Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

The Sacred Triduum with Bishop Silva

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Photos by Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the Sacred Triduum — Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Vigil — April 13-15. These three days culminating Holy Week and leading into Easter feature many liturgical customs commemorating Christ’s passion, death and resurrection. On Holy Thursday, April 13, Bishop Silva celebrated an evening Mass […]

Fundraiser supports growing roster of Sacred Hearts seminarians

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By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald The Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary invites everyone to a very special April 29 event highlighted by music, Mass and ministry. “Fund our Future,” the first annual fundraiser for seminarians of the religious order, will take place that day at St. Ann Church […]

Sister Monica Ja Len, Missionary Sisters of Faith: Tending to life’s mustard seeds and snails

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald At least twice a day I stop by my little brick-walled, dirt-filled-in garden plot. I have only been in Hawaii a little over a month now, but my mustard seeds have already germinated and grown into little shrubs with little green seeds. […]

Keeping our youth safe is everyone’s job

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APRIL: NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH By Kristin Leandro Special to the Herald April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. First established by presidential proclamation in 1983, it is an opportunity to recognize and acknowledge the importance of families and communities coming together to prevent child abuse and neglect, as well as promote the emotional […]

Photo: Free throw champs

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Five boys and girls, ages 9 to 14, from St. Ann Church, Kaneohe, and Sacred Heart Church, Waianae, were the winners of the Knights of Columbus Hawaii State Council Free Throw Championships April 8 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe. Tayden Poti of Council 11485, Waianae, was the 9-year-old boys’ champion. Kawena Kapu of Council […]

Chaminade presenting seminar on pathway to workplace peace

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Maya Soetoro-Ng, the director of the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, University of Hawaii at Manoa and maternal half-sister of President Barack Obama, will be the keynote speaker at Chaminade University’s “Pathways to Peace in the Workplace,” a seminar 7-9 p.m., April 28, in the university’s Mystical Rose Oratory. Also speaking […]

Maryknoll Affiliates meeting to share past, plan future

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Maryknoll Affiliates of Hawaii is meeting April 29, 10-11:30 a.m. in the Alumni Room of the Maryknoll School Community Building, 1722 Dole Street in Honolulu. Are you interested in service and learning across borders, on other continents? If so, come to the meeting to hear and share experiences. Meet the Maryknoll Sisters and Maryknoll Affiliates […]