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Exploring the origins and traditions of Lent

03/11/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Catholic Stewardship Consultants www.CatholicSteward.com When the liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, we enter into a time of preparation, sacrifice and penance, culminating in Holy Week and the joyous celebrations of Easter. Lent offers us a time for solemn reflection as well as an opportunity to be drawn ever closer to our […]

Filed Under: Features, Stewardship Tagged With: Catholic Stewardship Consultants, history, Lent, origins, stewardship, traditions

Christmas comes to the Islands

12/21/2020 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

How the spirit of the season found its way to Hawaii By Father Louis H Yim Special to the Herald This article was first published in the Dec. 20, 1985, issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald. Father Yim has written many stories on Hawaii Catholic history for the Herald over the years. With the coming […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Christmas, Hawaii, history

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