Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

A tasty way to celebrate 50 years in Pearl City

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They’ve got taste! Tasty edibles that is. Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City invites the public to join them for “Taste of OLGC, Celebrating Our School’s 50th Anniversary,” Friday, Sept. 19, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Food trucks (Laverne’s, Local Stop, MunchieZ by Sweet Pea Café, to name a few) will sell onolicious grinds. Live […]

Big Isle parishes, school, services assist in post-storm recovery

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Staff from HOPE Services Hawaii mobilize their outreach efforts to visit areas on the Big Island most affected by Tropical Storm Iselle. HOPE Services, as well as Big Island parishes and St. Joseph School in Hilo, have been providing aid and supplies to people in Puna and surrounding towns.   Two weeks after Tropical Storm […]

Our Lady of Good Counsel sponsoring golf tourney

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Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City is sponsoring its first annual golf tournament fundraiser, Sept. 12 at Hawaii Prince Golf Club on Fort Weaver Road. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. Shotgun start is 11:30 a.m. The tournament format is scramble, with a minimum of three drives per player, no mulligans. The maximum […]

Pearl City parish hosting Alzheimer’s presentation

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What if your aging father or other family member no longer recognizes you? What if you notice your neighbor wandering in the neighborhood seemingly lost? They may be experiencing the debilitating effects of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, characterized by memory loss and changes in behavior. Learning about this disease will help you detect its warning […]

School superintendent in favor of public funding of private preschools

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The superintendent of Hawaii’s Catholic schools and the executive director of the Hawaii Catholic Conference have come out in favor of a ballot measure in the Nov. 4 Hawaii general election that would amend Article X, Section 1 of the Hawaii State Constitution to permit the appropriation of public funds for private early childhood education […]

New arrivals of religious sisters assigned to parish, school, evangelization ministries

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Here are some of the more recent assignments of religious sisters to Hawaii. Sister Michael Anne O’Donnell, OSF Sister Michael Anne, a Franciscan Sister of Charity of Manitowoc, Wis., has been appointed to St. Theresa Church in Kekaha, Kauai. Originally from Ohio, Sister Michael Anne comes from a large household of two families which consisted […]