Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: For service to the Academy

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Sacred Hearts Academy head of school Betty White, second from right, was recognized for outstanding leadership and community service at the 39th Annual YWCA Oahu LeaderLuncheon on June 14 at the Sheraton Hotel in Waikiki. White, a lifelong advocate for girls’ education, has dedicated more than four decades to serving at Sacred Hearts Academy. The LeaderLuncheon, […]

Isle schools raise $25,000 for CRS aid

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By Deborah Manog Special to the Herald The nineteen Hawaii Catholic Schools that participated in the 2016 Catholic Relief Services Lenten Rice Bowl raised a whopping $25,000 for local and international aid programs created for the elimination of hunger and poverty. The donations from the 19 schools, about half the number of schools in the […]

Aloha, Cathedral Catholic Academy

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Students, families, faculty, alumni celebrate the last day of the Nuuanu school with pride, gratitude, tears By Mary Adamski Hawaii Catholic Herald June 3 was a time of awards, songs and hugs at Cathedral Catholic Academy as the doors were ceremonially closed on the last day of class forever at the 80-year-old Nuuanu school. Students, […]

Photo: Invasive alien algae

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Tyla, a seventh grader at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City, displays a handful of invasive algae at Paiko Beach on Maunalua Bay in East Honolulu. On April 11, the school’s sixth through eighth graders donned gloves and tabis to help the environmental organization Malama Maunalua remove the unwanted plants that are […]

At Our Lady of Good Counsel School, reading has its rewards and ‘penalties’

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By Ginger Kamisugi Special to the Herald Reading — besides enlightening, instructing and delighting the reader — has a number of additional fun and unexpected rewards at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City. Each year, school librarian Heidi Valencia challenges the students to read a certain number of books for her annual […]

Kauai’s Catholic preschools receive Weinberg tuition assistance grants

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A representative of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation went to Kauai March 5 bearing gifts for preschools — generous grants for tuition assistance for children from low income families. Two of the beneficiaries were Catholic schools, St. Catherine Early Learning Center in Kapaa and, on the other side […]