Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Knights’ donations give ultrasound machine to Kona pregnancy center

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The Knights of Columbus Kona Council 13227 on Aug. 31 presented a check for $25,410 to the Pregnancy Center of Kona, a non-denominational counseling and pregnancy testing service, covering the cost of a new ultrasound machine that will monitor the health of babies in the womb and allow mothers to see their development. According to […]

Photos: Faith-sharing professionals

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Bishop Larry Silva hosted the diocese’s first ever gathering for “Catholic professionals” Sept. 20 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. The event, planned by the diocese’s Year of Faith committee, drew about 30 participants from various community sectors for a night of food and faith-sharing. In top photo, diocesan vicar general Father Gary Secor, left, led […]

Photo: Big Island Catechist retreat

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Fifty-two people from seven parishes attended the Big Island Catechist Retreat Sept. 14 at Immaculate Heart of Mary parish hall in Papaikou. Daughter of St. Paul Sister Irene Regina Hoernschemeyer gave a presentation on Pope John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body.” Diocesan religious education director Jayne Mondoy led a discussion on implementing what the […]

Art: Dutton memorialized in print

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Big Island artist Dietrich Varez, who has created block prints of St. Damien and St. Marianne in his singular bold iconic monochromatic style, has made a new one of a third Kalaupapa hero, “Brother” Joseph Dutton. The civil war veteran and layman from Stowe, Vermont, served Kalauapa patients for the last 45 years of his […]

Gus and Anna Hochuli: Friends of Catholic education

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  Gus and Anna Hochuli were dedicated parishioners of Hilo’s St Joseph Church and staunch advocates of Catholic education. Upon their deaths, they left $1 million with the Augustine Educational Foundation to provide scholarships for students at St Joseph School in Hilo. Here is their story, submitted by the Augustine Foundation. Gustav Hochuli, a kind, […]

The composers of two much-loved hymns, performing on Oahu this month, explain how the songs came to be

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The Marianist Big Island Liturgical Arts Conference — or Marianist BILAC — will offer dozens of workshops on music, Scripture, prayer and liturgy Sept. 26-28 at Chaminade University in Honolulu. As it has for more than 30 years, BILAC brings to the Islands the writers and composers of some of today’s most loved liturgical hymns. […]

Jesus’ undivided attention, 24/7: The perpetual adoration chapel in Pearl City

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Stepping inside the perpetual adoration chapel at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church is like entering an oasis for the soul. The busyness of the world fades away. Silence opens the heart to meditation, prayer and simply being. Jesus, present in the exposed Blessed Sacrament, has your undivided attention — and you, also, have his. […]

November’s a four-star anniversary month for Sisters of St. Francis

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Hawaii’s Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities better start stocking up on cake candles. They are going to need a lot of them with all the anniversaries they’ll be celebrating shortly. November is a quadruple-header month, marking St. Marianne’s 175th birthday, the 130th anniversary of the sisters arrival in Hawaii, the 125th anniversary […]