By Brian Perry Special to the Herald LAHAINA, Maui — Members of the close-knit community of Sacred Hearts School are coming together, in faith, in the wake of another disaster. First, the COVID-19 pandemic forced families into isolation and homebound students into virtual classes. Then, as they regrouped and opened their doors for a new […]
EPIC aid effort springs into action on Maui
By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald It has been a little more than a month since fires swept through the historic town of Lahaina. More than a hundred are confirmed dead. Thousands have lost their homes. Those left are survivors clinging to hope. Sometimes hope comes in the form of others. That’s the spirit EPIC […]
Donations to wildfire relief top $1 million
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald In the first three weeks after the Maui wildfires burned the town of Lahaina to the ground Aug. 8, donations to the Hawaii Catholic Community Foundation’s Maui Wildfire Relief fund surpassed $1 million. As of Sept. 8, 4,455 gifts totaling $1,703,221.23 were given to wildfire relief and to Sacred […]
Photo: 180th anniversary resolution
Diocesan vicar general Msgr. Gary Secor holds the framed resolution presented by the City and County of Honolulu Sept. 6 to Bishop Larry Silva, pictured to the left of Msgr. Secor, honoring the 180th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu. Also attending the ceremony Councilman […]
Speaker urges listeners to seek the joy God offers freely
By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald International Catholic speaker Chris Stefanick jumps up and down with passion and love for the Lord at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church. He does not hide his love for God or, you can say, he cannot hide it. When he approached the doors of the Mililani church on […]
Ohana in Christ fundraiser starts third year in October
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Ohana in Christ annual $1 million-plus diocesan fundraising campaign begins its third year in parishes the weekend of Sept. 30-Oct. 1. The appeal, which helps fund diocese-wide efforts such as the formation of clergy, evangelization, finances, social ministry and youth and young adult ministry has a new look […]
BONDED BY HOPE: Lahaina, Maui
The Holy Father invokes upon all of Maui, Almighty God’s blessings of strength and peace By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Lahaina, once the capitol of the Hawaiian Kingdom and later a popular tourist destination, will now forever be known as the town a horrific wildfire razed to the ground Aug. 8-9. The death toll, […]
Hotel Mass brings comfort to employees who lost homes
By Brian Perry Special to the Herald In the wake of the devastating Lahaina wildfire that has claimed more than 100 lives and left hundreds more missing, a half-dozen Catholic priests celebrated a special Mass with about 70 Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa employees and their family members on Aug. 22 in the Kaanapali hotel’s […]
Lisa Gomes named new Director of Evangelization and Catechesis
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald How does a math major turn out to be the diocesan Director of Evangelization and Catechesis? “That’s how God works,” laughed Lisa Ann Gomes, the new director of that newly named position. Mysteriously? Bishop Larry Silva appointed Gomes, the present diocesan director of the Office for Youth and Young […]
World Youth Day, the Vigil: the crowds, the sun, the walking, the pope
By Larry Denis III Special to the Herald Following a nice lunch at an authentic Portuguese restaurant in Lisbon to celebrate Bishop Larry Silva’s birthday, we began our pilgrimage to the World Youth Day Vigil site, Aug. 5, for the final night before the festival’s closing Mass the following morning with Pope Francis. This was […]
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