Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photos: Walking with the Lord

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On Corpus Christi, the feast of the body and blood of Christ, parishioners on Maui and Oahu took part in Eucharistic processions. Hawaii Catholic Herald Msgr. Gary Secor held up the monstrance June 8 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu during adoration and benediction marking the conclusion of Oahu’s […]

Graduate finds strength, inspiration in Scripture

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Reflection by Easter Almuena Special to the Herald At 62 years of age, I graduated in May with a master’s degree in education with concentration in applied behavior analysis. It was a wonderful journey of learning, mostly of learning about the Scriptures: “Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted […]

Cathedral basilica will join Global Rosary Relay

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Special to the Herald The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 7, will recite the sorrowful mysteries at 11:30 a.m. during the annual Global Rosary Relay. According to Worldpriest, the lay organization that founded the Global Rosary Relay, the event is a prayer […]

Journalist, storyteller remembered for ‘great love’ of Hawaii and its people

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By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Emme Tomimbang Burns, an icon of journalism and storytelling in Hawaii who died earlier this year, was remembered April 26 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu during a funeral Mass that saw family, friends and faithful gather to honor a lifetime spent […]

Photo: 180th anniversary resolution

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Diocesan vicar general Msgr. Gary Secor holds the framed resolution presented by the City and County of Honolulu Sept. 6 to Bishop Larry Silva, pictured to the left of Msgr. Secor, honoring the 180th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu. Also attending the ceremony Councilman […]

Photo: Cathedral clergy

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Clergy of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace stand with Bishop Larry Silva for a photo following a Thanksgiving Day Mass Nov. 24. From left, Deacon Joseph Almuena, vicar general Msgr. Gary Secor, Bishop Silva, cathedral rector Father Pascual Abaya and cathedral parochial vicar Father Leonard Tubana. (Photo courtesy of Easter Almuena)

10 cathedral columns getting marbleized makeover

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The large interior columns of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace are being blocked off for three months as each undergoes repair and a fancy paint job that will help restore the look of the historic church back to an earlier time. Since last year, artisans have […]

The men behind the cameras

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A father-son team brings you, live on the internet, Masses from the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald If you’ve watched any of the streaming Masses at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Peace in Honolulu from Holy Week on, you’re watching the handiwork of John Fielding. Fielding, […]

Fellowship in times of isolation

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Father Damien of Molokai and Mother Marianne of Molokai, were natives of Belgium and Germany respectively, but are best known for their care of lepers (sufferers of Hansen’s disease) of the Kalaupapa settlement. In 1866 Hawaii established a leper colony on the island of Molokai, where approximately 8,000 Hawaiian were quarantined between its nineteenth-century founding […]