Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Romero’s beatification will be soon, archbishop says

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VATICAN CITY ­— Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero will be beatified in San Salvador “certainly within the year and not later, but possibly within a few months,” said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator or chief promoter of the archbishop’s sainthood cause. Speaking to reporters Feb. 4, the day after Pope Francis formally recognized that the slain […]

Remembering Msgr. Troi | Former Alpine forces chaplain skied with one pope, befriended another

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Msgr. Franco Luigi Troi, a former elite forces chaplain from Alpine Italy who skied with Pope John Paul II and befriended Pope Benedict XVI, a priest who spent most of his retirement years assisting at Oahu parishes, died Jan. 21 after a brief illness at St. Francis Hospice in Honolulu. He was ordained 50 years. […]

Father Anthony Rapozo, diocesan priesthood: It’s Jesus’ ministry

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING I enjoy my calling as a priest. The greatest challenge of this assignment was that there was a school attached to the parish. Initially, I did not realize how much time I would be involved in the school. But I have come to enjoy my interaction with the children. The kids now […]

Folding of Road Map leads to next step in diocesan planning

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With the wrapping-up of the “Diocesan Road Map of Pastoral, Program and Facility Needs 2008-2013,” the planning document that steered Bishop Larry Silva’s opening years as Bishop of Honolulu, the diocese is looking for a new set of priorities to carry it into the future. The Office for Pastoral Planning, headed by director James Walsh, […]

Father John Catoir: Beauty can’t be found in a jar of wrinkle cream

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Recently, I sent out this tweet: “When you look in the mirror don’t focus on wrinkles, rather look deeply at your overall beauty which reveals your love & inner goodness.” Some dictionaries attempt to define beauty. They say beauty is: being lovely, seemly, worthy, fair, fine, radiant, alluring, splendid, admirable, exquisite, wonderful, attractive, stupendous, enjoyable […]

Kathleen T. Choi: Why Mary?

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I wasn’t raised with Mary. As a Protestant, I was taught that excessive devotion to Mary distorts the Gospel. It implies that Mary is as important as Jesus, which is blasphemy. Moving toward Catholicism, I came to certain convictions. The human Jesus was one man in one place and time. He taught us basic Christian […]

Chaminade makes ‘top school’ list for military and veteran education

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Measuring best practices in military and veteran education, Military Advanced Education (MAE) has named Chaminade University of Honolulu as a “top school” in its 2015 MAE Guide to Colleges and Universities. The guide, published in the December issue of MAE, is online at www.mae-kmi.com. The guide reviewed the military-supportive policies of more than 600 educational […]

UH Newman Center presenting Christian singer Amanda Vernon

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The Newman Center at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, 1941 East-West Road, is presenting Christian recording artist Amanda Vernon in a concert/keynote performance 7:30 p.m., Feb. 24. The event is free. According to the Newman Center’s promotional material, Vernon will deliver a “mix of interactive songs, Scripture stories, personal testimony and a call to action.” Vernon […]

Photo: Along for the walk

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Hawaii seminarians joined the 50,000 people who participated in the annual Walk for Life in San Francisco, Jan. 24. Pictured from left are Vincent Anh Vu, EJ Resinto, Frank Villanueva, Preston Castro, Kevin Clark and Romple Emwalu. Vu, Resinto and Emwalu are students at St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, Calif. Villanueva, Castro and Clark […]