Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Walking the extra mile

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Walking the extra mile About 100 people walked from the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Kailhi-Palama to the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu June 7 for the diocese’s annual Eucharistic procession on the Feast of Corpus Christi. During the 1.25-mile procession, marchers sang hymns and prayed. Father Dominic Hoan Nguyen, […]

Bishop’s Circle fundraising campaign up 20 percent from last year

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As of last month, The Bishop’s Circle fundraising campaign collected nearly $240,000 from 400 donors, a 20 percent increase over what was received in last year’s appeal, according to the diocesan director of stewardship and development Mark Clark. More than 150 of the donors are “donor society members,” making donations in one of five gift […]

Hawaii welcomes newest priest : ‘From this day forward, the risen Christ will make himself sacramentally present in Nick Brown’

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Diocesan vicar general Father Gary Secor greets Father Brown with the fraternal “kiss of peace.” (HCH photos | Darlene Dela Cruz)   For more than seven minutes the priests lined up to lay their hands gently, silently, purposefully, for a second or two, on Nicholas Brown’s head, as Bishop Larry Silva had done moments before […]

THIRD IN A SERIES | Religious education and Catholic schools: Sharing responsibilities; family, church, school

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Questions about implementing the proper order of the sacraments of initiation are already being posed to our diocesan offices. At the heart of many of these queries is a care and concern about our desire to understand and successfully support parents, clergy, catechists, teachers and the entire parish community in each of their various roles […]

DEACON ANDREW GERAKAS | 1928-2015: A life of generous service, shaped by love of the Eucharist

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Deacon Andrew Jude Gerakas, whose devotion to daily Eucharist compelled him to leave the Greek Orthodox Church to become a Roman Catholic, and then one of Hawaii’s first permanent deacons, died on May 18 in Honolulu. He was 87 and a deacon at Star of the Sea Parish in Waialae-Kahala for 34 years. Gerakas served […]

Pastor, retiring after 30 years in the diocese, filled in between bishops

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Soon to retire Father Thomas Gross in front of St. John Vianney Church, Kailua, which he renovated as pastor. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)   Father Thomas Gross, who for one year had the responsibilities of Hawaii’s bishop without the status, is retiring June 30. The cordial, reserved pastor of St. John Vianney Parish […]

Diocese planning pilgrimage to families conference with pope in Philly

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Pope Francis is going to the World Meeting of Families Congress in Philadelphia this September. And you can too. The Diocese of Honolulu is organizing a Sept. 21-28 pilgrimage with Bishop Larry Silva to the triennial gathering. The conference, whose purpose is to strengthen the sacred bonds of the family unit worldwide and highlight its […]

Photo: Convocation break

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Island priests take time for some fun and group pictures May 20 at the diocese’s annual Priests’ Convocation at Turtle Bay Resort. The convocation is a weeklong break from parish work for local clergy, who gather at the North Shore of Oahu for prayer, liturgies, seminars and fellowship. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)

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