By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “There are not too many parishes that can claim to have had an actual saint as its pastor,” quipped Father Stephen Macedo, pastor of Annunciation Parish in Waimea, as he pointed to the traveling relic of St. Damien de Veuster placed before the congregation. According […]
Altar boy to priest: Kauai native ready for ordination
When the Hawaii Catholic Herald called Deacon EJ Resinto June 17, the young diocesan seminarian was home on the Garden Isle, soaking in the sweet Kauai summer, cruising with friends and ohana.
Sister sisters
Dorothy Santos (right) followed a religious calling close to home. Tomboy Cecelia Santos, lit with missionary fire, wanted to go to China Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Hearts Sister Dorothy Santos and Maryknoll Sister Cecelia Santos are blood sisters who grew up on a ranch in up-country Makawao, Maui. […]
A time to serve, a time to retire
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The retirement on July 1 of Holy Trinity pastor Father Dennis Koshko signals an aloha to a time when the local diocesan seminary was a robust, vital place. Like a beacon on a hill, in this case the higher slopes of Oahu’s Koolaus, St. Stephen Seminary attracted local boys […]
SISTER CATHERINE PELLETIER, SND | 1923-2016
Notre Dame nun taught 10 years at Holy Family Sister Catherine (Agnes St. Jude) Pelletier, a Sister of Notre Dame for 73 years, who served 10 of those years in Hawaii, died peacefully on June 6 at the age of 93 at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland. “She had a wonderful life!” said […]
Hawaii to be featured U.S. diocese in 2017 Rice Bowl
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Micaela, a Chuukese migrant who has risen above a difficult existence on the Big Island, will be one of the faces of the 2017 Catholic Relief Service Rice Bowl project in the United States. Because of her work, and that of others on the island, the Diocese of […]
Official notices: July 1, 2016
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] July 5, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council, Chancery, downtown Honolulu; 3:00 pm, Members of the Corporation of Catholic Charities Hawaii, Chancery. July 6, 5:00 pm, Feast Day of St. Junipero Serra Celebration with the Holy Hour for Vocations, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, […]
Talk story: We come to share our story
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “We come to share our story. We come to break the bread” are the opening lyrics to the hymn “Song of the Body of Christ” written by David Haas to the traditional Hawaiian melody “No Ke Ano Ahi Ahi.” This familiar song written in Hawaii beautifully expresses the experience of the […]
Isle schools raise $25,000 for CRS aid
By Deborah Manog Special to the Herald The nineteen Hawaii Catholic Schools that participated in the 2016 Catholic Relief Services Lenten Rice Bowl raised a whopping $25,000 for local and international aid programs created for the elimination of hunger and poverty. The donations from the 19 schools, about half the number of schools in the […]
Aloha, Cathedral Catholic Academy
Students, families, faculty, alumni celebrate the last day of the Nuuanu school with pride, gratitude, tears By Mary Adamski Hawaii Catholic Herald June 3 was a time of awards, songs and hugs at Cathedral Catholic Academy as the doors were ceremonially closed on the last day of class forever at the 80-year-old Nuuanu school. Students, […]
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