Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Pope Francis at Easter: Love gives life; share it with others

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged Christians to remember how they first encountered Christ and to share his love and mercy with others, especially through acts of caring and sharing. Proclaiming the good news of Jesus’ resurrection means giving concrete witness “to unconditional and faithful love,” he said April 20 before solemnly giving his blessing […]

Pope Francis on Holy Thursday: Serve others with love

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VATICAN CITY — In the humble act of washing his disciples’ feet, Jesus is showing all Christians how he wants them to serve others with love, Pope Francis said. “This is the legacy that Jesus leaves us,” and he wants it to be passed down through people’s loving service to others, he said. During the […]

Cathedral first isle Catholic school to adopt ‘project-based’ learning

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Cathedral Catholic Academy will change its method of teaching in the next school year to “project-based learning,” an innovative approach to education which the school describes as “student-centered,” “hands on,” “experiential” and “beyond traditional textbooks and worksheets.” Located on Nuuanu Avenue, the kindergarten through eighth grade parish school for the Cathedral of Our Lady of […]

20-mile Palm Sunday procession celebrates stewardship, generosity

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Immaculate Conception, Ewa, parishioners pose for a group photo at Our Lady of Keaau in Makaha after delivering food for the poor from their church 20 miles away in a 90-vehicle procession on Palm Sunday, April 13. (Photo courtesy of Immaculate Conception Church) On Palm Sunday, April 13, parishioners of Immaculate Conception Church, Ewa, participated […]

For 75 years, Maui no ka oi for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

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Undated photo of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet at Holy Rosary Parish, Paia, Maui.   The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet came to Maui 75 years ago, in the summer of 1939. Arriving on July 19 were Sister Mary Albert Carroll from California, and Sister Julienne Fennerty and Sister Carlotta Whitmore from […]

Maryknoll to expand its top scholarship program

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Maryknoll School’s Kekumano Scholarship program has been expanded for the next school year to awards for 16 students totaling $40,000. “We know there is a great need for tuition assistance, and the board wished to expand the number of students receiving aid through the school’s largest fundraising event, the Kekumano Dinner,” said Cori Weston, Maryknoll […]