Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Bishop to celebrate White Mass for medical and healthcare professionals

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Physicians, surgeons, nurses, health care providers, their families and friends are invited to join Bishop Larry Silva on Friday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m., at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, for the annual Mass for medical and healthcare professionals, also known as the White Mass. The Mass coincides with the feast day of St. Luke, […]

Maui parish taps its youth to navigate pandemic’s tech challenges

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By St. Anthony Parish staff Special to the Herald On the weekend of June 13, St. Anthony Parish in Wailuku, Maui, was ready to reopen its doors to parishioners after being shut down for nearly two months due to the coronavirus pandemic. The joy of seeing each other again was tempered by health protocols and […]

Sister Ardis Kramer, Maryknoll Sisters: Mississippi to Molokai

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald A sense of mission runs unconsciously deep through my family heritage. My father was Luxembourger, while my mother was French and Spanish. My mom’s mother was Spanish from the de Guzman line in Caleruega. We share the same blood as St. Dominic […]

Hawaii Children and Youth Day to feature local Catholic youth

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The longstanding Hawaii Children and Youth Day event on Oahu is going online this year with a Catholic touch. The Oct. 2 event will have a virtual scavenger hunt with prizes, interactive online “booths” with storytelling, crafts and educational videos, and family resources. It will also feature a virtual stage of entertainers including a number […]

10 cathedral columns getting marbleized makeover

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The large interior columns of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace are being blocked off for three months as each undergoes repair and a fancy paint job that will help restore the look of the historic church back to an earlier time. Since last year, artisans have […]

Faith in a pandemic world: On being a Catholic medical professional during COVID-19

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Medical professionals in an array of jobs from nursing home workers to vaccine researchers have been putting in extra hours and risking their own health to help people affected by the novel coronavirus. We spoke with three Hawaii Catholics directly involved in the healthcare field to learn how they […]

Resting in peace at one’s parish

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Diocese plans to introduce ‘a wonderful program’ that will provide a ‘continuum of spiritual care, allowing multi-generations to be laid to rest together in their chosen place of worship By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A long time ago, Catholics in Hawaii were buried in the graveyard of the parish where they were baptized, their […]

Local Jesuit to lead virtual seminar on ‘Directory for Catechesis’

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Next month, local boy Jesuit Father Phillip Ganir will begin a virtual seminar on the new “Directory for Catechesis,” the official 250-page guidebook for pastors, catechists and others on teaching the Gospel to people of all ages, published by the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization. The free seminar will run […]

Parish participation sought in this year’s Diocesan Rosary Congress

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The Diocese of Honolulu will join other dioceses across the country in the 2020 Diocesan Rosary Congress Oct. 3-9, to help the faithful fulfill the message of Fatima. Full diocesan participation involves a minimum of 24 parishes and religious communities each taking six-hour slots between 6 p.m. Oct. 3 and 6 p.m. Oct. 9 to […]