Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Unified by the cross

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Participants in the 2020 Prayer for Christian Unity at the Newman Center, University of Hawaii-Manoa, pray around the Taize cross Jan. 24. The annual event, hosted by the Diocese of Honolulu, brings together Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Eastern Rite and other Christians in supplication for unity. The Taize prayer service, which includes hymns, Scripture readings, and […]

St. John Vianney School marking its 10th annual breakfast with bishop

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St. John Vianney Parish in Kailua will host its school’s 10th annual “Breakfast with the Bishop,” Feb. 9, with Bishop Larry Silva. A delicious buffet will be served at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and noon in the parish hall at 920 Keolu Drive. The event is a benefit for the school’s Welcome Grant Program Among […]

Scrub Bucket Ministries offers Lenten retreat

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Scrub Bucket Gospel Ministries is offering the morning Lenten retreat, “The Will of the Father,” Saturday, Feb. 22, 8:30-noon, at St. Anthony Parish Hall, Kailua. The event is open to all at no charge, though there will be an opportunity to make a free will offering. For information, contact Pat Tom, 261-8104, 729-2991, or Maxine […]

Devotions to a holy infant icon

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The Philippine festival of Santo Nino, the Holy Infant Jesus celebrating the island nation’s oldest religious icon, Santo Nino de Cebu, is becoming more popular in Hawaii, especially in anticipation of the 500th anniversary next year of the Catholic faith coming to the Philippines. Last month, the Big Island came together for Island-wide devotions to […]

2020 Red Mass speaker: Millennials have the grit to reshape the world

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald He was the first Red Mass speaker to begin his talk by taking a selfie with the congregation. Typical “millennial.” Which was the point. Kainoa Fukumoto, 35, the founder and president of EPIC Ministry, a community of young Catholic adults in the Diocese of Honolulu, was the guest speaker […]

About those Millennials: Excerpts from the Red Mass talk

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Here is an extended excerpt from the prepared text of Kainoa Fukumoto’s Red Mass address Jan. 14 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Another unfortunate characteristic of the millennial generation is their general apathy or indifference toward religion. Millennials are not only leaving Hawaii; they’re leaving the church. According to statistics from […]