Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Prayers at the Advent wreath

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FIRST SUNDAY On the first Sunday of Advent, the family gathers to bless the wreath. The Leader, usually the father, sprinkles the wreath with holy water. Leader: Our help is in the name of the Lord. All: Who made heaven and earth. Leader: Let us pray. O God, all things are made holy by your […]

Photo: Helping hands

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Volunteers were on hand to help out homeless servicemen and women during the Veteran Stand Down, Nov. 6 at the Hawaii National Guard Bower’s Armory in Wahiawa. The event was organized by the diocesan Office for Social Ministry, which partnered with various community groups to provide veterans with clothing, grooming, medical services, housing and legal […]

Last year, diocese collected $104,000 for retired elderly religious women and men

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The Diocese of Honolulu contribution last year to the national collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious was $104,362.46. The year’s collection is Dec. 13-14. The appeal helps more than 35,000 elderly religious order sisters, brothers and priests. This year, the retirement fund gave financial assistance to two local religious communities: the Benedictine Monastery of […]

Remembrance | Sister Rosanne LaManche, OSF: She left her heart in Kalaupapa

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Sister Rosanne LaManche served as a Franciscan nun for more than 75 years and a nurse for 53, but she needed only an instant to name the most cherished days of her long career. “I’m most grateful for my time at Kalaupapa,” she said during an interview 12 years ago at her motherhouse in Syracuse, […]

Hilo school seeks nominees for leadership, service awards

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St. Joseph School in Hilo wants to honor its outstanding alumni and friends who have distinguished themselves as leaders in the community. The school is seeking nominations for its Outstanding Leadership and Distinguished Service Awards which will be given out at its annual Cardinal Ball, 5 p.m., Feb. 14, at the Imiloa Astronomy Center Moanahoku […]

Year of Consecrated life: December 2014

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Year of Consecrated life Nov. 30, 2014 – Feb. 2, 2016 December 2014 Resources and teaching aids Video Views “Discerning God’s Call: Pray. Listen. Act. Repeat.” (http://bcove.me/i8c8r9w6) “Three Shepherds of Fatima” (DVD) Good Reads For the young at heart: “The Story of St. John Paul II: A Boy Who Became Pope” / Fabiola Garza “Martyred: […]

A special visit from Our Lady

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On Nov. 11 at 7 a.m. our parish of Our Lady of Sorrows in Wahiawa was blessed to welcome the International Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima. The statue has been on pilgrimage throughout the world since 1947. This is not just a visit of a statue but, in a real sense, a visit […]

Sacred Heart Church in Pahoa reaches out to vulnerable parishioners as lava flow threatens to split the community

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As the front of the Kilauea lava flow remains stalled on the edge of Pahoa town, this breakout flow on Nov. 2 occurred about 218 yards upslope. Recent breakouts have been common and are filling in low points behind the flow front. (Photo courtesy of Hawaiian Volcano Observatory)   As a river of molten rock […]

Diocese’s HOPE Services taking both urgent, long-term approaches

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  HOPE Services Hawaii, a nonprofit organization created by the Diocese of Honolulu in 2010 to aid the homeless on the Big Island, has been heavily engaged in outreach to residents in Pahoa and its surrounding subdivisions as the lava makes its approach. Its chief executive officer Brandee Menino said the organization has participated in […]