Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Corpus Christi celebration

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Above, Bishop Larry Silva holds the monstrance carrying the Holy Eucharist in a procession around the parking lot of the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Kalihi June 14 on the Feast of Corpus Christi. The bishop’s traditional Corpus Christi procession, the mile walk from the co-cathedral to the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, […]

Photo: International quarantined choir

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Dominican Sister Malia Dominica Wong was interviewing a sister June 17 at the Sacred Hearts Sisters’ Malia o ka Malu convent in Kaimuki when she heard “angelic” singing coming from the chapel. Checking out the source of the beautiful music she found a choir of familiar and unfamiliar faces. The familiar faces belonged to Hawaii’s […]

Photo: Baby bottle donation

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Gary Jose, the Knights of Columbus state program director, presents a donation check to Susan Duffy, president of the Pearson Foundation for the Pearson Place Pregnancy Resource Center, which recently relocated to 1145 Bishop Street, in downtown Honolulu, above the Pauline Book and Media Center. The donation of $5172 came from this year’s “Baby Bottle […]

Photos: Maryknoll mask donation

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The Maryknoll School family donated more than 2,500 reusable handmade fabric masks to two local nonprofit organizations, Lanakila Pacific and Navian Hawaii (formerly Hospice Hawaii), May 22, to help kupuna and nurses stay protected against COVID-19. For two-and-a-half weeks, using repurposed Maryknoll aloha-print fabric, families, alumni and community members took up needle and thread to […]

Photo: An island Jesuit’s ohana

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Hawaii-born and -raised Jesuit Father Shay Auerbach found an old family photo showing his island religious roots that he wanted to share with Hawaii Catholic Herald readers. Here is how he identified the people in the picture using maiden names for all, from left: Elizabeth Kahalelauhala Hew Siu (my great-grandmother); Josephine Lee (my grandmother — […]

Photo: Compassion in Kapolei

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Kapolei’s St. Jude Parish outreach ministry twice-weekly serves as many as 600 adults and children who are homeless, sheltered, veterans from as far away as Aiea, Pearl City, Waipahu, Ewa Beach and Waianae. The ministry has been busy even before the pandemic. Under the leadership of outreach ministry director Carolyn Won, pictured, and her dynamic […]

Photo: No cream cheese, either

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This year’s “Bagels with Bishop” event for Saint Louis School seniors was a “Stay at Home” version due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. On April 7, the students logged in to videoconference with Bishop Larry Silva instead of meeting with him in person. Each year, Bishop Silva meets with each senior class of Hawaii’s Catholic […]

Photo: Visitors from a distance

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The family of Sue Ferandin, director of the Augustine Educational Foundation, dropped by April 1 for a socially distanced visit to Edith Leong and Manny Sylvester at the Kahala Nui retirement community in Waialae-Kahala. “We got a little creative,” Ferandin said. “They aren’t allowed any visitors and we wanted to share a little love with […]

Photo: Sheltering at St. Stephen

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Diocese of Honolulu seminarians flew back to Hawaii from St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California, after COVID-19 led the seminary to switch to distance learning for the remainder of the academic year. Two diocesan seminarians headed back to the Big Island, but the remaining seminarians are staying at St. Stephen Diocesan Center […]

Photo: Lent food

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Jake and Joe Hawkins enjoy grilled cheese, fried fish, French fries, and hush puppies at the March 6 Knights of Columbus fish fry held in the parish hall at St. Anthony Church in Kailua. The event raised money for students in financial need at St. John Vianney and St. Anthony Schools and for Hoola Na […]