Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: Moved by stories of hunger

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Entering Holy Week, Christians everywhere focus on the Greatest Story ever: the Passion Narrative. During Lent, U.S. Catholic schools have been using the Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl online app to allow students to share their thoughts about stories of hunger around the world. Here are examples of what some seventh and eighth graders in […]

A walk with the suffering Lord: Each station is a ‘supreme offer of reconciliation and peace’

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“Every new suffering of Jesus is a seed of future joy for humanity, every jeer, a premise of glory. Along that way of suffering Jesus’ every meeting — with friends, with enemies, with the indifferent — is a chance for one final lesson, one last look, one supreme offer of reconciliation and peace.” Archbishop Piero […]

DEACON SAMUEL TAYLOR | 1916-2015: Retired Coast Guard captain was a ‘constant presence’ at Holy Trinity Parish

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Deacon Samuel Taylor, the retired Coast Guard captain who spent his retirement as a deacon in “constant presence” at his parish of Holy Trinity in Kuliouou, died Feb. 24 at his home in Hawaii Kai. He was 98 and a deacon for 20 years. “It was like one of the family that died,” said Carole […]

SISTER MARY CANDELARIA PINUELA PERANIA, O.P. | 1948-2015: Dominican educator served the Lord ‘unreservedly’ in Hawaii, California

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Dominican Sister of the Most Holy Rosary Mary Candelaria Pinuela Perania, who lived a full life as an educator, principal, religious superior, coordinator of Dominican lay associates and more died on March 1, the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, at St. Francis Hospice. She was 67 and a religious sister for 45 years. […]

Catholic Charities breaks ground for new affordable senior housing

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The Catholic Charities Housing Development Corporation was scheduled March 10 to break ground in central Oahu for a new affordable 300-unit rental housing development for seniors. The housing project is called Meheula Vista. Plans are underway to build four apartment buildings on the property located on 95-1080 Lehiwa Drive in Mililani Mauka. Each building will […]

HOPE Services mentorship program helps former inmates return to community

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HOPE Services Hawaii, a Catholic non-profit organization based on the Big Island that combats homelessness, has launched a program in partnership with the Department of Public Safety to help recently released Hawaii Island prisoners transition back into the community. The two-year pilot “Mentoring” program will provide support, mentorship and skills training for 50 adult male […]

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