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Learn about spiritual direction in workshop presented by Chaminade University

05/21/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Hawaii Catholic Herald Chaminade University of Honolulu will host a workshop next month that aims to help participants develop a deeper understanding of spirituality and how to incorporate it into their lives. “Introduction to Spiritual Direction” will take place over five three-hour sessions from June 16-20 (including the Juneteenth federal holiday). The noncredit course, which […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chaminade University of Honolulu, Marianist Father William "Bill" J. Meyer, spiritual direction, workshop

Join Bishop Silva on Jubilee pilgrimage to see ‘Shrines of Italy’

05/21/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Hawaii Catholic Herald People seeking to embark on a pilgrimage as part of the Jubilee Year still have time to sign up for an 11-day journey to Italy with Bishop Larry Silva in October. The “Shrines of Italy” Jubilee pilgrimage is scheduled for Oct. 12-22; Bishop Silva is the trip’s spiritual director. Organized through Nativity […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: "Shrines of Italy", Bishop Larry Silva, Jubilee Year, Nativity Pilgrimage, pilgrimage

Marianist Brother James Joseph Christiana / 1952-2025: Longtime Chaminade educator had ‘a brilliant mind’

05/21/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Special to the Herald Marianist Brother James Joseph Christiana, who professed his perpetual vows in Hawaii 32 years ago and then taught at Chaminade University of Honolulu, died April 5 in St. Louis, Missouri, at age 72. He was 34 years professed, taking his first vows in August 1990 at the Marianist Provincial Residence in […]

Filed Under: Local News, Obituary Tagged With: Chaminade University of Honolulu, Marianist Brother James Joseph Christiana

St. Elizabeth hosts mothers, families for annual baby shower

05/21/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Val and Deacon Gary Streff Special to the Herald St. Elizabeth Church in Aiea hosted its third annual baby shower on May 4 to celebrate life from conception to natural death. The theme was “Babies are a gift from God and allow a mother and father to become the ‘domestic church.’” The church teaches […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Aiea, Baby Shower, St. Elizabeth Church, Walking with Moms baby shower

Bishop from Samoa-Pago Pago diocese to visit Oahu in July

05/21/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Hawaii Catholic Herald The local Samoan faith community will welcome a trailblazing leader for several days of events and worship this summer. Bishop Kolio Etuale Tumanuvao, the first Samoan native to lead the Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago, will visit Oahu July 8-14. Planned events include a seminar at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Wahiawa […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Bishop Kolio Etuale Tumanuvao, Diocese of Samoa Pago-Pago, Samoan Catholic Community

Saint Francis School class of 1975 prepares to hold 50th reunion

05/21/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Special to the Herald If you are a classmate of Saint Francis High School’s class of 1975, please join us on Oct. 18 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Natsunoya Tea House (Toko Room) for a reunion celebration. Reach out to Bonnie Cathcart Jenss at (808) 295-1928, or join our Facebook page at SFHS Class of […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: class of 1975, reunion, Saint Francis High School, Saint Francis School

Mary Adamski: Midwestern pride, global appeal

05/21/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

View from the pew Just as a dark force loose in our corner of the world preaches that diversity, equity and inclusiveness are wrong and works to forcibly delete such welcoming acceptance from our culture as well as our conscience, we welcome a new voice to counter that most uncharitable, un-Christian political ideology. It’s not […]

Filed Under: Columns, Commentary, Features, Local News, Pope Leo XIV Tagged With: Mary Adamski, Pope Leo XIV, view from the pew

‘All of this is a joy,’ says soon-to-be deacon

05/07/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Becoming a priest is hard. Really hard. Ask any seminarian, whether he is bound for priesthood within a diocese or as part of a religious community. Though the studying and training are both huge mountains to climb, the trek is made easier with the support and prayers of […]

Filed Under: Features, Local News, Ordination Tagged With: deacon, Mililani, ordination, St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church, Taylor K. Mitchell

Deacons are excited and ready for priesthood

05/07/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald For Deacon Preston Castro and Deacon Lawrence “Larry” Denis III, the last few weeks before their priestly ordinations have been filled with prayer, anticipation and preparation. Spiritual preparation, of course, but also logistical preparation: Before the priesthood comes final exams, seminary graduation and moving back home to Hawaii […]

Filed Under: Features, Local News, Ordination Tagged With: Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Deacon Lawrence "Larry" Denis III, Deacon Preston Castro, Hilo, St. Joseph, Waipahu

Reflection: A son of Hawaii, a priest for the church

05/07/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Deacon Christopher Derige Malano, CSP Special to the Herald As a child in Hawaii, I went to a lot of funerals. They weren’t always family — sometimes friends of my grandparents or neighbors — but my parents brought us along. I didn’t realize it then, but those gatherings were my first real experience of […]

Filed Under: Features, Local News, Ordination Tagged With: Deacon Christopher Derige Malano, ordination, Paulist Fathers

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