Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Sarah and David Herrmann: A month of May like no other

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EMBRACING FAMILY Except for the very few (if any) readers of this column who were alive during the Spanish flu of 1918, this month of May will be like no other May in our lives. May conjures up many images: Mother’s Day, first Communions, confirmations, graduations, end-of-the-year performances, awards ceremonies, and the beginning of a […]

Email scammers prey on COVID-19 generosity and fears to get money, gift cards

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  Reminder: Bishop Larry Silva will never email or otherwise contact you to ask that you buy and send him gift cards, money or gifts. Recent emails circulating to local Catholic churches, schools and diocesan employees are pretending to be the bishop or perhaps another church official. The phishing emails usually ask the recipient to […]

COVID-19 takes toll on New York Maryknoll motherhouse

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The religious community in Ossining is the residence of retired Hawaii missioners By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service CLEVELAND — The Maryknoll religious community in Ossining, New York, has been hit hard by COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. At least one priest and three women religious have died of the illness during the […]

Mary Leong Saunders: Catholic Charities answers needs of families, kupuna during crisis

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CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAWAII | COVID-19 Catholic Charities Hawaii continues to serve vulnerable individuals and families during the COVID-19 health crisis. We know that the community is counting on us to be there for them in their time of need. While our nation takes measures to avoid further spread of the disease, we are carrying out […]

Grants allow HOPE Services to give rent, utility help for those hit by COVID-19

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Two grants will allow the Catholic diocese-affiliate HOPE Services Hawaii and two other Big Island non-profit organizations to give one-time emergency financial assistance to Hawaii Island residents who have been laid off or whose income has been reduced because of the coronavirus pandemic. Hawaii Community Foundation has provided $100,000 and Hawaii Island United Way’s Rent […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Jesus is with us, disguised

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WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER This is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Third Sunday of Easter, delivered April 26 during a private livestreamed Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu. It was a long, sad journey, filled with memories of hopes that […]

Talk story: HOPE Services eases people’s suffering

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  https://www.facebook.com/HOPEServicesHawaii/videos/911266162644206   OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “May Jesus, our Passover, grant strength and hope to all who work diligently to guarantee the essential services necessary to ease people’s difficulties and sufferings.” (Pope Francis, Easter 2020) The devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the whole world. Yet amid the tragedies, we hear […]

HOPE Services arranges hotel for homeless during pandemic

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Sheltering-in-place doesn’t mean much when you don’t have a place to shelter. That’s why HOPE Services Hawaii is coordinating a place for homeless elderly and medically at-risk homeless to stay during the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting on April 9, the non-profit affiliate of the Diocese of Honolulu’s Office for Social Ministry began moving homeless kupuna into […]

Aloha kekahi i kekahi

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Kupuna Needs Project created to deliver food, necessities to elderly and other vulnerable people By Dallas Carter Special to the Herald The Hawaiian proverb “aloha kekahi i kekahi” (“love one another”) reminds us to be good to one another and to care for the most vulnerable among us. Our Lord exhorts us in holy Scripture […]