Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Mary Adamski: A show(down) of faith

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View from the pew Last week was the rare opportunity to come out in public as a Catholic as you combed your hair back to display a cross of ashes on your forehead. Immature though it was, I would enjoy it as a “ta-da!” moment in my workplace, usually inspiring someone’s advice that I might […]

La Salette Father Valentine Sun Tun, St. Joseph Church, Waipahu: Mission shaped by prayer

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Viriditas2: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Growing up in Myanmar, I was surrounded by those of the Buddhist, Muslim, Protestant and Catholic faiths. Living in that diversity helped me learn how to listen, to respect and to adapt. It prepared me well for mission, even here in Hawaii. […]

New diocesan annual appeal begins this month

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By Lisa Dahm Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu’s new annual appeal officially gets underway this month, giving parishioners across the state an opportunity to invest in the future of the church. The Hawaii Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal, “Sharing God’s Gifts,” begins the first weekend of Lent, Feb. 21-22, and runs through June 30. […]

Diocese purchases historic downtown Honolulu building

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By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu is expanding its footprint in downtown Honolulu with the purchase of a historic building on Fort Street Mall. The sale of the Model Progress Building to the diocese by a subsidiary of the Alexander C. Waterhouse Sr. Foundation closed Feb. 13 for $5.8 million, […]

Diocese of Honolulu 2026 Lenten regulations

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By the diocesan Office of Worship FASTING ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT EASTER DUTY LENTEN PRACTICES BLESSING OF THE OILS AND CONSECRATION OF THE CHRISM THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM EUCHARISTIC PRAYERS FOR RECONCILIATION THE PASCHAL CANDLE ANOINTING OF THE CATECHUMENS OTHER SYMBOLS AT THE EASTER VIGIL THE EASTER DISMISSAL WITH ALLELUIAS The dismissal, from the Easter Vigil […]

Catechumens continue to increase across diocese

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Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu will welcome hundreds of new Catholics this year as the number of catechumens sees another increase since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic five years ago. Across the 70 parishes, ethnic communities, oratories and military chapels that provided reports, 329 adults and children will receive the sacraments of […]

New exhumation yields more St. Marianne relics

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Hawaii Catholic Herald The remains of St. Marianne Cope are on the move again, but this time the distance they are traveling is much shorter than their initial exhumation in 2005. Twenty-one years ago, St. Marianne’s bones were removed from her grave in Kalaupapa and sent to Syracuse, New York, to reside in a shrine […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Be salt, light to bring glory to God

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Witness to Jesus | Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered Feb. 8 at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California. I have never been to any banquet where the main dish is salt! As Jesus tells us we are the “salt of the earth,” we […]