Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

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 […]

Bishop ordains transitional deacon at home parish in Kona

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Bishop Larry Silva ordained Arrion Rosales-Llantos a transitional deacon July 1 at his home parish of St. Michael in Kailua-Kona. About a dozen priests and five deacons participated in the ordination. In attendance were the new deacon’s parents, Philippine immigrants Errol Llantos and Lovette Rosales-Llantos of Kona and family members Lourdes Perlas Rosales and Christina […]

From Kiddy for the kiddies: Bishop blesses Mililani playground

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald It must have been agony for the kids to have to wait for the adults to finish talking. But while the purple posts and bars and ladders and platforms of the shiny new playground at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church in Mililani beckoned enticingly, the main man in […]

Governor signs bill appropriating $5 million for Kalaupapa Memorial

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Gov. David Ige signed Senate Bill 3338 June 29 appropriating $5 million in state funds to build The Kalaupapa Memorial, a monument to the thousands of people, mostly unknown, who were forcibly quarantined to the Hansen’s disease settlement on Molokai from 1866 to 1969. “I really want to thank everyone involved with getting this measure […]

Photo: Specially blessed

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Bishop Larry Silva presents Father Konelio Faletoi, pastor of St. Michael Parish, Kailua-Kona, with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, July 1, at the diaconate ordination Mass for Arrion Rosales-Llantos. The occasion was Father Faletoi’s 30th anniversary of ordination. The blessing was arranged by St. Michael parochial vicar Father Jaroslaw Skrzypek. For his 25th ordination […]