Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Bishop reconfirms liturgical norms regarding ‘sacred gestures’

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Bishop Larry Silva issued on July 20 a “General Decree on the Use of Hula in the Liturgy,” a brief 125-word document that “reiterates” that the rules on the liturgical use of Pacific Island and Asian “sacred gesture” issued in 1999 by Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo “remain in effect as particular law for the Diocese of Honolulu.”

Needed: vocation reminders: God does call people to the religious life. Here’s how to hear it

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The local Serra Club, whose sole mission is to promote vocations through prayer, awareness affirmation and support, gathers Oct. 13 at the Hale Koa Hotel for its annual priest appreciation dinner. (Photo courtesy of Father William Shannon)   As a diocesan vocation “director,” there isn’t very much that I actually “direct.” My real title should […]

Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: Ulu, the Chuukese and one ohana

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“Praised be you, my Lord, through our Sister Mother Earth, who sustains us and who produces various fruit.” (St. Francis of Assisi: “Canticle of Creatures”) This summer on the Big Island, Chuukese women from St. Joseph Parish in Hilo and Sacred Heart Parish in Pahoa drove up the Hamakua Coast in two vans singing and […]

Father Kenneth Doyle | Can’t priests absolve sin of abortion?

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Can’t priests absolve sin of abortion? Q: I’m curious about the fact that to mark the Year of Mercy Pope Francis will allow all priests to absolve from the sin of abortion. Why isn’t that true already? If I had committed such a sin, then went to confession and found that the priest couldn’t forgive […]

Former Newman head to lead Europe pilgrimage

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This coming summer, Jesuit Father Russell Roide, director of adult spirituality at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose and the former director of the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii in Manoa, will lead two pilgrimages to European religious sites. The full pilgrimage is June 20-July 6 and includes Krakow, Prague, Vienna and Budapest. […]

Chaminade receives $1 million for athletics facility

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Chaminade University of Honolulu announced a $1 million gift from Dr. Edison H. Miyawaki at a recent annual booster club event. The money will go toward the construction of a new athletics training, locker room and sports medicine building. The new facilities, located mauka of the McCabe Gymnasium, will replace and greatly expand the current […]