Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Pastoring in the time of the coronavirus

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald While many parishes have gone high tech in ministering to their people during this time of self-seclusion because of the coronavirus pandemic, some have found that old-fashioned ways work too. Father Marlon Belmonte, administrator of the two southern-most parishes in the diocese, Sacred Heart, Naalehu, and Holy Rosary in […]

Catholic schools continue the academic year with distance learning

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald They’ve been videoconferencing math lessons, doing P.E. in the backyard, weaving palm branches for Holy Week, and thanking essential workers with handmade signs and social media shares. Hawaii Catholic schools have moved their academic years online while the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the islands and the world. Here’s […]

Waialua vestment designer making Damien-Marianne protective masks

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Wendy Wylder had been sewing chasubles, the priest’s primary outer Mass vestment, in her small sewing studio in Waialua to present to Hawaii clergy at their annual convocation in May when the coronavirus pandemic struck. The event was canceled, so she adjusted. Wylder is now making protective face masks […]

Photo: No cream cheese, either

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This year’s “Bagels with Bishop” event for Saint Louis School seniors was a “Stay at Home” version due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. On April 7, the students logged in to videoconference with Bishop Larry Silva instead of meeting with him in person. Each year, Bishop Silva meets with each senior class of Hawaii’s Catholic […]

Ordination still on, location has changed

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The ordination of seminarian Ese’ese Tui to the transitional diaconate continues to be scheduled for 6 p.m., May 15, Bishop Larry Silva announced April 7, but the venue has changed from the Co-Cathedral of St Theresa to Tui’s home parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ewa Beach. Normally, local ordinations are scheduled for […]

Easter stories: A family faith affair

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Though the pandemic has put Easter Vigil initiations on hold, two Oahu families are eager and waiting to become Catholic By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald For Tiffany Welch, it was a surprising statement by her preschooler. For Jason and Victoria Castiglione, it was going on a marriage retreat. Both experiences led these Hawaii residents […]

Virtual Catholic high school for Oahu’s north shore in the works

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The idea of a web-based St. Michael High School is sounding like a pretty good idea about now By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald With COVID-19 sweeping the country and much of the world, students everywhere have switched to both social distancing and distance learning. But online schooling isn’t a new idea for St. Michael […]

Kauai parishioners receive a lively dose of evangelization at two-day retreat

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By Terri Donovan Mansfield Special to the Herald The diocesan Evangelization Task Force, established last year by Bishop Larry Silva, held its second retreat Feb. 28-29 at St. Catherine Church in Kapaa, Kauai. Friday evening began with a simple meal of soup and sandwiches, after which St. Catherine pastor Father Anthony Rapozo enthusiastically welcomed the […]

Honolulu seminarian declares intention to pursue priesthood

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CANDIDACY RITE Ese’ese “Ace” Tui, a seminarian of the Diocese of Honolulu, publicly declared his intention to pursue priesthood with six others at a Rite of Admission to Candidacy for Holy Orders, Feb. 27, in the main chapel of St. Patrick’s Seminary and University. Oakland Bishop Michael Barber celebrated the Mass. Bishop Larry Silva and […]