Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Conversion stories: three of many in Hawaii this year

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Catechesis. Self-reflection. Discernment. Prayer. After months of preparation, at Easter Vigil celebrations in parishes across Hawaii, the church will welcome its newest members. According to the diocesan Office of Worship, 203 catechumens will be baptized into the Catholic faith during the March 30 evening services. Many more, who had been previously baptized, will enter into […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Easter message 2013

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The risen Christ is in our midst today Repent, and believe in the Gospel!” Those were the words we heard on Ash Wednesday as we began our time of preparation for the memorial of the greatest event in the history of the world, the death and resurrection of Jesus. The call to repentance always implies […]

St. Anthony School, Kailua, still striving after 60 years

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In a world that has changed much in the past 60 years, one constant feature is St. Anthony of Padua School’s commitment to God, children, parents and the community. Kailua’s oldest private school celebrates its diamond anniversary this year. Maryknoll Father Michael Henry, pastor of St. Anthony Church, opened the parish school in 1952, and […]

Carnegie Hall, here they come: St. Anthony High School band heads for the big time

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It’s been a “crazy year,” said St. Anthony Junior-Senior High school band director Everett Yamashita. Well, the idea itself sounds a bit outlandish — a band from a small Maui Catholic high school playing Carnegie Hall. But it’s going to happen, and on April Fool’s Day yet. The 40-plus musicians of the Wailuku school’s symphonic […]

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 […]