Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Principals’ retreat

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The Hawaii Catholic Schools office held its first retreat for principals and school administrators Aug. 10-11 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. The group gathered for Mass at the St. Stephen chapel Aug. 11 with diocesan vicar general Father Gary Secor, Father Dennis Koshko, diocesan adult faith formation coordinator Kristina DeNeve and superintendent Mike Rockers. (HCH […]

Photo: A new Knights council for Hawaii

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Knights of Columbus state advocate Robert B. Camilleri, right, presents the charter formally instituting Hawaii’s newest Knights of Columbus council, Sts. Peter and Paul Council 16002, to charter grand knight Gabriel Perez on July 16 at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish. (Photo courtesy of Robert B. Camilleri)

Photo: Gathering of deacons

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Bishop Larry Silva poses with Hawaii’s permanent deacons during the Deacon Summer Gathering July 19-20 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Pearl City. The guest speaker for the event was Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Anne Bryan Smollin. The theme was “Live, Laugh and Love!” (Photo by Elaine Okamoto courtesy of Deacon […]

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 […]