Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

On ‘being chosen’

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The diocese’s new director of vocations reflects on his new job, his own call and the hunger for priests in Hawaii By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva on July 1 assigned Father Rheo Ofalsa as the new diocesan director of vocations. Father Ofalsa will oversee the recruitment of new candidates for the […]

Aloha, Kathleen

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Herald is losing one of its beloved voices. With this issue, Kathleen Choi ends her column “In Little Ways.” She explains her decision in her final column, right, so I won’t repeat it here. I respect it and understand it. Nevertheless, it’s a sad development. She […]

Sister Estelita Jamelo, Dominican Sister of the Most Holy Rosary: The smiles of God’s grace

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald When I first arrived in Hawaii in 1991 from the Philippines, I struggled with the English language. People used to speak so fast that I could not understand them. Whenever they talked to me, I needed to translate it into my native […]

Handful of Isle pilgrims headed for Krakow

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By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald A handful of Island pilgrims will be traveling to Europe at the end of this month to join Pope Francis and millions of other Catholics from around the globe for an exciting time of faith-building, fellowship and prayer. Bishop Larry Silva will be leading a diocesan pilgrimage […]

St. Damien’s ‘life of mercy’ celebrated on the Big Island

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  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 […]

Sister sisters

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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

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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 […]