Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Agents of evangelization

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Schools superintendent is encouraged by the role of Catholic education in Hawaii Interviewed by Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Herald spoke with Michael Rockers, superintendent of Hawaii Catholic Schools, July 31 in his office at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. This interview has been condensed and edited. On Hawaii Catholic schools today Hawaii […]

St. Francis, Damien, Holy Family and Sacred Hearts, Lahaina, get new administrators

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ST. FRANCIS, MANOA Casey Asato Head of School For the first time in its history, St. Francis School will have a male leader. Casey Asato, a Damien Memorial School graduate and the current director of curriculum at Seabury Hall on Maui, will take over. Before Asato, all previous St. Francis heads of school were members […]

Cathedral to mark 175th with Mass in renovated sanctuary

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The diocese will celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace with the blessing of the church’s renovated sanctuary at a 6 p.m. Mass, Aug. 16, celebrated by Bishop Larry Silva. The actual anniversary is a day earlier, Aug. 15. The church was dedicated […]

Damien grad ‘ecstatic’ about call to priesthood, Air Force chaplaincy

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A 2007 Damien Memorial School graduate with less than a year until his ordination to the priesthood has aspirations to become an Air Force chaplain. Chris Yakkel was ordained a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio on May 4. Presiding at the ordination was Columbus’ Bishop […]

Decade saw a 20 percent drop in enrollment, school closures

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The last decade has not been a good one for Hawaii Catholic school enrollment. According to figures from the Hawaii Catholic Schools office, the number of students in preschool through grade 12 has dropped 2,279 since 2008. That’s a more than 20 percent decrease, an average of 228 students […]

Komohale

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Father (later Bishop) Louis Maigret’s Aug. 15, 1843, journal entry recording the day of the dedication of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace was certainly succinct. It starts with a single word, “Komohale,” Hawaiian for “housewarming,” or “coming into a new house.” The image above is from Bishop Maigret’s journal from the Sacred Hearts […]