Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Outstanding volunteer

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Yolanda Morreira, center, was surprised with the award for “Outstanding Female Volunteer of the Year” at the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program luncheon, Feb. 27 at Tsukiji Fish Market and Restaurant in Ala Moana Center. Morreira is a parishioner at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church in Mililani, and a regular volunteer with the “Kupuna […]

Photo: Miss America touts science at the Academy

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Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri was the featured speaker at Sacred Hearts Academy’s 21st Annual Science Symposium for Girls on Feb. 28. Davuluri, a University of Michigan graduate, is an advocate for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education. More than 500 girls from across Hawaii in grades five through eight, and their parents, attended the […]

Photo: Ashes to ashes

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Bishop Larry Silva swipes ashes on the forehead of a parishioner at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace during the noontime Ash Wednesday Mass, Feb. 18. Several hundred faithful gathered at the downtown church for the liturgy, with the distribution of ashes marking the start of Lent for Christians around the world. (HCH […]

Photos: Placing their names

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Two of the diocese’s catechumens who will be baptized into the Catholic faith on Easter Vigil signed their names into the Book of the Elect during the Rite of Election ceremony for Oahu at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Feb. 22. Rite of Election ceremonies were also held for catechumens on Maui, Kauai and the […]

Photo: Grant presentation

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Central Pacific Bank Foundation awarded the first third of a $15,000 grant to St. Francis Healthcare System for the transformation of its Liliha campus into the St. Francis Kupuna Village, a health, wellness and social services center for Hawaii’s elderly population. The grant will be paid over three years. The money will go toward a […]

Photo: Three Franciscan professions

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Three members of Hawaii’s Korean Catholic Community made their profession in the St. Clare Emerging Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order of Oahu at an evening Mass in late November at St. Pius X Church, Manoa. Franciscan Father Francis Kim, visiting from New York, celebrated the liturgy with Father Jong Ki Kim and Father Woongsuk […]

Photo: Sweet 50

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Bishop Larry Silva congratulates Barbara Yamasaki, at the diocesan staff Christmas party Dec. 19 for her 50 years of service in the Hawaii Catholic Schools office. Yamasaki, who has worked under all five diocesan bishops starting with Bishop James J. Sweeney, was secretary to the late Msgr. Daniel Dever for more than 40 years. (HCH […]

Photos: The stars are brightly shining

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The diocesan prison ministry hosted its annual “Star Light, Star Bright” Christmas party for inmates and their families at the Women’s Community Correctional Center in Kailua, Dec. 13. The event has been providing for more than a decade a chance for women inmates to reconnect with their loved ones. Community members and volunteers donated food, […]

Photo: Japan pilgrims of peace

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Pilgrims of peace A group of Buddhist, Shinto and Catholic ministers from Japan, called the Japan Religious Committee for the World Federation, paid a courtesy visit to the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Dec. 4. They were greeted by Hawaii Marianist Father Francis Nakagawa, center, who represented Bishop Larry Silva. The Catholic participant […]

Photos: Launching Year of Consecrated Life

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The diocese marked the start of the “Year of Consecrated Life” Nov. 30 with a festive noontime liturgy at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Pope Francis has called for a 14-month celebration, beginning this Advent and ending in February, 2016, to honor the contributions of men and women religious around the world. […]