Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Meeting in Rome

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Serra Club of Honolulu member Chuck Furr met Pope Francis on June 23, the second day of the Serra International annual convention in Rome attended by 615 Serrans from around the world. The man between the pope and Furr is Greg Schweitz of Omaha, president of the Serra U.S. Council. Furr is a parishioner of […]

Photo: Browsing for blankets

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U.S. service veterans browse for blankets and bed linens at a household item “give-away” Aug. 16 at the Cathedral Kamiano Center for recently homeless vets eager to refurbish their new, but bare, apartments. The event was organized by Iwie Tamashiro of the diocesan Office for Social Ministries who was asked recently by a Veterans Administration […]

Photo: Laulima House donation

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The First Hawaiian Bank Foundation on Aug. 3 awarded a $100,000 grant to Catholic Charities Hawaii for its Laulima House Campaign. Pictured from left are First Hawaiian Bank senior vice president Vernon Wong, Catholic Charities Hawaii president and chief executive officer Terry Walsh and Laulima House Campaign chairman Jerry Rauckhorst. Catholic Charities purchased the Laulima […]

Photo: Serra Club hosts seminarians

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The Serra Club of Honolulu hosted the diocesan seminarians on Oahu at a luncheon at the New Empress Restaurant in Chinatown before they headed back to school. Pictured standing are William “Pila” Tulua and Kevin Clark. Seated is Clifford “Chance” Billmeyer, Serra chaplain Msgr. Gary Secor and diocesan vocations director Father Rheo Ofalsa. Also at […]

Photo: Many hands working together

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The Bank of Hawaii Foundation this month gave Catholic Charities Hawaii a pledge of $100,000 for its campaign to expand services for children and families at its Laulima House residence on Keeaumoku Street next to the Catholic Charities campus in Honolulu. Pictured, from left, are Catholic Charities president and CEO Terry Walsh, Laulima House campaign […]

Photo: Pews out, carpet in

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Recarpeting a church can be a chore, considering all those pews. But at St. Anthony Church in Wailuku, Maui, what had been expected to take two weeks took only one thanks to the volunteer efforts of many, the organizational skill of Gil Hoopii (pictured top, right), and nearly two dozen Jobs Corps members recruited by […]

Photo: Investing in the future

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation on July 7 awarded Sacred Hearts Academy $180,000, to support the Ka Lei ‘Ike (Embrace the Knowledge) Program which provides girls at Palolo Elementary and Jarrett Middle School an opportunity to develop self-confidence and citizenship skills, and successfully transition to high school and beyond. Pictured, from left, are Gailene […]

Photo: In solemn memory

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Hawaii’s Knights of Columbus in March installed a U.S. veterans memorial marker at the Hawaii State Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Kaneohe. Msgr. Gary Secor blessed it April 8. The Knights installed a similar memorial last year at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl after Supreme Knight Gilbert K. Jose visited the place […]