Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

St. Damien of Monongahela

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Ten years after his canonization, the Molokai saint has several Mainland parishes named in his honor By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The story of St. Damien de Veuster has been spreading since his 2009 canonization. That includes the naming of several parishes on the Mainland after the Belgian-born, Hawaii priest who served Hansen’s disease […]

50 years as the soul of a bustling city neighborhood

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Like a round peg in a square hole, Sts. Peter and Paul Church stands out in Honolulu’s Ala Moana district. In a good way. The circular church rises right off the sidewalk on busy Kaheka Street, the “soul” of a neighborhood of towering condos, commercial buildings, retail outlets and […]

New Catholic Charities head has affordable housing background

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Catholic Charities Hawaii has selected as its new chief executive officer and president a Washington state man with two decades of leadership in the development and operations of affordable housing. Robert “Rob” Van Tassell starts Nov. 4. He is currently vice president of Catholic Housing Services of Western Washington, where he oversees the housing and […]

Family faith formation webinars share parish success stories

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald “Stay with Us: Dynamic Ideas for Family Faith Formation,” is a new series of four webinars hosted by the Office of Religious Education and its director Jayne Ragasa Mondoy. “Developing strong Catholic families in which parents and children alike learn to give witness to Christ is a priority for […]

Photo: Walking the talk

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Saint Louis School students show their handmade signs protesting domestic violence in the 25th annual Men’s March Against Violence Oct. 3 in downtown Honolulu. They were among the hundreds who participated in the annual event, which began this year with a remembrance of nine Hawaii victims killed by domestic violence. The march through downtown started […]

Summer with the FCC

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Tracking the activities of Filipino Catholic Clubs on Oahu By Taylor Rayray Special to the Herald   A pageant for a good cause The Filipino Catholic Clubs’ Queen of Charity Pageant was hosted Sept. 7 by the first place parish, St. Joseph in Waipahu. Each parish was represented by a member of the Filipino Catholic […]