The Vietnamese Holy Martyrs Catholic Community’s anniversary celebration Aug. 15 included a procession by the Daughters of the Society of St. Monica at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu. (Courtesy Dann Ebina) By Father Anthony TranSpecial to the Herald On Aug. 15, the solemnity of the Assumption of Mother Mary, the Vietnamese Holy Martyrs […]
Hawaii’s Korean Catholics have much to celebrate
By Liz Ishimitsu Special to the Herald In early October 2024, a two-day ceremony was held at St. Andrew Kim Taegon Oratory in Honolulu to celebrate 50 years since the Korean Catholic Community was established in Hawaii. Many guests and dignitaries were invited and over 200 were in attendance. Bishop Larry Silva and Korean Bishop […]
Revitalized Carmelite convent celebrates 50th year in Hawaii
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii’s revitalized Carmelite convent celebrated its 50th year tucked in the Kailua-side slope of the Koolaus with a morning Mass Oct. 16 celebrated by Bishop Larry Silva and about 70 of the sisters’ families, friends and supporters. The congregants overflowed the Carmelites small public chapel, while in the chapel’s […]
Carmel of the Holy Trinity: 50 years of gratitude
Hawaii’s only contemplative monastery celebrates a half century in the Islands By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Special to the Herald “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” wrote the 6th century Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu. Fifty years ago, on Oct. 25, 1973, seven Carmelite nuns took that single step leaving […]
St. John, Mililani, rich in art, celebrates 50 years
For a half-century, in the heart of Mililani Town in central Oahu, St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church has brought people closer to Christ through its liturgies, sacraments, pastoral care, education and social ministries. And art. Beginning with the church itself, designed by Vladimir Ossipoff, perhaps Hawaii’s most acclaimed modern architect, to its collection of […]
50 years as the soul of a bustling city neighborhood
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Like a round peg in a square hole, Sts. Peter and Paul Church stands out in Honolulu’s Ala Moana district. In a good way. The circular church rises right off the sidewalk on busy Kaheka Street, the “soul” of a neighborhood of towering condos, commercial buildings, retail outlets and […]