Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Anxious Filipino Catholics seek to help family, friends

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Typhoon victims wait in line for free rice at a businessman’s warehouse in Tacloban, Philippines. Aid agencies faced challenges getting food and water to the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos. ( CNS photo/Erik De Castro, Reuters)   As heart-wrenching reports of Super Typhoon Haiyan’s unprecedented toll on the Philippines circulated last week, Hawaii’s Filipino Catholics […]

Local parish collections will go directly to relief efforts

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Bishop Larry Silva has asked each parish to collect donations for Philippines typhoon relief. The money will be sent to Catholic Relief Services, the international aid agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Money can also be sent directly to Catholic Relief Services through its website, http://emergencies.crs.org/typhoon-haiyan-help-philippines-survive-and-recover/ David Coleman, director for Catholic Relief Services […]

In a special legislative session that spurs thousands to protest, same-sex marriage becomes law

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Following a special session of the Hawaii state Legislature that for two weeks turned the state Capitol into a high-spirited exhibition of populous democracy, Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Nov. 13 signed the bill causing all the commotion and made Hawaii the 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage. In reaction to the bill’s passage, Hawaii Bishop […]

Bishop Larry Silva, on the passage of the Hawaii same-sex marriage bill

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Nov. 13 It is very sad that many of our state legislators and our governor have confused a manufactured civil right with a true civil right based on the centuries-old respect for marriage as a stable union between one man and one woman established and publicly recognized primarily for the welfare of children. This manufactured […]

Visiting Jesuit to present Pearl City parish advent retreat

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Visiting Jesuit Father Philip Chircop will present the parish Advent retreat titled, “Open Your Heart and Feed Your Soul,” 7-8:15 p.m., Dec. 16-18, in the Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish Hall in Pearl City. The retreat promises to “explore three movements of an open heart: annunciation, visitation and incarnation, themes that enlighten us about […]

Catholic Charities Hawaii head receives Philanthropy Day honors

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Jerry Rauckhorst, president and CEO of Catholic Charities Hawaii was presented with the Paulette V. Maehara Leadership Award by the Aloha Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Nov. 14 at the organization’s 2013 National Philanthropy Day awards banquet at the Waikiki Sheraton Hotel. The leadership award honors leaders in the nonprofit sector who have […]

Collection helps cover retirement for aging sisters, brothers, priests

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Last December, Hawaii Catholics gave $87,086.97 to the national collection for retired religious. This year, three Hawaii religious orders benefited from these funds. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet received $6,410.21, the Carmelite Sisters received $9,177.25 and the Benedictines in Waialua got $2,545.87. Also, congregations who serve in Hawaii but whose communities are based […]

Hawaii Council FCC crowns its Queen of Charity

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The royal court of the Hawaii Council of Filipino Catholic Clubs’ Queen of Charity 2013, Oct. 27, at Hualalai Academy. (Photo courtesy of Donna Urban-Higuchi) Dominica Claravall of St. Michael Parish, Kailua-Kona, was crowned the Hawaii Council of Filipino Catholic Clubs’ Queen of Charity 2013, Oct. 27, at Hualalai Academy in Kailua-Kona. She earned the […]