Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Half-way, ‘Ohana in Christ’ campaign is progressing well

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Ohana in Christ, the Diocese of Honolulu’s new fundraising campaign, is progressing well. According to Mark Clark, the diocesan director of stewardship and development, by the end of 2021, the appeal had raised $582,042 from about 2,000 donors. It has already surpassed last year’s contributions to the Bishop’s Circle […]

Diocese schedules 16 second collections in 2022 for various causes

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Here is the second collection schedule for the Diocese of Honolulu for 2022. Second collections are those taken up in parish churches for causes in addition to the primary collection taken for the support of the parish. Some of the 16 appeals are local, some are national or international. Jan. 22/23: Church in Latin America […]

Family ties the topic of Kalaupapa webinar

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As part of January being Kalaupapa Month, Ka Ohana O Kalaupapa will present a webinar, “The Restoration of Family Ties,” on Saturday, Jan. 22, 10-11:30 a.m. The event is being hosted by the Damien-Marianne Catholic Conference. There is no charge. Pre-register at www.dmcchawaii.org. This presentation is a narrated slide show of historical and modern-day photographs […]

Omicron has some pastors returning to social distancing

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Others are leaving it up to worshippers to space themselves By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19 hit the Hawaiian islands right around the time that the Diocese of Honolulu lifted requirements for social distancing in Catholic churches throughout most of the state. The latter decision had been made […]

2021 in review: A look back at the events and images from another year marked by the coronavirus pandemic

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Compiled by Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Here is a month-by-month review of the Catholic news in Hawaii in 2021 as reported in the Hawaii Catholic Herald. January A Jan. 8 memo from the Diocese of Honolulu said it would not “mandate” the COVID-19 vaccine for persons who work in Hawaii’s Catholic parishes, schools and […]

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 […]