Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Parish baby showers welcome new mothers celebrating life

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By Val Streff Special to the Herald “Walking with Moms in Need” is a program initiated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s encyclical, “The Gospel of Life,” to support pregnant women and new mothers. It was introduced in Hawaii in the form of parish “baby […]

HOPE Services blesses its first affordable rental housing for seniors on Hawaii island

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii Island has a brand-new neighborhood in Pahoa named after the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It’s small, just 12 houses — studios for seniors experiencing homelessness. But it is breaking new ground. The project is the first permanent affordable rental housing community for seniors in the island’s Puna district, […]

Annual Retirement Fund for Religious collection is Dec. 9-10

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  Two religious communities in Hawaii last year received more in combined financial support from the national Retirement Fund for Religious than Hawaii parishioners contributed that year. In 2022, parishioners contributed $101,261.18 to the national collection. From this fund, Hawaii’s Carmelite Monastery and the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts received a combined total of $112,682.99. […]

What is a penal precept?

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  Bishop Larry Silva has issued a “penal precept” prohibiting Father Alfred Rebuldela, a retired priest of the Diocese of Honolulu who was credibly accused of sexually abusing a minor as a young priest more than 40 years ago, from presenting himself as a priest or from exercising any priestly ministry. (See “Official notices” on […]

100 gather for day of prayer and fellowship for vocations

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About 100 adults, teens and children, and representatives of four religious communities, attended a day of prayer and fellowship Nov. 11 at the Paewalani house in Kaneohe hosted by the Leadership Association of Religious Congregations in Hawaii, or LARC. The event celebrated National Vocation Awareness Week. The religious communities who set up exhibits and handed […]

CatholicTV channel taking a pause

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  CatholicTV, otherwise known in Hawaii as KUPU-TV, is temporarily off the air. The channel that carried the popular Catholic television network, known for its video Masses, rosaries, chaplets, and other faith-filled programming, has new owners. CatholicTV will be back on air in mid or late January on 14 KEKE-TV. Viewers are still able to […]

Hawaii’s Knights distribute awards at annual Columbus Day dinner

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By Robert Camilleri Special to the Herald On Oct. 13, 179 Knights of Columbus, their families, clergy and religious gathered at the Okinawan Cultural Center in Waipio for their annual Columbus Day dinner and awards ceremony. The evening began with an opening prayer by state chaplain Sacred Hearts Father Lane Akiona, the presentation of the […]

Donations to diocesan Maui wildfire relief fund tops $4 million

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  By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Among the most generous givers to the Diocese of Honolulu’s Maui Wildfire Relief fund have been other American dioceses. The largest donation, $543,898.16, came from the Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange, California, funds it collected in a special parish appeal. The Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, gave $213,634.45. As […]