Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

St. Francis Healthcare dedicates intergenerational center in Ewa

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Keiki and kupuna now have a place in Ewa where both can go every day for supervision, companionship, fun, learning and care. Bishop Larry Silva blessed the St. Francis Intergenerational Center in Ewa Villages, Feb. 28. The $8 million center provides under one roof both a preschool and daycare for the elderly. This newest program […]

Making hoop history: St. Francis boys basketball team hop to the top of Division II heap

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“Awesome!” “Amazing!” A Catholic high school that five years ago didn’t even have boys, now has a state championship boys basketball team. The St. Francis School boys basketball team notched a historical milestone last month, winning over several of the Islands’ best high school hoops squads to take the Division II state championship, Feb. 23. […]

Obituary: Maryknoll Sister Leonila Bermisa, formerly of Hawaii, was a lawyer, author, women’s rights advocate

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Maryknoll Sister Leonila Bermisa, the Hawaii lawyer who joined the missionary order in 1982 from Our Lady of the Mount Parish in Kalihi Valley to serve for many years in the Philippines, died in Manila on Feb. 28 at age 64. She was a Maryknoll Sister for 30 years. She had been battling cancer. Sister […]

Taking care of business: the bishop’s financial advisers guide him through the world of money

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Annual budgets, audits, investments, real estate holdings. This may seem like the list of responsibilities of a high-powered executive or business broker. It is, however, also a glimpse of the many fiscal tasks that a bishop has to manage as the leader of a diocese. While local Catholics are familiar with Bishop Larry Silva’s role […]

With Grateful Hearts: Website evangelization

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We’ve all been there —we need to find a Mass when we’re on vacation to a neighbor island, or we can’t remember reconciliation times for our own church. The newly designed diocesan website has information you need quickly, like Mass times, and much more. Organized and clean, with bright, bold headings, the website has valuable […]

Bishop’s council of advisers seeks five new members

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“How should the diocese follow up on its ‘Road Map’ strategic plan?” “What can the church do to strengthen marriage and family life?” “How can we encourage more young people to get involved in church leadership?” “What is happening in your vicariate?” These are some of the questions Bishop Larry Silva has asked his Diocesan […]

Heralding back: March 1, 2013

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  50 years ago – March 1, 1963 A dream comes true — The Most Reverend James J. Sweeney, Bishop of Honolulu, blesses the new college wing and the new chapel and auditorium of St. Stephen’s Seminary last Friday. In doing so his dream of adequate facilities to educate and prepare young men from the […]

Photo: Legion of Mary annual function

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Active and auxiliary members of Our Lady Daughter of St. Ann Praesidium of the Legion of Mary pose for a group photo in Kin Wah Chinese Restaurant in Kaneohe on Feb. 9 after their Annual Auxiliary Function at which they thanked their 36 auxiliaries and praying members for their prayers and support. At the function, […]

Photo: Lent begins

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The Catholic Church officially start the liturgical season of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13. More than 300 people attended the Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, celebrated by Bishop Larry Silva. He is shown here marking a cross with ashes on the forehead of a parishioner. (HCH photo by […]