Marking milestones National Catholic Schools Week culminated in Hawaii Feb. 3 with the Annual Conference for Catholic Educators at Sacred Hearts Academy. Faculty and staff of Hawaii Catholic Schools are traditionally given awards at the event for milestone years of service. Honored this year were: Hale Harbottle, 20 years, St. Patrick School Adrianne Hill, 20 […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Feb. 10, 2017
Can you believe we’re nearing Lent, quiz friends? Let’s make the most of this period of Ordinary Time while it lasts. One way to do that is by taking this quiz and learning a new thing or two about our Catholic faith. 1) Saints This saint is often considered to be “the father of English […]
Talk story: Blessed are they …
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “‘For’ them, and above all ‘with’ people who are victims of leprosy, we must engage ourselves more deeply so that they can find welcome, solidarity and justice.” (Cardinal Peter Turkson, 64th World Leprosy [Hansen’s Disease] Day, Jan. 29) We met an amazing man of many talents. He is a singer, a […]
Obituary: Maryknoll Sister Jennie Burke | 1924-2017
Missioner taught for 25 years in Hawaii schools before serving in Africa Maryknoll Sister Jennie Burke, who was an elementary school teacher in Hawaii for 25 years from the 1950s into the 1970s, died on Jan. 22 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in New York. She was 92 and a Maryknoll Sister for 72 years. […]
Photo: Stewardship greeting
Father Andrew Kemberling, chairman of the International Catholic Stewardship Council, opens his keynote address at the diocese’s annual Stewardship Day, Jan. 28, with a warm greeting for the participants gathered at Mary, Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala. Stewardship Day featured several workshops and discussions on communication, pastoral and estate planning, data management and […]
Red Mass: Positive law is ‘reflective of the divine mind’
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The topic was law, appropriate for an audience of law makers, law enforcers and law interpreters. The homilist was Bishop Robert Barron, a high profile Catholic video evangelist and author. The setting was the diocese’s Red Mass, Jan. 17 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, the […]
Bolt of lightning a blessing for Oahu country parish
Story and photos by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Not many people would consider having their home struck by lightning a blessing, but that is how the pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Waikane, Capuchin Franciscan Father Paulo Kosaka describes it. “We were the only church on the island […]
Capitol marchers stand up for the dignity of unborn life
Holding signs promoting the protection of unborn life, a few dozen participants in the 44th annual Rally and March for Life Jan. 20 stood along Beretania Street in front of the State Capitol receiving supportive honks from the rush hour traffic streaming past. Behind them and the landmark St. Damien statue, a string of speakers […]
Obituary: Father Joseph Louis Carroll | 1926-2017
‘Supply priest’ served many Isle parishes By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Joseph Louis Carroll, the Oklahoma-born former military chaplain who served numerous parishes in Hawaii for more than four decades, died Jan. 11 at Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Honolulu. He was 90. His funeral is 6 p.m., Feb. 8, at […]
National Catholic Schools Week: Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2017
The National Catholic Educational Association, since 1974, annually celebrates the many facets of Catholic education in the U.S. with National Catholic Schools Week. This year’s theme for the commemoration is “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service.” On its website, www.ncea.org, the National Catholic Educational Association provides the following daily themes for National Catholic […]
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