Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Youth from Maui-Lanai Vicariate make their fellowship wish a reality

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By Agnes Terao-Guiala, St. Anthony parishioner Special to the Herald The idea of having a retreat for the young people of Maui and Lanai originated after a Dec. 9, 2023, one-day retreat at St. Anthony Church and School in Wailuku. At the end of this event, the 30 young people who attended it commented that […]

St. Catherine School in Kapaa to close after 78 years

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By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald After eight decades of providing elementary education on Kauai, St. Catherine School in Kapaa will become the latest Catholic campus in Hawaii to cease operations. The school’s closure at the end of the academic year next month comes despite “tireless efforts to sustain its mission,” according to a […]

Catholic Charities USA chief praises islands’ response to crises

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By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald The president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA visited Hawaii earlier this month to see the aftermath of last year’s devastating wildfire in Lahaina and to thank staff members of the organization’s Hawaii branch for their efforts in facing that crisis as well as others across the islands. Catholic […]

Blessing of oils a key part of Lenten season

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By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald During Lent, bishops all over the world bless oil that will be used throughout the year for sacraments. In the Diocese of Honolulu, it’s no different. With Easter upon us, priests from different islands have been assisting Bishop Larry Silva with blessing the oils during chrism Masses. Bishop Silva […]

Play about St. Marianne benefits Joseph Dutton Guild

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  The Damien and Marianne Catholic Conference is hosting “November’s Song,” a one-person play about St. Marianne Cope’s years serving in the Hansen’s disease settlement of Kalaupapa, April 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Honolulu’s Brad Powell Theatre, 65 Iwilei Road, Suite 101. The event, presented by The Actors’ Group, is a fundraiser for […]

Big Island churches host renowned composer for 2 evenings of Psalms

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Internationally recognized Catholic composer Francesca LaRosa will be featured at an evening of Psalms with Eucharistic adoration on April 2 at St. Michael the Archangel Church, Kailua-Kona, and April 3 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Papaikou. Both events start at 7 p.m. and are free. LaRosa’s music is played in churches all over the […]

Newman Center welcomes all to Good Friday Taize Prayer

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Hawaii Catholic Herald The University of Hawaii’s Newman Center will again sponsor the traditional Good Friday Taize Prayer around the Cross March 29 at 7:30 p.m. The candlelit ceremony includes chants, prayers, reflections, a Scripture reading of the Passion and a period of meditative silence. The prayer culminates with small groups of participants kneeling and […]

Making their way back: Parishioners across the state are returning to Sunday worship as the pandemic’s impact fades

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Isle parishes see rebound in Sunday Mass attendance By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald While still far from its pre-pandemic level, Sunday Mass attendance in Hawaii has been slowly rising after plummeting in the first year that COVID-19 brought the world to a standstill. Conducted every October, the statewide annual count of parishioners attending […]

Catholic initiation process has new name, but the same goal

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By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Easter is right around the corner, and many thousands of people across the country are awaiting the day with anticipation to enter the Catholic Church. That includes 241 catechumens in the Diocese of Honolulu who will be baptized at the  Easter Vigil. Each one of them prepares for the […]