Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Stepping down: COVID year marked the retirement of many long-time educators

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This past COVID year marked the retirement of many long-time Hawaii Catholic school educators By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Many longtime Catholic educators and staff retired in the last year or two but often didn’t get the send-off they might have had before COVID-19. To thank and honor them for their years of service, […]

Father Marvin Samiano takes early medical retirement

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  By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva on Oct. 1 granted Father Marvin Jason Samiano, a diocesan priest for 29 years, an early retirement “for medical reasons.” He announced this in the Official Notices of this issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald. The Kauai-born, California-raised Father Samiano has served mostly as a […]

Jesuit Matthew Yim of Holy Trinity Parish ordained deacon

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Matthew Lonoikamakahiki Wah Tim Yim, the son of Judge Patrick and Santa Marie Yim of Holy Trinity Parish in Kuliouou, was ordained a deacon Oct. 23 by Jesuit Bishop Michael C. Barber of Oakland, Calif., in Oakland’s Cathedral of Christ the Light. Yim, a Jesuit, was one of nine […]

A ‘fabulous’ life: For Makia Malo, the obstacles of Hansen’s disease led to a personal triumph

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By Valerie Monson Special to the Herald “Despite the separation from family, it was a fabulous life and it was a fabulous world.” So pronounced Makia Malo as he greeted everyone at a meeting of Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa in 2015. Those were unlikely words from someone diagnosed with leprosy who was taken from his […]

Marriage Encounter honors Maui couple as Hawaii’s longest wed

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WAILUKU — Marco Molina Jr. and Evelyn Flores Molina of Waihee, Maui, have been selected as Hawaii’s longest-married couple in the Worldwide Marriage Encounter 11th annual Longest Married Couple Project. Married 70 years this month, the Molinas are also the longest-married of all nominations made in WWME’s Region 12 covering Hawaii, Guam, Saipan, Northern and […]

Order of Malta is seeking ill persons to take on pilgrimage to Lourdes

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The Order of Malta Western Association U.S.A. is looking for Hawaii Catholics with a life-changing illness or physical challenge to go on a pilgrimage next year, April 26 to May 4, to wash in the healing waters of Lourdes, France. The trip is free for the ill person whose life-changing incident has affected his or […]

Honolulu co-hosting three-day virtual catechetical conference

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The Diocese of Honolulu will join one western archdiocese and eight western dioceses in hosting the three-day “Hope Heal Renew Virtual Conference” for catechists Nov. 4-6. Registration is now open for $25 (not $15, which was the cost of early registration) for more than 100 sessions in five languages. The event is co-hosted by the […]

Picking up the pro-life call

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Susan Duffy leads the nonprofit Pearson Foundation of Hawaii and its Pearson Place center By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald In fall 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic, Pearson Place unveiled its new location upstairs from Pauline Books and Media Center at 1145 Bishop Street in downtown Honolulu. The pregnancy resource center, which is run […]

Child saints: Religious education students learn about their holy peers and their relics

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Some were only in elementary school. Others never went to school. One was a computer whiz. Another befriended sheep and lived in a barn. All these are young people who became saints or are on the path to sainthood. Hagiographer and St. Anthony, Kailua, parishioner Peter Cruz highlighted them […]