Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Two Hawaii-based Marianists celebrating anniversaries of vows

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A Marianist brother and a Marianist priest, both who reside in Hawaii, are celebrating milestone jubilees this year. Marianist Father Joseph L. Priestley, who resides in retirement at Marianist Hall on the Chaminade University of Honolulu campus, is marking his 70th year of profession. The first association with the Marianists of the Honolulu-native began in […]

Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Marian Muehlbauer, marking 60th jubilee year of religious life

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Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Marian Muehlbauer, who served 32 years in Hawaii, is celebrating her 60th anniversary in religious life this year at the St. Joseph Provincial House in St. Louis, Mo. Born in Green Bay, Wis., and baptized Janet Theresa, Sister Marian entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1953 […]

Chaminade names winners of nonprofit entrepreneur contest

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Ho‘oulu Pacific took first place in the Chaminade University Hogan Entrepreneurs/American Savings Bank Non-Profit Business Plan Competition for its Waimanalo Aquaponics Project, April 23. More than $30,000 in prizes was awarded to eight winners of the competition. This was the sixth competition held at Chaminade University. The winners, their projects and their prizes are: First […]

Workshop guides school reps through nuts and bolts of grant writing

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Development officers and other representatives from nine Oahu Catholic schools and one representative from Kauai attended the first grants and funding workshop sponsored by the Hawaii Catholic Schools Diocesan Board on April 25 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. Twenty-five people participated in the four-and-a-half-hour presentation which featured as guest speaker Maryknoll School’s director of institutional […]

Ordination in cathedral to mark 150th anniversary of St. Damien’s ordination

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Bishop Larry Silva will ordain a member of St. Damien’s religious order to the priesthood on the 150th anniversary of the saint’s own ordination, in the same spot the Belgian missionary was ordained. The bishop will ordain Sacred Hearts brother Ajit Baliar Singh during a 6 p.m. Mass May 21 in the Cathedral of Our […]

Hawaii’s 2014 Jubilarians

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“God, our Father, guide of humanity and ruler of creation, look upon these your servants, who wish to confirm their offering of themselves to you. As the years pass by, help them to enter more deeply into the mystery of the church and to dedicate themselves more generously to the good of humanity.” Prayer of […]

Cathedral first isle Catholic school to adopt ‘project-based’ learning

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Cathedral Catholic Academy will change its method of teaching in the next school year to “project-based learning,” an innovative approach to education which the school describes as “student-centered,” “hands on,” “experiential” and “beyond traditional textbooks and worksheets.” Located on Nuuanu Avenue, the kindergarten through eighth grade parish school for the Cathedral of Our Lady of […]

20-mile Palm Sunday procession celebrates stewardship, generosity

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Immaculate Conception, Ewa, parishioners pose for a group photo at Our Lady of Keaau in Makaha after delivering food for the poor from their church 20 miles away in a 90-vehicle procession on Palm Sunday, April 13. (Photo courtesy of Immaculate Conception Church) On Palm Sunday, April 13, parishioners of Immaculate Conception Church, Ewa, participated […]