Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Bereavement ministry offers space to grieve, find hope

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Facing the future together By Lisa DahmHawaii Catholic Herald Experiencing grief is an inevitable part of life. How someone handles their suffering — and if there is a hand to guide them through their journey — makes all the difference. According to the pastor of Mary, Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala, addressing that […]

Cancer support group helps all touched by disease

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Facing the future together By Lisa DahmHawaii Catholic Herald In response to life-altering cancer diagnoses, a close-knit support group of patients, survivors and caregivers chooses to defy the disease together in fellowship, faith and encouragement. According to longtime parishioner and founding member Ann Jones, the cancer support group at Holy Trinity Church in Kuliouou is […]

New faith formation project focuses on families

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By Lisa DahmHawaii Catholic Herald After a year of listening to parents’ struggles with faith formation at home, catechetical leaders from nine Hawaii parishes are now launching programs designed to strengthen families in their faith life — part of a new initiative that includes dozens of parishes across the U.S. Some 200 parishes, from Hawaii […]

St. John Vianney parishioner embraced opportunities to serve

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By Catholic Stewardship Consultantswww.CatholicSteward.com It’s often said, “Leave the world better than you found it.” That takes a special kind of person — but anyone who knew Jim Severson, a longtime member of St. John Vianney Church in Kailua, knows he lived by those words every day. Severson passed away in September at age 91. […]

Mark milestone in Mary’s life with prayer and charity

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By Catholic Stewardship Consultantswww.CatholicSteward.com In the rich tapestry of feasts within the Catholic Church, the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary holds a special place. Celebrated on Nov. 21, this feast honors the young Mary’s dedication to God in the temple. It is a day to reflect on her unique role in […]

A Carmelite nun, Carmel of the Holy Trinity Hawaii: ‘A life attuned to presence’

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Viriditas2: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OPHawaii Catholic Herald There is a line written about our Blessed Mother that has always touched me: “It was as if all purity had breathed a crystal air for her to come in; sweetest virtue, sweetest prayer, to keep awareness of a presence there.” This is […]

First-class relic of St. Faustina joyfully enshrined at Maui parish

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Hawaii Catholic Herald People devoted to the Divine Mercy — or anyone seeking a quiet place to reflect and pray — have a new location on Maui where they can find peace and enrich their faith. On Oct. 5, Our Lady Queen of Angels Church in Kula celebrated the enshrinement of a first-class relic of […]

Faith, hope and charity from the Holy Land to Hawaii

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By Lisa Dahm Hawaii Catholic Herald WAIKOLOA — A cardinal, eight bishops, numerous priests and deacons, and more than 500 knights, dames and their guests from five states gathered in Waikoloa on Hawaii island earlier this month for the annual meeting of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem’s Western USA Lieutenancy and […]

‘Welcome home’: Joyfully committed to service

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By Catholic Stewardship Consultantswww.CatholicSteward.com When Loretta Wickenden and her husband, Jim, began splitting their time between California and Hawaii, they quickly found a home at Sacred Heart Church in Hawi on Hawaii island. “I was educated in Sacred Heart Convent back in the (United Kingdom), so it jumped out and I felt immediately that I […]