Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Students’ safety is a top priority, school officials say

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Mary Perez embraced her son, Felix, a first grader at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, during an interfaith prayer service Aug. 28 at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis. The previous day, a shooter opened fire through the windows of the school’s mother parish, Annunciation Church, during an all-school Mass, killing two children and […]

Isle youth find inspiration in ‘relatable’ new saints

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More than 80,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 7 for the canonization Mass of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati and St. Carlo Acutis celebrated by Pope Leo XIV. (Lola Gomez / CNS) By Lisa DahmHawaii Catholic Herald Newly canonized St. Carlo Acutis and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati have touched young people […]

Club lay groundwork for fellowship, faith-filled families

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A handful of surviving members of the St. Francis Xavier Club gathered over the summer for a small reunion. Front, left to right: Winnie Lau, Terry Noto and Carmen Kiyabu. Back, left to right: Jean Leong, Walter Lau, Ronald Choo, Carl Arakaki, Joyce Arakaki and Eloise Yano. (Courtesy Eloise Yano) By Lisa DahmHawaii Catholic Herald […]

Talk story: Mercy plants the seeds of hope

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Office for Social Ministry “Mercy is the very foundation of the church’s life … The church’s very credibility is seen in how she shows merciful and compassionate love … Mercy is the force that reawakens us to new life and instills in us the courage to look to the future with hope.” (Pope Francis, Bull […]

Gathering honors legacy of late Kalaupapa ‘visionary leader’

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Former Gov. John Waihe‘e addressed the crowd Aug. 23 at a celebration of the late Bernard Ka‘owakaokalani Punikai‘a’s 95th birthday and of Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa, the nonprofit organization he created more than two decades ago. “Bernard’s life is a celebration of making things better for people,” Waihe‘e said. (Courtesy Wayne Levin) By Valerie MonsonSpecial […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Humbling ourselves brings freedom, healing

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Witness to Jesus | Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered on Aug. 30 at St. Rita Church, Haiku, during the installation of Missionaries of Faith Father Poulose (Paul) Kannampilly as pastor; and on Aug. 31 at Holy Spirit Church/Newman Center, Manoa, during the installation of Father Kurt […]

Joyful stewards serve both church and school

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The Villena ohana is active at St. Joseph Church and School in Hilo. (Courtesy Catholic Stewardship Consultants) By Catholic Stewardship Consultantswww.CatholicSteward.com Linden and Chrislyn Villena and their children — Jayden, Jadelyn, Jaxden and Jorden — are staples at St. Joseph Church and School in Hilo. Linden and Chrislyn are not only cradle Catholics, they are […]