Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

100 gather for day of prayer and fellowship for vocations

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About 100 adults, teens and children, and representatives of four religious communities, attended a day of prayer and fellowship Nov. 11 at the Paewalani house in Kaneohe hosted by the Leadership Association of Religious Congregations in Hawaii, or LARC. The event celebrated National Vocation Awareness Week. The religious communities who set up exhibits and handed […]

CatholicTV channel taking a pause

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  CatholicTV, otherwise known in Hawaii as KUPU-TV, is temporarily off the air. The channel that carried the popular Catholic television network, known for its video Masses, rosaries, chaplets, and other faith-filled programming, has new owners. CatholicTV will be back on air in mid or late January on 14 KEKE-TV. Viewers are still able to […]

Hawaii’s Knights distribute awards at annual Columbus Day dinner

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By Robert Camilleri Special to the Herald On Oct. 13, 179 Knights of Columbus, their families, clergy and religious gathered at the Okinawan Cultural Center in Waipio for their annual Columbus Day dinner and awards ceremony. The evening began with an opening prayer by state chaplain Sacred Hearts Father Lane Akiona, the presentation of the […]

Donations to diocesan Maui wildfire relief fund tops $4 million

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  By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Among the most generous givers to the Diocese of Honolulu’s Maui Wildfire Relief fund have been other American dioceses. The largest donation, $543,898.16, came from the Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange, California, funds it collected in a special parish appeal. The Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, gave $213,634.45. As […]

Bishop Silva celebrates All Souls Mass on Maui for Lahaina fire victims

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Bishop Larry Silva celebrated a solemn All Souls Day Mass Nov. 2 at Sacred Hearts Church in Kapalua, with wildfire survivors and parishioners of Lahaina’s historic Maria Lanakila Church. “We have come today to lament with you, to mourn with you, and to grieve with you,” Bishop Silva said in his homily, standing next to […]

Comforting those who mourn

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Parish bereavement ministries bring practical and long-term help for those disabled by grief By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald When a loved one dies there are questions you are forced to face even if you may not be in the right mind to answer them. Where is your loved one going to be buried? Will […]

East Hawaii celebrates ‘Eucharist: center of our faith, our families’

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By Gwendolyn DeCoito and Chrislyn Villena Special to the Herald East Hawaii Vicariate stewardship leaders welcomed their communities to the annual East Hawaii Stewardship Day at St. Joseph School gym in Hilo, Saturday, Sept. 30. Through God’s grace and blessings, more than 230 people attended. The theme, “Eucharist: Center of Our Faith, Center of Our […]