Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Four schools open year with new administrators

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Four Hawaii Catholic Schools have five new administrators — four principals and one head of school — this academic year. Sacred Hearts Academy has named Cynthia McIntyre as its lower school principal. Saint Louis School has appointed Brittany Souza as elementary school principal. St. Michael School in Waialua has a new principal, Dallas Carter. And […]

Interview with the superintendent: Science and faith

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The superintendent of Hawaii’s Catholic schools says that, with a year’s experience with the pandemic, Catholic campuses across the state are doing a ‘great job’ teaching students in a safe environment Interview by Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Herald spoke to the superintendent of Hawaii Catholic Schools, Llewellyn Young, in early August […]

Meet the new 2021 Catholic school administrators

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Compiled by the office of Hawaii Catholic Schools Hawaii Catholic Schools Diocese of Honolulu Mandy Thronas-Brown Associate superintendent of schools Mandy Thronas-Brown was named the associate superintendent of schools on July 1. She was the last principal of St. Ann School in Kaneohe which closed at the end of the 2020-2021 school year. She has […]

Return to class during pandemic a success for Catholic schools

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By Suzanne Carlos Special to the Herald All 33 Catholic schools in Hawaii fully opened in July and August for 6,723 students under three learning models: in-person, distance/virtual, and a hybrid of those two. In Hawaii, one in four private school students receives a Catholic school education. Hawaii Catholic schools have taken innovative approaches to […]

Photo: Blessings for new academic year

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  Marianist Father Martin Solma celebrates the Mass of the Holy Spirit Sept. 18 in the Mystical Rose Oratory for Chaminade University of Honolulu’s annual spiritual convocation blessing the new academic year. Attendance was limited by social distancing, but the liturgy was livestreamed. The convocation included a re-commitment ceremony for the Marianist Educational Associates, a […]

Letter to the Herald: A sterling model

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Your coverage of St John Vianney School and other Catholic institutions heading back to school provides a sterling model for adapting to changes in our life environment. Although they’ve had five months to plan and implement needed changes due to COVID-19, our Hawaii DOE still needs the shining path Michael Rockers and Llewellyn Young provide […]

Agents of evangelization

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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 […]