Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Hawaii educational videos on three sacraments gain national recognition

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Educational videos on three sacraments created by the diocesan Office of Religious Education and local producer Bernadette Baraquio Hamada recently won a prestigious national prize for innovative evangelization. The National Conference for Catechetical Leaders selected the “One Ohana” sacramental video series as the 2015 winner of its diocesan-level “New Wineskins Award.” Jayne Mondoy, diocesan religious […]

‘Brother John’ Aguiar: ‘I was in prison and you came to me’

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John P. Aguiar, right, accepts a certificate of appreciation from the State of Hawaii for his nearly four decades of prison ministry.   John P. Aguiar, a longtime parishioner of St. Joseph Church in Hilo, began ministering to prison inmates in his mid-50s. That was 38 years ago. The sharp, humble 93-year-old is still at […]

Bishop Silva incardinates Father Gantley into diocese

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Father Mark J. Gantley, the diocese’s judicial vicar, officially joined the Diocese of Honolulu on April 15. Bishop Larry Silva “incardinated” Father Gantley upon the approval that same day of his “excardination” from his home diocese of Syracuse, N.Y., by Syracuse Bishop Robert Cunningham. Incardination into the Diocese of Honolulu means he answers to the […]

Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: Respect the environment, respect the people

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This month Pope Francis will gather in Rome experts from around the world to discuss global climate change and its impact on our planet, including the connection of our environmental stewardship to the campaign of international Catholic aid organization Caritas, “One Human Family — Food for All.” The Vatican hopes this summit will “help build […]

Photo: Audience with the bishop

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Members of the Serra Club of Honlulu met with Bishop Larry Silva recently at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. Seated, from left, are Fran Dieudonne, June Brieske, Clare Calabrese, John Reed, Mark Pillori and Chuck Furr. Standing are Jack Kampfer, Tom Grant, Paul Noto, Orby Groves, Bishop Silva, Sam Kamaka and Marvin Scharosch. Founded in 1970, […]

Maui robotics team headed for international stage

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In its debut year, Wailuku’s St. Anthony Junior-Senior High School robotics program is already headed for the big time. Its 12-student team of 10th through 12th graders has earned spots to compete this month in the world finals in St. Louis, Mo., and this summer in the international invitational competitions in Sydney, Australia. They are […]