Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

2 Hawaii Catholic school students named state’s top youth volunteers

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Two Catholic school students have been named Hawaii’s top youth volunteers of 2018 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. Mahealani Sims-Tulba, 17, a senior at Sacred Hearts Academy, and Grace Kennedy, 13, an eighth grader at St. Anthony School in Kailua each will […]

Hawaii receives two more relics of St. Marianne Cope

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii has acquired two more relics of St. Marianne Cope, one for the local community of Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, the Molokai saint’s own religious congregation, and one for the Diocese of Honolulu. The relics, fragments of the saint’s bones, were obtained from the St. […]

Bishop ordains four neighbor isle deacons of 10-member class

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Bishop Larry Silva ordained four new neighbor island deacons in three Masses on three islands over the last two weeks. The newly ordained were the last of the diocese’s eighth permanent deacon class, which has 10 members, the remaining six from Oahu. Andres (Bambi) Emayo Jr. was ordained at a 10 a.m. Mass, Jan. 20, […]

Hike, camp, pray: Island scouts sought for once-in-a-lifetime St. George Trek

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  By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald Imagine being able to hike up one of the most breathtaking mountains in the southwest U.S., the arduous journey challenging you physically, mentally and emotionally to brave the elements of nature for the priceless reward of personal growth. Now imagine that journey also including moments of […]

Cathedral restoration begins phase 2: the sanctuary

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Story and photos by Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Construction workers built a temporary 16-foot high white wall in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in January to block off the sanctuary, the focus of “phase two” of the ongoing $15 million restoration of the 175-year-old church. The entire sanctuary area is also […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl

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CRS RICE BOWL Dear Friends in Christ, Jesus called us to love our neighbor. But, like the scholar in the Scripture passage, we may also find ourselves asking, “Who is my neighbor?” This Lent, the U.S. Bishops’ Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Rice Bowl program will help us answer that question. CRS Rice Bowl is not […]

Bishop Silva: Ash Wednesday/Valentine’s Day

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Here is a statement by Bishop Larry Silva regarding Valentine’s Day falling on the first day of Lent. In anticipation of possible requests for a dispensation from penitential fast and abstinence on Ash Wednesday because it is also Valentine’s Day, I think it is most important for us as Catholics to observe the beginning of […]

Catechumens to sign their intent to be baptized in Rites of Election

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii’s catechumens, also called the elect, will make public their intention to be baptized at this year’s Easter Vigil, March 31, at five Rites of Election on four islands where they sign their names in their parish’s Book of the Elect for presentation to the bishop or bishop’s representative. […]