Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Back to School | St. Anthony Junior-Senior High School: New head of school has roots on Maui

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St. Anthony Junior-Senior High in Wailuku, Maui, has selected veteran Catholic school teacher and administrator Betsey Hughes Gunderson as its new head of school. St. Anthony’s school board unanimously appointed Gunderson, the director of curriculum at Maryknoll High School in Honolulu, after a 10-month long reassessment of school operations. The selection process followed a series […]

Evangelization workshop for parish youth leaders on Oahu, Maui

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The Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry and the Washington state-based Center for Ministry Development are presenting a one-day workshop this month for parish leaders, “Evangelizing Youth: Engaging a New Generation of Disciples” on two islands, Oahu and Maui. Here are the dates, times and places: Aug. 16, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., St. Stephen Diocesan […]

Info sessions for new Maui Catholic radio

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Immaculate Heart Radio, a California-based Catholic radio station that plans to start broadcasting on Maui this fall, will hold information sessions at four Maui churches in August. The schedule is as follows: Christ the King Parish Hall, Kahului, Aug. 3, 6 p.m. St. Anthony Church, Wailuku, Aug. 6, 6:30 p.m. Maria Lanakila Church, Lahaina, Aug. […]

Clergy office giving orientation on Catholic Micronesian culture

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The diocesan Office of Clergy is sponsoring this month a two-and-a-half-hour orientation session about the Catholic Micronesian culture for local clergy to help them better understand Hawaii’s newest immigrant group. Two experts in Micronesian anthropology will present “Who is My Neighbor: Chuukese Catholic Immigrants in Hawaii,” 9:30 a.m.-noon, Aug. 8, at St. Stephen Diocesan Center […]

Back to School | St. John Vianney School: Kailua principal is back full circle

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St. John Vianney School in Kailua this year welcomes Caryn DeMello as its new principal, replacing Michael Busekrus. DeMello, the former vice principal of St. Anthony School in Kailua, has been a teacher and school administrator for 19 years. Her new job, which she started July 1, brings her back full circle to St. John […]

Back to School | Maryknoll School: New leadership structure divides duties among vice principals

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Maryknoll School president Perry Martin has announced a new structure of school administration leaders that gives the grade school two vice-principals and the high school three vice-principals. Both levels also have principals. Here are the new VPs and the descriptions of their jobs. Maryknoll Grade School Chris Loomis, Vice Principal of Academics and Faculty: This […]

Manaolana | Bishop Silva is among two dozen from Hawaii headed for World Youth Day in Brazil

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Joshua Kapika of St. Michael Church in Waialua holds up the special shirt that Hawaii pilgrims will be wearing to World Youth Day events in Brazil, July 23-28.   By the time you read this, about two dozen pilgrims from Hawaii will be on their way to one of the biggest Catholic events of the […]

Obituary: Sacred Hearts Sister Lucia Iwata served her community creatively for 6 decades

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Hawaii-born Sacred Hearts Sister Lucia Iwata, who served her calling and her community in a variety of ways, from cook and housekeeper, to religion teacher and eucharistic minister, to choir member and rosary maker, died unexpectedly at Straub Medical Center on June 30. She was 84 and in religious life for 63 years. Sister Regina […]

Mary Adamski: Thou shall not kill

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It seems that there’s been such clamor of words in my ears for the past few weeks that it’s hard to sit down and sort them into quiet thoughts on a keyboard. If you haven’t been battered with the details of two murder trials, in Florida and in Hawaii, you’ve succeeded in being a better […]

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