Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

The hand of God was on me: On his 60th year as a missionary, La Salette Father Rene Bisaillon has tales to tell

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Father Rene Bisaillon, a retired Missionary of our Lady of La Salette in residence at St. Theresa Church in Kekaha, Kauai, missed being listed among those celebrating jubilee years of their religious professions and ordinations in the March 29 Hawaii Catholic Herald. Father “Biz,” as he is affectionately known, came to Hawaii in 1991 after […]

Bishop Silva to lead annual Corpus Christi co-cathedral-to-cathedral street procession

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Bishop Larry Silva on June 2 will lead the diocese’s annual 1.25-mile Corpus Christi procession from the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Kalihi-Palama to the downtown Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. The observance of the feast, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, will begin with […]

To meet the unmeetable needs: Two Punahou grads meet in Taiwan. A conversation about life ensues

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I am from Kailua. Jeff is from Honolulu. Both of us studied at Punahou School and embraced religious life after. I taught in Taiwan back in the 1980s. Jeff will complete in July his first year of teaching at Taiwan’s Fu Jen Catholic University. I came home to minister to the unmet needs in Hawaii; […]

Obituary: Carondelet Sister Julia Marie Acain, of Maui, beloved teacher for 50 years

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Sister Julia Marie Acain, a Maui girl who, with her sister Catherine, joined the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet 60 years ago and enjoyed a long fruitful career in education, died on April 20 in Makawao, Maui. She was 79. Sister Julia Marie was a teacher in California, on Oahu and Maui, and was […]

VILAC and LILAC make joyful debut on Maui, Lanai

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Marianist VILAC (Valley Isle Liturgy and Arts Conference) and LILAC (Lanai Island Liturgy and Arts Concert) made their successful debuts in April. The two cultural events take their inspiration from their like-sounding parent conference — Marianist BILAC (Big Island Liturgy and Arts Conference) —celebrated annually on the Chaminade/Saint Louis School Campus in Honolulu. All three […]

Official Notices: May 10, 2013

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Bishop’s Calendar May 10, 6:00 pm, Mass for Feast of St. Damien, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu. May 11, 10:00 am, Confirmation Mass, St. Joseph Parish, Waipahu; 5:30 pm, Confirmation Mass, Star of the Sea Parish, Kahala; 6:00 pm, Confirmation Mass, St. Ann Parish, Kaneohe. [Fr. Gary Secor] May 12, 8:30 am, […]

The Herald is back online

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The Hawaii Catholic Herald is back online. After about a year lost behind some cyberspace cloud, www.hawaiicatholicherald.com is again an existing and accessible destination. The Hawaii Catholic Herald site went down last year due to unknown factors. The new site was created fresh by Herald staffer Darlene Dela Cruz. It now has local material from […]

Clarence Ching Foundation gives $7.5 million to Saint Louis School

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Posing for the check presentation, from left, school president Walter Kirimitsu and school principal Patricia Hamamoto, and from the Ching Foundation, Kenneth Okamoto, John Tsui, Raymond Tam, Peter Ng and R. Stevens Gilley. (Photo courtesy of Saint Louis School)   The Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation has given Saint Louis School $7.5 million, the school’s largest […]