Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Cathedral echoes with Japanese delegation’s prayers for world peace

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace reverberated with Buddhist, Shinto and Christian chanting Dec. 5 as nearly 100 members of a visiting Japanese delegation dedicated to praying for world peace began its 40th anniversary conference in Hawaii. Bishop Larry Silva greeted the Japan Religious Committee for the […]

13 Big Isle pilgrims headed for World Youth Day in Panama City

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This story is adapted from an article in the January 2019 newsletter for Annunciation Church and Ascension Mission. Special to the Herald In January, 13 Big Island pilgrims will travel to Panama City, Panama, to see Pope Francis and hundreds of thousands of other spirit-filled Catholics. They are headed for the 2019 World Youth Day, […]

Audit finds diocese in full compliance with safe environment charter

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A three-day on-site independent audit conducted in October found the Diocese of Honolulu’s safe environment policies and procedures in full compliance with the U.S. bishops’ “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.” The Charter is the set of procedures the bishops established in 2002 for addressing allegations […]

Photos: Christmas lights and sights

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Kalanianaole parish lights Those driving along Kalanianaole Highway in Kuliouou have been treated with many wondrous lights coming from Holy Trinity Church. The display is the work of about 35 parishioners who came together on a Sunday afternoon to decorate the outside of their church. They had no plan, just hundreds of lights, enthusiasm and […]

Photo: Relics rest in Kona

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Bishop Larry Silva on Dec. 8 blessed 14 rare relics, mostly of saints, at St. Michael Parish in Kailua-Kona, donated to the Big Island church by Richard and Virginia Fischer of Virginia. Each relic came with its letter of authenticity, most dated from the 1950s. Here is how the relics were labeled: Relic of the […]

Growing Secular Carmelite group sponsoring seminar on spirituality

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Hawaii’s growing community of Secular Carmelites is sponsoring a retreat-seminar on Carmelite spirituality, open to all, in January at the Carmelite monastery in Kaneohe. Hawaii has one Carmelite monastery, Carmel of the Holy Trinity, on the grounds of St. Stephen Diocesan Center, where nuns live in a cloistered community. Hawaii also has a Secular Order […]

Talk story: Celebrating ohana at Christmas

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OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Brothers and sisters: Put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another … And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, and provide the peace into which you were also called in one body.” (Col 3:12-15 — Feast of the Holy Family) […]

Merry mangers: Nativity scenes from around the world make up Bishop Larry Silva’s personal collection of crèches

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Tiny and tall. Manufactured and handmade. Local and internationally inspired. Close to 150 Nativity scenes fill the bookshelves of the St. Stephen Diocesan Center library this month, all of them a part of Bishop Larry Silva’s personal collection of manger scenes. This is the first year Honolulu’s bishop has […]