Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father Patrick McCormick, diocesan priest: What keeps a priest going?

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald What keeps a priest going is what keeps all Christians going — we must remain active in our ministry. For priests, some of the elements are preaching, teaching and celebrating the Eucharist and other sacraments. Truth is, I am not sure whether […]

Cardinal: Priest who fathers child has moral obligation to child, mother

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By Catholic News Service BOSTON — If a Catholic priest violates his vow of celibacy and fathers a child, he has “a moral obligation to step aside from ministry and provide for the care and needs of the mother and the child,” said Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley. “In such a moment, their welfare is […]

FATHER MAURICE G. MCNEELY | 1930-2017

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Former military chaplain served in Isles for 30 years By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Maurice G. McNeely, a former military chaplain who served in Hawaii for 30 years, died July 29 in Michigan. He was 87 and a priest for 59 years. A funeral Mass was scheduled for Aug. 5 at Most Holy […]

13 parishes to gain new pastors, parochial vicars with July 1 assignments

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Thirteen Hawaii parishes will receive newly assigned priests on July 1, the customary date for clergy changes in the Diocese of Honolulu. St. George, Waimanalo, will receive a new pastor. He is Father Raymund Ellorin, a priest of the Diocese of Honolulu. Four parishes will gain new administrators, who […]

Father Mario Palanca, military chaplain: The most powerful weapon

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I am a devotee of our blessed Mother. I was born on the feast of Mary, Our Lady of Peace when it was celebrated on Jan. 24. Consequently, I had built a small chapel dedicated to the patronage of Our Lady of […]

Jubilarians: 26 sisters, brothers, clergy celebrate decades of selfless service

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald At a glorious morning Mass May 6 in Honolulu’s Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, 16 men and 10 women celebrated the day in their distant, idealistic youth when they answered a tug at the heart to follow Jesus. Called jubilarians, from the word jubilee which means both anniversary and rejoicing, […]

FATHER HERBERT CHING | 1921-2017: Diocese’s local-born priest first of Chinese ancestry

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Oahu-born Father Herbert Won Ching, the fourth Island-born man to be ordained for the Diocese of Honolulu, died May 2 at Queen’s Medical Center. For most of his adult life he had suffered from a disability which required an early retirement. He was 96 and priest for 70 years. Father Ching’s funeral is May 31 […]

Island priests to converge this month at Turtle Bay for annual convocation

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  By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Most of Hawaii’s priests will disappear from their parishes for five days in May to convene on Oahu’s north shore for their annual week of rejuvenation and fraternity. It’s the Priests Convocation 2017, May 15-19, at the Turtle Bay Resort in Kahuku. The priests check in Monday at […]