Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Marriage Encounter honors Maui couple as Hawaii’s longest wed

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WAILUKU — Marco Molina Jr. and Evelyn Flores Molina of Waihee, Maui, have been selected as Hawaii’s longest-married couple in the Worldwide Marriage Encounter 11th annual Longest Married Couple Project. Married 70 years this month, the Molinas are also the longest-married of all nominations made in WWME’s Region 12 covering Hawaii, Guam, Saipan, Northern and […]

Order of Malta is seeking ill persons to take on pilgrimage to Lourdes

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The Order of Malta Western Association U.S.A. is looking for Hawaii Catholics with a life-changing illness or physical challenge to go on a pilgrimage next year, April 26 to May 4, to wash in the healing waters of Lourdes, France. The trip is free for the ill person whose life-changing incident has affected his or […]

Honolulu co-hosting three-day virtual catechetical conference

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The Diocese of Honolulu will join one western archdiocese and eight western dioceses in hosting the three-day “Hope Heal Renew Virtual Conference” for catechists Nov. 4-6. Registration is now open for $25 (not $15, which was the cost of early registration) for more than 100 sessions in five languages. The event is co-hosted by the […]

Picking up the pro-life call

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Susan Duffy leads the nonprofit Pearson Foundation of Hawaii and its Pearson Place center By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald In fall 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic, Pearson Place unveiled its new location upstairs from Pauline Books and Media Center at 1145 Bishop Street in downtown Honolulu. The pregnancy resource center, which is run […]

Child saints: Religious education students learn about their holy peers and their relics

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Some were only in elementary school. Others never went to school. One was a computer whiz. Another befriended sheep and lived in a barn. All these are young people who became saints or are on the path to sainthood. Hagiographer and St. Anthony, Kailua, parishioner Peter Cruz highlighted them […]

Photo: Pet blessing

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Father EJ Resinto sprinkles holy water on a pet dog Oct. 3, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, on the grounds of Sacred Heart Church in Honolulu where he is pastor. The priest blessed a variety of canines, a family of guinea pigs and a rabbit. St. Francis is the patron saint of animals. […]

Photo: New Knights officers

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The Knights of Columbus St. Joseph the Worker Council 15124 installed its new officers at Sacred Heart Church, Honolulu, on Sept. 8. Pictured from left are field agent Cicero Seisderos, financial secretary Philip Mulno, Marjorie Mielke, warden Robert Mielke, grand knight Robert Camilleri, council chaplain Father EJ Resinto, deputy grand knight Stephen Choy, Canossa Choy, […]

Photo: Sacraments of initiation

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Sacraments of initiation Bishop Larry Silva administered the sacraments of Confirmation and first holy Communion to eight children and one adult on Aug. 28 at St. Philomena Church in Honolulu’s Salt Lake district. In the Diocese of Honolulu, the sacraments of initiation are given in the “restored” order of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. Children are […]