Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Saint Francis alumni ask if school can be saved

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The impending closure of the middle and high school at Saint Francis in Manoa took many school graduates by shock. At a Jan. 10 alumni meeting on campus, Saint Francis graduates asked the school’s board of directors when they knew the upper school would need to close. Several graduates […]

Staying involved: creating my Catholic identity

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Instead of ‘graduating’ from church commitments after confirmation, I found myself doing even more By Kacie Yamamoto Special to the Herald Time, talent and treasure. I remember the day that my confirmation advisor, Carmen Saito, who I call Aunty Carmen, introduced this idea to me and five other high school students preparing for confirmation. Before […]

Fundraiser helps finance re-founding of Hawaii’s ‘hidden’ sisters

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  By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Being cloistered, Hawaii’s Carmelite Sisters did not attend their own fundraising event this month. But they did prepare a mahalo video. Five sisters — one Chinese nun, one local novice, and three newcomers from the Philippines — together sang a song and individually expressed thanks to the nearly […]

Photo: Priests on retreat

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Benedictine Abbot Jeremy Driscoll from Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon gives a morning talk on Jan. 11, the last day of the Diocese of Honolulu’s annual priest retreat at St. Stephen Diocesan Center in Kaneohe. Abbot Driscoll was the director of the Jan. 7-11 retreat. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver)  

Photos: Installation of pastors

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Bishop Larry Silva installed two new Oahu pastors in mid-January, both among the newest and youngest of the Diocese of Honolulu’s priests. Pictured above, Father Alfred Guerrero is the new pastor of the Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, following the retirement of outgoing pastor, Father Jack Ryan. Father Guerrero’s installation Mass […]

Talk story: Building communities of welcome

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “No American institution does more for immigrants than your Christian communities … Not only as the Bishop of Rome, but also as a pastor from the South, I feel the need to thank and encourage you.” (Pope Francis: Prayer during his visit with U.S. Catholic bishops in 2015) For nearly a […]

Father Anton Nyo Ano, Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette: Everyone needs a spiritual dentist

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Everyone should visit their dentist regularly. If you don’t, and wait until five or 10 years have passed, and all the tartar sticks harder to your teeth, and blackened spaces in your mouth grow dimmer, you will be in for a bloody […]