Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Helping hands

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Volunteers were on hand to help out homeless servicemen and women during the Veteran Stand Down, Nov. 6 at the Hawaii National Guard Bower’s Armory in Wahiawa. The event was organized by the diocesan Office for Social Ministry, which partnered with various community groups to provide veterans with clothing, grooming, medical services, housing and legal […]

Photo: New provincial leaders

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Nov. 5 was election day for the members of the U.S. province of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts. Elected provincial superior for a second term was Father Johnathan Hurrell. Also re-elected were vicar provincial Father Stan Kolasa of Massachusetts and second councilor Father Herman Gomes of Hawaii. Father Martin Gomes of Massachusetts was picked […]

Photo: A tune of appreciation

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Sisters from several religious orders join in “singing for their supper” at the Serra Club of Honolulu’s 22nd annual religious appreciation dinner at the parish hall of Blessed Sacrament Church on Nov. 6. The Serra Club is an organization of lay men and women devoted to promoting and sustaining vocations to consecrated religious life, the […]

Photo: A step closer to priesthood

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Honolulu seminarian Vincent Anh Vu, 25, was instituted into the Ministry of Acolyte by Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco William Justice, right, who presided over the ceremony Oct. 16 at St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, Calif. This ministry is one of a number of formal steps on the road to ordination to the priesthood. […]

Photo: Public awareness

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More than 1,000 participants gathered at the state capitol in Honolulu Oct. 23 for the 20th annual Men’s March Against Violence. Marchers began their walk at the capitol building and wound their way through the downtown Honolulu business district, carrying signs protesting domestic violence. The event concluded with a rally on the grounds of city […]

Photo: White Mass

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Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the diocese’s “White Mass,” an annual liturgy for physicians, surgeons, nurses and other health care providers, Oct. 30 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Dr. Emma Avila, right, was among the roughly 80 attendees at the liturgy. Dioceses around the world hold White Masses in October in honor […]

Photo: Outstanding alums

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Six outstanding alumnae of Sacred Hearts Academy were honored Oct. 17 at the school’s annual Scholarship Fund Gala. They are, seated from left, Mona Chang Vierra, Margaret Mary Kula Stafford, Alethea Au Seto, Faith Rivera, Paula Hee Ng and Geri-Ann Baptista. Pictured with them, standing from left, are Sacred Hearts Academy board chairman Terence Enriques, […]

Photo: Appreciated priests

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Father Louis “Harry” Yim, right, and Bishop Larry Silva were two of the more than 30 clergy at the Serra Club of Honolulu’s annual priest appreciation dinner Oct. 14 at the Hale Koa Hotel. Founded in 1970, the Serra Club of Honolulu is part of a worldwide Catholic organization of lay men and women dedicated […]

Photo: Public prayers for America

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 Local followers of the group “America Needs Fatima” hosted dozens of “rosary rallies” around the state Oct. 11, including a gathering at the state capitol in Honolulu. America Needs Fatima is a national organization that promotes the message of conversion shared by the Blessed Virgin Mary to three children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. Each […]

Photo: Seminarian deacon in final year

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Hawaii seminarian and transitional deacon Nick Brown assists at an all-seminary Mass Oct. 1 at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology in suburban Milwaukee, where he is finishing his last year of study before his ordination to the priesthood. Sacred Heart is North America’s largest seminary specializing in the formation of men over 30, […]