Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Five Hawaii Catholic schools offering free and reduced-price meals

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Five Hawaii Catholic schools are offering free and reduced-price meals for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for the 2021-2022 school year. When the information is known by the school, the school will notify households if their children are eligible for […]

Honolulu co-hosting virtual catechetical conference

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Listen to the organizer of the conference talk The Diocese of Honolulu will join one western archdiocese and eight western dioceses in hosting the three-day “Hope Heal Renew Virtual Conference” Nov. 4-6. The event is open to anyone. Registration costs $15 for over 100 sessions in five languages. Access to the online conference recordings lasts […]

Philippines-born vocations director incardinated into the diocese

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald In a short ceremony during the muggy, midday Mass at St. Stephen Diocesan Center’s chapel on Sept. 16, Father Joseph “Bong” Diaz officially joined the Diocese of Honolulu surrounded by the majority of the priests serving here in Hawaii. The Mass took place during the diocese’s annual priests retreat, […]

St. Joseph Waipahu Pilgrimage: From sugar plantation parish to robust church of today

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St. Joseph Parish, Waipahu By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald During this “Year of St. Joseph,” why not visit one of the St. Joseph churches in Hawaii. In this issue, we head to our last St. Joseph Church, this time in Waipahu on Oahu. Read the rest of the St. Joseph Church stories here. Like […]

Women Apostles for Catechesis want to spread the Good News

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By the Respect Life Office Special to the Herald The Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians were invited to Hawaii in 2008 by their fellow India native, Father Thomas Purayidathil Joseph. Today, four sisters serve Oahu in social ministry, religious education, pastoral work, hospice care and homebound ministry. Missionary Sister Meristella Umdor, director of […]

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