Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Prison ministry a two-way street: Women’s Community Correctional Center inmates offer lessons in grace and forgiveness to Kailua parishioners

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The women inmates from the Total Life Recovery program visited St. Anthony Church in Kailua May 5 with their chaplain and program director Tammy Turcios, center. (Photo by Darlene Dela Cruz)   Seven inmates from the Women’s Community Correctional Center in Windward Oahu visited St. Anthony Church in Kailua May 5 to share hula and […]

E komo mai! The church in Hawaii welcomes recent arrivals in priestly and other ministries

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The Hawaiian Islands continue to be mission territory for foreign clergy. Here are brief profiles of priests and one religious sister who arrived in Hawaii over the last 12 months or so, mostly from other countries, to work in island parishes and other ministries. The information was compiled from brief surveys taken with the help […]

Mass at cathedral celebrates feast day of St. Damien

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St. Damien’s “contagious love” is an example to follow today, Bishop Larry Silva told the approximately 200 people who gathered in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace May 10 for a special evening liturgy celebrating the feast of Molokai’s first saint. It was the fourth feast day honoring the Belgian Sacred Hearts missionary since […]

Co-cathedral vocal arts festival to feature Verdi’s ‘Requiem’

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The Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble will celebrate is tenth annual Hawaii Vocal Masterworks Festival and the birthday of composer Giuseppe Verdi with 100 voices and members of the Hawaii Symphony performing the Verdi’s magnificent “Requiem,” 7:30 p.m., May 31, in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. The singers are from the Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble, Chaminade […]

Photo: Leaving the council

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Six members of the Diocesan Pastoral Council, each having completing their three-year terms, pose with Bishop Larry Silva, center, and Deacon Andy Calunod, right, for a parting shot at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. They are, from left, Joseph Mitchell (Maui), Tracy Hoevel (Windward Oahu), Maureen Saturnio (East Hawaii), Marjorie Fujimoto (West Hawaii), Kristine Cabudol (Leeward […]

Priestly fraternity at Turtle Bay

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More than 100 of Hawaii’s active and retired priests spent a week at Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore of Oahu gathering for fellowship, prayer and personal development sessions during the diocese’s annual Priests’ Convocation, May 13-17. They joined Bishop Larry Silva, third row fifth from right, for a group photo on May 15. […]

Clergy cartography

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Sixty-six parishes. Nine vicariates. Eight Hawaiian islands. Dozens of priests from several different dioceses and religious orders. Father Manny Hewe, the diocesan Vicar for Clergy, crafted a special picture board for the Priests’ Convocation. The board shows at which parish each priest is serving. Clergy photos are color-coded to denote whether they are from a […]