Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Shelter blessing

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Father Paul Li, vicar of the east Hawaii Island vicariate, says a prayer in the new pavilion of Sacred Heart Shelter, the 20-unit complex of mini-houses erected on Catholic Church land, on June 30, the day of the shelter’s blessing and dedication. The shelter, for elderly and family evacuees of the ongoing Kilauea eruption on […]

Photo: Faith formation

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Dallas Carter teaches a class on parish evangelization and catechesis for millennials at the Oahu Faith Formation Conference, held June 22-23 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu. About 275 people attended the annual conference which offered 50 sessions by numerous presenters on prayer, spirituality, Scripture, ministry, stewardship, evangelization, Catholic social teaching and other […]

Photo: Relay rosary for priests

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Photographer Dann Ebina captures some of the faces of those participating in the Global Rosary Relay for Priests, 11:30 a.m. to noon, June 8 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. The Sorrowful Mysteries were recited in the format of a “living” rosary with individuals leading each bead. In the prayer relay, churches around the world […]

Photo: Baccalaureate Mass

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Participants in Bishop Larry Silva’s second annual Baccalaureate Mass for middle and high school graduates May 24 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa pose with the bishop in the church sanctuary after Mass. Nineteen graduates from Central Middle School, Damien Memorial School, McKinley High School, Moanalua Middle School and Farrington High School, as well as […]

Photo: Visiting choir

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St. Joseph Mission in Kaupo, Maui, celebrated its first Mass of 2018 on April 29. After a rainy winter that had brought many road closures, prayers for good weather were answered. St. Joseph is the most remote mission of the already distant St. Mary Church in Hana. The music for the Mass was provided by […]

Photos: Flock of shepherds

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Above, Hawaii’s parish priests assemble for a group photo during their annual convocation of priests May 14-18 at the Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s North shore. Right, retired Father Louis H. Yim; Father Khanh Hoang, pastor of St. Jude, Kapolei; and Father Pascual Abaya, pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Pearl City, take […]

Photo: Barking to the choir

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Jesuit Father Gregory J. Boyle, who ministers to gangs in southern California, delivers his talk, “Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship,” April 22 in the Mystical Rose Oratory on the Chaminade University of Honolulu campus as part of the Father Robert Mackey Marianist lecture series. Father Boyle is the founder of Homeboy […]