Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

The chancery at your service

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The Office of Worship is one example of how diocesan administrative offices have shifted into full gear helping parishes through the coronavirus crisis By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Schools office has spent many hours advising local Catholic schools on budgets and virtual learning. The diocesan human resources office has worked with […]

Catholic Charities blesses new Maui housing for low-income elderly

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Msgr. Terrence Watanabe, vicar forane for Maui County and pastor of St. Theresa Parish in Kihei, did a double “house” blessing in Kahului, Maui, June 25 — one for a new Catholic Charities Hawaii affordable apartment building for the elderly, the other for the bare ground site of its […]

The Hawaii Catholic Herald wins 9 Catholic Press Awards for work in 2019

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The Hawaii Catholic Herald took home nine* Catholic Press Association awards this year for work done in 2019. The annual awards for those in U.S. and Canadian Catholic media were given out virtually on July 2 via a prerecorded video streamed on Facebook and YouTube. Normally the CPA announces the awards at the yearly Catholic […]

FATHER THOMAS YOUNG BOK CHOO, SSCC | 1942-2020

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Humble, cheerful priest of 51 years remembered for his pastoral ways By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Hearts Father Thomas Young Bok Choo, a lifelong Hawaii parish priest, died June 18 at age 78 in a care home in Kalihi. His last priestly assignment was as a parochial vicar at St. Patrick Church in […]

Diocese issues coronavirus guidelines for ministries, meetings

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by EPIC Ministry (@epicministryhi) A socially distanced meeting of EPIC Ministry on June 22. The Knights of Columbus may meet again. So can religious education classes and the parish pastoral council. The Diocese of Honolulu is now open for other activities and ministries in addition to Mass. […]

Photo: Corpus Christi celebration

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Above, Bishop Larry Silva holds the monstrance carrying the Holy Eucharist in a procession around the parking lot of the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Kalihi June 14 on the Feast of Corpus Christi. The bishop’s traditional Corpus Christi procession, the mile walk from the co-cathedral to the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, […]

Sister Dolores Marie Pavao, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary: There is a God who loves me

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I was born on the island of St. Michael in the Azores off the coast of Portugal. As my father was the lighthouse keeper, I was born in a lighthouse. I considered myself the princess of the lighthouse. But, soon after my […]

Talk story: Sharing the abundance of aloha

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “We all owe much gratitude to Catholic Charities Hawaii, IHS, Family Promise, HOPE Services, the Salvation Army and our many faith communities who demonstrate community support for those who are in need. To continue their work, all these agencies need funding from the government, businesses, and private donors.” (Bishop Larry Silva, […]

COVID stress closes Kalihi and Ewa Beach Catholic schools

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St. John the Baptist School has been open for 60 years, Our Lady of Perpetual Help for 53 years By Anna Weaver and Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Two Oahu Catholic parish schools will close permanently on June 30. St. John the Baptist School in Kalihi-uka has been open 60 years. Our Lady of Perpetual […]