Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Faith formation

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Dallas Carter teaches a class on parish evangelization and catechesis for millennials at the Oahu Faith Formation Conference, held June 22-23 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu. About 275 people attended the annual conference which offered 50 sessions by numerous presenters on prayer, spirituality, Scripture, ministry, stewardship, evangelization, Catholic social teaching and other […]

Photo: Relay rosary for priests

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Photographer Dann Ebina captures some of the faces of those participating in the Global Rosary Relay for Priests, 11:30 a.m. to noon, June 8 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. The Sorrowful Mysteries were recited in the format of a “living” rosary with individuals leading each bead. In the prayer relay, churches around the world […]

Back to school, 50 years later

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Half of the St. Anthony School, Kailua, Class of 1968 is set to reunite for the first time since their eighth grade graduation By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Most haven’t seen each other in 50 years but they couldn’t be more excited to get together. The St. Anthony School, Kailua, Class of 1968 will […]

Hawaii Catholic Herald wins four awards at Catholic Media Conference in Green Bay

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The Hawaii Catholic Herald won four journalism awards in writing and design June 15 at the Catholic Media Conference in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Catholic Press Association prizes were for work done in the year 2017. Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz won first place in the “Best Reporting on the Celebration of a Sacrament Non-Weekly Diocesan […]

Catholic agency building 20 units for those displaced by eruption

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HOPE Services Hawaii has partnered with some 20 local construction and engineering companies By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald HOPE Services Hawaii, an affiliate agency of the Diocese of Honolulu, together with an outpouring of community help, is building 20 temporary shelters on Catholic Church property in Pahoa to help some of those displaced by […]

Chaplains: ministry on the front lines

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Hawaii sisters and clergy who serve in hospice, hospital, prison and university describe their work By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Chaplains serve on the front lines. They go where ordinary ministers don’t always go: hospital emergency rooms, hospices, war zones, military bases, prisons, police stations, schools, the halls of Congress. Whenever […]

Father Peter Miti, diocesan priest: It is Christ who strengthens me every day

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Somehow, I always wanted to be a missionary. The desire was like second nature to me. In 1994, I left Zambia and joined the Passionist order in Botswana. Since then, I have always been on the go. Studies in philosophy took me […]

St. Damien’s first assignment: ‘the district close to the big volcano’

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “I was first placed in the district close to the big volcano, this ancient divinity of our Kanakas who to our day still has his adorers.” St. Damien wrote those words in 1865 in a letter to France describing his first missionary deployment (and incorrectly identifying the volcano diety […]

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