Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Kupuna care: From cleaning to companionship, two Catholic volunteer programs tend to the needs of Oahu’s elderly

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Eighty-one-year-old Florence sits at her dining room table, smiling brightly as she welcomes guests into her Wahiawa apartment. Her place is warm and welcoming, with the spirit of the sharp Puerto Rican grandmother radiating through every nook, cranny, tabletop flower, Spanish book, music CD and family photo in the room. She lives alone in this […]

iPads become handy in classrooms thanks to Augustine Foundation grant

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Fifty Hawaii teachers from nine Catholic schools are learning to better use Apple iPad technology in their classrooms thanks to an Augustine Educational Foundation grant initiated by a Sacred Hearts Academy teacher. The grant made possible four training programs, called “iTeach: Empowering Catholic School Educators in iPad Technology,” at no cost to local educators, Feb. […]

Two Maryknoll Sisters, former Hawaii teachers, mark 75th anniversaries

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Two Maryknoll Sisters who served for decades in Hawaii marked their 75th anniversaries of religious life last month at the Maryknoll Sisters Center, near Ossining, N.Y. Sister Eugenie Therese Courtright and Sister Leona Michiels, both of whom taught in Hawaii schools in the Islands’ pre- and post-statehood days, celebrated their milestones at a Mass in […]

Catholic educators gather for spiritual, social, tech boost

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More than 700 educators from Oahu’s Catholic schools attended a day-long event of spiritual refreshment, fellowship and resource-sharing at the Annual Conference for Catholic Educators, Feb. 1. For the second year in a row, the conference was held concurrently at two different sites. At St. Ann’s Model School in Kaneohe, faculty and staff gathered from […]

Bishop urges ‘greater effort’ by parishes to offer Penance during Lent

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Seventeen Hawaii parishes have responded to Bishop Larry Silva’s request to make the Sacrament of Penance more available to parishioners during Lent, according to the diocesan Office of Worship. “During this Year of Faith, one of the great gifts that we need to make even more available to our people is the Sacrament of Penance,” […]

MMM…MEATLESS! Diocesan staffers share with Hawaii Catholic Herald readers their recipes for Lenten Fridays

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No meat on Fridays. No gravy or sauces made from meat products. No problem! At the annual “Lenten Luncheon” hosted by the Hawaii Catholic Herald, diocesan employees showed that sacrificing meat during this liturgical season doesn’t also have to be a penance of bland, boring meals. In Lenten Luncheon tradition, staffers brought a bevy of […]

‘Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It’s been years ….’

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If you were raised in the Catholic Church before 1962, you may remember the long lines waiting for confession every Saturday. Even though the church mandated confession only for serious sin, a culture of sinfulness led good and faithful Catholics to frequent, sometimes weekly, confession. Many devotional practices, including confession for venial sins, fell into […]

Married 77 years! Angelino and Eva Ronquilio of Aiea

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The Feb. 1 issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald reported Worldwide Marriage Encounter’s choice of Joseph and Helen Vierra of Waimanalo as Hawaii’s longest married couple for 2013. The Vierras recently celebrated their 75th anniversary and were nominated for the annual Worldwide Marriage Encounter contest. As it turns out, another Catholic couple in Aiea also […]