Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Sisters project: Local scout earns top American Heritage Girl award for video telling the story of Hawaii’s women religious

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald When Sofia Garcia was thinking of ideas for her final project for American Heritage Girls, she thought about the influences on her life growing up. The homeschooled high school senior comes from a Catholic family who regularly visited with religious sisters through homeschool groups and church. She would go […]

Office of Religious Education now called ‘Faith Formation’

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald For a long time, centuries really, it was called the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine — CCD for short. It was the name primarily given to the teaching of religion to elementary and high school students who did not go to Catholic schools. It meant catechism classes for public school […]

Knights of Columbus install fourth degree officers

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On the morning of July 9, in Kapolei’s St. Jude Church, Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree District Master Lito Alvarez installed the 2022-2023 assembly officers for six District of Hawaii Fourth Degree assemblies on Oahu and Hawaii island. Knights of the Fourth Degree and their families were there, while others attended virtually. The day began […]

Annual men’s conference to feature lay evangelist Jesse Romero

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “With a Bible in one hand, with a rosary in my other hand and with Jesus in my heart, you will hear the fullness of the Catholic faith in an evangelical style with devil-destroying theology.” That’s how the main presenter of this month’s annual Hawaii Catholic Men’s Conference, the […]

Youth ministry gets moving again: Teen leadership institute returns, World Youth Day Portugal plans take shape

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  By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald After a two-year gap, the Christian Leadership Institute returned to St. Stephen Diocesan Center in Kaneohe. CLI trains promising Catholic high schoolers in Hawaii to be leaders in their parishes. This year 24 students participated in the weeklong seminar from June 26 to July 1. “I’m always so […]

Catholic Charities blesses final phase of Maui senior rental project

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Catholic Charities Housing Development Corporation (CCHDC) July 19 dedicated the second and final phase of its Kahului Lani senior affordable rental housing development in Kahului, Maui. The blessing, conducted by Bishop Larry Silva, was attended by Hawaii Gov. David Ige, Maui Mayor Michael Victorino, and Maui lawmakers. Kahului Lani provides low-income seniors with an affordable […]

Herald represented at annual Catholic Media Conference

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The Hawaii Catholic Herald attended the annual Catholic Media Conference in Portland for the first time in a number of years and also took home a handful of Catholic Press Association awards for work done in 2021. The newly renamed CMA (formerly the Catholic Press Association) held its annual Catholic Media Conference from July 5-7 […]