Father Kim is the head chaplain for the Korean Catholic Community based at St. Pius X Parish […]
Back to School 2014 | Hawaii Catholic school enrollment continues to drop hundreds a year
Hawaii Catholic schools continue to lose several hundred students a year, a trend that has been consistent for the past decade. It is the equivalent of one grade school closing every 12 months. According to figures provided by the Hawaii Catholic Schools office, the 2013 school year opened with 9,110 preschool, elementary and high school […]
Back to School 2014 | Hawaii Catholic Schools chart 2014
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Remembering a loving uncle, model priest
The advantage of having a priest for an uncle, Jamie Psak said, was that everything got blessed. Cars, boats, homes, kids, pets. The holy water was always available, she said, as long as you kept adding water to the original supply. You can’t dilute water. Her Uncle Al told her that. Psak’s Uncle Al was […]
Hawaii’s Young Ladies Institute seeking spark of new membership
Young Ladies Institute delegation meets with Father Gary Secor on July 24. From left, Elizabeth Sanchez, Evelyn Cabral, Patricia McGuire, June McJunkin and Rosalie Smith. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) The “young” in Young Ladies Institute does not refer to a chronological age, but rather the spirit the women of this 127-year-old Catholic […]
Manaolana | Getting certified
Lisa Gomes, diocesan director of the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, second from left, joins participants in the Certificate in Youth Ministry Studies program for class at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, July 24. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) Intense new studies program trains people to be ‘better servants of the Lord through […]
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