By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald It was fire, not water, that caused the biggest Hurricane Lane-related damage on Maui. Brushfires in West Maui, which started early on Aug. 24, quickly spread due to high winds caused by the storm. Dry ground cover after a spell of warm summer days didn’t help. The Maui Fire […]
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Catholic schools need foundations ‘built on Christ’
BISHOP LARRY SILVA | MASS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald At the opening Mass for the Hawaii Catholic school year, Bishop Larry Silva focused his homily on shoring up the Christian bedrock. “There is only one solid foundation on which to build, namely Jesus Christ,” the bishop said in his […]
Kristina DeNeve: Joining the community
Diocesan adult faith formation coordinator Kristina DeNeve is entering the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in the fall By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Though Kristina DeNeve says she has considered a vocation to the religious life on and off since she was a child, it was not until a few years ago […]
Photo: Back to school
Kindergarten and first grade teacher Jessica Russell introduces students to classroom rules on the first day of the academic year at St. Michael School in Waialua, Aug. 1. HCH photo | Anna Weaver
Agents of evangelization
Schools superintendent is encouraged by the role of Catholic education in Hawaii Interviewed by Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Herald spoke with Michael Rockers, superintendent of Hawaii Catholic Schools, July 31 in his office at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. This interview has been condensed and edited. On Hawaii Catholic schools today Hawaii […]
Damien grad ‘ecstatic’ about call to priesthood, Air Force chaplaincy
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A 2007 Damien Memorial School graduate with less than a year until his ordination to the priesthood has aspirations to become an Air Force chaplain. Chris Yakkel was ordained a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio on May 4. Presiding at the ordination was Columbus’ Bishop […]
Decade saw a 20 percent drop in enrollment, school closures
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The last decade has not been a good one for Hawaii Catholic school enrollment. According to figures from the Hawaii Catholic Schools office, the number of students in preschool through grade 12 has dropped 2,279 since 2008. That’s a more than 20 percent decrease, an average of 228 students […]
Photo: Final touches
A worker applies stain to the inside of the decorative canopy that will cover the cathedra, or bishop’s chair, Aug. 2 in the sanctuary of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. The canopy matches the larger baldacchino above the old altar. The sanctuary is undergoing extensive renovation as part of phase two of […]
Micronesian bishop makes official Hawaii visit
The new coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of the Caroline Islands made an official visit to the Diocese of Honolulu’s central offices on July 26. Bishop Julio Angkel, who was installed on Feb. 4, was on Oahu for a weeklong visit in July with the Chuukese Catholic Community here. The visit included a July 28 […]
A history as old as Catholic Hawaii
The Kaimuki archives of the Sacred Hearts fathers and brothers has many tales to tell By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald On his weekly volunteer day at the archives of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Kaimuki, Sacred Hearts Father Ed Popish climbs the stairs to the second-floor of St. […]