By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Close to half of the priests serving in Catholic parishes in Hawaii are here on loan from other largely foreign dioceses, according to the 2019 Directory of the Catholic Church in Hawaii. There are 116 priests in active ministry in the Islands. They include 32 who belong to the […]
All grades to close at Saint Francis at end of school year
All grades at Saint Francis School will close at the end of this academic year, the religious order that sponsors the Manoa pre-K to 12 Catholic school announced on Feb. 14. Saint Francis students received the news at an assembly at the end of the school day, which was also live streamed to the school’s […]
The Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii: A Corporation
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A recent announcement by Bishop Larry Silva of a change in membership in the Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii Corporation, and news of significant transitions at two Catholic schools in Hawaii, raises questions about how the Catholic Church is organized and operates in Hawaii. In Hawaii, […]
Anyone can minister to the dying
Diocese wraps up well-attended discussion sessions on Hawaii’s new physician-assisted suicide law By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald After Hawaii’s physician-assisted suicide bill went into effect Jan. 1, the Diocese of Honolulu scheduled discussion sessions throughout the islands on the pastoral implications of the new law. Around 700 people attended the nine meetings held between […]
2019 Lenten regulations for the Diocese of Honolulu
FASTING In the dioceses in the United States, Catholics aged 18 through 59 are bound to fast on both Ash Wednesday (March 6) and Good Friday (April 19). To fast means to consume one full meal a day at most, although taking of other, smaller quantities of food at the other customary mealtimes is permitted. […]
FATHER VINCENT KIEN NGUYEN | 1952-2019
Vietnamese chaplain understood how to engage his community By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Vincent Kien Nguyen, who served as chaplain of Hawaii’s Vietnamese Catholic community for about 10 years, died in Orange County, California, on Jan. 14. He was 66 years old and a priest for 30 years. “I remember Father Kien as […]
Windward Oahu Knights of Columbus fish fry a double benefit
Windward Oahu’s Knights of Columbus Council 6307 is having a benefit Lenten fish fry, 5-7 p.m., Friday, March 8 at St. John Vianney Parish Hall, 920 Keolu Drive in Kailua. The event will raise money for students of St. John Vianney and St. Anthony Schools in Kailua who are in financial need, and for Ho‘ola […]
Grand giveaway at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School family fair
Come one, come all for a day of food, fun, and fellowship at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help School’s Grand Giveaway and Family Fair 2019, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 2, on the school grounds at 91-1010 North Road in Ewa Beach. The grand giveaway grand prize is $1,500. The second prize […]
Photo: Prayer for the sick
Bishop Larry Silva prays over a parishioner during an evening Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu on Feb. 11 for the World Day of Prayer for the Sick. During the Mass, the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick was conferred on those with serious physical and mental illnesses. […]
Gift to expand Mandarin immersion program
Maryknoll School president Perry Martin, left, and alumnus Douglas Ho on Feb. 12 hold a red Chinese envelope which has in it a check for $225,000, a grant from Ho, a 1960 Maryknoll graduate, funding an expansion of the school’s unique Chinese language immersion program. The men are surrounded by Maryknoll School kindergarten and first […]
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