Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

A year in review: Hawaii Catholic news in 2023

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2023: Death and redemption Compiled by Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Aug. 8, 2023, was the day that stunned Hawaii like never before when a roaring wildfire, fed by the gale-force winds of a passing hurricane, burned to the ground the historic Maui town of Lahaina, killing 100 people and displacing thousands more. It was […]

Father John Molina incardinated into the Diocese of Honolulu

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva announced the incardination of former Somascan Father John Molina into the Diocese of Honolulu in the Official Notices of the Nov. 24 Hawaii Catholic Herald. He was publicly welcomed to the presbyterate of the diocese Dec. 1 at the final Mass of the annual convocation of […]

Your new pastor

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How was he chosen? What are his primary duties? How long will he stay? By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald His appointment is first announced in the bishop’s “official notices” in the Hawaii Catholic Herald. Then, customarily on July 1, the new pastor, unelected, mysteriously picked, moves into his assigned parish. After he has settled […]

With deacon’s retirement, an era ends for the Diocese of Honolulu

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Richard Port first learned of the permanent diaconate in the early 1960s in Ghana, West Africa, where he and his wife Ann (Antonette) were teaching secondary school in President John F. Kennedy’s newly established Peace Corps. There, on Sundays, the corps’ first married couple would hitchhike 25 miles to […]

Diocese hires experts in construction, property management, accounting

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Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu has hired three experts in the areas of construction, property management and accounting to help the diocese and parishes in those areas where experience is a necessary and valued asset. New onboard are Caven Raco as part-time facilities services advisor, Lee McCluskey as a full-time facilities […]

Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu turns 80 this year

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Hawaii Catholic Herald It’s been 80 years since the establishment of the Diocese of Honolulu. Two dates are given for the establishment of the diocese — Jan. 25, 1941, when Pope Pius XII apparently announced the creation of the diocese, and Sept. 10, 1941, when the first diocesan bishop was installed in Honolulu and the […]

Diocese ‘strongly recommends’ vaccinations for church workers

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu will not “mandate” the COVID-19 vaccine for persons who work in Hawaii’s Catholic parishes, schools and other ministries, “but strongly recommends those who are eligible to receive it to do so,” said the diocesan director of human resources Dara Perreira in a Jan. 8 memo […]