St. Anthony Church, located on a tucked-away portion of Puuhale Road about a block from Oahu Community Correctional Center, marks its 100th anniversary this year. The parish has kept the Catholic faith alive for a century in a bustling working-class community that is rich with multigenerational and multiethnic devotions.
Ceremonies mark 150th anniversary of first exiles to Kalaupapa
By Valerie Monson Special to the Herald KALAUPAPA — The gathering at the Kalaupapa wharf on a blustery Jan. 6 was to remember a sad beginning: the 150th anniversary of when the first 12 people were banished here because of newly-established government policies regarding those diagnosed with leprosy. In the ensuing century, nearly 8,000 would […]
Annual Stewardship Day to offer inspiration, practical advice
The diocese’s fourth annual Stewardship Day, Feb. 6 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, will feature talks and workshops by local church leaders that build on what organizer Mark Clark calls “the synergy of our mutual mission.” The day sponsored by the diocesan Office of Stewardship and Development. It is free and open to all those […]
Diocese hosting Taize prayer in observance of Christian Unity week
The Diocese of Honolulu is hosting a Taize Prayer around the Cross in observance of the 2016 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 7 p.m., Jan. 21, at the Newman Center at the University to Hawaii-Manoa. Bishop Larry Silva will attend. The prayer — an hour of chants, prayers, petitions, Scripture readings, periods of silence […]
Heralding back: Jan. 15, 2016
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Jan. 14, 1966 The Most Reverend James J. Sweeney, Bishop of Honolulu (second from left) turned the first spade of dirt for the new convent, girls dormitory, and chapel of St. Francis Convent High School. The construction will cost over eight hundred thousand dollars. It is part […]
Celebrities to flip pancakes at Kailua school’s breakfast with bishop
A list of limber local celebs will be flipping pancakes at St. John Vianney School’s 50th Anniversary “Breakfast with the Bishop,” at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and noon, Sunday, Jan. 17.
Obituary: Sister Charlotte Ann Esch, BVM | 1917-2015
Sister Charlotte Ann Esch of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM Sisters), who taught at two parish schools on Kauai in the 1950s and 1960s, died Nov. 30 at Marian Hall in Dubuque, Iowa. She was 98, and spent 80 years in religious life.
Obituary: Sister Noreen (Catherine) Cain, SND | 1925- 2015
Sister Noreen (Catherine) Cain, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 63 years, who taught at Holy Family School in Honolulu for five years, died at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland on Dec. 14. She was 90.
Bishop, local Catholics making trip to Eucharistic Congress in Cebu
Bishop Larry Silva is traveling with 13 island Catholics to the International Eucharistic Congress Jan. 24-31 in Cebu, Philippines. Several others are making the trip from the Big Island’s Sacred Heart Parish in Hawi.
Oahu Filipino Catholic Clubs honor two longtime spiritual directors
The Oahu Council of Filipino Catholic Clubs honored two longtime spiritual directors at a special Christmas testimonial dinner Dec. 28. The program included the installation of new council officers and committee chairpersons and presentations of the Father Ernest Claes Award and the Longest Member Service Award.
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