Gov. David Ige signed Senate Bill 3338 June 29 appropriating $5 million in state funds to build The Kalaupapa Memorial, a monument to the thousands of people, mostly unknown, who were forcibly quarantined to the Hansen’s disease settlement on Molokai from 1866 to 1969. “I really want to thank everyone involved with getting this measure […]
Photo: Specially blessed
Bishop Larry Silva presents Father Konelio Faletoi, pastor of St. Michael Parish, Kailua-Kona, with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, July 1, at the diaconate ordination Mass for Arrion Rosales-Llantos. The occasion was Father Faletoi’s 30th anniversary of ordination. The blessing was arranged by St. Michael parochial vicar Father Jaroslaw Skrzypek. For his 25th ordination […]
Photo: Happy Holy Ghost Feast
Father Anthony Rapozo, pastor at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Parish in Mililani, poses with the “royal court” of the parish’s first annual Holy Ghost Feast, June 5, Pentecost Sunday, at the 11 a.m. Mass. The Holy Ghost Feast is a traditional Portuguese cultural celebration introduced to the islands by Portuguese immigrants. Pictured with Father […]
Delivering dignity, compassion, justice
Catholic Charities Hawaii, the island church’s primary social service agency, turns 75 this month By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald When Daryl Lynn Davalos was a teen in the late 1960s, her family went to Catholic Social Services on Oahu for family counseling. She remembers waiting in the lobby after an appointment and seeing a […]
He wanted to serve others, so was priesthood calling?
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Arrion Rosales-Llantos had already registered for his third year at the University of Hawaii-Hilo, for classes in administration of justice and history, when he mentioned to his pastor in Kona that he was considering the priesthood as a career. The pastor, Father Konelio Faletoi, urged him to enter the […]
A century of memories and love
The 100-year history of St. Rita Church, Haiku, Maui Submitted by St. Rita Parish Special to the Herald 1922 to 1950 In his 1978 book, “Pioneers of the Faith,” historian and Sacred Hearts Father Robert Schoofs wrote that the early Catholics of Portuguese, Filipino, Hawaiian, and Japanese ancestries living in the Haiku area worshipped in […]
Honolulu diocese welcomes two new lay Pauline Cooperators
By Stephen Ziadie Special to the Herald Two Oahu laywomen professed their solemn promises as Pauline Cooperators, members of the Pauline Family that include the Society of St. Paul and the Daughters of St Paul, during the noon Pentecost Sunday Mass, June 5, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu. […]
Photo: Body of Christ at Christ the King
La Salette Father Augustine Uthuppu, pastor of Christ the King Parish in Kahului, Maui, carries the monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament under a canopy held by members of the Knights of Columbus as he leads parishioners in a procession celebrating the feast of Corpus Christi (the Body of Christ) June 19. The Corpus Christi procession […]
Photos: Taking Christ to the street
Top, acolytes lead the Corpus Christi procession up Nuuanu Avenue about a block from their destination, the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, June 19, where Bishop Larry Silva presided over Benediction. The mile-and-a-half long procession started at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa at noon. The celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi marked […]
Hawaii’s secular Carmelites welcome newest member, another makes first promise
The Discalced Carmelite Secular Group of Hawaii held a double ceremony on June 4 at the Carmelite Monastery chapel on the grounds of St. Stephen Diocesan Center. New member Jennie Roller was welcomed into the group in a rite of admission ceremony and Janice Eala made her first promise — her initial three-year pledge to […]
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