Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

School superintendent Llewellyn Young keynote speaker at Red Mass

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Superintendent of Hawaii Catholic schools Llewellyn K. Young Jr. will describe how he steered the state’s Catholic educational system through the turbulence of the coronavirus pandemic as the guest speaker for the Diocese of Honolulu’s Red Mass, 9 a.m., Jan. 18, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. The Mass, celebrated during the […]

HOPE Services’ senior affordable housing units installed in Pahoa

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During the week after Christmas, HOPE Services of Hawaii installed 12 affordable modular homes at their permanent site in Pahoa on Sacred Heart Church land. The units, constructed by HPM Building Supply at its Keeau factory, comprise the long-awaited Sacred Heart Affordable Housing Project, which will offer permanent affordable housing and supportive services for seniors […]

East Big Island parishes deliver hot Christmas lunches to homeless shelters

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  By Gwen DeCoito Special to the Herald For a second year, east Hawaii island parishes donated the ingredients to make Christmas Day lunches for more than 100 residents of HOPE Services shelters in Pahoa and Hilo. HOPE Services is the non-profit social ministry affiliate of the Diocese of Honolulu that serves the Big Island […]

Marriage, family task force offering leadership course

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  The recently created Diocesan Marriage and Family Life Ministry Task Force is presenting “Ministry with Families Leadership Formation,” a course by Steve and Kathy Bierne of the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers, via Zoom, 9-11 a.m., over six consecutive Saturdays, Jan. 8-Feb. 12. This training is an experiential learning process designed for […]

Our faithful departed

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We remember in prayer the priests, religious and lay people in our Hawaii church ohana who died in the year past. Here, in alphabetical order, is a list of faithful departed whose obituaries appeared in the Hawaii Catholic Herald in 2021 and late 2020. Father Scott Bush Deacon Andres “Andy” Calunod Maryknoll Sister Beatrice Carvalho […]

Arson fire at St. Philomena has displaced the early learning center

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald St. Philomena Parish in Salt Lake on Oahu is still trying to raise funds to repair damage to most of its preschool classrooms and some storage space caused by an arson fire on Sept. 5. The early learning center has six classrooms, two of which suffered fire and water […]

Bishop Silva puts his collection of Nativity sets on public display

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The more than 170 Nativity scenes come from around the world. They range from a foot high to a clamshell display the size of an egg, and are made of clay, wood, paper, leaves and plant fibers, porcelain, glass, metal and wool. They are commercial and handmade, traditional and ethnic, modern and whimsical. Bishop Larry […]

How Kalaupapa is celebrating Kalaupapa Month

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Next month, January, will be the first to be observed as Kalaupapa Month in the State of Hawaii. In Kalaupapa itself, the community brought together the National Park Service, the Department of Health and Catholic church staff to plan a month of remembrances of significant Kalaupapa January dates with […]