Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

160 years of charity: The Catholic Women’s Guild, caring for Hawaii’s poor since the monarchy, is disbanding

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Catholic Women’s Guild Hawaii, the Islands’ oldest Catholic charitable organization, has convened its last meeting. Fewer than 15 attended on Feb. 28 — not enough for a quorum — bleakly illustrating the main reason for the group’s demise. An organization that used to make headlines on the society […]

Catholic congregations are shrinking across the state

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Fewer Hawaii Catholics are going to church. A lot fewer, according to the annual count of Mass-goers conducted by the diocese last October. The chancellor’s office, which coordinates the count, tracked 107 parishes, missions and ethnic communities. Of them, 85 saw a drop in Mass attendance over the past […]

Years served only hint at Isle jubilarians’ immeasurable impact

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  By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Seventy years. Sixty years. Fifty years. Twenty-five years. Adding up the decades is how we feebly try to measure the immeasurable impact of the 33 Hawaii religious men and women and priests honored on the anniversaries of their religious commitment to God and humanity at a special morning […]

Eva Andrade: Session ends with a surprise

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LEGISLATIVE REPORT The 30th Hawaii state legislature ended May 2. The biggest surprise was the failure of the bill that would permanently remove the window on the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse — HB 18 SD1. At the last hour, the bill ended up not leaving the conference committee. We understand that some […]

Photo: row champs

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Nine boys and girls from St. Ann Parish, Kaneohe, and St. Joseph Parish, Waipahu, ages 9 to 14, are the winners of the 2018-2019 Knights of Columbus Hawaii State Council Free Throw Championships, March 2, at St. Joseph School. Nine-year old champions were Julynerose Escala of Council 10475 (Waipahu) in the girls bracket and Luke […]

Hawaii’s 2019 Jubilarians

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HAWAII’S 2019 JUBILARIANS “God, our Father, guide of humanity and ruler of creation, look upon these your servants, who wish to confirm their offering of themselves to you. As the years pass by, help them to enter more deeply into the mystery of the church and to dedicate themselves more generously to the good of […]

Chapel vandal may have been sending a message, pastor says

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The good news was that the Blessed Sacrament was not desecrated, said Marianist Father Roland Bunda, pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Wailuku, Maui, of the perplexing vandalism that occurred in the parish’s eucharistic chapel Easter Sunday night. The priest said he entered the St. Damien Chapel at 6:25 […]