Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

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 […]

Diocese preparing to celebrate ‘Year of Consecrated Life’

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Dominican Sister Malia Dominica Wong displays a poster she created celebrating consecrated life in Hawaii. The poster is part of the material being distributed to parishes and schools. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)   “What does ‘consecrated’ mean?” Dominican Sister Malia Dominica Wong asked the assembly of students at St. Anthony School in Kailua, […]

India-based missionary order officially established in diocese

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Hawaii’s Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians at their convent in Waimalu, from left, Sister Marykutty Kottuppallil, Sister Meristella Umdor and Sister Ruth Zonunthari. (HCH photo | Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP)   The Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians, an India-based congregation that has served in Hawaii since 2008, have established themselves […]