Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photos: Bishop’s blessings

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Among the responsibilities of a diocesan bishop is presiding over special occasions such as the blessing of a new crucifix in Holy Rosary Church in Paia, Maui, above, on July 5, and the installation of Father Pascual Abaya as the new rector of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, right, on July 7. […]

Photo: evangelizers

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The communities of the Neocatechumenal Way at St. John the Baptist Parish in Kalihi participated in the worldwide Great Mission on each Sunday afternoon during the season of Easter. They set up chairs, a platform and speaker on the front lawn of the parish as a way of evangelizing — announcing the Good News of […]

Photos: Feast of our patroness of peace

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Above, Bishop Larry Silva blesses with incense the statue of Our Lady of Peace outside the cathedral basilica that bears her name July 9 after a Mass inside the church celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Peace. Mary, under the title of Our Lady of Peace, is the patroness of the Diocese of Honolulu. […]

Battle of the pancit

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Three Maui Vicariate priests joined in the first annual priest cook-off at the Kula Catholic Community’s 127th Holy Ghost Feast June 9. It was the “Battle of the Pancit” (Filipino rice noodles) as each priest brought his talents and flavors to the table. In the end, the “Judges’ Choice” went to Father Michael Tolentino, second […]

Photos: Taking Jesus to the streets

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Anthony Selvanthan of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, leads the one-and-a-half mile procession through the streets of Honolulu from the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa to the cathedral basilica, on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, otherwise known as Corpus Christi, June 23. Altar servers join in the procession. Deacon […]

Photo: Walk around the tomb

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Tourists walk around the tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City, June 13. Following the successful cooperation on the 2016 restoration of the Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the leaders of the Greek Orthodox, Catholics and Armenian Orthodox, who serve as guardians of the holy site, have […]