Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Bishop Silva to celebrate early morning Advent Masses in the Filipino tradition

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Bishop Larry Silva will be up with the roosters in the final days of Advent to celebrate the popular Filipino tradition, Misa de Gallo, in eight parishes on Oahu and Kauai. He will also celebrate two pre-Christmas Simbang Gabi “night” Masses. The Misa de Gallo, or Mass of the rooster, also called the Misa de […]

Holy Family school and its families affected by tainted water

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A Honolulu Catholic school and many of its families have been affected by a recent petroleum contamination of a well supplying them with water. Holy Family Catholic Academy, which is near the Honolulu International Airport and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, receives its water from a well fed by the […]

Bishop says mahalo for initial response to ‘Ohana’ appeal

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Two months into Ohana in Christ, the Diocese of Honolulu’s newest annual appeal, Bishop Larry Silva has made a “mahalo” video to thank island Catholics for their generous response to the campaign. “You support our ministries to the sick, to the poor, you support our national collections, you respond […]

Choirs are permitted again, so are hymnals and penance services

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Singing at Mass is back. So are hymnals, missalettes and printed bulletins. Father Alfred Omar Guerrero, director of the Office of Worship, reported those changes to pandemic church-going protocols in an emailed Nov. 10 memo addressed to clergy, parishes and all Hawaii Catholics. (See full text.) Face masks are […]

SISTER GRACE MARIE TOM, SSCC |1934-2021

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Honolulu-born missionary was a ‘reflection of God’s tenderness’ By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sister Grace Marie Tom, a soft-spoken Sacred Hearts Academy graduate with a joyful spirit of adventure who served in missions in Asia for 30 years, died Nov. 9 at age 87 at Straub Medical Center in Honolulu. She was a religious […]