Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

World Day of Consecrated Life to be celebrated Feb. 3

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SAVE THE DATE Show your support for our vowed religious sisters, brothers, priests, hermits and consecrated virgins as the church celebrates the World Day for Consecrated Life, Saturday, Feb. 3, with a 10 a.m. Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu, followed by a potluck lunch. Saint John Paul II instituted the World […]

Parish baby showers welcome new mothers celebrating life

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By Val Streff Special to the Herald “Walking with Moms in Need” is a program initiated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s encyclical, “The Gospel of Life,” to support pregnant women and new mothers. It was introduced in Hawaii in the form of parish “baby […]

HOPE Services blesses its first affordable rental housing for seniors on Hawaii island

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii Island has a brand-new neighborhood in Pahoa named after the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It’s small, just 12 houses — studios for seniors experiencing homelessness. But it is breaking new ground. The project is the first permanent affordable rental housing community for seniors in the island’s Puna district, […]

A new Vitality Task Force is writing the parish  ‘playbook’

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  By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald The captain of a ship makes sure he and everyone on his boat reaches their final destination. But sometimes it’s not that easy. A parish, like a ship, needs a knowledgeable captain with detailed charts to navigate its way successfully through financial shoals, spiritual straights, pastoral storms and […]

Annual Retirement Fund for Religious collection is Dec. 9-10

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  Two religious communities in Hawaii last year received more in combined financial support from the national Retirement Fund for Religious than Hawaii parishioners contributed that year. In 2022, parishioners contributed $101,261.18 to the national collection. From this fund, Hawaii’s Carmelite Monastery and the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts received a combined total of $112,682.99. […]

What is a penal precept?

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  Bishop Larry Silva has issued a “penal precept” prohibiting Father Alfred Rebuldela, a retired priest of the Diocese of Honolulu who was credibly accused of sexually abusing a minor as a young priest more than 40 years ago, from presenting himself as a priest or from exercising any priestly ministry. (See “Official notices” on […]