Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo | Beatitudes: Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted

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Palestinians surround the body of a 10-year-old girl, whom hospital officials said was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during her funeral at a mosque in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, July 11. A Catholic priest in Gaza said Israeli missile attacks are wide-ranging and that there is no safe zone. (CNS photo/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Reuters)

Photos: Solemn procession

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Dozens of faithful trekked from the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace June 22 for the annual Eucharistic procession commemorating the feast of Corpus Christi. Bishop Larry Silva, in the above photo with Deacon Keith Galang, led the procession, taking turns with other clergy holding the Eucharist encased in […]

Photo: Present and future priests

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Diocesan seminarian Nick Brown, center with Bishop Larry Silva, celebrates his ordination as a “transitional” deacon surrounded by friends and fellow seminarians at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, June 7. Joining Brown at the co-cathedral sanctuary are, from left, diocesan vocations director Father Pascual Abaya, Emmanuelle del Castillo, Frankie Villanueva, Preston Castro, Dario Rinaldi, Ace […]

Photo: Uke master, scholarship winner

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Nick Acosta, a 2014 Damien Memorial School graduate, is this year’s recipient of the $1,000 Lili Anama Park Memorial Scholarship from Ukulele Festival Hawaii. He is a master on the four strings, despite being born without his right arm below the elbow. Trained by famed ukulele instructor and festival founder Roy Sakuma, Nick will be […]

Photo: One nation, under God

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Deacon Kin Borja, district manager of Hawaii’s Knights of Columbus, displays a proclamation issued June 12 by Gov. Neil Abercrombie and Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui in recognition of U.S. Flag Day, June 14. The proclamation commends the role of the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus in petitioning President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 […]

Photo: Special presentation

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Hawaii’s Knights of Columbus Supreme Council presented Special Olympics Hawaii a check for $3,500 on May 15. Pictured at the presentation, from left, are Dan Epstein, vice president of sports and sports marketing for Special Olympics Hawaii; Michael P. Victorino, Hawaii state deputy, Knights of Columbus; Nancy Bottelo, Special Olympics Hawaii president and CEO; and […]

Photo: Receive the Holy Spirit

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Diocesan vicar general Father Gary Secor administers the laying on of hands on Jahsten Campbell-Lacasandile as part of the rite for the sacrament of Confirmation May 31 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Ewa Beach. Jahsten was one of more than 30 confirmandi at the parish who received the sacrament, which bestows upon […]

Photo: Future bishop meets future saint

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Bishop (then Father) Larry Silva greets St. (then Pope) John Paul II at the Vatican in April 1991 in this photo taken by Vatican photographer Arturo Mori. Bishop Silva was in Rome that year for sabbatical studies at the Institute of Continuing Theological Education at the Pontifical North American College. (Photo courtesy of Bishop Larry […]

Photo: Masters of their theological domain

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Graduates of the Master’s in Pastoral Theology program at Chaminade University of Honolulu pose for a group photo on commencement day, May 12, at the Neal Blaisdell Arena. These graduates, who include deacons and deacon candidates and their wives, and a Catholic Charities Hawaii vice president, earned their degrees as part of an arrangement the […]