Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

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)

Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: Biking across Iowa for the heart and soul

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When Father Joe Schneider climbs onto his 27-speed Trek Pilot and dips its front tire into the Missouri River, his summer vacation has officially begun. Then he pushes off and bikes across Iowa. The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, better known as RAGBRAI, began in 1973 when two reporters from the Des Moines […]

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Sixth Sunday of Easter

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Successors to Peter and the Apostles Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21 The Acts of the Apostles once again this Easter season furnishes the first reading. In the readings earlier in this season, the identity of the Apostles has clearly been given. The Apostles, absent Judas of course, had exercised the very power […]

Heralding back: May 23, 2014

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — May 22, 1964 Alumni of Maryknoll High School have planned a reunion dinner for this Saturday evening at 6:30 at Hutch’s Supper Club. Planning the event are (sitting left to right) Jared Kaufmann, Mrs. C. T. Lee (Ellen Chun), Mrs. Norman Kam (Elsie Young), Mrs. David Tom […]