Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Priests on retreat

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Benedictine Abbot Jeremy Driscoll from Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon gives a morning talk on Jan. 11, the last day of the Diocese of Honolulu’s annual priest retreat at St. Stephen Diocesan Center in Kaneohe. Abbot Driscoll was the director of the Jan. 7-11 retreat. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver)  

Photos: Installation of pastors

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Bishop Larry Silva installed two new Oahu pastors in mid-January, both among the newest and youngest of the Diocese of Honolulu’s priests. Pictured above, Father Alfred Guerrero is the new pastor of the Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, following the retirement of outgoing pastor, Father Jack Ryan. Father Guerrero’s installation Mass […]

Obituary: Father Joseph Truong Ky, PSS | 1929-2018

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Refugee priest help found Hawaii’s Vietnamese Catholic Community Father Joseph Truong Ky, a seminary professor and Vietnam refugee who helped establish Hawaii’s Vietnamese Catholic Community, died Dec. 30 at Mercy McCune Brooks Hospital in Carthage, Missouri. He was 89 years old and a priest for 59 years. Father Ky was a member of the Sulpicians, […]

Father Santiago ‘Bong’ Agoo Jr., diocesan priest: Forever young

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING I am from the Prefecture of Isabela de Basilan in the Philippines. During my younger days, I found inspiration in the first priest to be ordained in my hometown. It was because of his example that I wanted to enter the seminary. Nowadays, I find myself being influenced by a song. Actually, […]

Father Rico Bernadez, diocesan priest: The importance of right relationships

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I really appreciate the priestly ministry. Being a priest is about having a right relationship with God and knowing that God will lead one in the right direction to fulfill whatever God designs to have be done. I am always hopeful to […]

Honor your priests on Priesthood Sunday

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The Serra Club of Honolulu is urging lay parish leaders to join parishes throughout the United States in honoring their priests on Sunday, Oct. 28, “Priesthood Sunday.” “We hope every parish does something to express the appreciation of their faith community for the devoted priests who serve them,” said Serra Club of Honolulu president, Jack […]

11 parishes gaining new pastors, parochial vicars in summer assignments

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In the annual appointments of priest assignments, effective July 1, three parishes will gain new pastors or administrators and seven will have new parochial vicars (formerly called associate pastors). An additional administrator starts Aug. 1. Three priests will start assignments as hospital chaplains, and one priest is retiring. All of these appointments were previously announced […]

Father William Kunisch II, diocesan priest: Building people, building lives

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I am not sure if renovating churches is my strength. But I have been open to it. When I was assigned to Resurrection of the Lord Parish, Waipio, the bishop was very clear that there was a building project that was very […]

Photo: Relay rosary for priests

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Photographer Dann Ebina captures some of the faces of those participating in the Global Rosary Relay for Priests, 11:30 a.m. to noon, June 8 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. The Sorrowful Mysteries were recited in the format of a “living” rosary with individuals leading each bead. In the prayer relay, churches around the world […]