Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Maui holy oils

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Students from St. Anthony School, Wailuku, carry the parish holy oils for St. Rita Parish in Haiku and St. Gabriel Mission in Keanae, left, and Christ the King Parish, Kahului, at the Maui/Lanai vicariate Chrism Mass, March 24, at St. Anthony Church in Wailuku. Bishop Larry presided at the liturgy. Representatives from each parish were […]

Photo: Healing Mass

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Father William Tulua, parochial vicar of St. Catherine Parish, Kapaa, Kauai, blesses parishioners during a parish healing Mass March 5. Participants received the anointing of the sick. Praise and worship were led by Brenda Viado. Stephen Villanueva was the lector. It was reassuring to see people of all ages present, knowing that God’s healing always […]

Ecumenical Lenten prayer leaders

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St. Anthony Church in Wailuku, Maui, hosted an ecumenical Lenten prayer service March 16 with pastors, ministers and parishioners of neighboring Christian church communities. Members of these churches come together for a night of prayer and reflection on five Wednesdays in Lent. The theme of the services, which is held alternately at St. Anthony Church […]

Photo: Sign me up

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Father Peter Miti, left, pastor of Resurrection of the Lord Parish in Waipio, holds steady the Book of the Elect while a young catechumen signs it during the Rite of Election March 6 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Those welcomed in rites of election throughout the diocese will receive the Sacraments of Initiation — […]

Photo: Germ-free ashes

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Father Alfred Omar Guerrero, pastor of the Newman Center and Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, applies ashes to the forehead of a parishioner with a Q-tip, on Ash Wednesday, March 2 at the Newman Center. At right, Q-tips, used to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and bowls of ashes sit […]